Q&A for How to Become Left Handed when you are Right Handed

Make sure that the paper you're writing on is secured, and that the writing tool you're using is a good one. That way, you don't have to worry about how you're pressing on the paper. As you write, make sure that you go slowly, write as little as possible, and be as concise as possible.

No, you will still be able to use your right hand. When you go back to using your right hand after not using it for a long period of time, you will be out of practice and your writing will probably look a little scruffy, but it's still your dominant hand. With a few days of writing with your right again, it should be back to normal.

Keep practicing. The more you practice, the better you will get. Remember, it took you a long time to learn to write easily with your right hand. It will take a while to get there with your left hand as well.

Yes. If you can learn to write with your left hand, then you can learn how to draw with your left hand as well.

It all depends on the person, their determination, and how much they use their left hand for other things, but usually, it won't take more than a year before you're comfortable writing in this way.

You keep practicing until you reach your goal. It feels odd at first, but eventually using your left hand will feel as comfortable as using your right.

No, you should answer with the hand you in fact currently write with. If that's your left hand, so be it. You could also say you're ambidextrous.

It depends on the person and how much you practice. With regular practice, it could take around half a year.

You should relax your left hand when writing. Holding the pen too tight will cramp your muscles. Try to write elegantly and it shouldn't hurt.

You are always using both sides of your brain. However, the right side of the brain controls the left hand and the left side of the brain controls the right hand. So if you're using your left hand, that's mainly being controlled by a very specific part of your right hemisphere that controls your left hand. Meanwhile, all the other regular activity of your brain, in both hemispheres, is still going on.

Yes, being left-handed is pretty rare. Only about 10% of the population is left-handed.

Definitely not. Continue to play them, even if you use your right hand. Just make an extra effort to make your left hand do what your right hand does.

It depends on the person, how constant they use their non-dominant hand, and how much effort and time put into using the hand. Overall, it should take a few months.

If you forget to use your left hand sometimes, you will be able to write. If you don't use your left hand for a while (a couple months) your writing may look bad.

They should. If you're keen and keep practicing, you'll probably get used to this aspect of non-dominant hand baseball pretty quickly.

The whole world manufactures items designed for using the right hand (e.g scissors, writing implements, tools, musical instruments, etc.). I am left-handed too, but I have learned to use my right and my life has become much less annoying.

Left handed people hold the pen the same way as right handed people, but in the opposite direction.

No matter what your dominant hand is, some musical instruments require a certain hand position. This is true for recorder, as even natural left-handers use the same position. You'll just have to get used to it.

Use your right hand at school. When you put your hands up to answer a question or something, use your left hand. When you come home after school, practice using your left hand. Practice about 30 minutes or longer if possible.

Not likely. You may have to get used to writing with the right a bit after using the left for a while, but if you're naturally right-handed for writing, it should come back to you pretty quickly.

One of the advantages is being able to write and use the mouse at the same time. It can also be an offensive advantage in sports, such as boxing, as most defenders are accustomed to defending against a right-handed opponent.

Practice catching with your left hand, or play a game of catch with a friend and use your left hand.

If you practice enough, you can learn to write in cursive with your non-dominant hand.

Yes, but you still have to practice a lot!

Keep practicing! In your free time, find things to do to strengthen your non-dominant hand.

Yes, it will work with either non-dominant hand.

Yes, you should tilt the paper to the right if you're writing with your left hand.

Yes. Technically you still are left-dominant, so you can return to your "left-handedness" if you continue to use your left hand. Your brain has adapted to use its non dominant hand for writing etc., and since the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, you simply have to work the right side of your brain. Soon enough, muscle memory will take over.

Through lots of practice, you might be able to master your left hand quickly. Remember, you can't rush when you learn a skill.

Your left hand is still naturally dominant, so a few days of practice should go a long way, and will likely come very easily to you.