Any teenagers who still hand flap?

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I'm a 14-year-old High-Functioning-Autistic girl. I flap my hands sometimes. When excited. When I flap, I also stand on my toes the same time. It can happen when I am with a friend and I get overactive. I feel so good when I flap my hands and stand on my toes Anyone else teen feeling the same way?

I'll be 23, and still do what you do haha, it is a great feeling, feels like your on top of the world haha!

I'm 17, and I still flap my hands. I also tend to walk on my toes when I'm happy.

I'm 29 and I hand flap when I'm really overstimulated, though usually in privacy.

I'm 18 and flap especially my right hand in private when (very?) stressed. I have loose joints so I don't like the feeling of excessive flapping. I rather put my hand as if I was grabbing something and then shake/roll it very fast from side to side (movement reminds opening a jar). That way the hand's "orbit" is a circle and doesn't feel nasty in the wrist.

I'm 18 and I sort of hand flap - the stim I've had since age five is moving my fingers really rapidly, often on my face. I do it discreetly or in private though, so it's not ever noticed anymore. But i do it extremely often when I'm obsessing over something or freaking out.

Yeah, you're right! Feels like you're on top of the world

Yeah, you're right! Feels like you're on top of the world Today at school, I stood very high on my toes, and my classmate asked me "Why are you standing on your toes?". But she wasn't rude, she just wondered. And I replied "I don't know..." But really, I do know. It just came out of my mouth like that

Sometimes I tend to twirl things into the air when I am laying down, or when I am at school sitting in class, I pretend that my eraser is a finger skateboard.

26 and still handflapping occasionally. And I find myself doing that thing with my arm where it locks itself in a L shape with my hand hanging down.

39 and still flap, specially when I'm stressed.

Im 13, havent been diagnosed with anything, but i hand flap when i get really excited. It usually happens when i play video games. I try to keep from doing it, especially when i have friends over, but i cant really help it. Also, whenever im listening to music and doing my homework ill daydream and before i realize it ill be pacing and jumping up and down in my living room. Should i talk to my mom or dad?

I'm 24... and retired from PUBLIC hand flapping as of about 17

I'm in my mid-twenties and when i get really excited I still flap my hands. I stand on my toes when I get very excited or stressed. I have learned to control it in some situations, but at home I just let it be. It works out ok. My close family doesn't seem to care. Yes, it makes me feel good. It also helps me realize a bit of the emotion inside me.

I'm 18, and I flap my arms when I'm excited. I stand or walk on my toes, too. Kinda feels like I'm flying or something.c:
I flap my arms when I'm frustrated or anxious, too.

Hand flapping, brings back memories. Overtime I learned to slow it down into gestures. When I get excited I do still over-do it, though. I wouldn't quite call it flapping, but I'm probably just lying to myself.