On eating and other stuff.

[conuly]

I'm clumsy. Klutzy. Uncoordinated. Awkward, at times. Prone to stubbing my toe. I drop stuff because I forget I'm holding it. I can't catch or throw a ball... well, I can, now, but even now I'm prone to drop it, to wildly miss my mark, or to insanely over/undershoot.

And I spill food. I wasn't lying when I said to rho that I spill food every time I eat. Well. I might've been exaggerating slightly. I rarely spill long pasta, and I can usually avoid spilling solid fruit or peanut butter sandwiches, that sort of thing. And the spillage lessens when I use my fingers instead of silverware. I was so happy when I realized that I could do that when by myself :)

But here's the embarassing confession. I'm not always so hot at the "keep your mouth closed" part of eating. When I was little, it was easy to attribute this to my horribly crooked teeth (this also explained away my speech problems). Later, my mom realized that, like her, I'd had a huge problem breathing through my nose. This made eating with my mouth shut hard, because I'd suffocate.

But now my sinus problems are (mostly) cleared up, and my teeth are (pretty much) straight... and yet, sometimes, I'll find myself mouth closed, mouth closed, chew, chew, still closed, oops, there's some food falling out of your mouth!

And I don't know why this happens.

I know why I spill bringing food from plate to mouth - I'm clumsy.
I know why I mutilate food while cutting it - I'm uncoordinated.
I know why I always try to get other people to put the food on my plate - nobody likes to clean up the table.

But why the chewing thing? Didn't I outgrow this?

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

I'd assume it's a concentration issue. I'm fairly good at chewing with my mouth closed, but I'm generally thinking about it. I do have problems breathing through my nose though.

[mizemm.livejournal.com]

I have all of these problems too. :(

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I have the same problems, including chewing with my mouth open. I had two jaw surgeries to correct my crooked teeth and jaw, and they were supposed to clear my sinus problems, but I still have a stuffed-up nose a lot of the time.

I can chew with my mouth closed if I really think about it. The problem is that I seldom think about it.

[innerbrat]

OMG, you're me!

Seriously, I have all these problems.
I put it down to the fact that I have a fairly small mouth. I just can't open my jaws to a useful amount without parting my lips.

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

I sometimes even forget to open my mouth when I'm gonna eat. I often find myself with peanut butter all over my face cause I forgot to open my mouth. This is more of a problem when I'm drinking though.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I chew with my mouth open all the time. I try not to, but I'm not usually thinking about it that much and I tend to take big bites of things. I notice that I tend to enjoy food more if I don't worry about it, as well.

I'm also a bit clumsy, but that's exacerbated by the fact that my house is so messy that it's basically an obstacle course. I noticed a weird thing today though, that my right hand is much steadier with holding a cup than my left. I tend to spill things a lot.

[leora.livejournal.com]

I'd assume it's a concentration issue. I'm fairly good at chewing with my mouth closed, but I'm generally thinking about it. I do have problems breathing through my nose though.

[mizemm.livejournal.com]

I have all of these problems too. :(

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I have the same problems, including chewing with my mouth open. I had two jaw surgeries to correct my crooked teeth and jaw, and they were supposed to clear my sinus problems, but I still have a stuffed-up nose a lot of the time.

I can chew with my mouth closed if I really think about it. The problem is that I seldom think about it.

[innerbrat]

OMG, you're me!

Seriously, I have all these problems.
I put it down to the fact that I have a fairly small mouth. I just can't open my jaws to a useful amount without parting my lips.

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

I sometimes even forget to open my mouth when I'm gonna eat. I often find myself with peanut butter all over my face cause I forgot to open my mouth. This is more of a problem when I'm drinking though.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I chew with my mouth open all the time. I try not to, but I'm not usually thinking about it that much and I tend to take big bites of things. I notice that I tend to enjoy food more if I don't worry about it, as well.

I'm also a bit clumsy, but that's exacerbated by the fact that my house is so messy that it's basically an obstacle course. I noticed a weird thing today though, that my right hand is much steadier with holding a cup than my left. I tend to spill things a lot.

[bastardsword.livejournal.com]

You're me.

But I'm without corrected sinus or teeth. Or jaws. (My overbite used to be an over an inch... *monty python* but it's gotten better!) Or speech problem. If I become a teacher when I'm older, unless I get significantly better, any kid with an R featured prominantly in their name is getting a neckname. Like "Billy-Jo."

Iono. For me it wasn't food so much as continually. open. mouth. I could close when I chewed, but somehow, I always forgot to whenever I showered. White leads to a Note: shampoo tastes horrible, and you can't get used to it.

But about the chewing thing... maybe it's just a habit now? You've done it for at least a couple of decades, why would you brain decide to stop now?

-Kimothy

[bastardsword.livejournal.com]

errr... nickname. nickname.

zorry.

-Kimothy

[bastardsword.livejournal.com]

You're me.

But I'm without corrected sinus or teeth. Or jaws. (My overbite used to be an over an inch... *monty python* but it's gotten better!) Or speech problem. If I become a teacher when I'm older, unless I get significantly better, any kid with an R featured prominantly in their name is getting a neckname. Like "Billy-Jo."

Iono. For me it wasn't food so much as continually. open. mouth. I could close when I chewed, but somehow, I always forgot to whenever I showered. White leads to a Note: shampoo tastes horrible, and you can't get used to it.

But about the chewing thing... maybe it's just a habit now? You've done it for at least a couple of decades, why would you brain decide to stop now?

-Kimothy

[bastardsword.livejournal.com]

errr... nickname. nickname.

zorry.

-Kimothy