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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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  • I am so sorry you are like this and you had to go through such a horrible situation! I’ll be honest the thought of being in that position makes me feel so faint and unwell so well done for getting through that! You are so much braver than me I can tell you that! Were the staff with you nice at all? I find if you are able to talk about something you like then that can somehow take your mind off things, as everyone else has said a fidget toy could be helpful or even a random object to feel. You look after yourself and treat yourself now though for being so brave! 

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  • I am so sorry you are like this and you had to go through such a horrible situation! I’ll be honest the thought of being in that position makes me feel so faint and unwell so well done for getting through that! You are so much braver than me I can tell you that! Were the staff with you nice at all? I find if you are able to talk about something you like then that can somehow take your mind off things, as everyone else has said a fidget toy could be helpful or even a random object to feel. You look after yourself and treat yourself now though for being so brave! 

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