T-rav20
Wandering Albatross
Joined: Jan 06, 2007
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Location: South Jersey
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Crack my fingers (all three joints), wrists, elbows, and my toes. Chew up my fingernails and pick at loose flaps and slivers of skin around them- occasionally to the point of revealing raw flesh or bleeding. Rock in various directions, bounce my legs and feet and flex my toes. When I was in school I would roll pens with my fingers or chew on them (I had an elaborate way of disassembling them with my teeth), as well as tear apart notebook covers (I got the plastic ones), and scrawl all over the pages (instead of taking notes). I'll mutter to myself as random thoughts pass through my head, almost as though I'm tasting them. Also, I tend to stare at things when I'm thinking, so I have to afix my gaze to something that won't get offended. Finally (although I don't know if this is a stim) I tend to drift off into my own fantasy world if something doesn't interest me
Oh, and lastly what exactly is 'Hand-flaping'? I never could quite fathom that.
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mikh07
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| Nightcry wrote: | | mikh07 wrote: | | Space wrote: | | Is wanking a form of stim? |
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azsxdc
Sea Gull
Joined: Nov 01, 2006
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Location: Australia
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With the power of sexism, we will destroy the world! 
Sexism is bad, don't take drugs, stay cool kids. |
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Quest_techie
Deinonychus
Joined: Jan 17, 2007
Age: 26
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| touch finger tips to thumb, pet my arm, flap my hand, mark time, twitch my foot, crck my toes, crack my fingers, lock and unlock my knees, try to make my shoulderblades touch and relax them, pseudogestures, any number of others |
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htr123
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Location: Somolia
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:23 am Post subject: |
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i fondle myself, message my sack then smell my finger
I also like grabbing nose hair and yanking them out then looking how i fulled the whole hair out from the rout
I aŽlso play with corners of pillows and corners of clothes |
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Gaya
Toucan
Joined: Jan 08, 2007
Age: 29
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I twirl gift-wrapping ribbon into neat little spirals. I also do this with rubber bands, and paper if I don't have ribbon or rubber bands. The stim started with paper when I was 14, in my Geography class for some reason. I also went through a phase where I'd tear the interior tab of an aluminum can into little shards. (The tab that goes inside when you open the can, not the one that you maneuver with your fingers to open the drink). I systematically made the same creases every time, and folded it back and forth until I could make a tear. I got to where I could make smaller and smaller pieces, and people would get frustrated with me because the pieces would end up all over their apartment or house. One time I had a roommate get mad at me because her boyfriend stepped on an aluminum shard in our carpet.
I pace around outside while listening to my music. It isn't a "normal walk" because I'll randomly break into a run when I get exciting thoughts. I don't go far. I just pace around near my home until I get all the excessive energy out. Oddly enough, I also started this stim when I was 14. I think my stims when I was younger involved my mouth. I used to take a drinking straw and fold it into zigzags with my teeth (don't ask how). |
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JonDevine
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Oct 18, 2006
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Location: A small town in western North Carolina
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I twirl my hair into curls, twiddle pencils around my fingers (like Boris did in Goldeneye), tap, scratch (as if I had an imaginary itch), put my hands in my pockets, various other things.
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ahayes
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| I shake various limbs and play with whatever in near my hands. Stare t clear and shiny stuff. Drum on horizontal surfaces. |
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Aspiegirl89
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Location: Belfast, Ireland
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I usually tap my feet to the rythm of whatever music I'm listening to, bounce my leg, run my right hand index finger over my right eyebrow when nervous, hold my breath, twist my ring around my finger, snap the rubberbands on my arms, and some others. Nothing tooo crazy, but I rock every once in a while. And I handflap when I get freaked out when I can't practice my piano (7:00 every night). When I audition for stuff I handflap too until I get to the piano and sit down and place my hands on the keys.
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9CatMom
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Cracking my knuckles after a prolonged period of writing or computer use.
Reciting favorite movie lines to myself. |
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DogDancer
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Joined: Nov 27, 2006
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Hi, all.
I'm trying to learn more about stims. I get that its commonly a physical thing: drumming, finger biting, hand flapping and other things that might be called "fidgeting." I've got a few of those, and had more when I was younger. Now though, I think that I've converted most of mine to internal stims.
Along the lines of the poster who said her partner was reading her lips as she mouthed what she was thinking. That's funny, and one of the things I've always done is spell words in my head as I think them. Sometimes I find myself doing this under my breath. Also, I do have mental conversations, which sometimes come out as whispers.
Anyone else have more of these largely internal stims they'd like to share?
Also, I'd like to know more about the purpose/origin of stims. I know this is probably a repeat/beginner question, but I need some guidance here. Anywhere else on the forum or off to which you can direct me so I can learn more?
Many thanks, WPers.
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sun_rat
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i rock, or move a foot.
i've been pretty upset lately and i find that i'm catching myself rocking alot.
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Zhaozhou
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Joined: Dec 21, 2006
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Location: Italy
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| T-rav20 wrote: | | Crack my fingers (all three joints), wrists, elbows, and my toes. |
I crack only the middle joint of my fingers. When I was a child I worried that my fingers seemed to bend inwards, so I thought I had to correct them  I crack my little and ring finger away from the thumb, medium and index finger toward the thumb. The thumb didn't need correction. Initially I think it was always one finger at a time, from smaller fingers to bigger ones and from left hand to right, now I am more relaxed about it.
| Quote: | | Chew up my fingernails and pick at loose flaps and slivers of skin around them- occasionally to the point of revealing raw flesh or bleeding. |
I hate an unsmooth fingernail's edge, and when I found I have one I usually rub it on my teeth if I can't find a scissor, but I don't chew fingernails, I chew around the root of them, biting off slivers of skin if needed, never to the point of bleeding though. Curiously, I started doing it when a dog bit my thumb as a child, maybe I liked it somehow 
Recently I like to rub my palms together, especially the pads under the second metacarpal bone.
| Quote: | | When I was in school I would roll pens with my fingers or chew on them |
I do chew my pens, although not to the point of damage. I can't conceive to intentionally damage my belongings, although I may do it by sloppiness. |
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coolstertothecore
Deinonychus
Joined: Jan 27, 2007
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Location: England
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I used to rub underneath my earlobes to the point of bleeding but that seems to have stopped now. Now I tend to pick the edge of my thumbs with my index finger, which can lead to lots of blood and pain but I don't even realise I'm doing it until the pain kicks in. I also drum like crazy on tables and bounce my leg up and down. I hum a lot too, again without realising until I've been doing it for ages. I sometimes pull out my eye lashes and eye brows and if I'm bored I rub and scratch my scalp, which means very greasy hair!
My boyfriend doesn't have AS (according to him, but he does have a lot of symptoms) but he hand flaps when he gets excited. He also chews up pens to nothing and doodles a lot. |
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Sakhmet
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Feb 19, 2007
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I rock from side-to-side a lot when I'm feeling upset or overwhelmed - or I rub my head (I'm a bald-by-choice female!) or my forehead between my eyes.
I rub the tops of my thighs sometimes...helps me concentrate.
Leg bouncing, and a lot of talking to myself...I think out loud especially when I'm working.
I like to smell between the pages of all my new books... I find it very comforting!!! |
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