Elisheva Schwartz

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 121: A Conversation with Elisheva Schwartz of The Dyslexia Quest · 14 Aug 2018 podcast

Eventually, I got into kind of a new school that was looking for students.

That ended up being a very turbulent time as well.

And when I was a junior in high school,

My body completely shut down and I got very, very sick, which seemed to me like a clear indication of just all the stress around college and everybody was talking about college and SATs and APs.

And it seemed like I put all this extra emphasis on my grades like I never put before.

And I woke up one day and I said, I can't face another day of this.

And my body shut down and I dropped out of school for half a year.

and basically just slept and recovered.

And I remember being so thankful that my parents didn't force me back out to base another day because I was on zero.

And I remember thinking that at that time, that if my parents weren't as flexible and adaptive and supportive, just basically letting me sleep for months at a time to recover, I could have possibly been, you know, suicidal because I just remember the urgency that I placed upon myself that, you know,

I have to finally, after years and years of struggling school, I have to get it together.

I have to get my college applications together.

I have to prove to finally have this last hurrah to prove to everybody how capable and smart and intelligent I am.

I backed myself into this intellectual corner that seemed very steep.

And so long story long, when eventually I ended up studying psychology, individual differences, cognitive science, just really fascinated me.

About why I felt like I had all these strengths and talents, but also tremendous difficulties in the traditional school system, trying to make sense of it eventually turned into a blog, which turned into a podcast and a consultancy in the courses.

And so here we are.

Yeah.

So when I was in third grade, I actually went for a whole set of diagnostic tests.

And my school said, she's definitely having difficulties and you should get her diagnosed.

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