Robbie Williams reveals ‘phone numbers’ give him ‘anxiety’: Here’s why

Robbie Williams gets candid about her anxiety with phone numbers.

Taking to Instagram, the former Take That star shared his experiences with dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Robbie posted a picture that read, “When I was told I was dyslexic I was like what (expletive) the?”

Captioning the post, the Candy hit-maker wrote, “I actually have dyscalculia too. Phone numbers give me anxiety.”

“If they’re not spaced out, I can’t read them. A month or so ago, I was with some new friends and I offered to pay for lunch. There was an option to leave a 15% tip 20% tip or 25 %. None of which I could work out,” he explained.

Robbie recalled he “got the sum wrong”.

“Scribbled it out and in the end, I had to ask for help. My new friends were very cool about it. I didn’t feel embarrassed.”

Addressing dyslexia, the singer continued, “My hand writing is atrocious. These fonts I'm doing are mine. I feel like I haven't created something beautiful with it But I have figured out how to do something interesting.”

“I read well. But my spelling is shocking. I can’t figure out which way D’s go and which way B’s go. No matter how many times I write them.”

Robbie further said, “There are so many easy words that when it comes to spelling remain beyond me. Because of this for the longest time I’ve felt like I’m intellectually/academically Subnormal.”

The singer pointed out, “My grammar remains jumbled. I don’t know when a sentence ends or when to use a comma. Or when a paragraph ends either. But I will say this …If there is anyone suffering with stress right now about, you’re GCSE’s and you’ve been told this is the most important year of your life that defines you forever.”

“It actually should be deemed abusive for a young mind,” he added.