leftygamer wrote 2 July 2009
Help i like to play video games but since im left handed the buttons are for the right handed i try to change the settings so its for south paws but it just dosent work out HELP ME
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Super Blah wrote 19 June 2009
First of all, thank you Rosemary for such an interesting page. Can be a little exciting reading and sharing with people that might gone through the same as you. I’m a proud left-handed person, my mother and sister are also lefties. I’m not sure if it happened on your side of the world, but there was a time where was thought that “left-handed people went to hell”. Because of this, on the private schools nuns would punish those that use the left hand, by hitting with a ruler, or attaching the hand to the back of the desk. In the actuality, that thought has vanished, but still left-handed are being punish for what they are. By forcing them to be right-handed just because it is the “right way”, having everything for right-handed comfort, even some school’s desks can be uncomfortable.
I write with my paper almost completely horizontal, the paper facing the left side for print, and to the right side for cursive. I know it’s weird. On school, the teacher always assigned me the last desk on the right row, so other students wouldn’t felt tempted to look at my exam. I practically do everything with the left, and I call my right hand “the useless”, haha. One of the few things that I can do with the right is play guitar, since my parents gave me one when I was 8, and learned to play it by myself, and peeking other guitar players (which all of them where right-handed). I’ve played basketball almost 9 years of my life, and to dominate the right hand dribbling and terrible shot, I tried to do almost every basic thing (brushing, eating) with the right hand to get some control 3 times a week. It worked a bit, but the left-hand is far better. Like I’ve read on some posts, sometimes I see things or just assume it the opposite way , write backwards. Not sure if this happens to you, but the hand accessories, such as rings, bracelets, etc., goes to the left hand. I use my notebooks from back to front, so the part I haven’t write on don’t bother the hand. It’s not hard to be left-handed on a right-handed world; it’s not about adapting, it’s about seeing everything as you do, the opposite. = )
Curious fact: I’ve notice a considerably growth of left-handed people. On my engineering class, there are sometimes that 3-5 left-handed students sit in the same row, and they don’t even notice!
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Rosemary West wrote 11 June 2009
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MommyLove wrote 28 May 2009
My son was left handed and has suddenly switched (on his own) to right handed. He is almost 5. I want to stress that there has been NO intrusion by his pre-school educators or myself (I am an elementary educator by happenstance and would never allow this!). Now he is struggling horribly with handwriting and drawing, etc. It is as if he is a two or three year old in development. Fortunately, we can hold him another year before kindergarten. I have made painstaking effort to give him only support and positive reinforcement as he transitions and develops, and made sure that his teachers do the same. His peers are young enough that I don’t think they are aware of such things… yet. I am hoping that, perhaps, there might be some people who have some advice for me to help him through this. Writing & drawing seems so hard for him right now (and I know I probably shouldn’t worry too much - as he is so young - but I just want to help my son - to make this transition as easy as possible for him!). Does anyone know where I might find research suggesting why switching dominate hands might occur?
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Jeimy wrote 20 May 2009
I’m 13, and I should be lefthanded. My grandmother (supposedly) bound my left wrist to my stroller when I was a baby so that I was forced to be a righty. I’ve been trying to improve my left hand’s abilities and practiced writing left hand, and failed. I have bad hand righthand writing, and I tried improving it, and failing also. When I write cursive… well, let’s just say that even my teachers told me to write print on class essays. I don’t know if writing with my left hand will improve my handwriting, but I am willing to try anything right now. Always getting little notes saying “Improve your handwriting! Write LEGIBLY” on my homework and essays just stresses me out. HELP PLEASE T-T
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Pi3.14.16... wrote 7 May 2009
Hi Im going to start playing the flute will I need a special one since Im left handed?!
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stinger1712 wrote 2 May 2009
My name is Danny and I’m honored and proud to be in the 10% of the population of lefties….The technical term for being lefthanded is sinistrel if any didn’t know that lol…. I am interested in finding other lefties to talk to and I was wondering if I could get some help? THANKS!
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midwesternlefty wrote 5 March 2009
Hello all. I’m a left-handed adult who is taking piano lessons for the first time. While I’m learning most things just fine, I can’t get down the rhythm at all! I try to play along with the metronome, but it just sounds like noise to me. I get so frustrated, it’s terrible. Has anyone else had this problem?
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NunoFaisca wrote 25 February 2009
If you’re interested in chat with left handed persons please download www.mirc.com and join irc server /server irc.ptnet.org channel #lefthanded
1st step : /server irc.ptnet.org
2nd step : /join #lefthanded
3th step: talk with left handed people
Hope to get someone in the chat 
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NunoFaisca wrote 25 February 2009
Hello my name is Nuno. I’m Portugues, 27 years old, never been forced to work with my right hand. I love music I studied in a music college and I’m single. As Jeff told I also do all my routine things with the left hand. Is anyone is interested in talk with me? I use a lot msn and I started to use internet in 1996. In my life experience I noticed it was difficult to me to graduate in informatic managment; it took me 2 more years then the normal and I was a hyperactive child when I was young. Now I’m more calm and started to read. I love Nicholas Sparks flash light reading heheh. I love cauching and zapping in the weekend and I talk a lot alone as almost all left handed. I’m vulnerable to schizophrenia and I listen to some funny voices and had some delirious while I sleep. Now I finished my introduction I hope to make some good friends in this very cool website. Good Job Rosemary and congrats to all the others in getting your post here all together we can change some things in our lives. I love to use chats in internet, meet different people around the world, I only meet one guy that is also left handed like me. I leave my msn here if anyone want to talk about things, live, sports, cars, fashion, vacations, your work etc.. messenger : nunofaisca@kanguru.pt
P.S: Sorry my bad English it’s not my mother language. I might have done some mistakes while I was typing. Hope to hear from all of you soon I think. Good weekend.
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