What are your stims?

Gay 2/1/2021 01:02 am 2904

my stims are:

Singing/ humming

Leg bouncing (idk if that’s my anxiety or not)

Hitting my chest

Picking at my scalp

“Bebebebebebebebebbebe”

“Fhart”

Repeating whatever word I heard recently

Bopping like bop cat

*bop* *click* *bop* *click*

flappy hands

using fidget toys

chewing on things

typing on a laptop or computer

maladaptive daydreaming (this is kinda bad for me because i get my daydreams confused with reality at times)

Violently shaking when I’m upset or sad

Listening to the same song over and over

making the hand where u pu down ur index, middle, and ring finger and i shake it super violently

That’s all of mine! I wanna hear yours

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Feb 3, 2021 8:06 am

I don’t want to list them all, but my main one when I’m happy or excited (even just a tiny bit) is that I involuntarily clasp my hands and wave them up and down in front of my chest. If I’m extra excited I will also jump and down at the same time. I’ve done it since I was a little kid.

I’m autistic - Asperger’s/ASD (yes, they’re the same thing but both labels are on my records), so I think that’s why I have my stims. But I haven’t mentioned it on here for years so I doubt anyone knows.

Feb 2, 2021 10:29 pm

shaking my hands in like a circular motion (with the added bonus of a fun noise when I've got kandi on), knee bouncing, hand flapping. flapping near my face with my hands in like an "a" shape, whistling, shaking my head from side to side

Feb 2, 2021 7:39 pm

flapping my hands, bouncing my leg, cracking my knuckles, and doing the pop thing with my mouth :3

Feb 2, 2021 2:15 pm

i day dream a looot, and zone out for like, 5 minutes without even realizing it. I also do this this thing where i fold my bottom lip. I also wring out my hands, snap, and pressing really hard on my upper teeth with my lower teeth (not really gritting my teeth tho). thats about it.

Feb 2, 2021 1:23 pm

uuuh snapping, flapping hands, rocking, bouncing my leg, jerking random parts of my body, shaking fists, sometimes hitting my head when I'm stressed, chewing on everything, playing with kandi

Feb 2, 2021 1:21 pm

I usually swing back and fourth, doing the jiggle leg thing, random blinking, making noises like “beep” and “boop” randomly, doing the mouth “pop” thing, and day dreaming a lot (I get in trouble for it cause I seem to do it more when I REALLY need to be doing a certain thing) I also tend to bite my tongue, lip, and inside my cheek when i get stressed or mad. My stims are cause of my adhd so ive had em most my life and they change from time to time lol

Feb 2, 2021 11:11 am

clapping,, loudly and aggressively

snapping

putting my arms over my head

jerking my head to the left

grinding my teeth

biting the air,, i dunno how else to describe it tongue

the pop cat thing

"HA, BET BONED"

"DO A FLIP,, KEKW"

"quack ima duck"

ye thats about it big grin

Feb 2, 2021 11:05 am

i cant remember em all, so here's the ones i can remember:

bouncing my leg, clapping, clapping(?) my fingers against my palms, rocking back n forth, if i'm wearing kandi i'll shake it because funni noise,, happy flappies, phone happi flappi (making the "call me" hand and shaking it), shrugging my shoulders, clicking my tongue, squeezing things, clicking keyboard keys as hard as i can (usually when i'm angry), hitting my wrists together, cracking my knuckles/toes, punching my palm on the opposite hand (to crack my knuckles), scratching my arms,

these ones are out-loud:
"ggggggg", humming, copying laughs i hear, (probably more but they change a lot)

Feb 2, 2021 10:35 am

twitching my feet/legs

swinging my arms

just saying "ck" repeatedly

scratching at things

Feb 2, 2021 8:54 am

i have a bad habit of bouncing back and forth like a videogame character when I get too excited. I also spin rings, weave yarn through my hands, play with a worm on a string, flappy hands, say the word 'grape' as angrily as I can, chant 'pog', and tap everything in reach of my arms