Does anyone else’s brain short-wire when they have to quickly make the distinction between left and right?

I have to look at my hands to get it right. Palms down and thumbs out at right angles and the left hand looks like an L.

I was like that for many many years (maybe 20?) then suddenly I never had problems with it. What I did back then was going in for a hand shake then I knew what was right. And the more I did it the less obvious I had to do the shake. I don't know if this is why I don't need to do it anymore but now days I am amazed by it instead every time because of how bad I was at it for so long.

index finger and thumb on your left hand looks like an 'L'. that's the only way i can tell. someone taught me that in karate class as a kid and it's saved my ass almost every day since.

I used to. Here is how I resolved it. Left starts with 'L'. I 'L'ike 'L' a lot more than 'R'. So, I started liking left more. When someone says left, I think, "Oh, the side that I like." If they say right, then I think, "Oh, the side I like less."

I have to think about it for a moment. Port and starboard are easy because because port has the same number of letters as left, so starboard has to be right. But I don't live on a boat, and even if I did, I'd still have to get the left and right thing straight.

yeah. as a teen learning to drive my mom asked me what direction i should turn out a parking lot, i pointed left, meant left, and said right. and then felt as smart as a box of rocks.

My grandmother was famous for this, and my family made fun of me for having a lot of her "weird" traits. Guess the jokes on them, since I'm positive I got it from my dad (his mom).