My Language Disorder | CrazyDragon

Thank you so much for all the love on this video! I never thought so many people would want to reach out to me! I promise I will take the time (when I have the time) to reply to all your comments. I appreciate it!!

Thank you. My daughter was diagnosed with a language disorder at age 4. She is now 7 years and has received regular, intensive language therapy. It's hard finding adults who also have a similar disorder, so its been a god send finding your video. You speak very beautifully and eloquently x

I’m 27. I’m just now discovering MERLD and realizing it explains so many of the things I struggled with in school and struggle with now. I’ve never met someone who has a similar speech pattern to me but I sound very similar to you - frequent pausing to process, forgetting words, etc. I’ve often felt the same way. Sometimes it’s easy to speak and other times it’s hard to stammer out half of a sentence. People frequently grew impatient with me or cut off my thoughts because they thought I was done talking as a kid and a teen. I had difficulty keeping friendships because of it. I always assumed it was because I wasn’t smart or it was my “ADHD brain” not cooperating. I’m starting to see that there might be more to it than that, and that it’s not because I’m less than. Thanks for sharing. 💕

My 20 month old was diagnosed today with this diagnosis. Thank you so much for sharing. I know God is working beautifully in you and in my daughter. His promise stands, she will sing and worship Him for the rest of her life. May God bless you and the many people that come across your video.

This video makes me feel like I'm not alone people don't understand how difficult this order is to struggle with it as an adult; it is more challenging to deal with.

I always knew something was wrong with me but I wasn't diagnosed with mixed receptive expressive language disorder until I was almost 32. I struggled in school and never understood why I couldn't keep up. I wish there was a magic switch to turn it off. I don't always like coming across to people that I am slow. Along with this, I also have a phonological disorder where I can't talk on a phone or understand language in crowded places so I lipread. All of these things have created a deficiency in me socially so I like being alone. It's always hard to go to the grocery store because I have to be around people. I felt like I was the only person in the world with this until I came across your video. Thank you for sharing.

My daughter has mixed expressive & receptive language disorder along with Autism & I want to thank you for sharing your experience. It helps parents like me to understand more about it & about ways we can help our children. It’s great to see how well you are doing & gives me hope for the future!

This is very eye opening and thank you for sharing your story. I'm 22 and I've ran through these issues basically all my life to the point where I'm sucked dry with my self esteem and I'm losing hope. Its extremely difficult to express thoughts into words and even think of words to say. Giving orders can be hard because I tend I make so many errors before I get it right. Thank you for making this video. By the way you're beautiful :)

My daughter Aubrey also has MERLD. She is the little Asian Girl on another Youtube Video. She is now 15 and still processes differently. She also has a unique memory ability. Thank you so much for sharing your story. This is very helpful and you are a brave young women.

Thank you for posting this. When I was a kid in the 80s I went through the exact same thing, but back then this sort of thing wasn’t really known or discussed, so I don’t have a formal diagnosis. I still have it but not as badly, but it does kick in severely from time to time. But I’m grateful that you posted this because it makes me feel less alone about it. Thank you.

Thanks for the educative video. My 4 year old son has been diagnosed with this. I cry every day, wondering if he can ever express himself. Seeing you gives me so much hope. He is receiving speech therapy too. You are an inspiration to me. Thanks, and you very beautiful

I speak exactly like you do. My friends thought I was weird and my colleagues always look at me in a different way. There is only one person who gets and understand me. I sometimes start a sentence and not be able to finish it. And I used to get annoyed. Thank you very much.

I can totally understand the feeling of frustration when you can't figure out the words to use to express your thoughts. Not sure if I have this but I just started seeing a therapist about anxiety and I'll have to mention this to her because I can relate to almost everything you said, except for the memory part because I can't remember anything haha. You're doing an amazing job and I hope the best for you. Thanks for sharing this!!

Thank you so much for this video. My son was diagnosed at 3 and is now 5. We have been working with so many therapists. You rock and keep fighting the good fight!!!

My nephew was diagnosed very recently with this. He's 5. He's my 1st nephew and I love the kid to the moon and back as if he was my own. I wanna understand what this is and how I can be helpful.

Great video! My 12 year old is just now wanting to be more verbally social. She's been diagnosed at age 10 and has an IEP and goes to speech therapy every week and I can see improvement in her eye contact and sense of humor. Not many friends if any and not for long. She likes to be around people to hear them talk ..but not really join in. I think she will make the right kind of friends when she does because she does a lot of listening. I think you are an awesome 😎 young lady for creating that video. Keep up the awareness of MERLD.

Thank you soo much for sharing your story young lady! My three year old son has been diagnosed with this disorder & I am desperate to hear from older individuals that have lived with it to get an idea of what life will be like for him. You are very brave for sharing & I thank you. Glad you are doing soo much better after speech therapy.

Thank you for making this video. I have a 10 year old son. He was diagnosed with ADHD and mild autism about 3 years ago. He just started speech therapy in June this year. Seeing your video has really enlightened me. My son seems to have the same struggles. I never knew about this disorder. I will be doing more research on this. Your bravery in making this video and seeing how far you have come gives me hope that my son will overcome his difficulties as well. Thank you again! ❤️

I completely understand you!!! This is the story of my life!! It seems like I didn't listen to people or disregard whatever they say because I can hear EXACTLY what is being said it just never registered to me as language or something like that? I don't know how to explain it either. When I do register as language I always think the person meant something else. U are perfect! Thank u for sharing

Hey there! Thank you for sharing. I have always had speech problems and finally get diagnosed at the tender age of 30 (yeah, a bit late LOL) with expressive language disorder, although I feel like I have a little bit of a hard time receptive-wise, too, but for me, maybe more to do with my ADHD symptoms. When I was a kid, people used to say I was so shy and quiet, but the reason why was because I was terrified to speak for fear that what I said wouldn't be what I MEANT to say. Nowadays, I push through it but still have the fear anytime someone asks me a question or tries to talk to me about anything that I'm going to make a fool of myself. I subscribed to your channel and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos :).