Soccer,

You should journal everything. You also need to include what was going on when the symptom manifested. Doing this will help you understand your triggers. By learning your triggers, you will be able to do two things that are very important.

First; You will be able to try to avoid these triggers.
Second; When you can't avoid these triggers, you will be able to reduce the risk of injury, embarrassment, mistakes, and the other collateral damage done by some symptoms.

Think of this. If you know the trigger for one of these 30 second events, and a teacher wants you do do something that will subject you to this trigger, you can ask for the task to be modified to avoid the trigger.

Case in point. I can do almost anything if I can avoid triggers. If my wife needs me to read the map for her, I can try while the radio is on and fail. Or I can turn the radio down and easily read the map.

If someone wants to tell me something important in a public setting, I ask if we can go to a quieter location so I can focus on their words.

Can you see how charting your symptoms and triggers will help? Most of these accommodations are easily done. People don't eve realize you are having a problem when you calmly ask to change the environment or such.

Sometimes, they even take your request as an acknowledgment of your interest in them and what they have to say. A WIN-WIN situation.

The best time to journal these symptoms is when you are doing good. You will have better focus of the symptom and better ability to write it down. It will also work if you have moments during the day where you look back at the last hour or class and try to recall the events.

If you asked your mom to chart your behaviors, you would likely be surprised at what she notices.

With all of the belief that you are going to be a lifer, the sooner you start this and understand your condition, the sooner you will learn to overcome or manage your symptoms.

My understanding of my personality and academic struggles were all but non-existent at your age. I have learned no coping skills. It was very frustrating. I was in my mid 20's before I started to understand my struggles.

We all hope you will do much better.

Our best to you.