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My rather horrid stim!

Gilly knitter

Oh dear….. I chew. 
I chew my tongue and feel totally ashamed when I’m caught doing it. I’m 69 for goodness sake and I have done this all my life.
When I was working I guess the very business of my job kept this in check and I’d just do it when alone. 
Nowadays I can do it for days on end when very stressed and it’s not until a bemused grandchild asks me what I’m eating that I realise I’m doing it. 
I know it looks horrid ( yes, I’ve been told this too) but I just wanted to know if I have any fellow ‘chewers’ on here! 
We have a rather difficult funeral to attend tomorrow and I know I must keep this in check so this will add to the stress of the event as well. 

The chewing does relax me at times though so it does serve a purpose! 

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  • Another thing I do that’s not covert at all is when standing in line at the grocery or anywhere really I bounce on the balls of my feet or rock back and forth. I’m aware that people might be looking at me but I think the benefit (whatever that is) outweighs the possible unwanted attention. If given enough room I’d probably be pacing around like the other day at the car dealership. And of course I’m still counting away or stimming with tongue and or fingers unnoticed the whole time. 

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  • Another thing I do that’s not covert at all is when standing in line at the grocery or anywhere really I bounce on the balls of my feet or rock back and forth. I’m aware that people might be looking at me but I think the benefit (whatever that is) outweighs the possible unwanted attention. If given enough room I’d probably be pacing around like the other day at the car dealership. And of course I’m still counting away or stimming with tongue and or fingers unnoticed the whole time. 

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  • in reply to John C

    Yes....queuing is an interesting one.  I'm very conscious of my physical presence in a queue....I'm normally unusually still (when something is happening that I don't like...screaming children, drunk people etc) or really quite animated....I'm rarely in a state of "normal" as compared to how others seem to behave.

    Honestly though - like you - it's one of the things I don't care about being "different" in.