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Patrick Dempsey

Salma HayekThe neurosurgeon dubbed “Dr. McDreamy” by the female interns of Grey’s Anatomy has long battled a common brain disorder in real life. Patrick Dempsey still fights dyslexia — which impairs the mind’s ability to process and use language — ever since being diagnosed with it at age 12.

“I think it’s made me who I am. It’s given me a perspective of – you have to keep working. I have never given up,” he said.

The 40-year old actor says that he struggles when reading scripts and memorizing his lines as Dr. Derek Shepherd on the hit ABC series.

“I think that’s when I get the most insecure … it’s very hard for me to read it off the page. I need to memorize it, in order to go on,” he said.

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Medicine Net - Patrick Dempsey Reveals His Dyslexia

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