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Stimming

Orangegnome

Hi I’d like to ask a question related to stimming. Is it something you feel you consciously or unconsciously  choose to do? I do find myself rocking or stimming with my hands without even thinking about it, but also will reach for my favourite cuddly toy as the material feels so nice to me, and that one is definitely consciously choosing to do it. I know that I have always stimmed a lot but sadly mask when with others as it makes me worry what people will assume about me. No one thinks it’s normal for a 50 year old woman to suck her thumb but it just feels so good. As someone who isn’t diagnosed but I score very highly in every test I’ve done, this is all new to me as I just thought it was how I was, but adding a lot of things together and researching shows I am definitely on the spectrum and my mind has been crying out for help for a long time. 

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  • I think sometimes I choose to stim as I know it settles me somehow and sometimes I find myself just doing it randomly. 
    As Roy mentioned the very obvious ones I try not to do in public as I may get unwanted negative attention from them. I have my covert stims that unfortunately I don’t have much control over which includes biting the skin around my nails and bit pieces of skin from the right hand side of the inside of my mouth (never the left). I will also pick at labels, cork which I love and I’ve even destroyed a rubber I phone case through picking (other smartphones are available). 
    I use rocking slightly and  also did this in my assessment. 

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  • I think sometimes I choose to stim as I know it settles me somehow and sometimes I find myself just doing it randomly. 
    As Roy mentioned the very obvious ones I try not to do in public as I may get unwanted negative attention from them. I have my covert stims that unfortunately I don’t have much control over which includes biting the skin around my nails and bit pieces of skin from the right hand side of the inside of my mouth (never the left). I will also pick at labels, cork which I love and I’ve even destroyed a rubber I phone case through picking (other smartphones are available). 
    I use rocking slightly and  also did this in my assessment. 

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