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Originally posted by Flossie:
He is genuine, he is honest, he is well-meaning, but he is also a plonker and confused by the world.
He has a rather child-like and naive approach to issues and people.
He has often offered theories about things which have been completely and utterly wrong, and his attempts to project an image of living a Bohemian lifestyle is embarrassing and delusional and very immature. He is not socially competent and often destroys conversations and social interactions, and he has learnt to fill the ensuing gaps with his embarrassing supposedly heartfelt sighs which are designed to project some self-contentment when they reveal quite the opposite, that he can't understand why his conversational skills fail so often.
Here is a paragraph taken from an article written by Freddie`s father which goes some way to explaining his son`s eccentricities........and to be honest I think he has coped amazingly well overcoming such a debilitating condition....
During his years at Shrewsbury, Freddie was diagnosed with severe dyslexia. It was more than just poor spelling. He had to learn many new skills and deploy other talents to compensate for his real difficulties. Dyslexia does not go away. Today Freddie copes well but does see the world in a very different way from most people. This adds to his pronounced eccentricity