I fell on my head again last night

[Trueblue Texan]

21. This is a compensation that can become a big problem.

But sitting mindfully can prevent a lot of falls. When you sit down, make sure BOTH your legs are touching the sitting surface, reach back with one hand to help guide and lower yourself gently onto the sitting surface. Widen your stance slightly for improved stability if you need to. It's ok to bend slightly forward as long as you don't bend so far that you shift your weight off your feet, you will not fall forward. We naturally lean forward when standing to shift our weight from our butt to our feet and vice versa. Losing this ingrained pattern of body mechanics (due to weakness, injury, or fear of falling) is one of the reasons people become unable to stand independently. (I HATE those lift chairs for that reason!) It's a matter of balance, leveraging the weight of your body against gravity, and it's good to be mindful of the feeling of your weight shifting from your butt to your feet and vice versa as you move from sitting to standing, standing to sitting. Moving straight down into the chair from standing, with no bending forward at all, can actually cause imbalance and cause you to topple backwards.