Am I dyslexic?

[BarryC]

Sometimes I see something as the exact opposite of what it really is, and also sometimes I'll start to do something and then realize it's the exact opposite of what I wanted to do. It really ticks me off.

For example yesterday I went on a road trip with the guys at work, in a company truck. They dropped me off at the shop because they had one errand to run. I then called them on my Nextel about something unrelated. That's when one of the guys asked me to bring over one of our jump-starting boxes because the company truck needed a jump start.
I went to hook up the cables and attached the positive to negative and the negative to positive! Of course the sparks stopped me from connecting the second cable. It was just a touch. But the fact that I did that really ticks me off. I saw positive on the right and negative on the left, yet they were really the opposite of that. Similar things happen to me from time to time, where I see something opposite of what it really is. I hate that. Am I dyslexic?

I pride myself, so to speak, on doing things carefully and correctly, and this of course messes that all up.

Oh yeah. I just remembered another. When I have the opportunity in the morning to buy a breakfast sandwich from the local Wawa I always get sausage, egg and cheese on a biscuit. That's what I like. Their sandwiches are well-marked too. All they have to do is make sure a certain part of the wrapper is to the outside, that identifies the sandwich inside.
At least once I have picked up a sandwich and looked at it carefully and saw that it was a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit, only to get home with it and pull it out of the bag and immediately see that it was actually a sausage, egg and cheese on an English Muffin! That made me so mad. I saw one thing, but it was actually the other. And I didn't just think I saw it, I knew I did. But I was wrong. Now I usually double check or triple check to make sure it is what I thought it was when I picked it up. Fortunately this kind of thing is not a daily occurance.

Barry

[BabyBeastie]

Reduce the stress in your life. It wreaks havoc with concentration and memory.

Reduce or cut out the caffeine (none before bedtime)

Eat right (add fruits and veggies to your diet). A clogged intestinal system is like having a clogged brain.

Exercise a little during the day (at lunchtime or before breakfast)

Get a good nights sleep (at least 7 hrs.)

[DesertFox]

Barry, I've done those very things all my life (I'm near 60). What it comes down to is not dyslexia, but seeing what you're expecting to see. Slow down, clear your mind and look again. And again. Takes all of three seconds.

You may indeed be slightly dyslexic. I am. But almost always, my experiences at things going backwards are because I hurried and saw what I expected to see.

[BuckeyeMike]

Good thing you're not a carpenter......it starts out measure twice...cut once

I'm almost 66 yo.....I'm up to measure 16
times....recheck two more times....cut once...........throw away....do again.

Hell, I prolly put twice as many miles on my feet as I did when I was in my 30's or 40's........Now I get an original idea or something and walk into the next room only to have to retrace my steps because I....................damn, I can't remember where I'm going with this.............if I reckomember, I'll get back to ya! Sorry!

[TeenageRepublican]

I would go with what Beastie said.