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Stimming

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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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  • My stimming is definitely unconscious... when im chilling in the evening after a busy day I will watch tv and pick at scabs on my scalp with no control I can never jus rest my hands. Sometimes I wil do it until my head is sore or worse bleeding. Then when I snap out of the "zone out" im left feeling frustrated with myself with scabs all over my top and where I have been sitting. I have Been doing it since I can remember. When I was a kid it use to be my eye lashes thinking I had sleep in my eyes then moved onto my arms and legs. Very stressful when I think about it and not sure what to do about it  Confused

  • in reply to Jodie

    That sounds like a sore one! I don't know how it works if you can shift stims easily, I imagine it would be different for everyone and how compulsive it is? 

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