Merculangelo
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i draw. I never realized this was stimming until I started taking adderall and had some more self-reflective power. I realized that when ever i'm not drawing (as soon as my hand is lifted from the paper) i'm bouncing a leg (or two), rubbing and squeezing various muscles of my body (mostly in my hands and arms), running fingers along folds in my shirt or pants, contorting my hands in strange ways using my pencil, bouncing my eraser in different ways with my off hand. coreographing complex finger taps on the table. playing with piles of cards and flyers at shop/info counters.
before i started drawing almost constantly, i usually had some kind of little toy in my pocket. often rocks. I had a tiny helicopter for a while. right now I have a toy Rhino that stays at home on my desk.
and on the bus when I can't draw if its too bouncy and can't feel bouncy leg rhythm well because the bus is bouncy, my eyes just go nuts, watching other people, objects inside the bus, and the world flying by outside, and i change sitting positions constantly.
i've become very good at drawing. |
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Celoneth
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I'm always drawing too  . All my class notes have drawings in the margins - in some classes that were boring, the drawings outnumber the actual notes - I find if I draw, it helps me pay attention better. I like to have pens around too, beyond the drawing and the writing, they're just fun to handle and they don't look out of place at work or in class and keep my hands busy. I have a few Tangles which are just lovely and can keep me entertained for quite a while. |
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Followthereaper90
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Location: finland
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| IdahoRose wrote: | | ColdBlooded wrote: | Someone just told me about this thing called a NeoCube: http://www.theneocube.com/
It looks like the ultimate stim toy! I want one!
Edit: Ok, just bought one. Kind of expensive, but it just looks too awesome. I got the "cubetastic value pack." |
 That... looks... amazing. I want one! |
its just bunch of geomags
i love my weigth planked also i want to get one of these body pillows for hot nigths ...once i can afford one
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CocoRock
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Please can I ask a similar question?... Do you (everyone) have sort of 'visual' and 'spatial' stim toys, that give you the equivilant pleasure and relaxation as fiddle toys do, but just looking at them or by fitting pieces into place?
I have this: http://www.oompa.com/baby-toys/category.cgi?item=HA2247 It's a colourful block pattern 'puzzle' made of geometric shapes that fit into a wooden tray or can be stacked, lined up, sorted into colours etc. This sort of toy is to me like cat-nip is to a cat. I crave it and get a kick out of it, like a visual/tactile high but it's never quite satisfied. I go to toy shops to admire the toys on the shelves. I try not to get drawn into consumerism.
I mostly crave educational wooden toys because these tend to have simple, clear lines and block colours anf they are inherently tactile due to a general usage of simple mechanics rather than batteries as plastic toys often have. Also they often have unquenchably satifying play patterns, like lining things up, sorting, stacking etc. I am impulsively attracted to bead frames, shape sorters, activity centres etc. Which I usually keep quiet, being 24 years old. I keep this under control by collecting pictures of them, through catalogues and magazines, then scrapbooking them. This gives me the visual kick of seeing all the colours and mechanics of the toys and is a tactile activity in itself, as I sort the pictures into types and glue them in neatly. It's as close as I can get to actually playing with the toys. I own a few of these types of toys, but only smaller and affordable versions. I am intelligent and age-appropiate in other areas, but this has always been one of my things.
I have never articulated this like this before, so thanks for letting me do so, even though it'll be boring for some people to read. It's great for me to write it. |
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DiveClimb
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Hey.
I often wrap and unwrap my feet from around a chair leg. If i'm in a meeting i've fouind some physiotherapy putty that is amazing . It's like playdough but doesn't smell and is snoother. It also gives my fingers a good workout. If I can't use that I just have to doodle or chew my nails. |
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PunkyKat
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Slap braclets make nice stim toys. I stim on my Timon stuffed animal all the time by sniffing him and rubing his nose.
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ozmom
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject: Be Brave - NTs have stim toys, too |
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I have been reading this thread cause I sell stim toys. (I am also a parent of an autie) I love some of these ideas! But guys, you may not have to hide them so much. Some people jangle coins/keys in their pocket, lots of people chew on pens and straws, my dh plays with his lanyard badges, etc. Just say it helps to concentrate, or reduces stress, or something. Look at all the desk toys people have!  |
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IdahoRose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Followthereaper90 wrote: | | IdahoRose wrote: | | ColdBlooded wrote: | Someone just told me about this thing called a NeoCube: http://www.theneocube.com/
It looks like the ultimate stim toy! I want one!
Edit: Ok, just bought one. Kind of expensive, but it just looks too awesome. I got the "cubetastic value pack." |
That... looks... amazing. I want one! |
its just bunch of geomags |
I know it's nothing special, but it looks like something that would keep me entertained for quite a while. |
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ksuther09
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| ColdBlooded wrote: | Someone just told me about this thing called a NeoCube: http://www.theneocube.com/
It looks like the ultimate stim toy! I want one!
Edit: Ok, just bought one. Kind of expensive, but it just looks too awesome. I got the "cubetastic value pack." |
That is cool... and I wonder if someone on the spectrum came up with that as their ultimate 'stim' toy & now wants to give it to the rest of the world... just a thought since most people's brains probably don't think like ours  |
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MrXxx
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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I constantly pick at a certain spot between two teeth with the tip of my tongue. No way to get a picture of that, sorry.
I tend to clack my teeth together sometimes to, in a rocking motion, side to side, usually to the rhythm of a song playing in my head. No pics of that either. Don't recall ever using objects though.
When I was younger, I had an annoying tic in the back of my throat that drove everyone nuts. I thought I had stopped that a long time ago, but my wife says I still do it from time to time, though not that noticeably. I think she's the only person that hears it anymore. I didn't even know I still do it at all anymore.
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jojobean
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Well my favorite is meditation balls used by the chinese to create health....I can rotate those things all day log in my hand...plus if you get them moving fast enough the ball inside the balls make a musical whirlly chiming sound.
But since the chinese started putting lead in stuff, I have not yet found any made in the US or anywhere but China, so I resort to less facinating things like taking my shoe off and flopping it up and down at the end of my toes...clicking pens, bouncing my leg,
when no one is looking... licking the back of my hand, and popping my knuckles.
my other toys are whatever I can get my hands and can make spin, click, snap, pop, or thump. Sometimes I really annoy ppl with this.
I miss my bing wa balls thats what I call the meditation balls 
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IdahoRose
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| jojobean wrote: | Well my favorite is meditation balls used by the chinese to create health....I can rotate those things all day log in my hand...plus if you get them moving fast enough the ball inside the balls make a musical whirlly chiming sound.
But since the chinese started putting lead in stuff, I have not yet found any made in the US or anywhere but China, so I resort to less facinating things like taking my shoe off and flopping it up and down at the end of my toes...clicking pens, bouncing my leg,
when no one is looking... licking the back of my hand, and popping my knuckles.
my other toys are whatever I can get my hands and can make spin, click, snap, pop, or thump. Sometimes I really annoy ppl with this.
I miss my bing wa balls thats what I call the meditation balls |
Those Chinese meditation balls are called Bao Ding Balls. It's a common mistake to call them Ben Wa Balls, but those are something completely different. I used to have a pair of Bao Dings but I gave them to my brother because he liked them more. I thought they were pretty cool, although I didn't like the sound of metal scraping against metal that they made (that sound has always bothered me). |
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Rocky
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| itfits wrote: | I carry two oblong shaped magnets all the time the are very polished and very stong for permanent magnets. (do not get them near a monitor or you will mess it up)
I got them in the cheap toys section at walmart I think the are called sizzlers.
I use to carry Tangles jr but after I destroyed the third or fourth one I gave up on them. I like small heavy smooth objects the smoother and the heavier the better. If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them.
When I get caught with one of my toys I just claim with a serious look that it is a meditation thing or a figit and that either stops the questions or the person ask me to get them one too. If they only knew.
Has anyone lost their toy and Had to( I mean 4am drive twenty miles to get it ) replace it immediatly or no sleep ? I am like that if I lose one I have to have a replacement or else, that is why when I find one I love I get several of them at once. |
I thought I was the only one who used magnets. They have the advantage of infinite variability. Lots of options for fidgeting, including trying to force the like poles together. Rubber bands are also good. They can be stretched, or wadded up to roll between the fingers or palms. Some here have posted a need to self-injure. Snapping a rubber band on the skin would be a better alternative.
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krazykat
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I actually have a "stim pet". Whenever I'm on the computer I put one of my hermit crabs on my desk. It mindlessly crawls away, I mindlessly put it back in the same spot, it mindlessly crawls away again and the cycle repeats. I figure it is a symbiotic activity because I get something to do with my hands while my hermit crabs get exercise  |
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PunkyKat
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| krazykat wrote: | | I actually have a "stim pet". Whenever I'm on the computer I put one of my hermit crabs on my desk. It mindlessly crawls away, I mindlessly put it back in the same spot, it mindlessly crawls away again and the cycle repeats. I figure it is a symbiotic activity because I get something to do with my hands while my hermit crabs get exercise |
My bearded dragon is a stim pet as well. She like to have her chin stoked and she will close her eyes if you stroke her head she likes it so much. I get the same effect petting her as I do from stimming. I take her places with me so I can stim on her but not look like a freak. I think I might stim on my chihuahuas by rubbing their ears and and picking them up and rubbing my face into their necks (is that called snuggling?). I used to love to catch grasshoppers when we lived in the boonies. When I finnaly caught them, I would stroke them for hours. I loved the way they felt. The bigger ones felt the best. I loved how it felt when a huge grasshopper walked around on my arms, yet would have a meltdown from a person touching me.
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