If you voluntarily stim, you have asperger's/autism right?

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Not necessarily...
I stim like crazy, it helps me calm down when I get over saturated.

My psychologist thinks that this is not AS related in my case. (He does not think I have AS.)

He says that this can be caused by other things, that NTs can stim as well.

I'm neurotypical, and I stim at times. I tap my foot when I'm waiting, I pace up and down when agitated in my house, and I pick my fingernails when talking to people.

I do lots of stuff, but most of it is fairly normal. Finger tapping (good for piano practice), leg moving, funny accents and humming mostly. I try not to do them in front of other people, though.

I'm pretty sure everyone stims at least once in their life. Regardless of their brain's wiring.

Hmm I do what looks like stimming but it's usually not voluntary....like for instance I tend to pick up and fidget(for lack of a better word) with random objects and then I will notice I am doing that and stop or set it back down only to find myself doing the exact same thing a few minutes later. I can't seem to find any information on this sort of thing actually.