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How do you stim / self soothe?

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I’m very stressed, constantly, harmfully. I’m 56 and stopped stimming as a child because I was told not to by my mother. I only remember rocking and eating toothpaste off a tissue. I feel I would benefit from letting myself stim but can’t think of the ways I used to do it. Can people please tell me how they self soothe so I can try different things? Thanks Steph 

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  • Since I was little (years before I knew I had autism) I would fidget with hair (putting it back behind my ears) and, later, push may glasses up which both quite obsessive and annoying. I find that rocking backwards on forwards, having soft clothes without any tags or uncomfortable gathering at the waist and covering myself with a banket is key whenever In feel stressed or overwhelmed when I'm at home. If I'm out I tend to rub my fingers together in a circular motion so that I'm concentrating on that and not my surroundings. Sometimes I'll also (sometimes without my really knowing) make a kind of noise (it's quite hard to explain but think of a dog whining when it gets scared, sounds weird but I've been doing it since I was little). I also have ADHD so rocking helps also for that reason. 

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  • Since I was little (years before I knew I had autism) I would fidget with hair (putting it back behind my ears) and, later, push may glasses up which both quite obsessive and annoying. I find that rocking backwards on forwards, having soft clothes without any tags or uncomfortable gathering at the waist and covering myself with a banket is key whenever In feel stressed or overwhelmed when I'm at home. If I'm out I tend to rub my fingers together in a circular motion so that I'm concentrating on that and not my surroundings. Sometimes I'll also (sometimes without my really knowing) make a kind of noise (it's quite hard to explain but think of a dog whining when it gets scared, sounds weird but I've been doing it since I was little). I also have ADHD so rocking helps also for that reason. 

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