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zeldapsychology
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10 Jan 2011, 3:19 pm

I was running around doing house chores as I usually do. and I stepped on the dog (I guess her paw not sure) then my parents yelled at me as usual (slow down/you're going to hurt the dog etc.) :-( I never watch where I am going and just go on auto pilot I guess. :-( I'm usually not aware of my surroundings and just go. :-( Does anyone else do this? (Obviously if we had big dogs I wouldn't have this issue of hurting the dogs) :-(



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10 Jan 2011, 3:29 pm

I'm a little more aware of my surroundings but I do run around the house.



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10 Jan 2011, 3:31 pm

I do it more if i'm washing up or something, i'll do that, then forget and sort of carry on, on autopilot and end up dropping things. :oops:



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10 Jan 2011, 3:32 pm

Everyone does this, especially in places you know and feel comfortable in such as your house.



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10 Jan 2011, 4:50 pm

You also could have hurt yourself by falling over - I'm surprised they didn't consider that option.

I had (small) dogs before and you never know when and where they will decide to rest, so yes accidents happened and I wouldn't beat myself over that if I were you.



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10 Jan 2011, 4:52 pm

Well I would not describe it as 'running' around doing anything with me....I am not the most quick paced person. But I do have a tendency to kinda loose track of my surroundings. Or I loose track of what I am doing in the middle of doing it.



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10 Jan 2011, 4:55 pm

All the freakin' time, man. :)



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10 Jan 2011, 5:11 pm

I have a 65lb golden retriever who is constantly under foot. It happens.



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10 Jan 2011, 6:54 pm

I used to be like that. One time when I was a teen run-away, I was at an older buddy's house(there to party) and the next morning a small child(maybe 2-3 yrs old) was walking around the kitchen; I walked in and walked into her, knocking her down... because I didn't even notice her in the rm. -totally accidental, but everyone started calling me a weirdo etc... I was always embarrassing myself and didn't know what the hell to do, when I was young.

The auto-pilot thing is how I work though. I get focused and on a mission! I like it!



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10 Jan 2011, 7:34 pm

Yeah I autopilot all the time. My little dog knows to stay out of the way. I think it might have something to do with getting her when my mom was 8 months pregnant and couldn't see her feet lol.



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11 Jan 2011, 8:22 pm

I have stepped on pets and on peopl, bumped into all sorts of things, and run a lawn tractor over my glasses.

Over a lot of years, I do not seem to be significantly clumsier than others around. Can happen to anyone.

As for casting blame -

have a read of Wodehouse' "Goodbyr to All Cats"

http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... o-all.html