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Memories of "Spinning in circles" as a child

I'm done with Christmas Cards

I've come across the question "Do/did you like to spin in circles?" many times over the past year or so, and I've always answered "no", but always in the knowledge that I remembered doing it as a child; it's just that I seemed to remember it as something that everyone did. OK, not everyone, but enough people to make it not stand out as odd. I seem to remember it happening in the school playground as "just another thing that us kids did" like play British Bulldog or football or chase round for no discernible reason.

What's your memory of it like?

Maybe the other kids I saw doing it have their own adult autistic diagnosis now! Or maybe it was "something we all did." Or maybe, I have false memories and was the only one doing it!

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  • I used to LOVE spinning in circles when I was a child, in the playground, in front of the Scout Hut, anywhere really, usually for as long as possible! I also used to love swinging for hours and going on roundabouts as fast and for as long as possible! Hanging upside down from my swing frame was good too! 

    Also, my 2 year old daughter’s current favourite position is upside down! She does headstands anywhere she can and stays that way for as long as she can! She’s only just walking so she doesn’t spin around in circles but she does shake her head from side to side repeatedly, which probably gives a vaguely similar sensation.

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  • I used to LOVE spinning in circles when I was a child, in the playground, in front of the Scout Hut, anywhere really, usually for as long as possible! I also used to love swinging for hours and going on roundabouts as fast and for as long as possible! Hanging upside down from my swing frame was good too! 

    Also, my 2 year old daughter’s current favourite position is upside down! She does headstands anywhere she can and stays that way for as long as she can! She’s only just walking so she doesn’t spin around in circles but she does shake her head from side to side repeatedly, which probably gives a vaguely similar sensation.

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