I have posted on here before about brain fog and how it affects me and others. Not sure how it does exactly, but have been doing a little research on it.

For me, it affects me by not allowing me to think with the usual clarity that I have been used to for all these years. It presents itself by placing me in a very confused state, one which then quickly leads to frustration and the inability to concentrate.

It’s almost like someone has de-tuned the TV channel in my head and all I can see is the scratchy and fuzzy dots instead of what I was working on. It drifts in gradually just like a fog rolling in from the sea.

I then have to walk away from what I was doing for a while and chill out. This usually leads to me then ruining my lungs by going for a crafty fag. I guess that simply breathing in a couple of lungs full of fresh air would be equally as useful and less damaging – but the important thing is distancing me from the source of fog and away from other members of my family at that point – this is hen I can appear quite moody and snappy (Refer to my post on emotions)

Once chilled, I can return to the task at hand and crack on with it. However, once it sets in it doesn’t take much for a repeat performance – then I have to walk away for an extended period of time or over night.

I can see the signs before the fog takes over, my typing starts to suffer with poor accuracy and poor spelling, its like my fingers wont work as fast as my brain is working, or visa versa…………… I lose track of the subject or allow myself to become easily distracted with something else. It is almost child-like.

I have never really experienced this as much as I do now – I wasn’t sure if it was because I have not been in a working environment for about 18 months and have become to lose the skills that I once had? Multi-tasking was always a skill of mine, so was time management – not so now.

I have often wondered also if I was starting to show dyslexic tendencies? This has been on my mind for some time – I have always been a person that never picks things up (generally) first time around or purely from text or verbal training – I have always have had to have had hands on with something to appreciate it and learn how something functions or how to use something. Perhaps I have always been a deep and quick thinker and over analyse something before taking it on face value?

Anyway, I have also been thinking of Dyslexia a lot recently as we are having minor issues with our daughter at school not picking things up as quick as some of her peers. She is only 6 years old and young for her class, so we are not expecting miracles – however some basic skills are taking a while to develop and she seems to be making repetitive and silly mistakes all the while.

We have been helping her with extra reading and have now become more pro-active with her. Thankfully she seems to be responding well and early.

Well, just as I was going to do some more research on the subject, when a good friend of mine has published a very detailed article on Dyslexia. Robert is a web designer and coding expert and as I have just learned, has spent his whole life coping (Very well) with Dyslexia. Now doing his job, I would have thought that he would be at a distinct disadvantage. This does not seem to be the case, in fact I think he is living proof that this can be overcome.

I am just about to analyse his post in more detail and see if I can apply his research to my own situation, that of my own and mu daughters and see what conclusions that I can come up with. Right after I check my post for typo’s.

I wonder if there is any connection between brain fog and Dyslexia?

Please take a look at Robert’s post and let me know if you could offer any similarities between Dyslexia and Brain Fog, or just your general thoughts?