How often/much do you stim?

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In the evening more, sometimes in the day but alot in company or when upset or confused by something.

When excited,angry, or anxious. I do lots of hand fidgeting when nervous. Usually when I see something soft then I need to touch ti and get all anxious if I cant.

Almost constantly.

I don't actually stim very often, but I do this thing where I pace around. But that's only when I'm excited or anxious about something.

I think I stim when I'm very worried and nervous, but I stim a lot when I'm on my own.

I don't keep count.

With the ever growing realisation of what (to me) normal activities are all stims I do it a lot when I'm home. I mean, shaking your head, flapping, fiddling, rocking, jumping... that's all self-stimulation I've learnt.

i "stim" when i am by myself at the end of the day.

i will define what "stimming" means to me.

it is an overflow of energy that i must spend in order to relax. it is a desire to stretch my muscles in an oscillatory way that is relieving of pent up energy.

sometimes i like to point very sharply with both my index fingers at 2 different things that are nothing in particular, and then circle my hands and point at random times to random things. i use much energy in my muscles in my arms to point like that.

i need to stim when i feel an energy building up in the back of my neck. it is like a desire to yawn, but not quite.

i do not stim in public because it looks crazy. so therefore i can not spend much time in public.

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I am not always aware of stimming. A video taken of me during a mock job interview revealed that I "fidget", according to NT observers. I was advised to make a conscious effort to stop doing this during an interview process.

I don't always notice it, but stimming occurs most often when I am in new or unplanned situations, around lots of people, or in times of high stress/anxiety/excitement.

It manifests as near-constant finger and foot tapping, progressing to occasional hand drumming and slapping, and sometimes rarely escalating to full-out arm-waving movements.

It does nave its uses, very useful for passing time. don't know what I would do if I had to tolerate long waits the same way an NT does, it really is something that helps, especially with me having more patience than most people.

I wish I could think like that. But really, if people treat me they way they would treat someone with low IQ who they think needs to be spoken to in a high-pitched voice, in short sentences and a forcing nature (which is as insulting to to those of low IQ as it is to me me) or say that the behaviour is that of an insane person who needs to be restrained and locked away like an animal, then I don't see how stims are fine to do in public.

Well, maybe being freaked out by stims demands a fix. I'd like that.

I'm twiddling something (usually my hair or wedding ring or rubbing my fingers with my thumbs) almost constantly. When I'm nervous I wring my hands.. but I realized the other day that I often supress it, I never really realized I do that.

I stim when I'm feeling stressed - so off & on all day, when I'm at work. Since I started exercising an hour a day, stimming during non-stressful times has been reduced to almost nil. Evidently (for me, at least), vigorous exercise performs the same function as stimming.

I stim even in between stims.

I stim quite alot, but usually if I'm excited or when I'm with friends I am comfortable with and they don't mind it, or on my own or when Im nervous.
I'm always doing something with my hands like fiddling or drumming my fingers or wringing my hands etc, I do quite a bit of bouncing my leg or if I'm on a spinny chair I go side to side on it, I've noticed the chair thing when I'm answering a question in lessons like in french I had to memorize some thing and I was just turning side to side on the spinny chair because I was nervous.
I don't usually rock but I do when standing up like I sway side to side when music is on and I paced occasionally

I am a living breathing stim machine