There is something worng with me but I don,t know what it is

[tevion]

I have wonderned for some time if I have a problem some sort of a learning disability or something.

I can,t seem to grasp at times what people are asking me and can be slow on the uptake, I also have problems with information sinking in, and processing it to put down on paper.
Somebody can say something simple to me and I don,t grasp it straight away and its after they have repeated it that I feel so stupid.
Talking on the phone is a nightmare I can,t always tell what someone has said to me and will have to ask them to repeat themselves and I am not even deaf I have a dread of answering the phone and think my anixety might be causing this.
I can,t seem to learn things that easy it just doesn,t sink in and I struggle helping my ds with his homework as its way beyond me my attention span is also no good and I wonder if I am just lazy as I can,t even be bothered its as if its all too much to take in.
I am never completely sure what to do in certain work situations but have usally got through it with help from other staff.
I have been working for over 20 years in social care and have always got on okay and nobody seems to have had any issue with my capabilities but I feel as though I am getting worse.
Also everything feels like a struggle to motivate myself for.
Do you think I have a problem.

am sure it's not a learning disability or you would have noticed problems earlier in life.
Working in Social Care can be very stressy, are you depressed or suffering from anxiety, both can cause problems with processing info.
Make an appt with your GP for further assessment.

I am depressed and I suppose I do have some anxiety.
I also have some terrible regrets about my life.
I have always been a bit like this but I think its worse at the moment.

If you performed ok at school it's unlikely to be learning disabilities. Stress or anxiety can cause this. Or maybe it would be good to have a hearing test? I go part deaf periodically due to ear problems and it makes me tired, confused and paranoid.

Schools often don't pick up on learning issues, as very busy with lots of kids. If you were quiet and kept your head down it is easy to slip through the net.

Sounds partly like a processing problem to me

I did ok at school but have recently been told I have a learning disorder. Basically I had to work twice as hard as most people to 'do ok' when I was at school. It wasn't until I got to uni and I physically couldn't work any harder to keep up, that it got noticed by anyone. My SpLD is in language/processing issues- maybe try looking it up to see if it sounds similar to you.

Sorry to the two posters who posted after me. I applied a very narrow definition of learning disability there.

Hmm, it could be that you have a 'low grade' type of learning disability or some kind of (what is probably not called, but best described as a) sensory disorder?

A friend of mine has struggled in recent years with following instructions, taking in basic information and so forth. He's incredibly bright and articulate. It turns out that he has a form of Aspergers. It was not diagnosable when he was younger because of the improvements in tests in recent years.

I'm sure there will be other posters along to offer more advice shortly :)