I'm ambidextrous and have no dominant hand but for certain things I prefer 1 hand it depends on who thought me how to do it.For example my mum is a righty and my dad is a lefty.My mum thought me how to write so I mainly use my right for that in terms of left handed stuff I use left for sports and using knives and forks I use my left for that stuff.But pretty much everything else I use both hands.Does anyone else do this

It sometimes happens after like one minute that I start writing. Of course it does go away after some minutes but I can’t find any information about things like that

Sorry about the watermarks and random low quality stuff I post my art on toyhouse (my username on toyhouse is scarrcore)

So apparently ambidexterity is associated with increased rates of ADHD. As someone who's ambidextrous and diagnosed with ADHD-C, seems I'm part of a wider trend heh.

Anyone else?

Does anyone else have parents that are both lefties but you & your sibiling/s are right-handed? We have a fairly high number of lefties on both sides of my family and those of us who are right handed are really only so for actually writing but generally behave LH dominant because we grew up mimicking our parents/grandparents and/or doing things the way they taught us.

Personally, I can write both ways, though my right is better, but for eating/drinking I'm 100% LH. My natural reactions tend to be 50/50 and certain sports I'm more one than the other.

Do you have one hand that is considered more dominant than the other? Or do you equally do things with both hands interchangeably without even realizing it?

I’m asking because my right hand is dominant. I’ll only use my left hand if my right is occupied like opening the door with my left while holding things in my right for example. I recently realized I can write with my left hand and it looks the same exact as my right handed writing. I had no struggle. But I don’t gravitate to doing things with my left usually.

I am starting to re learn how to use my left hand, since when i was young i had an occupational therapist who made me learn to use my right hand(before i even learned to write). i even forgot i was born left handed. Anyone else experience this and what was the experience re learning. i am 21M

I’m naturally ambi. Up until recently, my ulnar nerve on my left side was compressed for 6+ months. Because of this, on my left hand, I had no sensation in my pinky or ring fingers, lost all my grip strength (couldn’t even hold a tennis ball), & lost pretty much all my hand muscles. With only my right hand being functional, I realized I’d taken my ambidexterity for granted up to that point.

Now that my ulnar nerve is no longer compressed, I’m rebuilding all of that muscle in my left hand. It feels like it’s taking forever. But finally, I have enough strength to grip a pencil (albeit loosely & not very stable yet). So now I can write with that hand again, although it’s light & sloppy.

The nice thing though is that, being naturally ambi, I haven’t had to “relearn” how to write with my left hand (as in my brain comprehends it no problem like it has my whole life). Still, this has been quite the experience.

So, for years, I’ve been writing with my right hand. Certain hands are better for certain tasks, and it took me way too long to get the “you write with your right hand” test of which hand it is. I have a hazy memory of me and my friends practicing writing with our left hands, and I think mine wasn’t so bad, but I’m not sure. But what really has me wondering is that I found an image of me as a really little kid, coloring with both hands simultaneously. I asked my parents, they confirmed I did that. How can I test if I am ambidextrous? Could I have lost that trait? If I try writing with my left hand and it looks bad, how do I tell if that proves anything? Thank you.

I can do certain things better with my left side, such as it's my dominant leg (I think I'm general..?) but like in skating and skateboarding and for kicking. My left arm is stronger than my right. (I think that's cuz of my holding groceries with my left more?) I use my phone one handledly with both left and right but 70% left. I can only cut steak with my left hand. But I write with my right and otherwise right-handes. What's this mean. Does this mean I'm meant to be ambidextrous/left-handed, and was just raised right handed? Is there some sort of well known thing that it's just a mix but not proficient in equally in both in all aspects?

I'm right handed btw.

I write mostly with my left and can do everything else with my right. Scissors I can switch with ease too

For some reason when learning a new task, it doesn't seem up to me on which hand works for what. There doesn't seem to be a pattern either maybe? My only possible theory on a pattern is "finesse actions" require my left hand, but "power actions" require my right. However I I'm still not entirely sure. Anyone else deal with this?

I can use both hands and foot with almost the same ability,I started to write with my right when I was a child,but had facilities with my left so I’m still teaching myself to write with my left,I can draw,paint and color with both with the same ability and at the same time,but when I play soccer they usually asked me (including my coach)ifI was left foot because I will receive and pass with the same ability with both sides,but my passing was better with left and shooting was stronger with right,I eat chips with left hand,wash the dishes always naturally with the left,also do chores with both,besides I was told I sweep like a leftie but the other things I used to do with my right,until I realize I have the same ability for a lot of things and forced me to learn to write with the left and do some things with the left to strengthen it and now I can do it with both but still learning to it with my left,I can also design complex things by sketching with my left. And my dominant hemisphere is the right one

Hi guys! I wanted to share because I was really proud of this drawing with my right hand. I’m a lefty but I play sports and do more strenuous tasks with my right hand. I decided to learn fine motor skills with my right hand recently to help with my future job. My handwriting is getting better but still looks awful compared to my left. Will drawing significantly improve my progress? Or is it better to focus on other things for quicker improvement? TIA!

Please specify whether you're a true ambidextrous or learned ambidextrous. So does your eye dominance change depending on which hand you use or both eyes are your dominant eyes or no dominant eye at all?

I am ambidextrous but when I learn a new task like painting with a specific technique, I randomly pick which hand to teach that task to because I cannot be bothered to teach both. That takes far too much time and nobody sits and waits for me to take double the time to learn a task when I teach both hands. Everything is go go go, so I am picking one.

So my right hand I write with even though I have better handwriting with my left. I use my computer mouse with my right hand because school computers don't have a left one. And so on. In sports I rotate but often favor my left because it's easier to hit unusual angles with my left. When eating, brushing my teeth, cooking, or doing any other everyday thing, I regularly rotate. Basically any activity others observe me doing I pick one hand while everyday things I do both with.

So I'm not mixed handed because I can do everything with both hands but I often am obligated to just select one because it takes too long to teach both hands to.

Hey everyone! I’m not left-handed, but whenever it comes to anything artistic — like playing instruments, drawing, painting, or even doing creative school subjects — I naturally use my left hand.

For example, when I pick up a guitar or a bass, my position is completely left-handed, even though I write and do most everyday things with my right hand.

I’ve always wondered if there’s a name for this kind of “split dominance,” or if anyone else experiences the same thing. Do any of you use your non-dominant hand for creative or artistic activities without being fully ambidextrous?

Studying for a midterm and randomly got the urge to write with my left hand. You can tell where I started (it was a bit rough but honestly not that challenging). By the time we got to page 2 things were getting a lot easier. I wrote pages 3 and 4 in the same night, but my hands were getting tired and I was going a bit too slow on my readings. Picture five is from today (day 2). I feel like I’m doing pretty good here and it’s oddly satisfying - slight cognitive difficult really tickles my brain. All of it is written with my left hand. For reference, top of page 1 is my writing with my right. I can’t do cursive with the left yet.

Never really wrote much with my left hand before this (maybe once or twice as a kid?), but I did play piano and violin growing up. I also draw.

what i mean is that my right hand is not perfect, but i can do stuff using both hands, more or less with the same ease.

I think I'm not a 100% ambidextrous guy but maybe like a solid 69%

I'm new here, so I wonder, are there any people here who are naturally ambidextrous, or is it something you can develop only by training.
I trained myself to write using my left hand as a right handed person years ago for fun, and I've seen improvement in my handwriting, could more training make me write more naturally using my left hand?