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Fidget toys

HeyGART

Hello, can anyone recommend a good fidget toy? I've tried a handful of different types and can't seem to find one that is satisfying. It either makes too much noise or doesn't have a fluid/repetitive enough motion for my likes.

Very curious to hear about everyone's preference!

Growing  up, my #1 stim was hair twirling. For whatever reason it was deemed inappropriate  behavior and I was disciplined for it in elementary school. That caused me to shave my head in an effort to stop and my stim quickly changed to finger picking. Needless to say my poor cuticles suffer Disappointed 

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  • When I was at school and college I used to stim with pens its a kind of Discreet way of stimming.  I also had the habit of chewing plastic pen tops which i eventually stopped after my teeth broke in my mid thirties Laughing,  The cost of the dental fees greatly encouraged me to stop Joy ( I would guess that is a form of stimming although not a very healthy one).             Over the years I've used lots of things to stim with,   when i used to smoke i used to twirl a lit cigarette in my hand and stim with that, and i used to do it with my cigarette lighter, I've stopped smoking now so i don't do that either anymore.  I stim with beer mats when i'm in a pub.  At home i sometimes stim with the battery out of the remote control when im watching Tv. I also stim with pound coins , two or three in my hand and kind of spin them and manipulate them.   I have recently bought a  spinner, similar to a rubic cube but with one side, so its a puzzle and a spinner. I personally don't get them much out of it, But you might like it,  I think we all have our own preferences and favorites. 

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  • When I was at school and college I used to stim with pens its a kind of Discreet way of stimming.  I also had the habit of chewing plastic pen tops which i eventually stopped after my teeth broke in my mid thirties Laughing,  The cost of the dental fees greatly encouraged me to stop Joy ( I would guess that is a form of stimming although not a very healthy one).             Over the years I've used lots of things to stim with,   when i used to smoke i used to twirl a lit cigarette in my hand and stim with that, and i used to do it with my cigarette lighter, I've stopped smoking now so i don't do that either anymore.  I stim with beer mats when i'm in a pub.  At home i sometimes stim with the battery out of the remote control when im watching Tv. I also stim with pound coins , two or three in my hand and kind of spin them and manipulate them.   I have recently bought a  spinner, similar to a rubic cube but with one side, so its a puzzle and a spinner. I personally don't get them much out of it, But you might like it,  I think we all have our own preferences and favorites. 

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