Me too.

This is purely to protect your heart and your emotional well-being. It's almost better to slowly form friendships and see where it ends up and not get too emotionally attached too quickly.

Or never. No one in my family apologised to each other and it was more about winning the argument by whatever means possible. Had to learn it later in the real world.

Isn't that normal?

Same here. I do this to avoid saying things in anger that I would regret later, so I go on "mute" mode till the storm is away and the confrontation can become a conversation.

Dissociation is a disconnection between a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions or sense of who he or she is. This is a normal process that everyone has experienced. Unless you developed this deep concentration to shut out an unpleasant environment, you have a rare gift. My ex and I had a similar problem because we both had hearing loss, so we had to learn to call each other by name and wait for an answer before speaking. Hope you guys find a solution.

How incredibly sad

Same, I still do that even though there is no reason to do it.

I have done this for MOST of my life as well. Got yelled at A LOT for it. According to my counselor, this is VERY common in people with ADHD. I just had to be super quiet as a kid. If I was outside my room, even to go to the bathroom, I got yelled at 🥲

and if this is seen in young kids, it could be then just being kids, but keep an eye. It can be a early insight to autism. Then you can help the child accordingly

I do that too. But it was for fun. I like moving silently. Scares the crap out of people.

I often did this as a kid, for no reason. I learned much later in life that this was linked to autism (go figure). I got Asperger syndrom diagnosis at 44 (not because of this tho).

At my house i do this because it scares my parents since they can’t hear me walking behind them

I do this still. My mom had an illness where many times she didn't sleep but 3 hours at night. She'd take a nap on the couch. If I walked anywhere it would actually wake her up. I was walking too loud. We had wall to wall carpeting. I developed a walking style that is silent. I still do it. Stealth walking.

I do this too because I stood on carpet nails on the stairs when I was a kid.

The mother of my children walked on toes ... that was just a habit of hers, but therapists were concerned when my oldest daughter did the same because they feared that it was indicative of her not feeling secure about where she was stepping, which may be psychological ...

I grew up in an apartment building. It was beaten into me.

I work at a taekwondo school and I notice that some kids naturally stand or run this way. It might be partially genetic.

Can also be down to the achilleas tendon being too short.

My son (6) does this when he gets enthusiastic and excited about something he enjoys like He-man or trains. Im not even sure he does it when he has shoes on. I think I've only noticed when he is barefoot. He's not autistic nor is ADHD like his older sister. And he can bend and touch his toes so I don't think it's a tendon issue.

Sometimes it’s just that you were put in a Walker too early. Researchers found that infants in moveable walkers were prone to toe walking. That’s one reason for the gig switch to immovable bouncy chairs.

Toe walking occurs for a wide variety of reasons. The most common are autism, which can include aspects of sensory avoidance/seeking (walking on your toes increases the pressure you experience- sensory seeking- and reduces the contact area- sensory avoidance), neuromuscular conditions like cerebral palsy, motor weakness/core instability, developmental issues (essentially how you learn to walk- if from when you start walking you're on your toes that is the pattern that you will develop and maintain and can be very difficult to overcome) and vision problems (using ambient rather than focal vision). Unfortunately toe walking is never "normal" and will cause postural problems later in life if not addressed.

Me too. Having to do PT to try and get things a bit better. Mine came for unknown reasons, but it's getting worse and my feet are a mess.

I do that to a certain extent, but it's mainly because I have the build & grace of a Clydesdale.

Walking on toes continuously can be a sign of being on the spectrum, i.e. Autism, Aspergergers, it is one of the first things they look at in children when testing. I know this because I have a grandchild who is on the spectrum, and when he was being tested one of the things they looked at was if he walked on his toes or not, (he did) there are obviously other signs as well, but it would be worth looking at.

its a common thing with neurodiverse kids. i still tiptoe

I have similar thing. My normal walking is so quiet and my presence is so negligible; people usally don't notice me except I stand right in front of them.

That's also a symptom of certain disorders? I think they'd be called that. Highly adhd and others

I have that too, my Mum worked nightshift so I had to be as quiet as possible growing up, I'm still quiet now and I'm nearly 40.

This is a theory based on anecdotal evidence that I have seen myself: toe-walking when barefoot could be a sign of autism on some level. I toe-walk and I have autism, my autistic godbrother toe-walks, my ex'best friend toe-walks and I swear she should have been diagnosed with it 10 years ago, but her dad didn't want to label her as anything. A theory based on a very small sample size, so this is by no means an actual study or anything. What it could also be is a shorter Achilles tendon. Again, possibility, theory, etc., but it would be really cool to look at 😁

I do it because I don't want my feet to get dirty.

Yep

I do it because I took ballet, but mainly because I had to tiptoe around everyone at home

Yeah, I taught myself to move around in the dark, and do it silently, because making a noise or turning on a light would wake up dad. I have always drunk a lot more water than most people, so getting up to get a drink would happen once or twice a night. Then there was the time that I slipped into the kitchen silently and was filling a glass, when he BLASTED into the room screaming like he’d had his junk chopped off— because apparently I sounded like a raccoon? After that incident, I took to keeping a quart jar of water in my bedroom.

Ballerinas are known to do this (walk nearly tip toed) from years of conditioning as a dancer & to stay light on their feet

I am the same, and it has made me a very good eavesdropper

Toe walking needs to be addressed by a child's pediatrician after the age of 2. It can be a symptom of a shortened Achilles tendon, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and autism.

People choose to do this? I was the kid that did this, but I was physically unable to touch my heels to the ground. Turns out I have a brain injury that occurred at birth that causes muscle spasticity in my lower legs. So, some toe-walkers are y'all who choose to do it, I guess, but some toe-walkers are like me... check in with your toe-walking kids, is what I'm saying. XD

I do this too when walking barefoot/wearing only socks. I though it's normal way to walk barefoot!

you’re probaby autistic

That’s because the damn floor is wet ! Take a look !

Whenever on stairs every time or upstairs and 30% of the time down stairs

Asperger's Syndrome.

I do that too. Have done this as long as I can remember

You learn to move so quietly. I learned to walk around silently.

Ummm.. this is actually linked to ADHD. Maybe get that checked out

Same but because excess, unnecessary noise is highly irritating.

I do this a lot! Its much quieter for moving around