shocked that he actually has some kind stim evey minute almost

ok i no my son is extremly obsessive and stuck in the habbit of self stimulation so i sat and timed and ticked every minute for a hour and although i new he did it a lot was shocked at how much in an hour he every actually was stimming the longest he went with out physically stimming was 3 minutes this was spent sat spinning his wheel.I found this extremly difficult to keep up with him but with ammount i counted and written he had flapped 76 time span around 205 + as was to fast for me keep up with spinning lol. rocked 33 times bite him self or object 51 times poke eyes 8 times head bang 5 times this was all on a normal morning no change in routine i cant think anything would make him anxious or excited im at loss he is extremly hyper never stops and is only 2

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  • hi

    stimming is often but not always because of anxiety or being excited, it is possible that he just enjoys the sensations he gets from stimming,it makes him feel good/comfortable it does sound as though its become quite the obsession though,im no expert but its a tricky one as the stimming can completley take over yet attempting to stop stimming can in itself can be detrimental and lead to sensory overload.  Have you recieved any input from any professionals regarding this, surely they have some sort of help to offer for this type of thing with regards to at least attempting to reduce it so its not taking over quite so much

     

     

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  • hi

    stimming is often but not always because of anxiety or being excited, it is possible that he just enjoys the sensations he gets from stimming,it makes him feel good/comfortable it does sound as though its become quite the obsession though,im no expert but its a tricky one as the stimming can completley take over yet attempting to stop stimming can in itself can be detrimental and lead to sensory overload.  Have you recieved any input from any professionals regarding this, surely they have some sort of help to offer for this type of thing with regards to at least attempting to reduce it so its not taking over quite so much

     

     

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