[tmtvl]

I used Vim for 5 years before I eventually made the switch to Emacs. The reason I switched was because I needed an alternative to stop my hands from hurting all the time. Because having to slam every key at full force (because a missed input can wreak absolute havoc) was really taking its toll on both my hands. The combination of using standard Emacs bindings and the Dvorak keyboard layout have improved things significantly.

[iLemming]

I think your case is an outlier - I think most people go the opposite direction specifically to escape issues with their wrists, but I suppose it is all very personal - depends on too many factors. Great thing is that Emacs is so flexible, it doesn't really care how you use your keyboard.

[Karrot_Kream]

Yes I used the chorded emacs default keybinds for years but only got interested in modal editing as I became more wary of hurting my wrists. Even having switched Caps Lock and Control a decade ago, I still find it harder to do C-n than just `n` in god-mode.