Rings can be dangerous

By , August 27, 2014 6:51 am

Whether it’s kinesthesia or proprioception*… something is off with my body’s control of its limbs in space. BECAUSE I KEEP RUNNING IN TO THINGS. 

Last week I hit my hand on a metal bar on the train when I was taking my seat. I wasn’t rushed or anything. There was no one in front of or behind me. These things just happen (to me). 

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My hand immediately hurt. Because of course, I slammed my wedding rings in to the bar, and the rings happened to be turned, so that the diamonds hit my middle finger. Yeah. 

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That hurt for a few days. I still have the diamond “puncture” spot on my middle finger. 

A few days later, I ran my knee in to a low table. Now my knee hurts. The previous week, I cracked my bruised up toe on the top of a stair and it stung for the rest of the night (luckily that toenail is gone now MUAH HA HA, see ya later!). 

Ha ha. Fun times.

I can’t figure out if I am: a. really uncoordinated, b. moving too fast and not paying attention to what I am doing, or c. losing my mind. 

Okay, probably all three. 

Do you ever feel like your limbs are acting on their own? Or constantly running in to stuff?

Ha. I was telling Gina about this and she brought up a story my mom told her – about the time I was walking out of a store, reading a book, and ran straight in to a GIANT mailbox. I didn’t even see it coming. Ha ha. Apparently this has been going on since my youth. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING, KIM!!!

*I’ve been wanting to write about proprioception for a long time but just doing research and reading that article, I still don’t have a great understanding of it. Maybe that is why mine doesn’t “work.”

24 Responses to “Rings can be dangerous”

  1. Erin says:

    My legs are currently a mess of bruises and scrapes but not because I’m running into things; it’s because things are running into me! Things being dogs, specifically. I don’t know what it is but no matter where I sit or stand at the dog park I always get run into by dogs and end up with bruises and scrapes on my lower legs.

  2. Maggie says:

    I’m always running into furniture or dropping things. I dropped a glass of red wine on white carpeting the other night … luckily we learned that hydrogen peroxide + baking soda gets out red wine. PHEW. But generally it’s a good idea if my cups have lids.

  3. Irina says:

    I initially freaked out when I first read the title of this post because I recently saw some episode of a medical TV show where a girl’s ring essentially cut through to the muscle of her finger :0 ! On the bright side at least you didn’t end up in the Emergency Room 🙂 Sorry to hear this happened to you though, hope your fingers are feeling better!

  4. Xaarlin says:

    Your hand. Wow. Much bruise such pain! That looks awful painful. 🙁 is it better now?

    Hahaha @ your lost toenail comment. Must feel better without it?

    Yep. I’m accident prone. Knee smashed in theL turnstyle, tripping because I don’t pick up my feet enough, and those are the ones I can remember. Oh and I frequently jam my thigh into the corner of my desk at work. Always an unnecessary “pick me up” at a random time of the day. Ha ha

    • kilax says:

      It is almost better! But I learned last week that throughout the day I squeeze my hand and crack my knuckles without even thinking about it… I started thinking about it. ha ha.

      Yes. So much better. The other one is almost gone too. SOOOOON.

      I remember your L incident! That screwed you up for a long time! I am worried my knee is getting that way – it hurt at class Monday night cause of the table run-in.

      So are you always finding random bruises all over you? 🙂

  5. Michelle says:

    Yes to all of the above, and I also trip over nothing, OFTEN. Like, just a few minutes ago in the cafeteria, nearly face planting in front of a dozen people.

  6. Nothing hurts worse than the rings pressing into the fingers! I hope you are back to, err, normal soon.

  7. Jen2 says:

    I think certain people are just prone to this and I am definitely one of them. I run into crap ALL the time. I turn a corner too quickly and nail the corner of a wall. I hit door jambs as a I through. I’ve hit my wedding rings on so many things, I’m astonished that I haven’t lost any of the diamonds. There are even times that I have been walking and am suddenly on the groung; falling for no reason. I’m a total clutz. My sister said my name should be Grace 😉

    So, I think it’s just part of who you are (sorry). Just hope the bruises and other injuries aren’t too severe. LOL!

  8. Tiina says:

    If it makes you feel better, I walked into the wall the other day and gave myself a huge bruise on my forehead/eyebrow. Yes, a wall. I’m super graceful.

  9. Pam says:

    I’m actually fairly coordinated, but apparently I got all of the coordination genes in the gene pool. My sister got SCREWED. LOL She’s a damn klutz.

    BTW, you and I have almost identical wedding sets!

    • kilax says:

      Aww! I think we have lots of twins with our set! It was really popular awhile ago! Although, we got the band separately.

  10. All the time. I believe it is because I’m thinking about too many things at once. Pretty ring, btw!

  11. Losing Lindy says:

    ouch! I hope it is feeling better by now

  12. I constantly run into stuff. I am probably the clumsiest person I know. I think lately I’ve been having trouble because of my allergies–went to my doc and she said my ears weren’t draining properly so I had fluid buildup in my ears. Any chance something similar is going on with you? Allergens have been really wonky this year.

    • kilax says:

      You know, I don’t have allergies, but we are always talking about how bad my hearing is, so I wonder if I need to get my ears cleaned. Would that help me out? Ha!

  13. kim says:

    I have huge bruises on both shins bc I keep kicking the jogging stroller!

  14. Uh, I gave myself a concussion when I ran into a wall in my house, so I’ve got you beat, lol.

    I think it’s my toes that act independently – I swear, if there is a little dust bunny on the rug, my toe will find it and will throb for 3 days. It’s so annoying.

  15. Mica says:

    I’ve noticed that my ring gets in the way and squeezes my finger if I’m carrying a heavy bag by the strap (like walking home with a heavy grocery bag). I guess mine doesn’t have prongs, so I don’t jab myself with it too often. I’m glad yours didn’t break the skin!

    I have bruises all over my legs because I run into things constantly. I think it’s a combination of being in a hurry always and having a high tolerance for pain. I just bump into something, probably say, “OW! Shit!” and keep going. Then I end up with these big purple spots on my legs and no idea how they got there!

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