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Originally Posted by Unluckymatress

I got them on audiobooks, though I did read "the hobbit". Took awhile but I can remember that one.

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So hearing is fine for comprehension. It's just the printed words that are difficult.

Have you ever read anything that you easily comprehended?

What about short things, like one paragraph and that's all you read?

I didn't do so well with Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground by
Robert D. Kaplan

And textbooks were impossible, I bet.

Short stories aren't so bad either.

Textbooks, where a good way to learn how to read and think about other things at the same time.

What level were you at in college?

Do you want to try again, or go in a different direction, and like, if you could be anything, what would you be?

If I could do anything I would join law enforcement, that is never going to happen though.

I did two years of college.

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Originally Posted by Unluckymatress

Textbooks, where a good way to learn how to read and think about other things at the same time.

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So it was hard to focus on the reading. Too much else to think about. Too easy to get sidetracked.

The words and what they said were boring?

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Originally Posted by Unluckymatress

If I could do anything I would join law enforcement, that is never going to happen though.

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Of course it can. You haven't even found out why the poor comprehension. You haven't even begun to fight and lick this.

I just didn't care, I don't want to do it.

You think I was just venting in my original post? I can't own firearms, kind of necessity. On top of that I would never pass a psych eval.

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You think I was just venting in my original post? I can't own firearms, kind of necessity. On top of that I would never pass a psych eval.

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There's all kinds of law enforcement careers.

Not the kind I want to do.

You have checked them all out?

I think you'd be a good public defender. Or a PO.

I have been trying to join, my employment history, being committed several times, my lack of education, and other factors will see to it that it doesn't happen.

Why not take one bite at a time?

First, ask your doctor/psychiatrist/psychologist to set you up with someone who will test your reading comprehension to find out what's going on with your brain's wiring. Also, get your meds figured out so you can sleep and function normally.

Until that's done, we're nowhere.

Yeah I don't think I am too interested in being fixed, I kind of gave up on that a long time ago, besides no matter what happens my failures will always loom over my head, I know I need to move on, but I know I never will. Anyway I am headed to bed got to work in the morning.

It's to a.m. here in Chicagoland. I'm going to turn into a pumpkin soon if I don't go to bed.

Will you be here on Friday? I will be here and snowed in.

Good grief -- you're still just a baby! You can't give up yet!! MY SHOES ARE OLDER THAN YOU!

You see for me I have an issue, and that is work or doing something I don't want to do makes me urge for the release that death provides. Of course I could quit working and accept welfare or something, but I would not be able to maintain the lifestyle I currently have. I really don't want help and that's what I want people to realize, I am a lost cause, there are things I do enjoy but I can't do them if I have to do things I don't want to do. I am just tired.

Love your name Unluckymattress. It shows you have a good sense of humor.

Tick

Yeah, finding things funny, what a great talent. Finding things funny is really easy when everything is a joke.

Not exactly the kind of reply I want to open to first thing in the morning, thanks for the downer. Excuse me for being flippant.

You are excused, and allow me to share with you the fact that I am downer. Trust me I have nothing good to say and I can always come up with a negative response to what people have to say, welcome to my life.