Published on 12, July, 2020
Can you explain what stimming is in a simple way?
I don't know if I stim
I know I make a noise with my breathing through my nose, but I don't know why I do it.
When I'm in bed I like to rub my foot on the sheets. I know this makes me relax and calms me. Is that a stim?
I used to suck my thumb and touch a cold pillow with the back of my hand when I was a child. I know this relaxed me when I was younger
What else could me a stim?
This graphic explains stimming beautfifully:
https://ausometraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Stimming-Poster.pdf
I hope this helps!
I was just looking at that page... Thanks for sharing the link. Very resourceful!
I knew about stimming, but not about smells being a stim. In the summer, at night, I like to open the back door and smell the summer air. Every now and then it smells just right. Perfect even.
I have some leather items that I have had for years, which still have that leather smell, which I love to smell. Books are a favourite too. Old or New, it doesn't matter.
For methough, nothing beats the smell of summer.
Great poster, thanks. I'd never heard of stimming before my diagnosis. Now I realise that I do quite a few. Lots of them are things my parents told me off for as a child and said I was weird and needed to stop doing it or I wouldn't fit in. Now I'm trying to accept that they are OK because they help my anxiety and it just feels nice.