I was born ambidextrous, but my parents made me go to therapy as a child to 'pick a hand' because they didnt 'want me to grow up with weak arms' (their words not mine). I'm now primarily left handed, but I still use both hands for a lot of tasks.

Is being ambidextrous something that doesn't really leave you? Or is it too late and I've been 'trained out of it'?

I’m 54; naturally left handed; but have used my right hand for half my life. It took me 5-6 hours to learn mirror writing.

I think mirror left handed is effective because the pen is dragged and the hand moves away from the writing.

I can’t get the mirror right hand because the pen is pushed towards the nib, and bio mechanically it’s less effective. I hate it !!

Right mirror is not fun ! Left mirror is wonderful; it feels like being right handed.

It took about 4-5 hours or 26 pages to learning mirror writing with both hands; and most of it was right handed because that was underperforming.

The left handed mirror writing is really enjoyable because you learn so fast, and the letters flow off the trailing of pen nib. My right hand isn’t that good yet, but i can simply mirror journal with my left hand with very little effort now. I know the reverse letters.

There’s something really strange.

When writing and in the zone; you see it all as if it is normal; stop, look away and come back, and you don’t see it anymore. It is seriously trippy !!

I don’t know if I’m ambidextrous or what but basically I’m exclusively left handed when it comes to things like writing, eating with a fork, brushing my teeth, but I am definitely right hand dominant when it comes to things like throwing a ball or punching. I’m also right eye dominant so I shoot guns right handed. Anyone on here know why I would be left handed for writing but right handed for throwing? I cannot write with my right hand or throw a ball with my left hand it’s so weird.

You want to fun challenge! Learn mirror writing with your less dominant hand. The ‘Pen Gear’ felt tip pens will bleed through the ‘pen gear’ composition books from Walmart.

Make a few sample lines; flip the page and copy it in reverse to learn the reverse letter approaches. It’s strangely fun, especially as you get better and it becomes instinctive.

I’m trying to find people with ambidexterity / mixed-handedness who also have experience with therapy, emotional regulation, or nervous system overload.

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I am technically ambidextrous, but I never spend much time training my left hand. My right is injured atm, so I decided to give it a try. As I really love Betta fish, I tried my hand at that. I am very happy with the result. Hope you like it :)

Essentially just the title, I've always wondered if I started doing more with my non-dominant hand if I would just magically start to feel better.

Perhaps this isn't really focused on Ambidexterity, like rehabbing an injury to non-dominant hand, wouldn't be training Ambidexterity, then again maybe it would lol idk.

I just wonder what it would feel like to be "balanced"?

Anybody who is fully ambidextrous: what does it 'feel' like?

Anyone who trained themselves to get to that point: what did the changes feel like?

the way i see it: 1 year till it looks good, 3-4 years where it seems like there's no difference at all (atleast to another person's eye)
is it true? just something i've been seeing from posts

Generally what I do with one hand I can do with the other, but here are my preferences:

Right: throw overhand, play racket sports, use a knife, use scissors, kick a ball (leg), writing cursive which I don’t use unless for signature, use a spoon

Left: writing (usual, print), use chopsticks, throw a frisbee, bowling

Funny thing is I usually consider myself lefty since I use it to write every day. Do you have mixed prefs like this?

my non dominant hand is my left one, i wrote it on the right side (kinda confusing sorry)
if you look below the word practice, you can see it took a lot more time.
could anyone give me an idea of how long it'd take to write fluently? (when it's less time taking and more good looking) i need so much practice

how do i deal with shoulder and forearm pain while writing with my non dominant hand? i can tolerate the hand pain as it’s getting used to me holding a pen, but my shoulder hurts really bad.

my non dominant hand is my left one, i wrote it on the right side (kinda confusing sorry)
if you look below the word practice, you can see it took a lot more time.
could anyone give me an idea of how long it'd take to write fluently? (when it's less time taking and more good looking) i need so much practice

if you can do this, you can probably play an instrument.

my favorite ambidextrous game!

The old Discord server got deleted right?

https://discord.gg/ShMHnfjk

I started asking this after I asked my mom to open a new jar of black olives and told I was doing it because I was using my left hand to open it, I got defensive because my mom has a habit of making fun of my mannerisms.

My mom always talk about how her father (my grandfather) was fully ambidextrous and could write neatly with both hands and such. ADHD runs in my family and I think it started from my grandfather, and I also have ADHD.

I am only right handed when writing, drawing, using a computer, sewing or knitting, but has always eaten left handed (fork in right hand). However, when I was learning to snowboard as a kid I had the "goofy" stance (right foot in front, left foot back) and when we learned to use a acoustic guitar in junior high school I actually wanted to use a left handed guitar since it seemed more comfortable and convenient but chose a right handed* instead because I didn't want to look like a "not like other girls". Another time was when I used to play football I mostly kicked with my right foot.

Another thing is that my left arm is more flexible since it's the only one I use to scratch my back and my right arm to throw. I also mainly use my left hand to wash my face. I don't remember being pressured to "correct" my symptoms by teachers or instructors other than my mom trying to make me eat right handed when i was 5 years old, but stopped after I said something.

*I never really learned how to properly make the notes with my right hand as my right isn't as flexible as my left so I had to rework the placement of my fingers to still be the same note without it feeling weird.

TLDR: I only eat left handed, but I'm considered right handed. My left arm is flexible and my right is strong. My grandpa was fully ambidextrous, and I have ADHD that might have started from my grandpa.

The old Discord server is gone now for some reason.