I was a natural dominant lefty, when my mother saw me using my dominant left hand for grabbing and writing everything she forcefully taught me to use only my right hand. I’m very upset that she would take that from me as it’s very uncommon to be left-handed. I hate how she just wanted me to conform. Now I’m trying to use my left hand more but it’s not the same.
I hate the whole “mini me” bs. I was nothing but a narcissistic extension to them.
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My nmom dabbled with making me left handed like her.
This was common practice 20 years ago to correct lefties. My brother was a lefty and my mom actually had to go into the school and tell his teachers not to correct it. I don’t doubt that your mom is a narcissist however this was normal, she may have just fallen into the information she had.
I was forced to change hands. Was a huge disserve to me since I had dyslexia as well. This was the 70’s. I have the absolute worst penmanship and have lost the ability to use my left hand much.
As a little kid I used to write the first part of a word with my left hand then switch to my right. My mum told my school to stop me from doing this and enrolled me in a special writing class to get me to only write right handedly to be “normal”. Such a random and specific experience, kinda interesting to learn I wasn’t the only one.
That’s straight up archaic.
My nsibling insisted I go right when I seemed to be a natural left. I’m now ambidextrous
Omg! Yes! People look at me funny when I claim I’m a lefty but can’t write left-handed any more!
Oh my God, this made me stop my tracks. I thought I was the only one.