Walking on my Tip Toes

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I hate hardwood flooring. I can't stand it. For as long as I can remember, I've always walked on my tip toes whenever I walked on anything solid and not carpeted. I just can't stand feeling anything poking the soles of my feet, like crumbs or rocks. It's the absolute worst, and people make fun of me about it. I live in a house with hardwood flooring and I never walk on it without shoes on. Anyone else have this quirk?

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"Toe walking" is how it is usually referred to in autistic contexts; it is so common that it is included in some diagnostic criteria. It causes an odd or "bouncy" gait.

Yes; I do this, though it's not related to any particular kind of flooring for me. I have exactly the "bouncy gait" that arielhawksquill mentioned, and pacing in small circles or bouncing up and down on my tip-toes have always been among my most common stims.

It's a very specific trait associated with autism -- congratulations on recognizing it.

I did this as a child. I remember receiving intensive training to learn to walk heel to toe, but still find myself on toes from time to time. Especially on wet ground. I never stopped bouncing on my tiptoes when anxious or excited.

ughhhhh, stepping on a crumb or water -- sends chills down my spine -- I *hate* it. For this reason, I try to avoid walking in bare feet in my house on the hardwood or linoleum. I have flip flops I wear indoors and also a pair of slippers. Or, I will wear socks.
I have cats, so the litter sometimes is the thing I will step on in bare feet. ewwww!!

I do tip toe more or less for sensory reason. Not aversion, more like sensory seeking. I can walk fast on tip toes, and feel pressure on the upper parts of my feet and toes.
So then I do this more often if I'm climbing up the stairs, and I tend to skip a step. Sometimes I would turn around with it instead of usual ways of changing walking directions.
It feels more of a play to me or closer to stim than a need whenever I do it.

Yes, I do have this quirk.
It seems that an autistic doesn't need to be poorly balanced, poorly coordinated or be sensory intolerant on stepping on certain surfaces in order to have this trait.
I've also observed this plenty of times in other autistics, each having their own reasons.

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I'll do that or walk on the exterior sides of my feet.

Plenty of lil dips**ts have made fun of my gait

But I don't walk on tiptoe

Suspect that's like high heels

Bad for your body

But everything is bad for your body

And everything causes cancer

I've always walked on the balls of my feet and had a bouncy gait, until recently where I've tried to consciously think about my walking. I also lean forwards when I walk and tend to walk quite quickly; I'm walking somewhere for a reason so time to get there....no strolling around for me!

Incidentally, when sitting down, I often have at least one foot on it's ball and tend to bounce my knee up and down, at lot more so when I'm nervous or stressed. Probably a stim of some sort.

I also get terrible Restless Leg Syndrome, which gets worse when I'm tired!

I go barefoot a lot, and when I wear shoes, they're these super-light "barefoot shoes," so I walk on the balls of my feet almost by default. I wouldn't describe it as walking on my tip toes, but I do go on tiptoe when I need to carefully keep my balance and watch where I need to step. Getting barefoot is a stim for me, as removing my shoes and feeling nothing on my feet makes me immediately relax and calm down

I'm a bit tip toey, and also don't like it when people crash around on their heels.

I do not mind walking on hardwood floors. I generally go barefoot in my house all the time. About half our floors are ceramic tile and the rest carpeting. We installed the ceramic tile around 30 years ago and it looks today very much like it did then. Very little wear. It is easy to clean and my wife keeps it so spotless that you can eat off the floor.

I love to feel stuff with my feet. My sense of touch in my feet is almost equal to that in my fingertips. Many times when something drops on the floor, I will pick it up with my feet.

We installed hardwood floors in my daughters house. They are easy to clean. Also they are perfect for throwing a throw rug on which is also easy to clean. So I very much like the feel of hardwood floors, especially oak.

I do not like linoleum for two reasons. Generally the indented pattern attracts dirt and grim and also they become sticky. They wear out easily.