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I keep finding bruises on my body lol 
and I donβt remember how I got them! 
Just a few hours ago I was tying my hair up and the stupid hair tie with it being so stretched out and I have not had any problems until now the glue area was sticking out and it grazed right into the back of my left hand! Thought it was just a light scratch but itβs a deep cut and started bleeding! Grr 
!
Snapped it and threw it away lol 
Think this has happened 3 or 5 times so far, didnβt want to bin it as I now have 3 leftβ¦
I was always falling over in the playground, banging my head, grazing my knees but we thought it was just because I was more adventurous than my older sibling.
I don't remember being anymore clumsy as a teenager. But as an adult I've ended up in A&E from just falling over, I don't know how it happened but I was out on my own and lost my footing somehow, I didn't go to A&E straight away but the next day I could barely move, apparently it was just a really bad sprain, even they were surprised. I've fallen up stairs a fair bit - I call it my talent 
I fall out of bed occasionally. 
I'm often loosing my footing more than I should. But I don't know if that is also down to being more aware of it and the fear of it happening again, like an ingrained thought in my subconscious.
It looks like my niece is following in my footsteps - she keeps grazing her whole nose, bumps on her head and landing on her face. I can't even say it is my influence and I don't see her very often. I mean I could have passed on some better genes, if it is genetic 
how just walking up the stairs you trip I did back in high school 
days but no one was around haha 
My wife's clumsy as she's got a parking ticket at tesco but I'm stupid because it's me who pays for it as I'm the named driver
Everyone is clumsy from time to time but if this happens all the time (and particularly from a young age) it's worth looking into whether you may be dyspraxic (Developmental Coordination Disorder).
My son has this and knowing he has it makes things easier or certainly provides an explanation for being clumsy. His coordination is poor (kicking / throwing a ball and handwriting doesn't seem to improve), falling over in the playground and delayed speech were early indicators.
(Note having dyspraxia doesn't affect your intelligence, he is also very intelligent and a member of Mensa). 
Siobhany2k3 wow 
you must be so proud 
of your son!! 
How I wish to have a family of my own tooβ¦ 
Clumsy here! Mostly dropping plates or cups or coats and bags. I know itβs because I try to do too much in one go instead of making 2 or 3 separate trips. .
Not so much clumsy but days when I hate gravity. Everything seems to drop to the floor, i could be holding something and i drop it somehow, I will hang up something and it will fall, I put something down on a surface and it will fall off. The worse one is when I hang up a towel in the bathroom and go back in and itβs on the floor. Then i hang I again and then falls.
eyeballkerry I know what you mean! Iβm not doing anything yet I drop items itβs annoying it just happens out of no where!
Like the other day got out a sliced brioche roll left the bag standing up on table and it just fell and a slice dropped to carpet had to bin it! 
usually lay it horizontally flat on table
eyeballkerry I know what you mean! Iβm not doing anything yet I drop items itβs annoying it just happens out of no where!
Like the other day got out a sliced brioche roll left the bag standing up on table and it just fell and a slice dropped to carpet had to bin it! usually lay it horizontally flat on table
kitty88uk Soon after writing my comment I went out side, as Iβm in Portugal on holiday. I took out a tea towel to the table and must have dropped it half a dozen times, no idea why?
eyeballkerry lol 
oh no 
hope you are having or Hada nice 
time in Portugal sorry about my late reply! How was the weather over there? Itβs fine ally getting warmer here with highs of 23 degrees
kitty88uk I had a lovely relaxing time, usually on holiday trying to do too much, but this time we relaxed although we had a hire car and do go out and about. The weather was fantastic, 34 degrees some days. Now looking to my next holiday at the end of the month.
eyeballkerry wow that is so hot 
weather! Past few days has been much warmer thatβs about how much I can take but when we get heatwave above 30 degrees nope 
lol
Oh where are you going to go next?
kitty88uk We are off to Lanzarote for two weeks staying in a Villa. It will be my husbandβs birthday while we are away. Also we are booking our next cruise today.
I was ridiculously clumsy as a child. Constantly falling over and hurting myself. Broken arm, cracked my head open twice, cut the top of my finger off in a door. Not as clumsy now I'm an adult, but I still drop lots of things and trip over stuff.
sounds so scary 
!! Glad you are okay now as an adult! Take better care of yourself! kitty88uk I spent a lot of my time running around as a child and not looking where I was going so I tripped over a lot, hence the broken arm and cracked head. Finger was a result of a really heavy old fashioned door at Primary school. I did fall head first into my sons wooden wardrobe the other day as tripped over one of his toys. Strange that you keep straining your wrist and ankles.
I am getting worse as I get older, I think I need to go to those balancing classes for old folk! when I first get up from sleep or sitting I walk like a crab for a couple of steps.
I have fits and starts of being clumsy, but yes when walking I can find the simpliest of things to trip over quite easily.
I was incredibly clumsy as a kid- was forever injuring myself. But I did judo for years. My youngest was worse than me and diagnosed with dyspraxia so I put her into dance. It was about the repetitive movements and having to concentrate on your balance. But sadly Iβm now on crutches and its a whole new world of being clumsy- and whilst holding two βweaponsβ lol
suevernon1968 oh wow Judo 
so cool 
oh is that so sorry to hear that, take care of yourself~
I have arthritis in my fingers which means I easily lose my grip on items so I have to be very careful especially with glassware.It is not really clumsiness but a health condition.I have to be careful too when people pass me things to hold which can go straight through my hands.I don't like being passed dishes in restaurants so my husband takes over when this happens.
how it happens 
I once fell backwards over a tripping hazard sign, in front of an office full of people. Flashbacks to this day.
Right now I keep dropping things as back having trouble and making my arm bit numb
Imnotcheap oh no sorry to hear that, I have a similar problem my hands sometimes gets numb too pins and needles
As well as other health problems l have myoclonus and a nerve disorder. I regularly knock things over, jolt, fall over and into things. It doesn't help that l have to take blood thinners since having a heart attack which makes me bruise easily. All l can do is laugh because the alternative isn't much fun.
EmmaWright762 oh is that so, sorry 
to hear that, thanks for sharing on here please 
take care of yourself~~ 
I bash/crash my way through life and invariably come up and over the other side with minimum damage.I have had many nearly rans but also a good few accidents along the way..usually in the garden.I fell backwards onto a gooseberry bush once.Not sure who came out worse me or the bush.I chopped the side of my finger off going hell for leather with the secateurs as well.I'm a blunderpuss but I'm made of stern stuff thank God.
MelissaLee1 omg 
hope you are okay!! Take better care of yourself!! 
I sometimes donβt know why but keep twisting my ankles and strains wrists too donβt even know until I lift a cup or plates up and on some rare occasions when I get up to walk my knee buckles up and get sharp pains!!
MelissaLee1 lol thatβs so true was t doing much and body starts aching with pains out of no where and Iβm like wtf 
what have I done now?!! Lol
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