Desperate Need for Deep Pressure... Awkward

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The sum of of my title is simply that my body keeps going through desperate phases of needing deep pressure or constant squeezing & I'm at the point where I don't think I can take care of it by myself anymore... as I'm a college student I've been trying to hide this from people I know at school b/c not only do I have this (which they don't know about) but I've had sensory/panic attack issues from typical casual contact like hugging (which they DO know about) . Hypo +Hyper sensitive sensory issues unite to screw up my life!! ! (sarcastic happy) I don't have my exercise ball on campus & my every-other day workout is no longer working & I don't want to hit my jumping like mad phase again (bad for dorm). I'm trying to decide if I should continue hiding the deep pressure need from friends b/c I'm afraid of using them as squeeze machines or if I should continue telling 1-5 who I think can handle it w/o taking it as screwed up flirting or something like that (I've been asked if I'm a masochist b4 when describing sensory issues)? My mom put me on a "sensory diet" at home when I admitted the jumping was something I used to avoid accidental self-harm (I can bang in2 walls w/o any pain & bruise myself w/o feeling it very easily) but its extremely inconvenient while in a dorm.

This is not a complete fix, but one of the things I do when I don't want to bother friends is to get underneath a heavy spring mattress on a firm bed base and stuff in a lot of clothes or pillows around me and writhe around. Problem is, the bed base itself is rather hard.

Sometimes I also squash myself into the corner and put things around me.

There are ways of pushing your arms agains the wall and giving deep pressure with the other hand, pushing your hand backwards so that there is pressure through your wrist and elbow. Joint pressure is important.

I also jump up and down for 1-2 minutes (I actually count the jumps) several times per day if necessary.

None of these are complete fixes, I know, but they help a bit.

I sleep in a nest of pillows.

Is there anyone there taking classes related to any kind of physical therapy? Maybe someone in that kind of department would be interested in learning and/or teaching the kind of "therapy" you need.

My bed is literally a block of foam & the closest major I can think of is psychology. My Uni does not have physical/occupational therapy . I am jumping a little and trying to do stuff I can get away with in my dorm... which is tiny.

Go to a chiropracter. I needed to go to one for my back and found it helped me "function" better but I think it was really just the same result Temple Granding got from her squeeze machine.