Walking on Tip-Toes

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yeah, I just didn't want to be technical.

I still walk on my toes when I'm agitated or distracted, but it was literally the only way I would walk when I was a kid. The reason why, it just felt like the right way to move. I was also more agile when dodging people who wanted to hurt me.

I walked that way so much my Achilles tendon is chronically shortened. It lead to a bunch of physiotherapy problems. Now walking flatfooted up stairs or hills hurts a lot because the tendon just isn't long enough to extend that far.

Pros/Cons
-Pro: It made me feel better as a kid
-Con: It doesn't feel as good now that I'm an adult

Maybe not on toes, but I do a forefoot strike when I go around barefoot.

Yes, an autism trait. I used to do this often as a child and I didn't think anything of it until recently.

Athletes make a serious study, of how people move -- even a simple step.

I do this if there is gritty dust or dirt on the ground, as the feeling of it really annoys me. The feeling of tiny particles affects me like 'nails on a blackboard'.

I still walk in tip toes sometimes, that I broke several pairs of footwear over the years. And other than that, I pace... In kilometers.

I haven't figured why I do.
For all I know, I have enough motor skills to perform something trickier or riskier ways to feel pressure from the feet: Sliding through slippery surfaces, twirling, skipping stair steps... I do those whenever the opportunity presents itself, even if the situation deems it inappropriate.

And, I haven't figured why is this...

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