Simple/Practical Technique: Ambidexterity

[anthony]

Bec... sorry, but you're defending yourself and being argumentative / aggressive doing it. Just my viewpoint from what I am reading and trying to judge emotion via text (very difficult and near impossible). Nobody is judging you and I do not believe LRS should be judged either. This forum is open to all methods that work or could work, we just don't allow advertising or marketing of such for any persons self gain.

 

[gdf]

Switching It Up

Hummmmm. Maybe the benefit only comes if your not already ambidextrous and your brain is forced to cope with using both hands after the watershed PTSD event occurs? People who have had strokes have potential to regain function of motor ability with practice because of brain plasticity. My Cognitive and Affective psych class talked about neuro-networking being an ongoing process, i.e., theorized that we can create new cells and synapses despite our age. :think:

I think I'll experiment with this idea and see what happens. However, I may have to duct tape my right hand behind my back to practice. :rofl:

We never know where the next great idea will come from.

Gina

 

[Grainne]

I've been trying to practice writing with my left hand since I read this post. I even switched my mouse over at work, just for kicks, but after about 3 minutes I gave up.

I always sat with my son as we worked on his exercises (completes a structured task with one hand, then with the other. completes a certain movement pattern with one foot, then with the other). Now I'm actually doing them along with him. We're having fun (? well...sorta...lol) and working out our brains together.

 

[anthony]

It is not a proven technique to begin with GDF... so I wouldn't stress about it. This worked for one person, it may work for another... but it is not a proven or conclusive. The positive is that it worked for LRS. This was not a management technique either, it was a statement of what LRS did and believes has cured him outright of PTSD. I do not believe I have heard this occurring twice yet, but if it worked once, then it can't hurt to be discussed as a possible for someone else.

No one technique is proven to work with every person. No such thing exists to date. Each person is an individual and as such, requires a different approach / technique that will work for them. It is like medication... what works for one, may not work for another, but may work for the next person.

 

[lrs]

Thanks Anthony.
My story, and the discussions that have related it to it, are as honest and accurate as I know how to present it. I carefully describe, in my original story, toward the end, that I do not know for sure if this would work for everybody, or in fact, if it would work for anyone else.
If it were not for this forum, there would not have been an opportunity to discuss this.

 

[suzie q]

Hey there Ghost...keep truckin' on that pain train..whoo whoo!!LOL

 

[ghost]

As I started this thread, I feel a niggling sense of responsibility to advise people, particularly as it is the festive season, not to attempt to brush their teeth with their non-competent hand, while under the influence of alcohol.

Without going into too much detail... I had an unfortunate incident on Christmas Day which resulted in me having to spend three hours in an emergeny dental clinic.

Don't try this at home boys and girls.

 

[helena]

Oh, Ghost!

Poor you on Christmas Day!!


:eek::eek:

 

[Mina]

I've wondered before about the benefits of ambidexterity, and decided to make it something I work on more in 2010. This year when I was wrapping Christmas presents, I saw some old tags I'd written out left-handed after the bite two years ago. It was a little distressing seeing them, looking like they were written by a 5-year-old, and recalling how difficult it had been to do even that. It's bothered me enough that I want to feel competent with both hands.

After I got bitten, I had to use solely my left (non-dominant) hand for some time...it was awkward, but I got better at it. I don't know how that affected brain at the time, having just experienced trauma and then suddenly switching dominancy for a while. I've thought perhaps it delayed my reaction to it.

My therapist has recommended since then that I journal left-handed and just let the words flow, as Bonnecanyon suggested. I did it once, but never went back to it...I think because I felt so frustrated at my hand not being able to keep up with the flow of thoughts. So, this year, I will be working on developing various competencies with my left hand, although not to the exclusion of my right. Could be interesting.