Comments on: Shut the front door!

By: Beatus Mongous

Beatus Mongous — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:40:19 +0000

@Wright1, you mean the basement door wouldn’t be SLAMMED shut?…

…Repeatedly?

By: kathryn

kathryn — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:31:10 +0000

But, but, but, *donuts*!

By: The Elf

The Elf — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:33:05 +0000

For every quality (intelligence, athleticism, singing ability, whatever), there are average performers, above average performers, and below average performers. That’s how you get an average. Somebody’s got to be behind the bell curve.

When it gets to the point of abnormality, that’s where I’d start to look for disorders. Most klutzes are just below average, not abnormal. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a bunch of undiagnosed disordered kids out there. But it would surprise me more if you could put a medical label on them all.

By: Pit Pat

Pit Pat — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:35:51 +0000

My kids inherited my non-athleticism, for sure. I doubt they will be following in their dad’s athletic scholarship footsteps!

Elf, I wonder about the klutz thing. My son’s CP is so mild that he probably wouldn’t have been diagnosed in the past. Thing is, he was 2 months early, and he had a head MRI in the NICU, which showed bilateral brain damage. He was able to start PT and OT as a baby (yup, they do it that early), and I am sure that has a lot to do with how well he functions now. In the past, he would simply have been considered klutzy and unathletic. I wonder how many other kids out there could have a similar but undiagnosed problem.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:31:56 +0000

I just call it “being a klutz”. I’m a serial tripper, toe-stubber, etc. Doorways surprise me, too. I don’t think this is some sort of disorder as much as a lower gross motor control / spatial awareness than most, combined with a tendency to be lost in thought. Some people are naturally athletic. Some people aren’t.

By: Pit Pat

Pit Pat — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:06:58 +0000

or even a nudger

By: Pit Pat

Pit Pat — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:05:46 +0000

Silent, that’s very interesting. I often bang my shoulder or hip in doorways or on desks, like I don’t know how much room my own body takes up. I have been the same height for about 24 years and have lived in my house for 13, so why does the width of the doorway or height of the desk continue to surprise me? Lol.

My son (5yo) has mild cerebral palsy, and the therapists have talked off & on about a visual-spatial deficit. Things have improved, but it’s like sometimes he doesn’t know where his body is in space. We play some kinetic games on the PS3 with him, and boy is it eye-opening. His scores are pretty bad, but of course that’s not why we do it. He plays along, and he tries hard, and that’s what’s important.

By: Techie

Techie — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:16:45 +0000

With our neighbors, when they slam their door-it shakes our apartment (and once it shook a picture off the wall, that is how hard they slammed it) so I do feel for the note poster (and not the slammers)

By: Nola

Nola — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:06:42 +0000

I remember reading about something similar to what Silent is talking about, it was called ‘Alice in Wonderland syndrome’ and you can find it on wiki, jj.

Also, I agree with ph, that some people are much less self-aware than others and don’t do things deliberately (that makes ‘ocd’ people extremely pa).

By: SilentPsycho

SilentPsycho — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:44:10 +0000

It’s more a symptom rather than an actual condition. It could be related to my ADHD, or due to some undiagnosed problem, or just something that’s a part of me. Generally, people tend to feel their own bodies in different ways, which is what I referred to when I called it ‘body identity’. For me, I can feel my feet, my knees, my chest, and my upper arms better than the rest of me when I’m walking along. Everything else just isn’t there, hence why when I walk past something I don’t think about it until I whack my thigh against it.

As for the taller/shorter feelings, occasionally I’ll find myself walking to work wondering why I just feel taller or shorter. I’ll feel slightly light-headed, or just feel stretched. At other times, I feel shorter and don’t even think about going through a low door frame, only to hit the top of my actual 5’7″ body on the frame.

I’ve come across this sort of symptom in reference to autism and dyspraxia, as well as a few others, but it may just be a general problem that varies from person to person. I had to have physiotherapy as a child due to physical problems, such as having trouble running, catching a ball, co-ordination skills, etc, so it may be related to that. When I was about 23, I played Wii Sports to test my reactions. According to the results, I have the same reactions as a 76-year-old.

By: Ashes

Ashes — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:10:51 +0000

I wonder what happens if you show up in the basement at 8pm on a Monday night? Is someone there waiting to jump you?

This sounds like a sting to me.

By: Wench

Wench — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:17:16 +0000

Oh thank god someone else thought that too….

By: Wench

Wench — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:15:34 +0000

Hadn’t had my morning coffee when I first read the 2 notes, so my first impression was that note 2 was a sarcastic response to note 1.

I’ve had my coffee now…..

By: Seanette

Seanette — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:44:55 +0000

Was the writer of the “Quiet Club” note a pre-school teacher?

At least “Door Slammers Anonymous” offers a little bit of amusement. Not much, but a little.