Position of pencile when you write.

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This is how I hold a pencil (or pen, in this case). Lots of people have told me that this is an "odd" or "improper" way to hold it, though it's the only way that's comfortable to me and I didn't realize that my grip was unusual until it was pointed out to me. The reason why I tuck my thumb underneath my index finger is because it's longer than normal. In fact, my mom tells me that at birth, my thumb was as long as all of my other fingers.

Wow, I hold my pens almost exactly like nikoa does I've never met anyone who holds it like that.

I find using a pencil incredibly uncomfortable. When we had handwriting lessons at primary school I was always told off and in trouble with the teacher.

They thought that my handwriting couldnt possibly be that bad unless I was being lazy, and they made me repeat things over and over again.

This went well into high school and I had a lot of panic at university because my writing was no better.

I had difficulty putting the right kind of pressure on a pen and it felt really uncomfortable. I just couldnt hold it like the other people seemed to with ease.

Nowadays when I write with a pen I squeeze the heck out of it with my fingers to keep my grip on it and my whole arm feels incredibly tense with the strain of getting the letters into a good shape.

I hold my writing utensils between my index and middle fingers. I am ambidextrous...use whichever hand is more convenient at the time. I'll take a picture later.

I'm always told I hold my hand like a lefty. When I first became a probate and family court clerk, I had to do a LOT of writing and I actually got sores on my thumb, index and middle fingers. I ran to the store on lunch, and bought the pen in the pictures. Much more comfortable. The grip is like a silicone rubber.

I hold my pencil with four fingers, pinky free. I used to have a callous on my ring finger as evidence. I dunno where I picked it up from, but I didn't like holding my pencil with only three fingers.

same as callipsa, hyperlexian, etcetera. weirdness. its so strange how many of these small peculiarities we share.

I hold it like kc8ufv.

I hold pens and pencils similiar to hyperlexian, but with my index finger folded completely and my thumb tucked in between my index and middle fingers.