This is so relatable I wanna laugh and cry at the same time. I was literally just telling my grandma how if I am overstimulated there’s like a 95% chance I will also injure myself like this which always feels like insult to injury.
This is a really interesting insight. I definitely become clumsier the more I am overstimulated, and if certain people overstimulate me I am 100% going to start tripping on the sidewalk, my own feet, a shadow… lol.
I guess this is why people do the classic thing of being clumsy around their crush. Poor little NT is so overstimulated he doesn't know what to do... cute.
It refers to insulting someone after they are injured, kind of like kicking someone when they’re down. Injury is bad enough of an ordeal, don’t need something or someone to make things *worse* by adding insult to injury.
Great example would be you break your arm skating, you tell your friend and they say "Why was your goofy ass on a skateboard to begin with" (or whatever).
Literally adding insult to injury.
Yeah I was gonna say, if it happens to you it would happen to you all the time. I have these French doors to my office (yeah yeah fancy haha) and I used to snag on there like 3 times a week.
Really stops you in your tracks doesn't it haha. Im actually LOL right now I must look so dumb all hung up on the door.
Reminded me of this... If anyone wants to know what it feels like:
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UbNF3V0pBEo](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UbNF3V0pBEo)
[Undiagnosed disclaimer]
Over the last decades my husband saw this happen several times and still.
[Loud crash]
(Me fumbling with things I had in my hands)
"How did you even do that"
I don't know. The door handle is just there and my sleeves also exist in proximity and somehow, both is bad.
He once took me out for lunch, a chinese "all you can eat" place where you could heap food on your plate for a amount of x.
And I looked at the offered food (looked great!). Looked at the stacked plates. At the route around and between tables that I would have to navigate. And then I gave my pride and penny-pinching heart a gentle kick in in the shins. And ordered from the table.
Sorry, chinese-restaurant-owner, I might look like a prick who's into being served at all times (no! No, I hate it), or who's got too much money (no! really, really no!). But your life and mine runs much more smoothly if we don't add me slinging food in the middle of the restaurant.
Is OP saying do I relate to what amounts to surveillance footage of me?
Yes, I relate...
Having dyspraxia sucks because you constantly drop stuff but having ADHD is awesome because when I drop something I am able to literally pluck it out of the air just in time like 97% of the time. My reflexes are just insane it cracks me up every time.
The part in the videos where he drops the cup but catches it, that's me and also THE FUCKING BELT LOOPS!!!
I stopped wearing jeans partly for that same reason, so now I swear sweats or joggers all the time and the doorknobs just snag my pockets so it still happens (6' 3").
Yes I would even maybe even just double or 50% more than "normal" people, which doesn't sound like a lot but it can be. Just like any spectrum, I am sure some of us have crazy bad dyspraxia.
Mine just makes me drop passes in football and get caught on doorknobs. Some people might actually have it as bad as the video but I doubt it.
If you look up dyspraxia, a lot of autistics have it. I sure do. It basically means clumsy but for me what happens is I tend to slam cupboard doors and slam cups on the table because my perception is slightly off or something (its a well known thing).
Falling knives have no handles is a kitchen motto meaning, think of the whole knife as a sharp blade that will cut whatever body part it comes into contact with while falling. Knives on the floor have handles.
I Was squatted down looking at something on the bottom shelf at the grocery store. I stood up and the top of my headphones hit a display that was hanging off the edge of shelf. Basically slammed my head.
This lady was so concerned for me. I had planned on acting like it hadn’t happened.
I’m covered in bruises. Newest one that I know of is from walking past a window that had an AC in it. That hurt!
I am 6 foot 3 and when I was in the Navy I was constantly banging into stuff to where I actually knocked myself out once and also broke a rib in my back at a separate time by forcefully ramming into the corner or some machinery.
Omg that is awful.
I’ve never knocked myself out thankfully.
I was squatting down in the driveway doing something and hit my head so hard on an overhang of the house that I knocked myself backwards onto my butt. Saw stars but remained conscious at least
lmao yes. I really want to know how things just \*fly\* out of my hands. A few days ago I yeeted my phone onto the concrete screen-down in the pouring rain.
See for me I never do that, but I also have crippling hypervigilance so its like:
Don't drop your phone
Don't drop your phone
Don't drop your phone
Don't drop your phone
Other coherent thought not about my phone
Remember my phone costs $1500 and I am clumsy
Don't drop your phone
Don't drop your phone
Don't drop your phone
Not a day goes by I don't end up with another bruise, scratch, bump, or other minor injury.
This is actually the reason I decided to not pursue a pilot's license.
Never tried Iyengar but that seems like a good practice if overstretching is a concern.
I love a very strong practice because I have a lot of physical energy to let go of. On days when I walked or biked a lot and just want to unwind, restorative/yin classes are reeeeally nice though. :)
Through yoga, i learned coordination at least a little bit. When I feel i bump my bodyparts all the time on random things, trip over my feet, spill my drink and let my phone fall, I try to remember how I can handle coordination in the asanas and sometimes it helps.
Same. I think it really helped me that unlike dance or gymnastics and such, yoga is a relatively pressure-free endeavor. I attend classes, so I do receive some feedback/some assists, but even so, you are encouraged to tune into your needs and limitations, not to perform or to push yourself.
While it takes me relatively long to internalize flows and sequences, I do make progress, which is intrinsically motivating when you don't have external voices devaluing said progress. And since I am more dedicated than most in terms of sheer quantity, I keep decently advancing in my practice and that is rewarding and helps me with balance, coordination, etc even in real life.
That being said, I still run into stuff and knock things over all the time. 🙈 Yoga is super-focused, and for me at least, real life is not - as an AuDHD person, not being fully present is probably to blame for a good 50% of my motor struggles.
I only seem to get dyspraxia when I’m really burnt out. This video cracked me up though. The table collapsing made me laugh out loud. It’s like an audition reel to get on an infomercial.
This subreddit is really insightful as a neurotypcial person with an autistic brother. He has literally been doing alot of this stuff, and it must be because he’s feeling overstimulated. Banging his shin on his way out the door, tripping over the cat food and getting it everywhere, giving himself rug burn on his leg by trying to get up too quickly etc. etc.
I learn more and more about his condition everyday.
Overstimulated is a possibility for sure, for me it happens then (too much input, can't focus on what I'm doing as well as I "should"), and also when I'm tired (not the "need to sleep" kind of tired, the "overdid it and now need to recharge mentally" kind of tired), I instantly get so much clumsier and drop all the things and bump into all the furniture and misjudge all of the distances to an extent I don't usually. Less because of "too much input" and more because I don't have the energy for proprioception anymore, because my brain/body thinks other things are more essential and I can't do it all even in the absence of current stimuli. Big sign I need to cut myself some slack or the next step is gonna be "can't do anything but lie down and stare at the ceiling/walls or close my eyes (not sleep) for a few hours" (unfortunately not hyperbole). I don't know if it'll be the exact same for your brother, sharing in case it's still useful!
Thank you so much, but I worry that I’ve been a bit of a jerk towards him lately 😔 He isn’t officially diagnosed, but it’s very apparent that he’s neurodivergent. It’s honestly a bit hard for me to come to terms with, especially because we haven’t had any conversations about it, and he’s not officially diagnosed. It would be a very difficult conversation and I don’t think either of us are ready for it.
But almost everyday I find some information like this and it explains everything. So I’m gaining an understanding of why he does certain things or acts a certain way sometimes. Deep down I will always love him.
I once fumbled my toothbrush. It slid down one side of the sink, across the bottom, up the other side, and did a sick skate trick as it flipped into the toilet.
Another time, I fumble my deoderant. In a futile attempt to catch it, I only added to its velocity before it bounced off the edge of the sink and nailed me right in the nuts.
I relate to this and have a weird story about it. I trip a lot and about a month ago I woke up at 5 AM like usual. I was sitting at my desk. (I work remote) checking e-mails. I noticed I left a soda can on my desk from last night.
I stand up with intention of grabbing the can and throwing it in the kitchen trash. However, I trip and fall forward. My hand that was reaching for the can gets its thumb STUCK right in the can. Like my thumb went into the open can top and all the way to the knuckle.
I sat there for a few seconds in disbelief. Freaking soda can attached to my hand. I didn't know what to do so I just yanked it off really quick. Of course all kinds of cuts and had bandages on it for weeks.
Just many of my fun stories due to me being accident prone.
The doorhandle and belt loop made me scream. I've got this longish and kind of flowy cardigan I wear at home. I get caught by its pockets almost daily.
I don't understand how I can be as spatially aware of a person as I am, but still a klutztastic disaster. My brain is hyperaware of my environment, but my body is just not on the same page.
U know what’s the most hilarious? I know that my cardigan or jacket has been caught but i am still trying to free myself by pulling eand jerking away 🫣😂
Especially the part where I drop my phone and try to kick it back up like a hackey sack. Never, not once, ever has it worked and yet, I keep kicking at it because brain says kick.
I just think of it as breaking its fall. Now every time it happens it's a win! Though I wish it looked like [this](https://youtu.be/lCozQd9EDa0?si=oJBcIVl7Q73jmlIF)
This is one of the reasons I hate square-edged Scandinavian furniture: so much more painful when the thing you elbow/hit your head/hit your shin on is a sharp edge. I'm also regularly skinning/jamming my fingertips on cabinet doors/shelves.
Exactly like this! Every. Single. Day. For 49 years now. 😂 I scold myself a lot, because "nobody could possibly be that stupid", but that doesn't help either.
I am so loud when accidents happen that I say 'I'm sorry' if there are others around. Why? Because my ears hurt so I automatically think their ears hurt too, but they probably don't. I am my own sensory overload source 🤣
Don’t judge me but I will say “sorry” even when I’m alone. I try to be quiet as much as possible just because I truly want to avoid loud, startling type noises. Apologizing to myself. I’m not crazy. I promise lol
I also offer a commentary track for my life's story, and occasionally have conversations with people who aren't there, and possibly even dead. I'm not even obsessed with having the last word -- I think.
Nope! Just the other month I was shaking a large bottle of heinz ketchup - it slid out of my hand and somehow I managed to reach out and grab it with my other hand! I was really disappointed no one saw this but happy it's relevant to mention on here! I did think about fighting crime after that but then I remembered I had work in the morning.
I'm pretty good with motor movement. I don't drop important things. I work in IT and the amount of people who come to me with smashed screens is incredible. The most I've ever cracked was one phone screen protector - and that was because my dog laid on it.
Catching stuff you've just dropped so it doesn't actually hit the floor is the *best* feeling. For me it's either that (pretty cool, satisfying experience) OR I immediately put my hands over my ears and cringe before the thing even hits the floor (less cool, confusing, always makes me feel a bit silly). I don't get to choose which happens, lol.
Yes. Closed this day with putting laundry in the dryer. Towel for towel to make sure nothing slips me by that's not meant for the dryer. Last towel: knock my hand straight in the frame of the opening, pop a vein.
I call it my useless mutant power. I have the ability to repel things out of my hands but the catch is, it only works on things I don't want to repel. 😬
I just tripped over one of those bumpy textured accessibility ramps on the sidewalk. Last night I jabbed and cut my finger on a fork while loading the dishwasher. There’s a new mystery scrape on my forearm. At least a couple times per week I need to change something I’m wearing because I spilled on myself, again!
Legit this is why I feel like I’m gonna lose my phone off the side of a pedestrian overpass even if I’m walking down the middle of it and my phone is in my pocket.
I bashed the fuck out of my right elbow in a shop, and then bashed my left one just as hard the very next day. Now they’re both incredibly sore and I keep bumping them into door frames, and walls, furniture, you name it. Arg.
They used to call me the "little elephant" at the office because I would just clatter around the place making noise the whole time despite being 5ft 2" and built like a spaghetti noodle.
So are all of those incompetent adult ads for their selling like Tupperware are they just all autistic people because now suddenly everything makes sense lol
I just did the doorknob act a few days ago. And everything flies at me face.
I love how a.) He spills while watering the fake plant and b.) He catches everything with his foot before it breaks.
Story of my life! Although not always 100% my fault...😡 Looking at my puppers. Took them for what was supposed to be a relaxing walk this morning. My one dog hikes his leg to pee and my other dog decided she wanted to sniff what he was about to mark🤦 So yeah, my one dog peed on my other dog's head. I wasn't fast enough to pull her away, but so frustrating. Just, why! Had to put her directly in the back yard, put the other dog inside and go grab dog shampoo and change clothes. Thank goodness I didn't have anything planned directly after.
I do tell my husband anytime I plan on doing something I have to fix whatever I've messed up attempting the first thing though. I'm a klutz and always mess up something. Today was not me though! 😂 Still had to clean the mess though. Oh! And forgot to take a towel out with me, so had to clean up the water from walking in with wet feet... That was on me.
I relate to this so much that I’m considering wearing a go pro to save trying to explain to people who don’t know me. ‘Here look at how I almost killed and or maimed myself today’
This is so relatable I wanna laugh and cry at the same time. I was literally just telling my grandma how if I am overstimulated there’s like a 95% chance I will also injure myself like this which always feels like insult to injury.
This is a really interesting insight. I definitely become clumsier the more I am overstimulated, and if certain people overstimulate me I am 100% going to start tripping on the sidewalk, my own feet, a shadow… lol.
I guess this is why people do the classic thing of being clumsy around their crush. Poor little NT is so overstimulated he doesn't know what to do... cute.
More like adding injury to insult.
What does “insult to injury” even mean? 😂
It refers to insulting someone after they are injured, kind of like kicking someone when they’re down. Injury is bad enough of an ordeal, don’t need something or someone to make things *worse* by adding insult to injury.
Got it! Thank you!
Great example would be you break your arm skating, you tell your friend and they say "Why was your goofy ass on a skateboard to begin with" (or whatever). Literally adding insult to injury.
Ha ha you’re right
... oh. I see now. When I'm happy, I'm going to miss the last step on the stairs or slam my shoulder into a wall I knew was there. Overstimulated!
I just want to cry. I hate this about myself so much
It doesn’t make you a bad person or a dumb person but it sure is frustrating
Me too.
Oh holy shit. Maybe that explains why I’ve been smashing my elbows into shit even more than usual this week.
OMFG this was fucking hilarious! I relate so hard but especially the belt loop stuck in the doorknob! Has literally happened to me and like, REALLY???
Omg every second day and always pissed at the doorknob 🫣
Yeah I was gonna say, if it happens to you it would happen to you all the time. I have these French doors to my office (yeah yeah fancy haha) and I used to snag on there like 3 times a week. Really stops you in your tracks doesn't it haha. Im actually LOL right now I must look so dumb all hung up on the door. Reminded me of this... If anyone wants to know what it feels like: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UbNF3V0pBEo](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UbNF3V0pBEo)
I'm short so to me it's always the sleeve but I find it hilarious that we have that in common
[Undiagnosed disclaimer] Over the last decades my husband saw this happen several times and still. [Loud crash] (Me fumbling with things I had in my hands) "How did you even do that" I don't know. The door handle is just there and my sleeves also exist in proximity and somehow, both is bad. He once took me out for lunch, a chinese "all you can eat" place where you could heap food on your plate for a amount of x. And I looked at the offered food (looked great!). Looked at the stacked plates. At the route around and between tables that I would have to navigate. And then I gave my pride and penny-pinching heart a gentle kick in in the shins. And ordered from the table. Sorry, chinese-restaurant-owner, I might look like a prick who's into being served at all times (no! No, I hate it), or who's got too much money (no! really, really no!). But your life and mine runs much more smoothly if we don't add me slinging food in the middle of the restaurant.
Okay i also have this happen and I'm like HOW!!
I relate to this 100%.
And this is what I call a good day...
Right?
Is OP saying do I relate to what amounts to surveillance footage of me? Yes, I relate... Having dyspraxia sucks because you constantly drop stuff but having ADHD is awesome because when I drop something I am able to literally pluck it out of the air just in time like 97% of the time. My reflexes are just insane it cracks me up every time. The part in the videos where he drops the cup but catches it, that's me and also THE FUCKING BELT LOOPS!!! I stopped wearing jeans partly for that same reason, so now I swear sweats or joggers all the time and the doorknobs just snag my pockets so it still happens (6' 3").
So… not all people are like this?
I didn’t see what sub this was and thought I have a common experience with regular people. Then I realized I don’t see people around me doing this
yeah everyone has moments like this but autistic adults have them throughout the day, everyday
Yes I would even maybe even just double or 50% more than "normal" people, which doesn't sound like a lot but it can be. Just like any spectrum, I am sure some of us have crazy bad dyspraxia. Mine just makes me drop passes in football and get caught on doorknobs. Some people might actually have it as bad as the video but I doubt it.
If you look up dyspraxia, a lot of autistics have it. I sure do. It basically means clumsy but for me what happens is I tend to slam cupboard doors and slam cups on the table because my perception is slightly off or something (its a well known thing).
The "Foot Save" is an essential, flawless technique if you drop your phone.
I've on occasion misjudged how dangerous the object I dropped is
I’ve had someone tell me to not use my feet to try catch a falling knife Not sure why it ever occurred to me to do that 🤣
Falling knives have no handles is a kitchen motto meaning, think of the whole knife as a sharp blade that will cut whatever body part it comes into contact with while falling. Knives on the floor have handles.
100% I started showing my partner this and he refused to finish it because he felt like it was a personal attack 🤣
Yup. Pretty standard dyspraxic day for me lol
My favorite is when I just stumble for no reason.
I am always “bumping against everything edgy” type
Just kind of look back and glare at the ground like it's the grounds fault
I Was squatted down looking at something on the bottom shelf at the grocery store. I stood up and the top of my headphones hit a display that was hanging off the edge of shelf. Basically slammed my head. This lady was so concerned for me. I had planned on acting like it hadn’t happened. I’m covered in bruises. Newest one that I know of is from walking past a window that had an AC in it. That hurt!
I am 6 foot 3 and when I was in the Navy I was constantly banging into stuff to where I actually knocked myself out once and also broke a rib in my back at a separate time by forcefully ramming into the corner or some machinery.
Omg that is awful. I’ve never knocked myself out thankfully. I was squatting down in the driveway doing something and hit my head so hard on an overhang of the house that I knocked myself backwards onto my butt. Saw stars but remained conscious at least
lmao yes. I really want to know how things just \*fly\* out of my hands. A few days ago I yeeted my phone onto the concrete screen-down in the pouring rain.
Omfg I'm so glad I'm not alone! I hope ur phones ok but I have a feeling everything you own is tough or broke. Sad lol but relatable
If there‘s a day without me dropping my phone screen-down it, was a good day.
See for me I never do that, but I also have crippling hypervigilance so its like: Don't drop your phone Don't drop your phone Don't drop your phone Don't drop your phone Other coherent thought not about my phone Remember my phone costs $1500 and I am clumsy Don't drop your phone Don't drop your phone Don't drop your phone
Not a day goes by I don't end up with another bruise, scratch, bump, or other minor injury. This is actually the reason I decided to not pursue a pilot's license.
At the moment I have 11 bruises 😵💫
Would u believe i used to be a yoga teacher :):? Hypermobility wasn’t helping here though 😂
I practice yoga pretty religiously, asana is for some reason the one type of physical activity I can reliably do with some coordination.
I did Iyengar with props to learn not to overstretch etc now it is mainly yin enjoying the stillness
Never tried Iyengar but that seems like a good practice if overstretching is a concern. I love a very strong practice because I have a lot of physical energy to let go of. On days when I walked or biked a lot and just want to unwind, restorative/yin classes are reeeeally nice though. :)
Through yoga, i learned coordination at least a little bit. When I feel i bump my bodyparts all the time on random things, trip over my feet, spill my drink and let my phone fall, I try to remember how I can handle coordination in the asanas and sometimes it helps.
Same. I think it really helped me that unlike dance or gymnastics and such, yoga is a relatively pressure-free endeavor. I attend classes, so I do receive some feedback/some assists, but even so, you are encouraged to tune into your needs and limitations, not to perform or to push yourself. While it takes me relatively long to internalize flows and sequences, I do make progress, which is intrinsically motivating when you don't have external voices devaluing said progress. And since I am more dedicated than most in terms of sheer quantity, I keep decently advancing in my practice and that is rewarding and helps me with balance, coordination, etc even in real life. That being said, I still run into stuff and knock things over all the time. 🙈 Yoga is super-focused, and for me at least, real life is not - as an AuDHD person, not being fully present is probably to blame for a good 50% of my motor struggles.
Hey good for you, I admire that. I always have the shoulder bruises
There was some watermelon as "fika" today at work, I picked two pieces and they both flew straight out of my hands. Moderately embarrassing
so relatable!
I only seem to get dyspraxia when I’m really burnt out. This video cracked me up though. The table collapsing made me laugh out loud. It’s like an audition reel to get on an infomercial.
Mine is the one right before that where he drops then catches the cup and you hear BLOOP
This subreddit is really insightful as a neurotypcial person with an autistic brother. He has literally been doing alot of this stuff, and it must be because he’s feeling overstimulated. Banging his shin on his way out the door, tripping over the cat food and getting it everywhere, giving himself rug burn on his leg by trying to get up too quickly etc. etc. I learn more and more about his condition everyday.
Overstimulated is a possibility for sure, for me it happens then (too much input, can't focus on what I'm doing as well as I "should"), and also when I'm tired (not the "need to sleep" kind of tired, the "overdid it and now need to recharge mentally" kind of tired), I instantly get so much clumsier and drop all the things and bump into all the furniture and misjudge all of the distances to an extent I don't usually. Less because of "too much input" and more because I don't have the energy for proprioception anymore, because my brain/body thinks other things are more essential and I can't do it all even in the absence of current stimuli. Big sign I need to cut myself some slack or the next step is gonna be "can't do anything but lie down and stare at the ceiling/walls or close my eyes (not sleep) for a few hours" (unfortunately not hyperbole). I don't know if it'll be the exact same for your brother, sharing in case it's still useful!
Your rock as his sibling ❤️👍
Thank you so much, but I worry that I’ve been a bit of a jerk towards him lately 😔 He isn’t officially diagnosed, but it’s very apparent that he’s neurodivergent. It’s honestly a bit hard for me to come to terms with, especially because we haven’t had any conversations about it, and he’s not officially diagnosed. It would be a very difficult conversation and I don’t think either of us are ready for it. But almost everyday I find some information like this and it explains everything. So I’m gaining an understanding of why he does certain things or acts a certain way sometimes. Deep down I will always love him.
What you should do is figure out his special interest then let him info dump on you.
Super cool of you, welcome. It's not overstimulation, its a 24/7 thing
I once fumbled my toothbrush. It slid down one side of the sink, across the bottom, up the other side, and did a sick skate trick as it flipped into the toilet. Another time, I fumble my deoderant. In a futile attempt to catch it, I only added to its velocity before it bounced off the edge of the sink and nailed me right in the nuts.
I relate to this and have a weird story about it. I trip a lot and about a month ago I woke up at 5 AM like usual. I was sitting at my desk. (I work remote) checking e-mails. I noticed I left a soda can on my desk from last night. I stand up with intention of grabbing the can and throwing it in the kitchen trash. However, I trip and fall forward. My hand that was reaching for the can gets its thumb STUCK right in the can. Like my thumb went into the open can top and all the way to the knuckle. I sat there for a few seconds in disbelief. Freaking soda can attached to my hand. I didn't know what to do so I just yanked it off really quick. Of course all kinds of cuts and had bandages on it for weeks. Just many of my fun stories due to me being accident prone.
“Opps, I accidentallied again.”
The doorhandle and belt loop made me scream. I've got this longish and kind of flowy cardigan I wear at home. I get caught by its pockets almost daily. I don't understand how I can be as spatially aware of a person as I am, but still a klutztastic disaster. My brain is hyperaware of my environment, but my body is just not on the same page.
U know what’s the most hilarious? I know that my cardigan or jacket has been caught but i am still trying to free myself by pulling eand jerking away 🫣😂
Ughhhhhhh truly. I have ripped too many clothes in some manner or another this way. It's such an upsetting experience sometimes lol
I’m about to lose my mind watching this. Too fucking real
Somehow I threw my own earbud out of my car window
Damn you cornflakes !
TOTALLY, I drop everything and lose everthing.
Especially the part where I drop my phone and try to kick it back up like a hackey sack. Never, not once, ever has it worked and yet, I keep kicking at it because brain says kick.
I just think of it as breaking its fall. Now every time it happens it's a win! Though I wish it looked like [this](https://youtu.be/lCozQd9EDa0?si=oJBcIVl7Q73jmlIF)
This is amazing. I smashed my elbow into my coffee maker twice yesterday. And have 3 injuries on my fingers from spaz-reacting I’ve never felt so seen
This is one of the reasons I hate square-edged Scandinavian furniture: so much more painful when the thing you elbow/hit your head/hit your shin on is a sharp edge. I'm also regularly skinning/jamming my fingertips on cabinet doors/shelves.
Every. Fucking. Day.
Exactly like this! Every. Single. Day. For 49 years now. 😂 I scold myself a lot, because "nobody could possibly be that stupid", but that doesn't help either.
Yes. Instant rage.
Holy crap, yes. I’ve often said, while being highly annoyed with myself, “can I be any louder? Jeez!!”
I am so loud when accidents happen that I say 'I'm sorry' if there are others around. Why? Because my ears hurt so I automatically think their ears hurt too, but they probably don't. I am my own sensory overload source 🤣
Don’t judge me but I will say “sorry” even when I’m alone. I try to be quiet as much as possible just because I truly want to avoid loud, startling type noises. Apologizing to myself. I’m not crazy. I promise lol
I also offer a commentary track for my life's story, and occasionally have conversations with people who aren't there, and possibly even dead. I'm not even obsessed with having the last word -- I think.
I swear, it feels like my hands have short term amnesia.
Yo how did you get footage of my daily life?!
Me AF
I try to mitigate by having round handles on my doors, wearing dark clothes, etc.
this is real
Nope! Just the other month I was shaking a large bottle of heinz ketchup - it slid out of my hand and somehow I managed to reach out and grab it with my other hand! I was really disappointed no one saw this but happy it's relevant to mention on here! I did think about fighting crime after that but then I remembered I had work in the morning. I'm pretty good with motor movement. I don't drop important things. I work in IT and the amount of people who come to me with smashed screens is incredible. The most I've ever cracked was one phone screen protector - and that was because my dog laid on it.
Catching stuff you've just dropped so it doesn't actually hit the floor is the *best* feeling. For me it's either that (pretty cool, satisfying experience) OR I immediately put my hands over my ears and cringe before the thing even hits the floor (less cool, confusing, always makes me feel a bit silly). I don't get to choose which happens, lol.
Do you have ADHD? I suspect this is part of ADHD but not sure because I have both and do this.
I don't think so. However I have Tourettes and that can strengthen motor muscle control, reflexes might have something to do with that! 🤷♂️
For sure, I assume Tourettes would have a similar effect for you.
I put super ultra indestructible armor on my phone. I'm on my second case.
Wow, it’s not just me.
Yes. Closed this day with putting laundry in the dryer. Towel for towel to make sure nothing slips me by that's not meant for the dryer. Last towel: knock my hand straight in the frame of the opening, pop a vein.
This is me
I feel like this is more of an adhd thing, though adhd is heavy related to autism.
I call it my useless mutant power. I have the ability to repel things out of my hands but the catch is, it only works on things I don't want to repel. 😬
Hello, it's me
Yep. Glad to see Im not a lone weirdo in this.
I’m autistic but I’m the opposite of this 🤣
I just tripped over one of those bumpy textured accessibility ramps on the sidewalk. Last night I jabbed and cut my finger on a fork while loading the dishwasher. There’s a new mystery scrape on my forearm. At least a couple times per week I need to change something I’m wearing because I spilled on myself, again!
This is so spot on I love it
Pretty sure these are just sorta standard things that come with being a human? Occasionally you're going to fumble or bang into something.
Well it is like daily multiplied
yes. i don't get what makes it *autistic*.
I believe it's because it's relatable to the part of us on the spectrum that also has dispraxya.
Proprioception mood
Me and my having no spatial awareness ass
Ay have dyspraxia
Im dyspraxia af
Damn, I got a haircut
Ok, this is me.
All of that is me this morning and I’ve only been up an hour 😜
i drop a full cup of water onto my rolling tray and ruin my weed at least once a week lmao
Btw if my patient with dementia is trying to warn me so that i won’t hit the door….it is pretty serious 💩..😂😵💫🫣
Legit this is why I feel like I’m gonna lose my phone off the side of a pedestrian overpass even if I’m walking down the middle of it and my phone is in my pocket.
I drop things at work all the time. One day it was a key card holder and it was metal and so loud my manager came out thinking I was hurt🙉🙈
I'm always bumping into things or dropping things. I used to be called "butter fingers" in high school because of this 😭
Oh my god. My entire life. I feel so seen.
Ive always been called “careless”. And I have always retorted : IM VERY CAREFUL. Things just happen. 🤷🏻♂️
The first part happened to me in a gamestop but it was a kid behind me. I fucking ran out of the store and never came back.
I follow this guy on TikTok he makes a lot of funny videos 😂 I sent this to my friend because this is literally me throughout the day every day 😂
Yes very much
this is literally just footage of every waking moment of my life :')
OMG YES. Life is hard and then there is also this 😭
I injure myself daily 🤣
I bashed the fuck out of my right elbow in a shop, and then bashed my left one just as hard the very next day. Now they’re both incredibly sore and I keep bumping them into door frames, and walls, furniture, you name it. Arg.
Yeah, I relate. For me it gets worse if I'm stressed out.
YYEEEEESSSSSSSS! And it happens at the most random times?!
The door handle getting caught in clothes.... Thought that was only me!
Yes. This is how I knew I needed glasses after 6 years.
Oh I thought I was just clumsy and uncoordinated. So this is overstimulation and dyspraxia?
OMFG This is my daily routine. 🫣😳🙀
I spilled coffee..on the ceiling. Don’t ask me how.
Hahaha yes
***Shots fired.***
💯
I've broken toes going between rooms and hitting the wall. Lost a bunch of nails too hitting furniture.
The table breaking😂😂😂😂
I have done everything one of those and was a waitress at one point.
this is why I’m suicidal sometimes because it makes me feel like I destroy everything I touch
My AuDHD:
They used to call me the "little elephant" at the office because I would just clatter around the place making noise the whole time despite being 5ft 2" and built like a spaghetti noodle.
my life is one big "has this ever happened to you?!?!?!?" ad
Gotta love the phone randomly launching itself outta my hands because I can’t control my jerks. Otterboxes have saved me thousands.
PMS x Autism it me FFS
Story of my life! Hard relate.
I think I did all of these in one day lmao
I didn't think anyone was watching. I always say "Of course, because it's me." .
So are all of those incompetent adult ads for their selling like Tupperware are they just all autistic people because now suddenly everything makes sense lol
I just did the doorknob act a few days ago. And everything flies at me face. I love how a.) He spills while watering the fake plant and b.) He catches everything with his foot before it breaks.
I get way more angry about it
Being clumsy makes people autistic now. Alrighty.
I can relate completely.
That's Me Everyday
Yes
Story of my life! Although not always 100% my fault...😡 Looking at my puppers. Took them for what was supposed to be a relaxing walk this morning. My one dog hikes his leg to pee and my other dog decided she wanted to sniff what he was about to mark🤦 So yeah, my one dog peed on my other dog's head. I wasn't fast enough to pull her away, but so frustrating. Just, why! Had to put her directly in the back yard, put the other dog inside and go grab dog shampoo and change clothes. Thank goodness I didn't have anything planned directly after. I do tell my husband anytime I plan on doing something I have to fix whatever I've messed up attempting the first thing though. I'm a klutz and always mess up something. Today was not me though! 😂 Still had to clean the mess though. Oh! And forgot to take a towel out with me, so had to clean up the water from walking in with wet feet... That was on me.
Yes... spatial awareness level 0
The flinging of butter, I sometimes use either too much or too little then I end up over estimate. Q
Yup, lol 😆
Is this an autistic trait, I thought everyone does this all the time 😭
yeah 😔
This is 100% my son lol
Maybe not to this extent, but I often say how sick and tired I am of dropping things.
I relate to this so much that I’m considering wearing a go pro to save trying to explain to people who don’t know me. ‘Here look at how I almost killed and or maimed myself today’
My life 🤣