Published on 12, July, 2020
I think may Son may be Autistic, the biggest worry I have is his stimming behavious which he has had since a baby.
I've looked up autistic stimming online and its very similar/repetitive when he gets excited. It is very noticable at public events, school plays, sports etc.
he is on a NHS waiting list to be assessed but high school l is looming and I am worried he might get bullied.
What is the general advice re stimming, should I talk to him about it?
He is a happy chap and currently oblivious to it.
Let him stim Preventing stims can lead to meltdowns burnout aet cetera Stimming has a reason Helps regulate If he gets bullied you can deal with that later but as of now he is happy and that's a good thing Don't make him believe there is something wrong with him and make him worry that others will see something wrong with him if that isn't what's happening right now
NAS92640 said:What is the general advice re stimming, should I talk to him about it?
preventing stimming can lead to self harm! It did for me, when I was young.
I only realized I was HF 6 months ago. Your words are identical to my explanation of my life to NAS92640. I just want to say, thank you. In helping them you also helped me because my life is literally the reality you stated openly.I stopped stimming at 15ish and began cutting myself at 16, by 24 I had a clinically dead attempt to explain how bad it got. I hope you are doing better my friend, I am not. I am so glad to be here with people like you. Thanks for telling the absolute truth.