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Unhealthy Stimming

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What unhealthy stims do you do/or have done?

Mine would be grinding my teeth, biting my lips and pulling my hair or chewing it. And bending my fingers.

I’m not aware I’m doing it though. People point them out to me, or, I suddenly realise my lips are bleeding where I’ve bitten too hard and too deep. Part of it is caused by anxiety as well. I have generalized anxiety disorder, constantly worrying about all sorts, though I can never work out what it is I’m actually worried about! Can never find the reason/trigger. I guess I worry sub consciously. It all leads to my stimming unhealthily which is a total nightmare. My lip biting has resulted in altering my smile, not that I had a cute smile to begin with but it’s sad to see and know.

Healthy stim for me is hopping and dancing. Both I love so much.

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  • Ah yes.. Self-injurious Behaviours.. I have always found this one strange to explain to service-providers, because whenever you mention it they jump the phrase ‘self-harm’, which has a psychological-connotation attached to it. I find that the sensory-soothing and sensory-seeking neurological issues are largely misunderstood by professionals.  
    Sometimes it’s just the case that one has a lesser-ability, to process pain which comes across as pleasure, for example having too-hot a shower. Sometimes we have a high sensitivity to something, that means that we try to disrupt it to the point of injury, for example wearing too-many clothes to mitigate a touch sensitivity which can lead to overheating or rashes. 
    I find that the topic of unhealthy-stim/ self-injurious behaviour, is too easily railroaded into the psychological-realm, and the professional-standard is to link it to stress or low-mood.. but honesty I stim healthily and unhealthily for all kinds of reasons..

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  • Ah yes.. Self-injurious Behaviours.. I have always found this one strange to explain to service-providers, because whenever you mention it they jump the phrase ‘self-harm’, which has a psychological-connotation attached to it. I find that the sensory-soothing and sensory-seeking neurological issues are largely misunderstood by professionals.  
    Sometimes it’s just the case that one has a lesser-ability, to process pain which comes across as pleasure, for example having too-hot a shower. Sometimes we have a high sensitivity to something, that means that we try to disrupt it to the point of injury, for example wearing too-many clothes to mitigate a touch sensitivity which can lead to overheating or rashes. 
    I find that the topic of unhealthy-stim/ self-injurious behaviour, is too easily railroaded into the psychological-realm, and the professional-standard is to link it to stress or low-mood.. but honesty I stim healthily and unhealthily for all kinds of reasons..

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