In a world of wildly whirling wondrous and woeful words, being dyslexic can feel like an awful handicap.

‘Dyslexia’ is pretty much an umbrella term, covering all kinds of difficulties in comprehending, reproducing and sometimes accurately remembering written words and their formation. Although dyslexic people often report feeling ‘dumb’, research has failed to find any correlation between IQ and having dyslexia. (1) It’s important to understand that many dyslexics do acquire good comprehension skills as adults, and that there is hope of better writing and reading fluency for all dyslexia sufferers. (2)

Anxiety affects dyslexia sufferers in two ways. First off, they can feel anxious about the condition, and this can seriously dent their confidence. But what’s perhaps worse is that they can come to feel automatically anxious whenever they are confronted with letters and words – thus making dealing with those letters and words even more difficult.

One dyslexic I worked with (and I am mildly dyslexic myself) told me how nightmarish his schooldays had been. Shockingly, his teacher would belittle him in front of the class whenever he tried to read. Not surprisingly, the whole business of reading got tagged in his mind with anxiety and reluctance. Which didn’t exactly make it any easier. With this in mind we have produced this very important new hypnosis download ‘overcome dyslexia anxiety’ which I feel will help many sufferers feel more relaxed about their condition and also feel calm and receptive when it comes to reading and writing.

All my best

Mark

Notes

(1) Ferrer E, Shaywitz BA, Holahan JM, Marchione K, Shaywitz SE (January 2010). “Uncoupling of reading and IQ over time: empirical evidence for a definition of dyslexia”. Psychol Sci 21 (1): 93–101

(2) See: Report on ‘Literacy Development in Successful Men and Women with Dyslexia’ by Rosalie P Fink, Annals of Dyslexia, volume XLVII, 1998, pp. 311-346