Words look strange.

I've recently been experiencing dp/dr due to my OCD and move from a home I lived 10 years of my life in...
So having OCD, I believe that my dp/dr is caused by dementia or Alzheimers or something otherwise unlikely, but that's not the point.

I am an avid writer, it really helps me cope. But I find myself struggling to write words I had no problem with before, or I frequently think they look weird and are misspelled. Words I've noticed are like, "ridiculous" (which doesn't look weird anymore), "realizing". Words with lots of I's or U's.

I have a really hard time trying to find proper words to express myself, but I've noticed that a lot of people are also having that problem. I used to be very eloquent and well-spoken, and maybe I am, but for around 6 months my brain has just been a muddled mess.

I really just want someone to relate too, and maybe someone can relate to me! <3

Hey,

Can definitely relate. I'm dyslexic so words already get funky for me but sometimes they get extra weird. Like the words I'm looking at aren't real or just don't look like they should be spelled that way even when they should.

Funnily enough, the struggle seems worse in my native language! Sword sometimes can't even understand my mother tongue at all. I can only assume this issue plays a part in it.

So yeah, definitely not alone there.

~ Grey

Haha! Good to know I'm not alone.

Funny enough, after I posted this, I talked to my mother about my writing. She stole the words out of my mouth with: "Words look like they are spelled wrong all the time?"

I was like, WOAH! How did you just read my mind... suspicious.

Could be that your mom has dyslexia? The symptoms are very similar after all.

For me the difference between my dyslexia and the dp/dr bit is like...

... Dyslexia means I can write a text or read one, and miss a letter or swap letters around or even skip a word altogether and not see it until I've checked it several times. Usually I'm frustrated then and fix it because I know the rules and know what it should be like, but my head just mixes it up.

... Dp/dr means the words aren't real. You can stare at it for ages and the meaning is gone. Letters aren't letters anymore. They are just ink on paper, barely sensible drawings of something that looks out of place. The symbols look oddly shaped or deformed or something. It doesn't make sense. Like I never learned to read at all or writing has never even been created.

Hope that makes sense

~ Grey