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16 November 2006
What do stammering or stuttering, dyslexia, sleepwalking, motion sickness, obesity, insect venom allergies and shagging a member of the same sex have in common?
I have none of them, although as a child I suffered from echophenomena* and I had a 'slushy s' and I was severely hyperactive**. I also tended to chew on my shirt collar, which gave my mom fits. I think she may have thought I was possessed.
*for a few months as a kid I would say everything twice, once normally and then again under my breath. I freaked everybody out. They'd say 'cut it out!' and I'd be all 'cut what out since I couldn't hear myself doing it. My parents sent me to a shrink. I don't know what he said, but eventually it went away on it's own.
**I was prescribed Ritalin. Yeah, big surprise I realize. But this was the mid-70's before they sprinkled it on the breakfast cereal.
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