What is a Slow Processing Speed & How it Can Affect Students 

This women is the only person that can discuss the inadequacies that I have and not make me feel like it is a bad thing or makes me less of a person. Thank you miss!

For me, processing information slowly not only affected me in my studies, it crippled my everyday living as I was growing up. As a kid, if I were to watch a movie, and someone asked me for a brief summary of what I JUST watched, I wouldn't be able to answer because, for some reason, information literally comes from one ear, and goes out the other. It's such an unfair trait of myself. It made me feel so stupid not being able to talk about something that was showed or explained to me.

I've always felt slower than other people in school and I really feel like this is it, people always see me as smart and knowledgeable but I've always finished test last and I feel extremely pressured to understand a question.

The first time I hear someone explaining my real struggle: avoiding group study, spending extra time updating notes, spending extra time on assignment, spending extra time preparing for exams, test anxiety, time pressure, panic, stupid mistakes,... imagine this struggle as an engineering student 😩

This becomes a death sentence, with age. It means you are hated by the entire world. People believe you are lazy. You are are in a lifelong prison, with no possibility of Parole.

I hate it when someone taking shit about about me and when I have something to say back, its too late and they're not listening anymore.

I never understood this about myself, and never really understood why I couldn't understand the lesson/story/lecture... until I'd heard it a second time, but this resonates so much and I realise how helpful this knowledge would have been. Not too late though for my daughter who is very much like me in this way

For those of us struggling with this, I suggest looking into a disorder called Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT)! It's not an officially recognized condition, but it's believed to be related to the inattentive form of ADHD and is characterized by slow processing speed, frequent daydreaming, being easily confused, lethargy, etc. Some studies suggest that the ADHD drug Strattera may help and some people on the r/SCT subreddit report anecdotal benefits with stimulant medication. Hope this helps!

I always knew i was a little slow in picking things up and found it difficult to finish exams or keep up with the rest of my class. I would wonder why it would take me hours on end to complete a piece of homework, whereas it would only take someone else a few minutes. Despite this, i put in a lot of hard work and always got good grades, and have always typically been good at English, so when my mum would complain that i was struggling or needed extra time in exams, the teachers would give me a basic test and declare me as fine. With my GCSES approaching i decided it was time i got real, outside testing, and low and behold, i was told i had a very high IQ which was masking my slow processing.I now have just completed my GCSES with my 25% extra time and am hoping for the best. The time helped massively and would really reccommend getting tested if you suspect you need extra time, as in most cases, you do!

And no again: this is NOT about being distracted under stress (missing steps and such), it is about not getting it, not grasping the concept quickly.

I’m diagnosed with slow processing speed and my psychologist recommended me to do brain training games and puzzles to improve my processing speed.

This is me to a T! last year I achieved 3 high A grades in my English coursework and ended up with a C overall because I could only complete half of my test in time! It's something I've ALWAYS struggled with and been ridiculed by teachers for (even since primary school) and now work colleges. I'm currently practicing for my upcoming biology exams and I'm still finding that the main reasons that the marks I'm getting are so low is because I have to rush the whole paper in order to attempt to answer all questions within an hour. This has been a problem for as long as I can remember!! Thank you for this information! x

i have been professionally diagnosed with slow cognitive processing skills since i was in grade 4, and it;s only gotten worse since i got older. im in year 10 now and it's been really hard for me to keep up. this is ecpecially bad for me since i also have a few mental disorders such as inattentive ADHD, depression, GAD ( Generalised Anxiety Disorder), SAD (Social Anxiety Disorder), and i'm on the autism spectrum slightly. my point is, with all my mental disorders, the cognitive processing tends to cause a lot of clashes wit people, since they don't understand why i'm not understanding, and i don't understand why they don't understand that i don't understand... (wow that was more confusing than intended lol) which leads to many confused teacher which just end up putting more pressure on me to work faster, but i can't... i'll stop rambling now, but it's just very hard for me. at least this video helped me to understand more about my cognitive processing skils.

I was always like that... At school most of the time I finished tests last or almost last but I scored better than average, in best 30% of student group. Being at uni I remember when I lived with 2 flatmates they passed their school exams (before going to uni) exceptionally well, super smart people, very fast thinkers and all. So we were reading the same papers, preparing for exam, they both read it 2 times while I was able to read it only once but I got the same grade as one of them and abit higher grade than the other. It was very hard for me at uni, half of the time I wasnt able to fully get the information professors told me, only being at home reading the info alone I got the understanding in me. Now at work I process new information in the same manner - slowly but when I understand it fully I can do it in normal speed. My work needs a lot of concentration which was very hard thing to do at first, I made lots of mistakes. But then I made a list of steps I need to take to do my job properly and it worked, it took a load of my brain. Also I dont like being in bigger group of people because my though processing is slower so it takes abit more time to come up with what to say about ideas or explanation to things (if I want to give a proper answer) so most of the time I just dont talk. Also most of the time it feels that all conversations in groups are just to not be in silence, nothing meaningful happens, noone shares personal information, just a fasade talk. I prefer one on one conversation better because I like to talk it deep and personal and to understand a person and then I can talk in my pace. It's very inconvenient when arguing. Also my short term memory is very low. I get confused easily. It sucks. Can you give me some advice?

People always tell me this and they I keep asking more questions because I do not understand. They say things like are you blind , your slow, someone even told me I don’t know if you’re acting stupid to be funny or you actually are. It makes me feel sad. When I was in school I did not talk to no one I kind of kept to myself. In school it seemed like all the other kids picked up something right away and I never even got to fully understand it. I failed twice because I did not have anough credits then I went to alternative school where you get pass just to show up so I did graduate

IMO if you struggle with brain fog you should take dissociation disorder (e.g. depersonalization-derealization disorder) into account as well as anxiety disorders...

I get so suicidal thinking about how slow I am. I feel like I am so slow and dumb and it doesn't really help that all my life (I'm 26) people have always told me how slow and "awkward" I am. My family always makes jokes about it, and when I was a child growing my paternal grandmother and my father would constantly call me an "idiot" a "retard" "worthless" "stupid" an "animal" "not normal" and would often compare me to other children around me and mention how much dumber and slower I was than them. Now they think I am still living at home and am worthless for that and that I won't amount to anything but I swear if I could do better I would have a job and not lose it. I don't know what to do. I feel so meaningless and like all I do in this world is take up space and not provide anything productive or good to society. I feel so alone... I don't want to keep living like this anymore. It hurts so much... I just want out.

I just don't like the idea of knowing that I process information slowly and coping with it..There has to be a way we can train our brains to think quickly and fluently because the outcomes with slow processing effected me in every aspect of life tbh

Thanks. I've had this problem for a long time. I have high functioning autism. But sometimes i've felt that there was something else that was slowing me down and i couldn't figure out what.

I have 2.5 slower reaction time than other people in my age group

You Described exactly my problem,It’s setting me back in my life. Every feels two times harder to do.

This was a really great explanation & advice. Thank You!

I was given an IEP for an "extremely slow processing speed" at school but tested a very high intelligence. Thank you for further explaining this to me... Last year they took away my IEP, yet I'm still struggling, I don't know what to do.

What a brilliant talk, wish more people understood this.. thank you

I got diagnosed last year and I have 25% extra time for my GCSE's next year, really helpful to understand what I've been told about what it is

You are the only one who i feel 100% comfortable watching this video about a slow processing speed.

I get extra time in exams but still rarely finish fully and I’m scared it’s gonna bring my grades down a lot

i learned to cope with this in every day situations by memorizing like a parrot what is going on and what is being said and then my brain takes it in slowly and this helps alot but in school and uni I'm completely crippled, the lectures are always way too fast, and when i watch a recorded lesson that's 20 minutes for example it takes me an hour to finish it and understand it. i used to think im just stupid but then i realized I'm smart but just a little slow and that's okay, and as long as i know I'm slow i can figure out ways to live with that, great video and also great comment section

Perfect explanation. Recently diagnosed as an adult, this is perfect process for me to use at work.

I have been diagnosed with processing speed disorder and 4 other disorders this video made me feel like i was learning about myself 💕

This is great! Thank you very much!

I have High Functioning Autism and I have a different processing speed.

It is a serious problem. Some students get frustrated when they realise that they are slow.

Thank you! This video, the information you shared and the way you are talking about this means a lot to me!!! And I am sure this is very valuable for other people in your audience. Thank you so much!! I am a law student and I've been struggling with managing the time and the stress behind fast paced exams. Thank you for saying that this processing speed doesn't make people with this processing speed stupid. This is very valuable especially in a place where a lot of people get picked on because they are "slow". Nowadays it seems you MUST adjust yourself to work as fast as a computer... But we ARE human.

Thank you so much for this video, i struggled with this all my life, and I'm applying for uni soon, hoping to give my best n be able to cope with the lessons

Oooh this is the problem i have had for hole my life.i just haven't given this problem a name.thank you for this video soo much

This is an excellent and informative video. I definitely agree with you how people with slow processing speed benefit from extra time on tests. When a person with slow processing speed doesn't have extra time on tests, the test is not going to accurately reflect how well they know and understand the material. When people with slow processing speed get extra time on tests, the test is going to accurately reflect how well they know and understand the material. It's definitely not unfair for people with certain kinds of disabilities to get extra time on tests. It's only unfair for people to get extra time on tests if the purpose of the test is to see how fast you can accomplish something like a swimming test to be a lifeguard where in order to pass the test, you need to swim from one side of the pool to the other side is 3 minutes or less or a running test for a particular job where in order to pass, you need to be able to run a mile in 15 minutes or less in order to pass the test. The purpose of taking a Math test, a Science test, an Accounting test, a Psychology test, a History test, etc in school or college is to see how well you know and understand the material; not to see how fast you can finish the test. The reason why there's time limits on certain kinds of tests where the purpose of the test is to see how well you know and understand the material is to keep students from taking advantage of unlimited time and to help prevent students from cheating. Certain kinds of disabilities such as slow processing speed issues, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, anxiety issues, dyslexia, etc can cause people to take longer to finish. When people with those kinds of disabilities don't receive extra time on tests, the test doesn't reflect how well they know and understand the material, but when they get extra time on tests, their test score accurately reflects how well they know and understand the material. Having a processing disorder doesn't affect a person's intelligence. Many people with processing disorders are very intelligent. Keep up the great work with your videos. I wish you the best.

I have processing speed disorder, and if i can add 1 more thing find the skill you are good at. Me i am good at computers, and in my Information Technology degree i got a 3.6 gpa overall.

dear educator, thank you for explaining the way i learn in the way i do. thank you for your suggestions. k.

I didn’t know I had this until my A-levels, luckily though for my AS mocks my teachers noticed I was misinterpreting the question and running out of time, so I was tested and they realised I have slow processing speed and a working memory that isnt as good as other people’s. The extra time really helps though ^^

I'm struggling at work (accounting) and I believe I have slow processing speed along with inattentive adhd and severe anxiety. Do you have any coping mechanisms for adults at work

hi please reply, I struggle to comprehend instructions at the same rate as others kids my age, it effects my pace of course in school and out of school as well, once I process the information I get it realy well and I'm clever at it then but I can't think fast and contribute normally in daily life because my processing is extremely slow, it then knocks my confidence and stops me from doing things, and makes me worry more cause of frustration, and everyone thinks I'm not very clever which I'm concerned will effect my future jobs and stuff, is there any possible way to increase the speed of how you process an instruction, it will solve all problems and help others.

Very good video , was like having deja vu in a way.

Thank you for this informative talk. This really describes me. I am 61 and today I have learnt about slow processing speed for the first time. I am bright, but am a slow learner. When at school, exams never did me justice. For example I failed most of my O levels, to the surprise of my teachers. I find it difficult to do certain tasks quickly. For example, when I do a task like cleaning a classroom, I struggle to do it as fast as others doing the same task. As I look back over my life, I think I would have benefitted greatly if I had been coached in the ability to do tasks quickly be they academic or practical. At the age of 16, I was diagnosed with dyslexia. I never liked reading because I was painfully slow at it and my mind would wander even though I read the words. More recently, I have discovered that I may be slightly on the autistic spectrum, but I have no diagnosis. Professor Tony Attwood has said many autistic people are dyslexic.Now I come across slow processing speed. My question is this. Is there a relationship between being on the autism spectrum and having a slow processing speed or are they quite separate? I'm a bit confused. On one hand I am definitely a slow learner and I have some mild autistic traits. However my son who is also on the autism spectrum is a fast learner.

Thanks for this video

I am looking into why I am thinking slower and even having problems understanding words or hearing what people are saying. Like knowing that they are talking and not understanding the words that they are saying or being able to put that into a sentence to make sense of it. I'm in my early 30s. I can hear the tv so I don't think it's like a hearing problem completely.

I am 24 years old man and this whole slow processing thing has affected my confidence and even my life choices till now. Whatever thing I chose, i find it extremely hard to decide if I'll be able to do that or not, simply because i always believe i would lag behind in whatever i will do. As a result I've made terrible mistakes and poor choices till now that has left me unemployed till now...

I have this.. when I'm presenting, I will(probably) stutter. In social studies we were talking about how now people work more "lazy" than before. I shot my hand up and spoke about this and my experience (I have trouble going up stairs and having gigantism is no help), I also can't process what people want me to do.. I had this for my entire life. People say hurtful words like: " HURRY UP! " "slowpoke" "GO FASTER" it's really painfull..

Thank you for this video, I have been struggling for a long time and this was really helpful! I myself am exactly like you described, high IQ but I really struggle with written work. I have been diagnosed with dyslexia but my reading is perfectly fine but the problem is always that I can't seem to actually absorb the information. Like a lot of dyslexic students, my marks are usually really good or really poor, unlike most I can't study just the right amount to pass so its all or nothing for me. Like many students I am constantly suffering from the imposter syndrome. I am at a good university studying a hard STEM subject but it is a constant battle and I would love to hear what advice you have. I know that I am capable of so much more as teachers have always felt that I am bright and when I get something eventually, I'm really good at it. Thanks!

This video is so extremely spot on for me! I got diagnosed with slow processing speed after doing neuropsychological tests because I found myself reading extremely slowly and unable to finish my tests on time. At this point I was 22 and this research started because I had suffered from a rare disease in my head. The researchers said there is a high chance something happened in my brain that caused me to have slow processing speed. Now, that's all nice that I got that diagnosis and that I got extra time for my tests, but I got no instructions for how to deal with it or to live with it. I only thought of looking into it a bit more three years later, at 25, while I find myself having the greatest difficulty keeping up in university. Besides the fact that I am still not used to working a bit slower than the others around me, it is making me very anxious. I am trying to find sources that explain this concept in more depth and sources that give tools to work with it, but I seem to only be finding sources that are based on and meant for children. Are there any sources on slow processing speed that you know of, and recommend, for adults?

I am slow . people think me a lazy person and i feel very loneliness.my memory is very short .plz help me

I don't have problem in exams or classes. However, homework and new situations are a whole other matter. I don't know...I process homework slowly, read it slowly, write slowly. It takes a lot of time for me to build phrases. So I end up missing the deadline or being cornered into giving something subpar (because anything is better than zero). Also, while doing homework I get distracted: think of a random thing and then start brainstorming with myself about it instead of doing homework; daydreaming. I conter it by listenning to music but it is a distraction by itself and cause me to be slow. Somewhat focused but slow. New situations. like my first job this month. Situations where I have to remember/pay attention to a lot of things all at once. News things. I hear it and then I forget. I start something and then get distracted. I feel overwhoelmed. Like somebody trying to carry too many things at once. Some things slips through your fingers and you can't- And then I forget those things were in my hands in the first place. And when people lecture me, I now remember but it's too late and I feel powerless... I am a slow person and do everything slowly. I am also tired most of the time. (Comes from sleeping late, but sometimes I wonder if it's more than that) Not tired to a point of being sleepy. But I can't be dynamic. Like just the mere Idea of keeping it up tires me. And when I do it out of necessity I am exausted few minutes later. I just have low energy. My forgetfullness, slowness and lack of energy. My coworkers told me to work on that. The teachers tell me to fake it. But I can't and I don't know what to do. Those problems caused me to fail college. Technically I can meet the demands. But the deadlines are too much for me. Too much all at once and too fast. It's been 5 years in University. And I haven't got past year 1 or 2 in anything. No diploma.

Can you make a video of how to plan during your exam, i really don’t have any time knowledge. As if I trie to forget it, to not get stressed, is that possible? Thank you for the great advies you have given me!!

Please do some some video because it is helping me a lot!

To those with slow processing speed, what are you doing career wise? I so desperately want to be successful (from a societal standpoint as well as my own!) And I try oh, so hard ... but I'm in university studying nearly 20 hours a day... it's so unsustainable and I'm terrified of burning completely out...

Hi,I’m think I’m having this problem;I don’t think there’s a problem with my intellectual,in fact I often get high marks on more information based subjects. In exams I often sit there for 15 odd minutes not writing at all just simply trying to work out what questions are asking of me and trying to plan my answers. I’m not sure how to get help in this or get help and with my GCSEs coming up I think I need to deal with this problem.I can remember dates and numbers easily but I can’t write for extended periods of time or even work for extended periods of time.I’ve always felt smart but dumb at the same time and have a hard time believing in my self.Glad to know I’m not alone though,you explained this beautifully,love the video!❤️❤️

I have this for sure.

very nice

Need to buy myself a cpu before my mother board explodes🤣

This is in school what about at the job and your later life? I'm programmer and I'm unable to finish my projects on time. I've learned everything I could but i still can't compete with my coworkers to finish the projects in a reasonable time. I make it like 3x or 4x slower what the average programmer would do. How can I solve that, It seems like everything is moving to fast for me. I've already changed like 6 companies in 4 years. I really love programming but I can't make myself helpful at work.

i know i have adhd and and receptive and expressive processing disorder. I'm really slow. I take adhd meds. I'm failing inschool already especially in biology. What is my next step? What should i tell my teachers. I heard something about recording classes and reading ahead of time. Please share with me stragedies and what helped you.

Thanks for the video! I have always been a mid range student for most subjects and better than average for English/Creative arts/Drama. However, my maths skills, language learning (especially grammar) and ability to listen and absorb instruction quickly has always been a problem for me. As a child who went through primary school in the mid eighties, I feel I never put down the solid basic foundation of numeracy which I should have. Possibly because back then the educational world did not have such a nuanced understanding of things such as "slow processing speed". Most just defined this as "Thick" or "Not a very academic pupil" etc. I am bright, but I learn very slowly. Once I have learnt something it usually sticks well. Can I ask as an adult, where I would go about having a processing speed test done for me? Are there any online tests available which are considered good? I am currently trying to re-teach myself maths, and a better understanding of my inherent learning strengths and weaknesses would be most beneficial. Many thanks, Rich

I struggle with adhd and i find this to be one of my biggest problems. I know i am smart and i can understand what is being given to me. However it takes me longer to understand because my brain dosnt contain the knowledge it seems. Not cause i dont want to but because i cant even when im trying. And its always made me feel incredibly slow and hard at conecting dots when i know i should underatand how to connect the dots quicker

Excellent video. Do you have any advice for adults with slow processing speed in working environments. I was always like the student who you described. I got tested for low processing speed (35%ile) last year when I was a student. But now that I am in a fast paced working environment, I feel lost and confused. The amount and quality of information that is being thrown at me makes me paranoid and anxious. Too combat this, I secretly record my meetings and play them back whenever I am lost (which is almost always). I often make mistakes in my work and am generally nervous because of this. How can I improve my situation? Should I ask a psychiatrist for ADHD medication?

You are my hero, thank you for understanding people like me and raising awareness. Wish there was more awareness in Australia.

You may not find out until you become an adult and try to do something by yourself....all your life you take extra time to learn stuff and most tests are usually a joke....until you become an adult and the professional board wants you to do everything in one hour or say you actually go on a trade and wonder why it takes you 1 month to complete something your competition does in one week and its been 10 years and the learning curve is not shrinking.....

Interestingly, she mentions that they often have a high IQ, but the truth is that IQ tests actually include cognitive efficiency/processing speed in their numbers, so it's likely that someone with slow speed is actually showing an average IQ (though not real). What happens is that these numbers will bring down the full-scale IQ. What you want to look for is the "gap". For example, my nephew has a verbal index of 135 (98th percentile), but his slow processing speed (in 18th percentile), brings down his overall full-scaled IQ to average. So he's superior if you take out cognitive speed, and average if you leave it in. These IQ tests need to be restructured.

Oooh my God . We need more help from you.

Sooooo distracted by the candle in the bookcase!!!!!!!!

I am very smart, but I am extremly slow and this is such a handicap

When a gifted kid can't give in to it's gift, whatever that may be, school isn't what he actually wants. The work needs to be a game. Like actual work. Like really working. It is this we parents and schools fail to see. The lives of our children are empty. And they know technology is changing so fast they should be out there and chase that. Instead we keep our children in the past. We should teach them skills.

I am suffering from the problem of slow processing speed,slow absorption of instructions,doing silly mistakes. But,I can think out of the box and give solutions,average in academics,believe in perfection. Plz suggest treatment to overcome this problem or atleast improve myself

I was diagnosed with slow processing speed. What about learning in the class room? if you have a class schedule of 4 classes and holding down work, you're slow processing will _really_ hold you back.

My whole life people have told me i seem asleep

Sounds just like my exam

Wait could I really get extra time on exams if I applied? I was told slow processing wasn’t a serious thing you could get diagnosed for and it’s just a part of you so they don’t do that. I thought I was just gonna be screwed over forever and had to live with the naturally lower scores.

Hello everyone I 'm glad to have found all of you. It has always been strange for me; I feel highly sensitive to everything I do and see and school work is not easy. When doing a simple task I feel as though I can't understand it and I think of it in the wrong way go off to a completely diffirent answer. It's like overthinking and slow processing at the same time. I also find doing stuff extremely tiring (not in a lazy way) as if I could never do the simplest task. I am rarely ever able to Finnish school work that, and it makes me feel bad and stressed. It as if my brain is not practical at all. Looking around, I see every other kid seeming chill and finnishing everything and understand stuff fine when I havent even Finnished the first question. The thing that's makes me most happy is seeing other people in the comments saying stuff I can relate, it makes me feel less alone. I have had an IQ test and it came out pretty high but Im not even living up to my full potential. Metaphorically speaking, It's as though theres a fog in my brain messing with all the controls.

For an adult with this, who's struggling to hold a job due to it. What job or career do you recommend?

I can't tell if I have a slower processing speed

It's like my brain's been dunked into golden syrup. P.S. What a brilliantly worded video. Thanks very much for this!

I am diagnosed with Slow Processing but I really feel like I have disgraphia

thank you for this information. My daughter is 8 and entering 3rd grade. she was evaluated in the spring for learning disability. her comprehension scored high but her reading skill is kindergarten level. They diagnosed her with "slow processing speed" my question for you is should I tell her? Im not sure she will understand. would i just tell her that she needs more time then other kids? i appreciate your help!

If you're struggling with slow processing speed it could be that you have a novel attention disorder that was previously lumped in with ADHD (as the inattentive type). Look up SCT and see if you identify. I personally have this (I would say quite severely) and have found that NRI (norapineaphrine reuptake inhibitor) medications are very helpful (though not perfect).

Hi Please reply. My daughter has struggled with slow processing speed her entire life. She had an Ed Plan for grades 1-8, and then struggled a lot through high school and was given accommodations even though I was told that she did not qualify for an ed plan. She works SO hard for medium grades and did reasonably well through 2 years of community college. Now she is in a 4 year school and struggling like crazy and having severe anxiety. I paid a lot of money for her to have the neuro psych eval. When we received the report it showed the same slow processing speed she has had right along.The tester said throughout the report that her results might be invalid due to "low effort". My daughter is 21, said she did her best effort on this and what is worrying me the most is, her scores for the effort portion said they were fail and they were in the dementia category. Now is one of the times that a mom would want the tester to be RIGHT, because the alternative is terrifying. I asked the woman what would the motivation be to try and appear less smart/bright than a person is? My daughter is not trying to be labeled as disabled. And on many portions of the test she scored excellent but still failed all of the effort measures. I don't know why the tester doesn't want to do more, work more with my daughter, find out what is really going on. They just said come back in a year pay big money again and we can see if she passes the effort part. Please advise me I cannot find any information anywhere about processing speed and "low effort" result. thank you.

HOW ABOUT MEDICATION?

Does it have a cure?

Can a person have slow processing speed but yet be highly intelligent.

I think , i have the same problem. I think two things will help us to improve our slow processing speeds : 1. intermittent fasting (8 hours eating,16 hours fasting) 2.right brain activation exercises. search on youtube about that and do it for 6 months and the see the results.

It’s not fair... I’ll have to do extra work to keep up with everyone for the rest of my life. It’s like people can jump of the track and I have stay on it just to keep up.

it makes me feel like i’ll never be able to have the job i want, either a dentist or optometrist or something in the health care field :/ what if i’m destined to be a nobody

Is there any correlation between people with aphantasia and siow processing? I feel that I would be faster if I could visualise/imagine/see pictures in my head

A teacher recently suggested that I should get tested for slow processing and I researched what it was and it fit me exactly but apparently a symptom is bad memory, I would say I have below average short term memory but nothing too drastic but I have incredible long term memory, what does this mean?

I wish I knew about this when I was in school, I have always felt intelligent and dumb at the same time.

Is there any treatment for processing speed quicker ?

Very good presentation with a lot of useful information. I was advised to get tested for Dyslexia (which I did this morning) because that condition is usually the main reason why students struggle with time during exams which I always do. However, my psychologist concluded that I am not Dyslexic. What I have instead is a condition relating to "Semantic Processing" which still means I'm entitled to apply for extra time. Is that the same as Slow Processing Speed, as shown in the video? Presentation slide at 7:21 encapsulates the essence of what I struggle with. What would be the correct 'medical' term to use when filling out an application for additional exam time?

I am confused... how can you have a high IQ but a low processing speed? Isn’t IQ the ability to quickly process information? How is that different?

What can you do to increase processing speed?

Thats what i fell like

I would like to share my experience. First of all, i'm really happy to find a name to the issue i've been having during my whole life since my childhood. I am a deep thinker but yes, i always struggled with processing instructions quick enough, things went worse in my adulthood and because of this, i got fired at some of my first jobs😥This affected me and made me have a lack of confidence thinking i wasn't "competitive" enough or that i was a looser. As i didn't have enough confidence on looking for a new job because of this same issue, this affected me econonically, fortunatelly, here in Mexico there is this option to be an "unformal worker" by selling merchandise on the streets and with people near by you. I refugeed myself in the past 5 years by being my own "boss" selling stuff for survival and having my small bussiness, always conditioned by this fear due to loosing another job because of slow processing information, i didn't want to make myself look like a "retard' in front of any boss no more. When the pandemic came, bussiness runned down, i lost my income and went back to my mother's house. After a year, i decided to apply for a home office job trying to overcome my fear of failing due to the same problem. Until now, i've been doing pretty well doing homme office and now i have more labor experiencie. But yes, this situation affected my early labor life and it is not because of " laziness" or dumbness that i didn't wanna get me a "real job" as you call it. Mental health is truly underrated and it can determine your stability and happiness level if you don't identify it and get treatment, i still need to cope with this by myself because until now, i could not name the problem that my mind had and people outside, really don't care. Hope y'all doing well. Greetings

It always causes me to be sleepy when learning something