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OH MY GOD, I FEEL ANOTHER SELF-INTERNET-DIAGNOSIS COMING ON…

Wikipedia’s list of signs of dyscalculia:

• Inability to comprehend financial planning or budgeting (UM YES)
• Difficulty with multiplication-tables, mental arithmetic, etc.
• May do fairly well in subjects such as science and geometry, which require logic rather than formulae, until a higher level requiring calculations is obtained. (SO TRUE)
• Difficulty navigating or mentally “turning” the map to face the current direction rather than the common North=Top usage. (SERIOUSLY!)
• Having particular difficulty mentally estimating the measurement of an object or distance (e.g., whether something is 10 or 20 feet (3 or 6 meters) away). (I THOUGHT I WAS JUST SLOW)
• Often unable to grasp and remember mathematical concepts, rules, formulae, and sequences.
• An inability to read a sequence of numbers, or transposing them when repeated, such as turning 56 into 65. (I WAS BLAMING THIS ON THE STROKE)
• Difficulty keeping score during games.
• Difficulty with games such as poker with more flexible rules for scoring.
• Difficulty in activities requiring sequential processing, from the physical (such as dance steps)  (HAHA)
• Low latent inhibition, i.e., over-sensitivity to noise, smell, light and the inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive compensation to mathematical-numeric deficits). (HOLY CRAP!)