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Originally Posted by Kaptain K
Most have heard of "dyslexia", which to varying degrees affects many people's ability to read. My problem is a closely related, but much rarer one called dysgraphia. I cannot write a smooth, continuous sentence without having to stop and think what the next letter should be every few letters or so. I had to give up cursive for block printing many years (decades) ago. It also affects other repetitive motions, such as music. I hear music in my head, but as soon as I pick up a guitar or sit down at a piano, it all flies away.  |
You're not alone,
Kaptain K ...
I was diagnosed in 1999 with "a severe dysgraphia" ...
in my case, it means an inability to mentally process visual information - I thought I had a memory problem (not a good thing when studying for a science degree), that's why I sought help -
I can write quite well, and I can read (and watch) with reasonable proficiency ... but I can only retain about 10% of it ... this has some benefits - I can read the same book, or watch the same movie, and not know most of it (including how it ended) by the next day ...
I wondered if my dysgraphia stemmed from having gone through primary school severely short-sighted (ie, 6/60 in one eye and 6/36 in the other) and nobody knew about it (didn't everybody see the world as a vague blur beyond their fingertips?) - I must have cheated on the school eye exams (or skipped that day - I did a lot of that) ... what an amazing discovery when I (at age 10) grabbed my mother's spectacles and tried them on - trees have leaves! tiny, sharp-edged things ... hundreds of them! I got my first pair of glasses a couple of weeks later ...
back to the OP - I don't know if there is a name for subconscious or unintentional word substitution while typing (dystypia? dystenographia?) ... only that it certainly seems common enough to warrant both a name, and a fair bit of professional study ...