gaspingforair: Every once in a while, I forget how to do simple things, things you’re born knowing how to do. Sounds stupid, right? It’s more than just being self-aware of how I breathe or starting to walk differently after noticing it.
I actually wake up sometimes and literally have to figure out how to breathe or else pass out and have my unconscious reflexes kick in for me.
One time, I forgot how to swallow and had to spit all of what I was drinking out lest I drown like a total idiot. The one that occurs most often, though, is walking — I lose balance, my feet turn to lead, my brain refuses to acknowledge that I’m telling it to MOVE MY LEGS, and I fall.
Now I’m of above-average intelligence, I think, so this freaks me the fudge out and makes me think I’m actually mentally handicapped. I haven’t told anyone because I’m terrified of being put into a home or something.