It can often be difficult for people to grasp that i have cognitive problems.Unfortunately they latch onto the fact
that i am verbally articulate and are often sceptical and dismissive when i say that i have problems with thinking.
The worst aspect of this is when it is assumed that you are
being contrary or deliberately obtuse.

My parents were very blase about how i did in school.Up to the age of 9.5 i did very well but got little in the way of praise but after that it was a slow downward curve.
Although i have got good verbal skills i've got much lower visuopatial skills and following on from that organisational skills .As the work got more advanced and visuospatial/organisational/critical thinking skills were needed my deficits in these
areas came into play and it was more difficult to academically bluff my way with good verbal skills.Even now i have problems with things that require step by step
thinking/organising/planning.
Unfortunately these kind of things were not picked up in the early 60's
to mid 70's as they would be now ,neither were the social interaction problems t h
at went with it.
It was both demoralising and depressing to watch pupils you had once outperformed academically sailing past you.

One of the most frustrating effects forum wise
is the confusion i can experience when confronted by a long
and involved post and the difficulty in co ordinating a response.
I think that not enough attention is paid to cognitive problems especially with those who on cursory contact
seem to be the kind of person you would not suspect of
having such problems.

Hopefully things are slowly beginning to change with regards
to the negative impact even seemingly minor cognitive problems can have on the individual.
l look forward to the day when there are effective medications to counter such problems.

This is also a common problem when people have qualities on autism spectrum or even people who are just literal thinkers. I see it and feel it often.

That reminds me of when i was in the lower 6th at my public(boarding) school and we were having the customary weekly R.E class with the school chaplain.
He told us this tale about the people in heaven and hell both being given very long spoons to eat with and how the people in heaven managed to eat because
they used their spoons to feed each other whereas those in hell experienced eternal hunger.
We were asked to write an essay on it. I being , as i am even now ,somewhat cynical when it comes to religion wrote this rather vehement essay in essence saying that the story was ridiculous- being bad doesn't make you stupid i pointed out.

It had not crossed my mind to look at the tale from a more abstract angle.