Posture is learned or instinctual?

[Nuzzolese]

I find myself sitting and carrying myself in my own way, out of habit, without being aware of it. So where did I learn this? Do you think it came from watching other people? If I had never seen another person, I wonder how I would sit and stand, and what I would do with my empty hands when I'm bored.

When you see movies or ideas depicted of feral children, they often have animal postures. But I wonder if that's only because they were raised by animals, like Mogley from The Jungle Book.

Different cultures seem totally at ease holding their bodies in ways that I'm pretty sure would be uncomfortable if not impossible for people I know.

I tend to cross my legs and rest my chin on my hand. I also tend to lean forward onto a tabletop with one arm resting down and one hand cupping my neck. It's comforting. Don't judge me.

[rirv]

I believe almost all behaviour is learned or is a response to a situation in our lives. At the school I'm working at at the moment, there is an almost 100% correlation between the behaviour and attitude to learning that a child has and their home life. If a child gets no attention at home they come into school seeking attention. If a child sees their parents shouting and swearing, they come into school shouting and swearing. If a child sees their parent slouching around, they will slouch around too.

[Nuzzolese]

My hands' favorite place to be is inside pockets

[TAL]

Mowgli.

[Nuzzolese]

don't be a bitch

[camo]

I hate posturing teen boys who stand with their hands down the front of their trousers/pants.

It's often seen when they all stand together. I don't get it. What are they doing down there?

[TAL]

don't be a bitch

I'm just giving you some help for the future.

[jabumbo]

because, you know, cartoon movies are a great way to learn human behavioral norms

[paul jones]

I always laugh at the stocky men who walk like they are holding a pin between their buttcheeks with arms in a robotic sway

[Nuzzolese]

Sometimes I have the urge to walk with a lot of swagger and sway, you know, to really strut. It feels like such a release when I make sure the hallway is vacant before sashaying down to the trash bin, swinging my arms, swiveling my hips. Freedom!

Then someone rounds the corner and I stuff my sass in a sack to shuffle demurely back to my desk. But I can't walk so confidently all the time, it's just asking for trouble. I mean, what if I slip and fall? It would be a lot funnier to see someone fall down who was looking like they were on top of the world, than to see a little sea urchin tumble down. With the urchin it's almost expected. Down on the floor where you belong, loser!

[MC Moot]

I think it's learned via instruction and environment...

My mama said:

"Stand up strait"
"Don't slouch"
"Don't shuffle/scuff your feet"
"Elbows off the table"
"Eyes up"
"Walk with purpose"

This advice will serve you well socially and physically...(y)

When I see someone walking with a strut or gangsta swagger,I laugh,cause it's ridiculous...clowns...would I hire or even socialize with that person?...hell no...:rolleyes:

[Nuzzolese]

because, you know, cartoon movies are a great way to learn human behavioral norms

It really is. For example, I know that I am a villain because forest animals don't usually gravitate toward me.

[paul jones]

Sometimes I have the urge to walk with a lot of swagger and sway, you know, to really strut. It feels like such a release when I make sure the hallway is vacant before sashaying down to the trash bin, swinging my arms, swiveling my hips. Freedom!

Then someone rounds the corner and I stuff my sass in a sack to shuffle demurely back to my desk. But I can't walk so confidently all the time, it's just asking for trouble. I mean, what if I slip and fall? It would be a lot funnier to see someone fall down who was looking like they were on top of the world, than to see a little sea urchin tumble down. With the urchin it's almost expected. Down on the floor where you belong, loser!


I know what you mean.Like in Monty Python.the ministry of funny walks.I think it's a crime that society frowns on people wanting freedom to walk in which way they want.There's a disabled kid who walks past the house a lot.He has that 'on tiptoes-one foot dragging behind' kind of walk but I think he's great.I'm sure people make fun of him but they'll learn

[Nuzzolese]

I love seeing women walk awkwardly in high heels. Sometimes they look like the shoes hurt their feet, so they clomp around, never quite straightening their knees, picking their feet up and putting them flat down instead of a heel-toe roll. It's cute.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

^that is why I always carry flats in my purse. I can rock the heels, but only for so long.

[insertnamehere]

part of it is individual anatomy. my poster is terrible. im trying to train myself to improve it but its just not natural for me. it feels really uncomfortable to have correct posture. my spine is extra curvy so my butt sticks out, stomach sticks out, shoulders are rounded over, and its pretty much impossible for me to hold my neck straight in a normal kind of way. ive been working on the whole shoulders back thing but its so damn uncomfortable and takes a lot of concentrating.

[b i o n i c]

I think it's learned via instruction and environment...

My mama said:

"Stand up strait"
"Don't slouch"
"Don't shuffle/scuff your feet"
"Elbows off the table"
"Eyes up"
"Walk with purpose"

This advice will serve you well socially and physically...(y)

When I see someone walking with a strut or gangsta swagger,I laugh,cause it's ridiculous...clowns...would I hire or even socialize with that person?...hell no...:rolleyes:

did your mom put you in pageants?

[MC Moot]

did your mom put you in pageants?

No...but I did attend the Handsome Boy Modeling School in my formative years...

[jabumbo]

part of it is individual anatomy. my poster is terrible. im trying to train myself to improve it but its just not natural for me. it feels really uncomfortable to have correct posture. my spine is extra curvy so my butt sticks out, stomach sticks out, shoulders are rounded over, and its pretty much impossible for me to hold my neck straight in a normal kind of way. ive been working on the whole shoulders back thing but its so damn uncomfortable and takes a lot of concentrating.


i had the spinal curvature problem when i was a kid. i remember going to some doctor at the school and they measured it with some funky looking gadget.

thankfully i grew out of most of it, although i think theres still a bit of a bend that shouldn't be

[Echewta]

All I have, I give.