Who else is really clumsy?

Have you ever considered you might have dyspraxia?

Oh, I've always been hopelessly clumsy. When I was a child, my mother referred to me as Clumsy-Clot and Baby Elephant and it was entirely justified!
Partly, it's probably because I'm left handed which inevitably leads to a certain amount of awkwardness in a right handed world but that's certainly not the entire reason. If something can be dropped, broken or tripped over then I will drop it, break it or trip over it.
I used to worry about it until I realised this only made matters worse. Now, I just shrug, laugh and try not to get close to anything fragile when browsing in shops or visiting friends with precious china on display.

As a child I was often told that I was clumsy and gawky. I think it was just adapting to a right handed world as a lefty though.

I am not straightforwardly clumsy - if on my own for example - but do gesticulate a lot so am a danger at the dinner table!

I do get very lively in company! 🤣

NotSpaghetti

I am not straightforwardly clumsy - if on my own for example - but do gesticulate a lot so am a danger at the dinner table!

Do you mean flap your hands about when you're talking 🤣 because I do that. Over the years a few drinks have ended up in my lap lol

My dh always walks too close to me and I need space because I don’t seem to walk straight anymore. Tripping and sometimes falling is a regular occurrence these days. Luckily I mostly bounce.

I'm like you Silver lining. Why do we lose the ability to walk in a straight line? I notice I take smaller steps now, is that it?

I used to be more clumsy than I am now. I was always tripping over, breaking glasses etc.

I came to realise that it was mainly because I was not concentrating on what I was doing, or I was multitasking

Following a bad fall a few years ago I no longer do anything other than walk when I am walking IYSWIM. I don't rummage in my bag, look at my phone, look in another direction etc. Don't get me wrong, I don't walk like a robot but I am so much more aware that I need to do one thing at a time.

I can be clumsy too and more recently I seem to be constantly dropping things!!

Do you mean flap your hands about when you're talking

I used to gesticulate a lot when I was talking. Still do. On one occasion a man I scarcely knew siezed hold of both my hands and told me "Dont talk with your hands."

I pulled them free and snapped at him "Dont touch what you cant afford. You couldnt keep me in hairpins". I said it loud enough for everyone else in the room to hear.

Yes concentration is probably the key. Had a fall on holiday recently. I didn’t notice the pothole in the pavement because I was too busy nosing/looking at the gardens of a nice hotel we were walking past.

silverlining48 - yes, this is exactly what I used to do. Now I stop walking, look at whatever it is and then start walking again.

My bad fall was due to me tripping on a pothole.

NotSpaghetti

I am not straightforwardly clumsy - if on my own for example - but do gesticulate a lot so am a danger at the dinner table!

Me too but I'm rather good at charades!

It is quite a conscious thing I do these days

Yes, HelenLake - when in Italy once someone said my forefathers were obviously Italian!
I have yet to see Italian diners waft glasses off the table though...

My husband says that's why a lot of restaurants in Italy serve wine in tumblers. They do, of course - unless it's a very upmarket place. So now we have invested in some rather smart stemless wine glasses which cause me no problems.

... however I must remember not to switch the light on with the hand holding the open bottle of wine!

I love to see others gesticulating.

to all those who talk with their hands!

Dyspraxia immediately sprang to my mind. I have dyspraxia, diagnosed several decades ago, but it is only with the current interest and research into neuro diversity I am discovering how many of the other minor problems I have are part of the syndrome. It coves the problems I have using a smart phone, remembering sequences, doing more than one thing at a time.

I am clumsy too HelenLake always breaking things. They just fall apart in my hands. My husband considers it his life's work to go behind me repairing everything

I can't seem to walk straight either, this maybe due to my arthritic knees. Also I drop a lot of things because of arthritic thumbs. So my DH has got used to me walking into him and the crash of large or heavy items hitting the floor

PinkCosmos

I used to be more clumsy than I am now. I was always tripping over, breaking glasses etc.

I came to realise that it was mainly because I was not concentrating on what I was doing, or I was multitasking

Following a bad fall a few years ago I no longer do anything other than walk when I am walking IYSWIM. I don't rummage in my bag, look at my phone, look in another direction etc. Don't get me wrong, I don't walk like a robot but I am so much more aware that I need to do one thing at a time.

You are so right. We often are thinking of the past or the future. We need to live in the present to stay safe! I am so guilty of this. It's a lack of concentration

Growing up I fell up and down the stairs with regularity - it was a bit of a joke in the family. I often put things on the side of a table so it fell off. I couldn't play racquet sports well - I almost always hit a tennis ball or shuttlecock with the wooden part of the racquet not the strings. I was thirty before I found out that I was short sighted in one eye and long sighted in the other, so judging distances was almost impossible. Now I know about it I take a lot more care, especially on steps.

As I get older , I've noticed that my balance isn't as good as it was .
It all started with injuring my knee about four years ago .
I've had a couple of near falls recently .
I've been going to chair yoga and I'm trying to restore my mobility .

Esmay I would also recommend Tai Chi.