Left-brained or Right-brained and the Fibromite which one is more you?

[RayB]

Just a mater of intrest more than anything.

While the whole left right brain theory has been challanged like most medical theory, it has as much validity as any other at present.

Right Brain people are said to be creative, disorganized, and artistic Holistic, big-picture oriented, open-minded.

Left Brain people are said to be more Linear thinking, sequential processing, logical decision-making, cling desperately to what is percieved as fact.

I'm just wondering if there is a predominant type who tend to suffer more with fibro.

I need hardly tell you that I'm extremely Right Brained

Which one is more you?

[Dizzytwo]

Well I must be all rounded because I fit either 😂

[RayB in reply to Dizzytwo]

Well there is two sides to the brain!

[Dizzytwo in reply to RayB]

Yes but you asked us to pick a side lol I think most people fit both don't they?

[RayB in reply to Dizzytwo]

Perhaps it's easier for others to see what is prodomonant in someone,, rather like the famous poem by Robbie Burnes:

“O, wad some Power the giftie gie us

To see oursels as others see us!

It wad frae monie a blunder free us,

An' foolish notion.

[Hidden]

Interesting ... well I’m mainly right brained, particularly disorganisation, imaginative story telling, art and handicrafts, with a left brain love of scientific studies minus the tricky maths (of course) 😂

[RayB in reply to Hidden]

One of the liucky ones Meggie

[Hidden in reply to RayB]

Pity my tutor didn’t have the same opinion ! 😂

[honeybug]

I am both as I’m ambidextrous.

I guess I’m an an oddity.

Thanks for sharing RayB.

EJ 😊🌿🌸🦋

[Hidden in reply to honeybug]

Me too. We both are 😊👍🏻

[honeybug in reply to Hidden]

Great welcome aboard fragile58

😊🌿🌸🦋

EJ 🤗💗😘🙏😇🕊

[Bodega1939 in reply to Hidden]

And me. Ambidextrous, a PhD in the sciences and love physics and math and have been an artist since a child and written poems since I could write. I think we are lucky those of us who routinely access both sides.

[RayB in reply to honeybug]

I once thought I was one of those as well,,, then I got my first piano teacher,, she thought differently but we got through it!

[oldwomaninpain]

60-40 L-R, maths/IT person, like rules/guidelines but, as I have aged, I become emotional and absent-minded; prefer fiction

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee in reply to oldwomaninpain]

similar in percentage terms and the amount of IT people that prefer fiction is too many to count. May not be the D&D stereotype but it did have to come from somewhere.

Also got to wonder about brain remapping and how this plays a part. Bit too simplistic and I think will go the way of phrenology as we understand more

[RayB in reply to desquinn]

Don't kid yourself des,,, your definatlitely a Left!

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee in reply to RayB]

4 out of the 6 on the right but if I was to pick on this model I would agree on left.

[RayB in reply to desquinn]

I have noted the phenomena of IT Fiction Fantacy reading involvment with many people I know in the field,,, and while they are all have bewildering mind power, there is not one that would let loose to choose furniture or colour coordinate a room. In fact it's usualy something they ask for my assitance with,,, but inevitably they get some bright idea that just manages to stick out like a sore thumb!

[johnsmith]

The right brain left brain is a myth dreamed up by someone.

You say: "'m just wondering if there is a predominant type who tend to suffer more with fibro."

Fibro is a diagnosis given to a set of symptoms. The causes for the set of symptoms could be quite variable.

[RayB in reply to johnsmith]

Another left John!

[RayB]

Where would be be without creativity!

[oldwomaninpain]

apparently there is a different, unrelated to fibro obviously, view psychologytoday.com/us/blog...

my Left side wanted to prove / disprove the original statement!! LOL

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee in reply to oldwomaninpain]

my right side is so happy you achieved your goal

[Lou1054]

I'm right side also x

[YASMINTINA FMA UK Volunteer]

Well I’m left handed, I’m told very artistic and creative, good at English, but not a lover of maths, yes very planned/orderly(apart from when the Fibro strikes) , ,quite emotional if I think people are being nasty, can be very absent minded now, oh dear which side do I fit the most ha ha, but interesting to read the replies from members to take our mind off things , think I’m an all rounder like my friend Dizzytwo😀

[Mdaisy in reply to YASMINTINA]

Left handed would mean you are right sided brain and right handed left hand brain. If you see what I mean .....

In medicine, a CVA (commonly known as a stroke) if you are right handed and cannot hold a pen/ write due to the CVA - you would have had damage to left side. So what hand you write (or do any task with) with usually corresponds to the opposite of the brain - so guessing you’d fall mainly be right sided !

[YASMINTINA FMA UK Volunteer in reply to Mdaisy]

Write left handed and task with left, interesting topic, reading the replies.

[RayB in reply to Mdaisy]

Think we're over thinking this one,, it's how you think I'm getting at.

While the signals cross at the Pons (botom part of the brain where nerves conect to the spinal cord) it really is not going change "how" we think or if we are more artistic or mathmatical in our thoughts and thinking processes as it dose not involve the nerve fibers or neurons in the spinal cord controling motor functions.

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee in reply to RayB]

It's like anthropomorphizing something. Justifications are meaningless..... Now where is my horoscope for the day.

[RayB in reply to desquinn]

I've always loved that word!

[Bettybright in reply to desquinn]

😂😂😂😂😂

[Mdaisy in reply to RayB]

I understand, I was just pointing out that what hand you write with does not correspond with the same side of your brain but the opposite. I thought people were thinking that if they are left handed this means that they should be left on the brain chart you've given when the opposite is true - I believe people are confusing what hand they write with

[RayB in reply to Mdaisy]

I was also trying to clarify.

When it comes to brain function, nerves, neural pathways, dendrites, synapses, neurotransmiters, sympathetic, parasympathetic, motor, senosry, upper and lower most find it all a bit confusing.

[Bodega1939 in reply to RayB]

Actually it does influence our coordination. I frequently draw complex black and white line drawings with either hand. but I paint with my right hand unless I want to create something not so influenced by cerebral input.

However, I sometimes get confused about which hand I should knit with.

[RayB in reply to Bodega1939]

Bodega It's all really quite amazing, I don't really think it will be fully comprehended,,, at least not while Newtonian thinking dominates ,,, but that's just my right brain nature comming out.

[RayB in reply to YASMINTINA]

YASMINTINA plain to me,, your right,, you wouldn't agonise over it if you were left!

[Mdaisy]

I’m left too and right handed incidentally - as explained above this is the rule of thumb in regards to medicine and neurology. Ambidextrous maybe different and a mixture both I suppose!

[AllthatGlitters]

Right side 😀

[ladyofshalot]

Hi Lolacat you have been through the mill lately you poor thing. I find it all really frustrating with the medical profession. I have Fibro also have prolapsed disc in neck causing nerves to be pinched and cervical radiculopathy. Stenosis to thoracic spine causing pain around ribs top of with disc prolapse L6 S1causing more pain. You feel like you are banging your head against a brick wall to try and get anything sorted. I have moved recently so waiting for pain clinic appointment so I can start all over again! I have exercises for my neck back and goodness knows where-else I will be all day doing these. All we want is to be “normal “ again ie before Fibro which I know will never happen. I think you will have to join dots yourself and keep on at them its the only way they will listen. Frustrating as hell! Take care and hope you get something sorted x

[Jetblack1]

Right x

[Mrsbeevintage]

Right brained

[Emma7722]

Bit of both ☺️

[Midori]

I'm a mixture, Logical and realistic, preferring non-fiction, but also arty, emotional and absent minded.

[Bettybright]

RayB

You have far too much time on your hands! Whichever side of my brain it is is now hurting😜 let's all take a tramadol and lie in a dark room 😂😂 gentle cerebral hugs everyone ♥️

[JeanAnn1955 in reply to Bettybright]

Great sense of humor!

[Bettybright in reply to JeanAnn1955]

Thanks. It's laugh or an overdose! Not ready to check out just yet 😂😂😜

[RayB in reply to Bettybright]

Betty,, the life of right brained person is not an easy path,, nothing is ever simple,, and when you mix it with the fog,,, well it a recipy to send anyone spining into a tizzy.

[Bettybright in reply to RayB]

😂😂😂😂😂

[acuratalo]

I'm a left brain with a touch of right from time to time

[Naturegirl8]

Extremely right brained! I had a head injury 11 years ago to left side of head and now find anything left brain challenging boring and limited. Doing a fine art degree at age 64 after being science based before! The fibromyalgia plus other autoimmune things started after my accident.

[RayB in reply to Naturegirl8]

Naturegirl,, I can't claim to ever have been dropped on my head but I am so right brained it's not true,, it has always been both a blessing and a curse.

I am curious about everything in life,, but always see it from an artistic or spiritual pespective,,nothing is ever black or white,, but my intuitition is amazing!

[JeanAnn1955]

left here, but more honestly a combination of both but the stronger side is left

[Bluenordic]

Right side for me.

[Dinkie]

umm interesting - right side for me

although I write left handed - if I use a golf club, cricket bat, tennis racket etc then it's right handed. Interesting my father who was right handed for writing, used left hand when playing sport. Then again I know I am far from normal....

[RayB in reply to Dinkie]

Dinkie,, your definatly a prodomonate right,,, a left just wouldn't think like that,, you auctualy remind me of me the way you went through that,,, anyway who wants to be normal an eccentric life is far more intresting!

[Dinkie in reply to RayB]

tried being normal once - worst 5 minutes of my life 😂😱🤣😜

[Bettybright in reply to Dinkie]

😂😂😂😂😂

[RayB in reply to Dinkie]

Your understandably still traumatised Dinkie,, perhaps a bit of moonbathing may help or some of that re-birthing therapy where they wrap you in a duvet and you have to find your way out into the world to get you bottom slapped again,,, it's suposed to be good especialy when the waters break!

[Dinkie in reply to RayB]

my therapist had me put all my troubles on a leaf and watch it float down the river - all I could imagine was some well meaning beaver grabbing the rather large leaf needed and stuffing it into a dam where it would stay and gather yet more troubles!!! yep there's another hour of my life I shall never get back again 😂🤣😱😜😱

[RayB in reply to Dinkie]

Dinky,, Honestly therapists,,,it's irresponsible

I worry about the Kingfishers nesting along the riverbank,,, very sensitive birds Kingfishers!

[Dinkie in reply to RayB]

I worry about the flooding caused by the dam - all those riverbank dwelling critters, what about poor moley and ratty and the watervoles. Toad is ok he will survive - his car may sink however. Why the therapists couldn't just tell me to write down my worries and give them to the worry monster to eat I don't know

[Naturegirl8 in reply to Dinkie]

I'm left handed too, very much so : don't use the right for anything except backup

[Dinkie in reply to Naturegirl8]

always important to have a backup!

[RayB]

The left right hand theory don't work in my case,, I'm all right sided,, right brain,, right hand,,, at least I know somethings right!

[Hidden]

This chart is interesting Thankyou. I went to a boarding school from on age eight to thirteen , and they did their very best to try to make me eat right handed. 🙄

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Ps. I am definitely right brained too 😊