Left..... or is it right?

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Left..... or is it right?

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Im 21 years old and still have difficulty telling my left from my right. Never ask me for directions lol.... Does any one else have this problem?

Kirsty.......
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dont worry about it, I still couldnt tell you which was my left from my right. so its probably common
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Post by rah »

same here :) it's fairly common amongst dyspraxics/dyslexics etc
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Re: Left..... or is it right?

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gherkin001 wrote:Im 21 years old and still have difficulty telling my left from my right. Never ask me for directions lol.... Does any one else have this problem?

Kirsty.......
Big time :lol:
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As long as im not alone!!!!!!

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Post by Auron »

I'm great with maps, possibly a trait I get from playing video games with sky view maps of tarrains while you explore them.

but I'm supremly useless with left and right, Playstation controls have 4 sholder buttons, L1 & L2 (meaning left one and left 2) and R1 & R2(for Right 1 & Right2 )
whenever Im asked to push them I always get it wrong, literally always, and whn i try to "double bluff" by pressing the one that I wouldn't have though was right , I still get it wrong!.

i find left hand and right hand easier to distinguish becasue I always see left as "the hand that does everything" and right as "the hand that does nothing"
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Post by gherkin001 »

Being ambi-dextrous, I dont get that advantage. Both hands do everything!!!!!!!!!! I tried to give someone directions to my local shop the other day and ended up telling them to go down the road and turn right while signalling left.... ooops....

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Post by Lumic »

haha i do this all the time. wen navigating in the car i say either my way or the drivers way

or put my hands up looking for the L shape haha
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Post by Little Miss Anxious »

All the time dude. The Ocupational therapist recommends that we think of the hand we write with. I really wanna travel and my memory is gone within minutes after visualising a street.now thats bad
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