LEFT HAND PSYCHOLOGY 👋🤔

[Different]

In a world designed to benefit right-handed people, left-handed people are expected to adapt to challenges where they’re required to utilize their right hand. Since left-handers make up an “estimated 11% of the population”, the majority of us would assume that you’re right-handed because using the right hand is more natural to us. How often do we really need to use our left hand to perform specific tasks? Think about this for a moment because it’s just really awkward using the left hand to write, play the guitar, and use scissors.

Some of the most common things that the world has designed for right-handed people (that left-handers learn to adapt to), specifically are as follows:

• Scissors
  

• Can openers
  

• Power tools
  

• Tape measures
  

• Pencil sharpeners
  

• Musical instruments
  

• Sporting equipment
  

• Desktop mouse
  

Unfortunately, lefties tend to struggle when it comes to using these tools, so they learn to adapt very quickly to get certain jobs done. All your life, you’ve been taught to utilize your right hand to perform about 85% of your daily tasks because your brain naturally gravitates towards the right hand to get jobs done. But that left hand (your non-dominant hand) can be quite tricky and complexed because you’re back to square one attempting to learn how to use it properly.

When it comes to sports, you might consider - shooting, striking, throwing, pitching, swinging, catching, dunking, and hitting any type of sports ball with your left hand to be extremely awkward and difficult to manage. On the other hand, when you’re normally dealing with a lefty in sports, they normally tend to have the element of surprise gaining an advantage over you. This is because their play style may seem a little bit unsettling and unorthodox to you because you’ve been taught to deal with right-handed players.

An ambidextrous player is a more dangerous one because they can decide to switch hands during any given time making it difficult for their opponents to read them. Even though “Only about 1% of the world’s population is ambidextrous”, you still need to learn how to read these guys because depending on the sport you’re playing (like boxing or Ju Jitsu), you’re going to have a tough time trying to defeat them. This is because of their ability to use both their hands interchangeably with different tactics.

SOURCES

https://www.fastcompany.com/90215373/psy...ifferently
https://www.businessinsider.com/left-han...numbers-16
https://interestingfacts.com/fact/one-pe...idextrous/

[Camer the Dragon]

As a left-handed person there are so many annoying little things I come across lol
Sometimes you wanna buy a useful thing but you can only find right-handed versions, fancy computer mice with buttons on the side are almost always right-handed, games without rebindable controls I can't play properly a lot of the time, one time I went to the arcade and one of the games you had to use your right hand so it wasn't really enjoyable, and honestly so many more little irritations (some of which you only realise once you're being irritated by them lol)

[Different]

As a left-handed person there are so many annoying little things I come across lol
Sometimes you wanna buy a useful thing but you can only find right-handed versions, fancy computer mice with buttons on the side are almost always right-handed, games without rebindable controls I can't play properly a lot of the time, one time I went to the arcade and one of the games you had to use your right hand so it wasn't really enjoyable, and honestly so many more little irritations (some of which you only realise once you're being irritated by them lol)

So how do you normally go about approaching a way to adjust to these irritations because a lot of the right-handed tools, inventions, and gadgets seem to dominate a lot of big businesses in favor of right-handed people?

[Master Raiden]

On the other hand, when you’re normally dealing with a lefty in sports, they normally tend to have the element of surprise gaining an advantage over you. This is because their play style may seem a little bit unsettling and unorthodox to you because you’ve been taught to deal with right-handed players.

Yeah, I was surprised when I learnt that Rafael Nadal was actually right-handed even when he plays tennis left-handed. Very strange. But it did make him harder to play against.

On the other hand

Pun intended?

[Mia]

I have tendonitis in my wrists, so I use my left hand when my right one is acting up. I'm not ambidextrous, but I can get by with using my left hand for quite a few tasks.

[Camer the Dragon]

So how do you normally go about approaching a way to adjust to these irritations because a lot of the right-handed tools, inventions, and gadgets seem to dominate a lot of big businesses in favor of right-handed people?

Usually I try to find a left-handed or ambidextrous version and if I can't find one then I just don't bother

[Different]

Yeah, I was surprised when I learnt that Rafael Nadal was actually right-handed even when he plays tennis left-handed. Very strange. But it did make him harder to play against.

Normally, I don’t watch tennis, but I can understand how difficult it is dealing with a left-handed players. Is tennis your favorite sport, or do you have other sports that you like as well?

Pun intended?

No pun intended.

I have tendonitis in my wrists, so I use my left hand when my right one is acting up. I'm not ambidextrous, but I can get by with using my left hand for quite a few tasks.

Have you always had tendonitis in your wrists, or was this a work-related injury?

[Mia]

Have you always had tendonitis in your wrists, or was this a work-related injury?

I've had it since before i started working, but the repetitive factory work at my previous job may have aggravated it. I will say, it hasn't acted up as much at my new job, so that's good.

[Uptight 534]

[Different]

I've had it since before i started working, but the repetitive factory work at my previous job may have aggravated it. I will say, it hasn't acted up as much at my new job, so that's good.

Sounds like your new job isn’t as physical as your old one. Those warehouse jobs can work you to death. I know that from experience because I used to work at one. Getting plenty of vitamin D3 (at least 30,000 IU a day) will help the body strengthen your wrists.