How clumsy are you?

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I don't feel very clumsy but people tell me that I am. I do feel awkward sometimes doing normal things like walking or sitting in my desk...I feel like it should feel relaxed but it feels like I'm working at it. I did/do a lot of things to improve balance and to keep from being clumsy. At younger ages I practiced walking in front of a mirror cause I felt like I walked weird. I've done yoga + pilates which help with balance, and horseback riding which helps that too. I've done some other sports and just regular things like hula hooping, riding bikes, and stuff like that to improve coordination and overall not feel clumsy. I think I'll always be a teeny bit clumsy

I've tried some but they made me very sick or caused mental side-effects. I'm better off not being on any meds rite now.

Too clumsy
I trip over things. Bump into things and people. Crap balance. I walk heavy footed. s**t at sports. Hand writing is horrendous.

Clumsy enough. I also walk heavy. My knees are rigid, but ankles are loose and turn around. I don't know what to do with my arms. Aerobic is torture for me. I'm uncoordinated and I don't have control over my whole body. It's too big for me. I feel like I was 150 tall, but I'm 180... and how to manage it? AAAAAAAA! I can't control my strenght/power, I want to touch somebody, but I hurt them.
I can wear like a model, but I move like a transvestite.
I have problems with balance on stairways and light shiny surfaces. I can get Autie-panic-attacks on them.
I used to get them too when PE teacher told me to stand on my hands. Horrible memoir.

Basically what others said. I trip over my own feet, drop things, walk into walls, misjudge clearances. Some days it's far worse than other days... probably related to the amount of sleep I've been getting.

I was always atrocious at group sports but I can hold my own at individual sports (such as cycling, swimming, jogging, etc.) No interest whatsoever in competing, though.

My gross motor skills are the ones that suffer. I don't seem to have as many problems with fine motor skills. While my handwriting is nothing to write home about (and kind of looks like a 5th grader learning to write cursive), it's at least legible. And I can play the fiddle and piano just fine.

I played pool with a friend today and I showed a perfect example of clumsiness. Missed the ball 1000 times, ended up making the white ball bounce off the table towards my friend.

I have tremors too...I was told they are essential tremors, but I'm not convinced that's what they are. I tried beta blockers as well but I'm not on them anymore. They don't bother me too much anyway.

I figured I had a special talent for clumsyness, but having read all previous posts I feel quite handy all of a sudden

Have you tried beta blockers specifically? It's not a psychiatric medication, It's given to people who have had heart attacks to keep the heart form beating too fast in response to stress, and therefore also can help with some types of anxiety, and tremors. I haven't taken them myself but my father did after his heart attack.

As for clumsiness, I don't think I'm very clumsy, but I'm very bad at gymnastics and learning dance steps because I think I have poor awareness of where the different parts of my body are and what they are doing.

One of my Aspie sons is waaayyyy clutzy. The other, who has more of a funny walk, is not. He's very graceful and athletic, but has no interest in sports, dance or anything like that. He's a kinetic learner and would really be great at martial arts, sports etc if he cared to try it. He walks on his tip toes and makes "chicken wings" with his arms, but he's got my great sense of balance and coordination.

They wer the 1st meds I tried for tremors. Made me very nauseous & I felt like I was having a stroke. I had other physical side effects as well. The doc tried anti-anxiety meds after because tremors are wore when I'm nervous but the anti-anxiety meds can actually have side-effects of causing tremors; they made mine worse. I wanted to try DBS(Deep Brain Stimulation) but the quack refused to consider it. I'm much more functional not on meds.
I'm not sure if I should mention this here but I've heard that medical marijuana can help tremors a lot for some people but I'm straight-edge & medical marijuana is not legal in my state but I mite would be interested in trying the pill form of it if it was

I don't notice it too much unless I'm moving something other than my own body. Tasks such as parking a car straight and right in between the lines takes effort and concentration every time. I've never even bothered with parallel parking. I'm not very good at gauging whether I'm too close or too far for a particular maneuver. When my Dad was teaching my how to drive, it was perpetual alternation between "You've got plenty of room! What are you doing?" and "What are you doing? You're getting too close to the ___!"
I have a terrible time with actions that have to performed at the right speed, with the right amount of intensity, for the right amount of time. I'll start moving into such a situation cautiously and mess it up every time.

Whenever I've had to imitate the actions of an instructor, I've done horribly. I just don't have the spatial aptitude to follow along. Goes all the way back to making paper dolls back in pre-school.

This week at the office, i was making coffee, and spilled water all over the place....this is during my first week of practicum as a paralegal

I find that I'm always tripping over my feet.

I shattered our coffee pot into a million pieces today. Not sure which is worse.

i pick things up and drop them. sometimes in a row, very frustrating, also balance when walking, this gets others angry, when their trying to talk to me, im not the easiest to hold a conversation with, thinking Tardy from Greg the bunny