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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  • Wow! So much already that I doubt I'm alone in relating to - and some interesting different ones! Thank you for sharing Pray 

    I've also always walked with a stoop, to mind where I'm stepping. Ages ago, I ran into an old school friend, who immediately demanded "you're still walking like that! Stand up straight!". 

    Indoors, I walk mostly on the balls of my feet, and I've tripped and fallen upstairs far too many times.

    There's barely a chip-free plate or bowl left (one fewer, yesterday), and I hit my knuckles into the edges of shelves. I wear earplugs for loading or unloading the dishwasher, not just for the normal noises, but also for when I smash things together or drop them. We buy extras of glassware, to have on standby.

    Lots of knocks and bruises, too, including from doorframes and the shower walls.

  • My posture is awful. My neck sticks forward. I have shoulder issues because of it. I actually wish someone told me to stand up straight as a kid Joy

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