u/DisobedientSwitch

I need to buy a new phone, and an idea struck me - what if my weak left thumb has gotten weaker due to the way I use my smartphone?

I've always had a very lax MCP on my left hand, which was great as a party trick back in the day, but at this point I can't hold a glass of water without my thumb suddenly bending the wrong way. When I made the switch from physical keypad to touch screen, I got into the habit of resting the corner of the phone on the thumb muscles, and only typing with my right thumb and index.

Now my left thumb has noticably less musclemass than my right thumb, and I find it progressively harder to grip and pinch. Obviously I need focused exercises, but I'm curious if there's any merit to my idea that reverting to oldschool keypad can help me rebuild muscle tone in between the exercises.

So tell me about your wonky hands and how you use your phones, and especially if you've tested different grips. Articles and anecdotes are very welcome too!

Ugh! I'm autistic and ADHD, as well as hypermobile, and for the past year or so my whole system has been even more crazy than usual, so I suspect perimenopause.

I swear, my tits have gotten bigger, and because my brain is the way it is, I can't filter out the visual noise of my boobs being right f...ing there, in line of sight, near constantly! Not to mention the physical feeling of the weight and bounce that's somehow just alien sometimes. And don't get me started on the temperature fluctuations, meaning more sweat, meaning more cases of skin on arm and breast sticking together as if glued on purpose! I hardly wear nice bras anymore, mostly sports bras because control, but I have dense tissue, so I can't even get much compression.

I will be seeing my doc soon to discuss estrogen and whatnot, but I can't help worrying about peri treatment making them even bigger. I do not want them bigger! I wish I could just take them off, get a break from time to time. I'm pretty sure that if a mastectomy is ever recommended to me, I'll go at least a whole summer before considering reconstruction.

Anyway, just needed to rant to people who get me. My partner is great and all, but he doesn't *know* know.