Aspies For Freedom

Thread for talking about stimming- how you stim, when you stim, where you stim, why you stim.



I stimmed a lot more when I was younger. Mostly with the hands- not the full-blown waving (that was my cousin's thing)- more kind of twitching the fingers. My mother got so annoyed at it that she made me take up playing the piano to get me to stop. As long as I played the piano, I didn;t do that much. But when I stoppedplaying piano, I started more.

These days, I don;t stim much in public, or at least not very noticably. I might occasionally twitch my fingers or bob my leg rhythmically, but nothing like a real full-blown stimfest. I save stimfests for when I'm alone. I usually do full-blown stimming by rocking, massaging my wrists, or running my hands along my scalp. I only do the more heavy stimming in public when I'm very, very stressed out or depressed or just dealing with a lot of anxiety- of course, when that happens, I usually remove myself from the public eye.

Well, how about you?

I stim. I think. I have dermatillomania, but after "finding" AS I've connected it to that. I do it when I'm nervous, in a pressured situation, etc.

Other than that I have "NT-stimming" - bobbing my leg, tapping tables with my fingers, etc.

I suppressed stimming for along time.Lets just say it was replaced by health problems.I stim at work if I have to.Hand movements not flapping.Also gentile rocking with my hands to my right cheek never my left.Bobbing my leg,tapping my pen on the desk,an occasional spin in the office chair.If someone looks at me weird I simply say."Whoa,cheap buzz." I do not remove myself from public eye.Why should I waste my break time stimming in the bathroom?? The seats don't spin in there. lol

I pace up and down with my Ipod in. It isn't dancing, it's literally just walking up and down ver and over again. I usually do this when I am thinking of my fantasy world- and for some reason the music helps me play out scenes. I used to run and jump as well, but I haven't been doing that recently. I also used to tell the stories out loud but I practically grew out of that naturally, and was doing it so rarely I decided I must as well just cut it out altogether.
I have a friend who's similar- stimming when he's imagining. I think he does still tell stories.

I have a couple of NTish stims- touching my face and hair when I'm nervous. I jiggle my legs about a lot as well.

I jiggle one leg up and down. Also I wiggle my fingers or tap out tunes on objects.  That's when I'm anxious, stressed or thinking about something.

I forgot about pacing. I do that a lot.