Tired of being special needs

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Since I didn't explain much, I do know what's like to have special needs, even though our needs are on a different scales. I do struggle with a lot of things most people don't even realize or understand. I'm like a little child trapped inside an adult's body. This is how I'll always be. I'll end up with a caregiver or one of those group homes or something. D: I know I can't relate to you or help you limit the embarrassment you feel... but I just want you to remember that you also aren't alone in this either.

I also have dyspraxia...though unable to be a bit more independent is very frustrating for me.

Its a tough label to shake and one I have been trying to shake for all of my life, you have my thoughts. Don't give up and keep trying. Progress will happen, sooner or later, you clearly have the intellect needed to overcome it a lot of it. 14 is young, it is amazing how you mature between 14 and 24.

Babybird, gaining self awareness really bites doesn't it? Hindsight really is 20/20.

I can relate this, it is part of the reason I wanted a clean break as an adult because my family simply could not let go of the past and still saw me as the child I was.

Hell there are times I can't do "normal" things that normal people can even now and request my wife do them. She picks out my clothes because I would just throw on whatever, or like making a dentist appointment, she has shown mild annoyance with it sometimes but then again she also has things she just can't or doesn't want to do and tosses them to me.

I didnt know how to take a shower and dress up and eat on my own i was tired of it and being bullied for it so i started to learn on my own even now years of me doing it alone i still take a very long time to shower and to dress up a simple cloth and i dont eat very well i sit with a hunch back on the ground and eat the food 'like a dog' like some people say about it

Still cannot decide what to wear. I am glad we have Uniforms at the Factory. Eliminates the 3- hour aimless wandering about trying to think what I should wear only to pretty much settle on the same type of outfit. Go Uniforms!

I also have dyspraxia. I did become much more coordinated with age [starting thirties) though. I also continued growing in stature until 38 years old[ almost 3 inches over 18 years,no idea if that is connected or not) and was in my mid to late thirties before developing any significant muscle tone. I still cannot drive, tie my shoes 'weird" and only get right and left correctly about half the time.