How clumsy are you?

I know that we can be prone to being clumsy (and why, and that I definitely am), but can still find it upsetting. 

Since my diagnosis, I've found it easier to just acknowledge - or even to smile or laugh about - the smaller examples. But my unending stream of clumsiness, together with the hassle of the bigger examples, still gets to me.

It started innocuously enough today: I somehow dropped my teabag on the kitchen floor, between taking it out of the caddy and putting it into my cup. One moment it was right there, between my thumb and fingers, and I was looking right at it. The next it was on the floor. I've no idea how.

Two hours later, one that I couldn't smile about: I was sitting in the living room, had a first sip from a cup of coffee, and then - in the process of putting it back on the side table - somehow knocked it over and spilled it all over the floor (including down the table, under the table, under the sofa, etc).

I thought it might be interesting or maybe even therapeutic to share some of our clumsiness incidents.

So, if you feel like sharing, how clumsy are you? And what are some examples - whether recent or old?

(Very importantly, I don't mean to be tone deaf with this thread in respect of those of us who routinely have more severe difficulties. I'm thinking about the situations that we think we've got covered, until it turns out that we haven't).

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  • It was one of the first things which my sister noticed about my niece. She got a notice of Dyspraxia long before she got her diagnosis of Autism, I know it's one of those things which she'll have to find a way of coping with.

    Personally, I don't think i've ever had to worry about it so much - which is nice!

    I definitely want to support your notion of "sharing is caring" though.  A lot of what hurts me about Autism is the continual sense of loneliness and isolation having spent many years pretending not to have these difficulties.

    I think if you do or don't need to find coping strats for this element of Autism, it's still really valuable to learn what some of us have to live with.

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  • It was one of the first things which my sister noticed about my niece. She got a notice of Dyspraxia long before she got her diagnosis of Autism, I know it's one of those things which she'll have to find a way of coping with.

    Personally, I don't think i've ever had to worry about it so much - which is nice!

    I definitely want to support your notion of "sharing is caring" though.  A lot of what hurts me about Autism is the continual sense of loneliness and isolation having spent many years pretending not to have these difficulties.

    I think if you do or don't need to find coping strats for this element of Autism, it's still really valuable to learn what some of us have to live with.

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