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> I don't have PD, but all my life I have had trouble with directions. I have
> heard that it actually is a condition. I can get lost in a motel. If I
> leave a freeway to get gas, often I turn the wrong direction to get back to
> the freeway. I cannot drive in a large city, because I don't think I could
> ever find my way back. I have had my husband teach our children directions
> from their early ages. They can go into our mountain pastures to hunt and
> always know how to get out. It is very frustrating for me because most
> people just donot understand. Nancy B cg for Don 64/14
>
This is so funny ! My husband is one of these people who has NO CLUE
where he is - we tease him and say "turn him around twice and he's lost !"
I've always been alble to instictively KNOW if I was heading North or South !
I had a roommate once who couldn't reverse directions to get home for
NOTHING - we'd say take 287 south - to the Parkway North - to 9 north -
she'd get there fine - but could NOT reverse it - or would only reverse part of
it ... and get hopelessly lost.
Is this a genetic thing perhaps ? But you say your husband taught your kids ?
So maybe it is teachable ?
I'd love to go into one of those Maze/gardens that they have in England -
that would be so fun - but my husband might never get out !
Have a nice day !
Donna
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