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is it just me or does anyone else notice they walk sideways lol I just took a walk at break from work and walked to store down the st (wasnt going to drive for that distance) and noticed I was walking sideways.

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Jeff1943

Only crabs walk sideways.

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Mpa5524 in reply to Jeff1943

then I must be part crab lol that or I need a chiropractor

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Lol, chiropractor to fix that front end alignment! WOOOooooo

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haaaaaa exactly what i would call it.

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Sounds like the job for a mechanic! So your legs drive straight. Crooked is my normal so I wouldn’t know!

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Lmao

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Amarie37

Yes I feel that way at times lol...

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Mpa5524 in reply to Amarie37

doesnt happen all the time but just noticed and caught myself lol

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Agora1

Mpa5524, I sense that with myself as well. It's nothing like it was before but unless I'm pushing a shopping cart, I tend to be pulled to the side while walking. I don't drink so it's not that :) But I don't think I would be able to walk a straight line if the police asked me to. I ignore, just a fact of life. Think of us walking side by side with each other, that would be a hoot :) xx

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Mpa5524 in reply to Agora1

ha right we would be bumping into one another and away lol.. all these symptomns are just crazy and at times I just got to laugh if not i'll just dwell on it, and thats exactly it like being pulled to one direction, sometimes its my left and sometimes my right

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Francesca61

Hi, yes I know exactly what you mean. Back in April when I was extra anxious and had a bad head cold with stuffed up ears, I was walking sideways as if I was going uphill kind of and trying to keep balance. It was really weird. Never had before. It'll go away soon. One of the many lovely symptoms we get to experience!

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Mpa5524 in reply to Francesca61

ya it comes and goes, and when I pay attention its so much worse.

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Francesca61

Me too, the more I tried to walk straight the more I didn't!

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Mpa5524 in reply to Francesca61

yep exactly

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Francesca61

That's what's sooooo great about this forum, who else would understand this kind of stuff? I just get blank stares from people without anxiety and then I feel even more anxious and feel like a misfit!

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Mpa5524 in reply to Francesca61

so true, thank goodness for us.

You're hilarious😂😂that's cute

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Yep I walk sideways and I have fuzzy eyesight I am a hot mess LOL

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And now I'm seeing shit move out of corners of my eyes. Creepy

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I've been seeing that for years lol

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Hopeful-Tinkerbell in reply to Mpa5524

Me too I just never thought more about it until y’all said something. I was starting to think I had ghosts! Lol

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Ditto

GIRL! that's ok. I trip, fall, slip, pee my pants lol

Well listen, omg, I'm sitting here thinking OH SHIT. NOW I WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD!!

I have had this before. It sometimes feels like my whole right side is slanted and I have walked into walls before because of it. It went away but I can relate. Annoying!

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Wow that's really different

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Nora-B

I have had times like that and and would bump into anyone walking with me, almost pushing them off the pavement or into the hedge. I felt it when the children were little and I was pushing a pram. It was as though the pram wanted to veer off in the opposite direction and the tighter I gripped it the worse it got. Happened with shopping trolleys too.

Omg! Now I understand what missi meant about walking sideways!! YES ME TOO!!!!!

It's like you start veering to the right or left. EXACTLY

I can’t help but giggle just a little! I was born club foot so I have one leg that is considerably shorter than the other. If given a drunk test I definitely couldn’t walk the line! Good thing I don’t drink!

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