I struggle to cope with changing/different ways of doing things . I’ve worked myself up about the touch screen cash machine outside Sainsburys . My stepdaughter has said she will show me , but I’m not good with spoken instructions . I really need such things written down. A few people have mentioned 'auditory processing disorder ’ with regards to my difficulty with spoken information /instructions , but I’m not at all sure about that .
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Ask her to write down the instructions.
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Thanks . I’ve just asked her about that on Facebook .
You’re not stupid! If you are, then so am I. At my volunteer job, there is a machine that does everything - copier, scanner, fax machine, etc. I spent a good five minutes trying to figure out how to get the cursor on the machine to go into the fax number field to bring up the touch keys…then I realized it wasn’t a touch screen, I had to use the number pad…which was RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME on the right side of the machine.
I was just glad I didn’t ask someone for help! They would have wondered how I missed that! I have become so used to touch screens, it never occurred to me that their machine didn’t have one!
You will get used to the new machine. You have help, and I agree, she can write it down for you. No worries!
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Could you ask your stepdaughter to show you how to use the cash machine and then also send you an email with the instructions written down? That way you could refer to the written instructions for future visits to the cash machine.
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I’ve told her I would probably need written instructions . She is very aware that I have more difficulty with some things than a cursory interaction with me would suggest .
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The good news is that it sounds like you have a wonderful stepdaughter. I’m sure it will be okay.
I get my knickers in a knot about things like that too.
You are not stupid. You are a very intelligent person. Sometimes we need things done a certain way but it doesn’t mean we are stupid. 
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