do you fidget?

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i am usualy constantly fiddling around with a blue tangle that i got given at a ESPA college assesment.
i did have a fuzzy catipilar called jim (who went around in the washing machine and went all sticky, eventualy got replaced by one that i named jim jr) but from a tug of war game jim jr got streched to far and now he is broke to.
i did also have a fuzzy lion ball thingy but that also went in the washing machine the same time as jim..
i mostly just have that tangle at the moment or some play dough type stuff. i realy want more nice type things i see on ebay like big and amazing looking tangles but i cant afford anything i have just about no money ever.

I use squishy toys, that is, a balloon filled with some flour. One in each pocket, also car, desk, and so on. You can squeeze, pull, push a finger through, even twist and roll it. So far only one is burst, unfortunately over my keyboard, but no damage.

I rub my tickle (piece of silky material), bite my finger nails, pick my toe nails, pick anything I can find to pick both on myself or inanimate objects (ie labels off of bottles, picking place mats apart if they are made from cardboard), fiddle with pen lids, chew pen lids, smoke a lot, and fiddle in some ways that are a bit X rated for this post.

I don't fidget constantly but I enjoy handling objects. Although I can go long time without touching anything, be still, etc., assuming I can have "place for my hands" like pockets, or something. I hate sitting or standing and not knowing what to do with my hands. That can lead to the need for holding something, but usually putting my hands in pockets works.

But I'd sometimes get sudden need to do something with my hands. Then I'd find something to do with my bikes or computers, sort some tools or parts. Recently I bought some Legos and I enjoy playing with them a lot.

I also enjoy peeling labels off of bottles and taking small things apart.

Yes. I fidget most of the time, tapping my fingers and stuff like that. Sometimes it helps to squeeze laundry balls. I use those as my fidgeting objects.

Yes I do.....and sometimes i am not aware of it.

like when I read I fidget with the pages, but I am not concious of it unless someone points it out or if I get distracted for a minute and catch myself doing it.

I kept my fischertechnics construction kit for about 40 yrs. Glad to hear i'm not the only one!

I wish I had done it sooner

I fidget alot, sometimes I'm aware of it other times I'm not. When I sit at the computer and I'm just reading stuff I fiddle with the cord on the phone or press my fingers on the corner of the desk 4 times and then pick at it. I'll shake my leg when sitting watching a movie, play with my hands, clothes, anything really. I have a few facial piercings (labret & snakebites) and I'm always playing with them whether it's with my hands or with my tongue. I can't sit still, I have to keep changing position.

Constantly. I never stop moving for more than a few seconds.

I prefer to call it "self directed, pervasively persistent psycho-motor activity"

love it! I'd use that if I could remember it. I fidget with everything. Bounce. Tap.

Yup...do it all the time.

The bolded alone makes it sound X-rated .

As for me, I tend to fiddle quite a bit. A lot of it tends to come off as OCD behaviors to people (with no background in psychology, and no real knowledge of OCD beyond its use as a colloquial term) observing, ie, lining things up and continuing to adjust them any time they are disturbed, stacking things neatly, removing frayed edges from my papers and trimming them until I'm left with a straight edge, etc. I also have a habit of ripping, picking at, and peeling various things, as well as chewing on the inside of my mouth/cheeks.

I used to but unfortunately I think I have replaced fidgeting with snacking. Maybe I need a chew toy.

i keep loosing my tangle thing, down my bed, down the couch downstairs, etc.

it gets everywhere lol.