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Stimming whilst in a hospital bed?

DazeAndConfused

This may be a strange request, but I'm stuck in a hospital bed connected to oxygen. My day to day stim is to scratch my head or fiddling with my hair, when more agitated I will rock, bounce my feet or flap the hand. Unfortunately the other night I was also on a drip and couldn't easily get out of bed. At about 3am the nurses appeared to take an arterial blood sample from the wrist. I also happen to be super needle phobic, so got very agitated. It turns out that this type of test is much more painful than the conventional ones, to the extent they had to hold me down. As you might imagine I went into a bit of a meltdown after, but couldn't really find any comfort in the usual stims when in bed . Can anyone suggest something that might be soothing in that situation?

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  • Oh wow, that sounds nightmarish and I’m sorry you have to deal with that situation. Especially the blood sample, I would definitely struggle with that as well.

    The best that I can think of is to rub or fidget with something small, like a coin or something else that can fit in your hand easily. I used to fidget with a smooth, polished stone by rubbing my thumb across it when I was stressed. Nowadays I use a spinner ring. But something small like that could potentially give a similar experience to fiddling with your hair.

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  • Oh wow, that sounds nightmarish and I’m sorry you have to deal with that situation. Especially the blood sample, I would definitely struggle with that as well.

    The best that I can think of is to rub or fidget with something small, like a coin or something else that can fit in your hand easily. I used to fidget with a smooth, polished stone by rubbing my thumb across it when I was stressed. Nowadays I use a spinner ring. But something small like that could potentially give a similar experience to fiddling with your hair.

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