Headbanging ? Is it a stim,?

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Now , i just need to ask this , had a friend growing up , banged her head alot when little ,, not too too hard but definitely banging .. pretty much non verbal. now have heard that some aspies will bang heads in extreme frustration
.. Can Anyone validate this stuff.. us it a stimm or what. ??

I always had the impression that headbanging was a prime example of a stim.

But I am not an expert on stimming.

I don't think so so much if it's due to frustration, overload and meltdown. I have never been a head banger. Instead I slap and punch my head. I also slap my head and body during panic attacks. Which is calming in a weird way. So not sure.

When I was a teenager I would sometimes bang my head against my bedroom door out of sheer anger and frustration at school, my brother for being obnoxious, or anything else that ticked me off, sometimes until the pain became intolerable. I wonder sometimes if I gave myself brain damage similar to the form of dementia boxers and football players get from repeated head trauma.

Apparently I used to headbang when I was a toddler. My sister did not. I remember my cousin used to punch and kick the floor then occasionally he would hit his head a few times against it. However, he usually just stuck to hitting and kicking the ground rather than headbanging.

Intuitively , banging head. Iincreses blood flow tose ovthrt under used areas of the brain.
Frustration does seem to be common reaction then, ?

Retrospect , when a cat eats grass , its following nature.
Sister had done headbanging alot early on . Now they find improving blood flow to
Front cortex of brain , improves depression . TMS is a mag pulser dedigned to pull blood into prefrontal cortex . New technology . Blood cells are high in iron .. use a magnet , guess where high iron blood cells go . IF YOU HAVE A LIQUID then place it in a glass .AND PUT SOME ,approx equal molecular weight stuff on top .but more of a solid material .
And you want this stuff to go to the bottom of the glass quickly , you tap it on the bottom to speed up this process . Just a thought on headbanging ?

How many times do you see headbanging on the back of the head versus the front of the head. Either way , its the jarring effect that changes blood flow.