executive dysfunction terrible at abstract reasoning

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hi,

I am 22, when I was 12 I got diagnosed with NVLD(very high verbal and much lower but still well above average performace iq), and executive dysfunction.

the executive dysfunction leaves me with a pretty huge defficiency with abstract thought. I am unable to grasp pretty much any conversations if they are not completely concrete. It is very debilitating and causes me to withdraw from any social events because people think I am ret*d or extremly simple.

I am in second year lawschool and able to pass my exams okay

But at the sime time, in some way I basicly have the mind of a child. I am thinking of dropping out because I am constantly under a lot of stress and know that I will
not be able to work on the same level after getting the degree.

does anybody else has similar experience with executive functions? any tips? it feels like there isnt a place for me where I can benefit from my still good IQ because I am that debilitated in abstract thinking.

Are you sure that's an executive functioning problem? If you have made it to law school your executive functioning is probably pretty OK. Difficulty following neurotypical conversation might come from not catching the subtext being communicated in body language, interpreting idioms literally, slow processing or response time, and even trouble hearing when multiple people are talking and there is a lot of background noise.

It's good that you've noticed that stress makes you less functional, and you can do things now to streamline your routines and set realistic goals for yourself so you can live a more functional life. A person with a law degree, for instance, can make enough money per hour to live on part-time employment. If you stick with school instead of dropping out, you'll have less stress in the long run than if you drop out now to scrape by working full time for lower wages.

I am not completely sure what the cause is, during my test at the age of 12, I was diagnosed with a working memory that was a little below average, I have become more forgetfull over the years. I did an online test and was able to recal 4 letters, where as the average is 5-9.

This could be the cause that I feel so mentally challenged sometimes.

Most of the examinations I took shows I have high verbal ability while when on the work field, I am as though kid lost in space for over a century.


There were also times I'm thinking that I might be ret*d and oftentimes I'd be the only one my professor would get irritated with since I always ask about a certain thing many times more than my classmates. I'm clumsy and people often tell me how awkward I am when doing certain tasks. I'd often get stuck on a simple procedure that even a child can do such as taking a picture of a groupfie with a phone.

Yo, please stay in school. One of the reasons I forwent law school was thinking I lacked the social capacities to make it in that field. Being now on the other side of my career life, I can better see that as questionable reasoning.

Simplify other aspects of life to free-up mental resources. And, as is becoming increasingly recognized as important, work at making sure you get sufficient, good-quality sleep. Circadian rhythms have been shown to be more likely off in ASD folks, so extra attention to sleep habits is sometimes needed.