Body language that's overly stiff?

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I've recently realized that my body is almost never relaxed. I'm always stiff. People have asked me if I have a stomachache, because of the way that I sit. I often times will sit bent forward, with my arms crossed, legs crossed, and my weight resting on the ball of my foot. I went through some old pics of myself as a child a few weeks ago, and in every one of them my body is stiff as a board. Kind of like I was froze in that position. I've really been working on at least looking relaxed when in important social situations, because I realize that I must look pretty odd to others, even though it's completely unnatural for me to hold my body in the typical relaxed positions. Does anyone else do this? If you do, do you try to correct it?

Me too... No idea how to fix it, though. When I was younger I even went to a physiotherapist for tendinitis, and she told me my joints weren't right. Seems when you lie down, certain parts of your body are supposed to touch the ground, like the underside of your knees, and mine don't. Something with the neck and the arms as well.

When I was a kid I had gastrointestinal issues.... I would contract my abdominal muscles and wait for people to do whatever. So yeah, you shouldn't expect things to be whatever seretity.

Isn't this serenitie's the stereotypical experience of highly-functioning syndrome.

What do you mean? I'm sorry if I have offended you in some way.

That's crazy. Really?

no. wait. did I make it seem you offeded me in some way? no. I mean if you feel uncomfortable, it's because I was being obnoxious.

Hmmm. Serenity, don't you blame us dorks for the oh dangit woman lulz.

I think I know what you mean, although I don't think that my experience is anywhere near yours. Still, I'm used to holding myself in a relatively tense position, I think it helps with the precision with which I'd like to move my limbs. That was the most jarring thing when I started taking medication to lower my BP, I was less certain of where parts of my body were. It's like the tension allows you to process where parts of your body are because the muscles are in use rather than relaxed.
But it's nice to relax things, at the same time, when you're mentally relaxed. I've also got issues with clenching my jaw, and take a muscle relaxant to stop me grinding my teeth at night. It's like my whole body melts. It's actually pretty pleasant, all your muscles sort of de-tense within the space of about 5 minutes, it feels incredibly comfortable.

Same thing in my case,although I'm mostly stiff when I walk.
And no matter how I tried to walk in 'relaxed manner' people around me always say that I'm stiff.




Me too.One thing that fascinates me,when I'm reading posts on this forum is similarity of life experiences of other members with my own.

"I've also got issues with clenching my jaw, and take a muscle relaxant to stop me grinding my teeth at night. It's like my whole body melts. It's actually pretty pleasant, all your muscles sort of de-tense within the space of about 5 minutes, it feels incredibly comfortable."

Sounds illegal :p Seriously, what do you use for this?

Like I said, stopping me from grinding my teeth at night. I also wear a splint so the teeth can't make contact. Causing the rest of me to relax is just an added benefit. The issue is that if it goes untreated, it can cause damage to the muscles, pain, inability to close your mouth properly, damage to your teeth, all kinds of bad things. For me, it was ringing in my ears (the muscles run past part of your inner ear, the constant strain can mess up your hearing some) that made me go to the doctor, and eventually we figured out that this is what was causing the problem. So, a muscle relaxant most nights, and a splint I wear over my teeth.