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.

I tap my toes, rock back and forth, run the tip of one of my fingers back and forth over the nail of another finger (most often that of my thumb), and finger-comb my hair.

Shake my leg, tap my toes, drum my fingers, 'wring' my hands, pace.  When it's really bad I've sratched my arms(like I'm rubbing my arms.  I've made myself bleed that way), chewing(gum), hum, scream, I've rolled into a ball crying/humming, rocking. shaking my hands(but not really my arms.  Sometimes I do this when it's not super bad, but I'll only do it once or twice, when it's bad I generally don't stop, and it looks more like stimmiing that way v.s. the first way.)  In general, again, I stomp my feet, sing, blink funny(once or twice), rub my fingers and knees, *bite my nails, hair and fingers*(*have not done since braces), pick at finger- and toe-nails and I also stretch.  That's most of it.

This post was last modified: 06-17-2011 08:04 PM by AspieGrrl.

the finger thats next to my pinkie finger on my left hand

I think picking my nose is stimming for me. It makes me feel calm. I do it in private though.

twiddling my hair, its relaxing.

twiddling my hair, cracking my fingers (I do that a lot), cracking my neck.

vocally:
I like going MEEH! when I disagree with something.
sounds like Meap off Phinius and Ferb

I usually just fiddle with something I'm holding/wearing, or rock backwards and forwards on my feet. I only do it in the presence of people other than my parents and brother when I'm nervous.

Yes! That is me.

I only really stim when I'm anxious enough, which has only really been this year as far as I remember. Generally by violently jerking my arm back and forth, flapping my hands, jerking my foot up and down...