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I've toe walked all my life. I had to teach myself to stop doing that when I wear shoes because I tend to destroy the soles of my shoes when I do that. I like the idea of toe walking because it improves balance and dexterity. I tend to have a much stronger stance when I stand on my toes. Plus, It I like the soft and bouncy feel to it.

I toe walk whenever I am barefoot. If I am in shoes, then I walk more normal, but I still have an odd gait that is common for autistics. Or so I am told. The bottoms of my feet are extremely sensitive, and my therapist says this is one reason that I toe walk when barefoot. Mike, aka Dodger

i do this all the time! it's almost a stimmy thing for me. though i try not to do it because i know it's bad for your feet haha

I've walked up or down stairs on only my toes/balls of the feet all my life -- until recently, oddly!

I feel what's changed this in my case is down to plain tiredness; I seem to now be putting my whole foot down onto a stair through sheer tiredness as I'm getting older and stairs wear me out now and seem an effort. I no longer have th energy to be up on my toes, which used to seem like no effort. But yeah, all my life was on my toes.

I toe walk when not in shoes and I have very bad tendon flexibility from this sadly.

I've had that tendency for toe walking, mostly going up and down stairs. Sometimes I even do that when I've worn shoes without arch support, and my feet are hurting as a result. I don't quite have flat feet, but I have a low enough arch that needs support for me to be comfortable. I never thought about toe walking much until I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was almost 30 and found out that it was a common trait for those with ASD's.

I walk on my toes, too, but mostly in the morning when the floor is too cold for my feet. I remember toe-walking as a kid, too, but I don't remember under what circumstances I did so.

I sometimes toe-walk when barefoot if I'm walking across a floor that feels dirty or wet. I don't like the sensation of something other than the expected smooth floor to touch the soles of my feet.

I have always walked on tip toe and constantly get asked by random strangers if I'm a ballerina.

Sometimes when I'm walking fast in tennis shoes I don't have to do it, but always without shoes and I usually stand on my toes. People want to know why I do it and I'm never sure what to say. It's just walking to me.

I do. I'm middle aged and have been doing this my whole life. It's caused some health issues though so I'm trying to learn to walk flat footed.

When I was a kid I always walked on my forefeet.
That combined with me not bending my knees enough made it difficult to slowly walk downhill, I had to run because otherwise I'd have fallen over.

Later on, I'd say at some point between the ages 4 to 6, I actively taught myself to include my heels in walking. I also learned from my dad to walk downhill slowly because he noticed and told me that I didn't bend my knees like everyone else.

So nowadays I mostly walk "normally" (not quite: I don't fully extend my knees, but apparently nobody notices), but I still do walk on my toes every once in a while. Like when I'm stressed, in private or not putting much thought into how I'm walking... or when I'm sneaking around, it's great for that.

I don't know about toe walking, I guess mostly on stairs as others here mentioned I often do. But I am definitely on the same page as everyone who has mentioned excessively sensitivity on the soles of the feet. Yes, very much so.

I usually do it when I don't have shoes on. I also slide my feet as I walk if I have socks on.