Dyspraxia & Apraxia Support Group
Dyspraxia is difficulty getting the body to do what we want when we want to do it. Apraxia is a neurological disorder characterized by being unable to execute or carry out learned (familiar) movements, even if the desire and physical ability is there. This group is dedicated to those coping with either aprxia or dyspraxia. Join the group to find support and get advice.
Hi there, first of all i'm new to this site and very glad i found it so greetings to all of you!
My whole life, ever since i can remember, i have done a strange thing with my hands where i scratch the palms or interlock the fingers and move them about. I do this when i feel some particular extreme emotions, usually excitement, sometimes anticipation or anxiety. My parents have told me that its a symptom of developmental dyspraxia (which i was diagnosed with by an educational psychologist when i was 7). When i was younger i did many exercises and programs to reduce most of the traits of my dyspraxia and now at age 21 there are only a few that have not improved, the main one being the strange hand habit that I do. No matter how hard i try, i dont seem to be able to stop doing it, i have reached a level where i can resist the urge to do it in public but as soon as i am in private i find myself inadvertently doing it whenever i feel excitement. When i am doing it i feel a really big rush of adrenaline which actually feels really good and it helps me to relieve stress, but the downside of it is it is embarrassing, it caused me much bullying at school when i was younger and it also leaves my hands sore all the time.
Do any other people have a similar experience? How have you been able to control it? It is something i would like to deal with if possible.
My whole life, ever since i can remember, i have done a strange thing with my hands where i scratch the palms or interlock the fingers and move them about. I do this when i feel some particular extreme emotions, usually excitement, sometimes anticipation or anxiety. My parents have told me that its a symptom of developmental dyspraxia (which i was diagnosed with by an educational psychologist when i was 7). When i was younger i did many exercises and programs to reduce most of the traits of my dyspraxia and now at age 21 there are only a few that have not improved, the main one being the strange hand habit that I do. No matter how hard i try, i dont seem to be able to stop doing it, i have reached a level where i can resist the urge to do it in public but as soon as i am in private i find myself inadvertently doing it whenever i feel excitement. When i am doing it i feel a really big rush of adrenaline which actually feels really good and it helps me to relieve stress, but the downside of it is it is embarrassing, it caused me much bullying at school when i was younger and it also leaves my hands sore all the time.
Do any other people have a similar experience? How have you been able to control it? It is something i would like to deal with if possible.
Can you find another, more socially accepted way to feel the adrenaline rush and the sense of tension relief? If you can't find something else, hell, as long as you don't do it in public, why give it up? Why should you give up what feels good? Just as long as it doesn't interfer with your life.
Good luck!
Wondering if there is a way of cutting it down via behavioral conditioning or some other way.
Good luck!
I also have other nervous habits. I bite my nails constantly, and if I don't have enough there to bite, I can't sit still. I'll play with pencils, pens, wiggle my feet, or sit in a chair with my hand dangling to the side and shake my hand/fingers. I can't ever sit still. I am moving almost 24/7, even in my sleep. I have to sleep with my feet hanging off the end of the bed out from under the blankets because I will sit and wiggle my feet until I fall asleep.
He had an issue with his pinkies locked in a bent position--we would have to pop them straight and to this day he still keeps his pinky's bent, but they are no longer locked that way.