did you chew or twirl your hair when you were a child?

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27 Dec 2007, 3:40 pm

I used to chew on my hair and I still twirl it from time to time when I am under stress.

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27 Dec 2007, 4:29 pm

I used to chew on my hair as a kid. That's kinda gross when I think about it now.

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27 Dec 2007, 11:34 pm

Doesn't everyone? I twirl and tie knots and wrapup my eyes and stroke me with it and scratch with it and pull it out. I couldn't face living without it.

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05 Jan 2008, 6:02 pm

I did all the time.
One teacher in school said I was like Miss Piggy from the muppets. :evil:
She called me Miss Piggy for the whole year until other kids did too. glad it was my last year in that school.

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06 Jan 2008, 6:35 am

Ha, never mind about doing it as a child. I still do those things now.

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07 Jan 2008, 11:26 pm

I do that still as well i do it when im nervouse about something or embarassed

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11 Jan 2008, 8:54 pm

I would knaw on my hair until it was slimey with spit. Towels too.

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12 Jan 2008, 2:30 pm

I used to both twirl and chew my hair, and I still do so!
Not just so much. Or I do it from time to time, eh?

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18 Jan 2008, 11:44 am

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When my hair was long I twirled it and chewed on it when I was alone. That was a year ago! Haha!

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18 Jan 2008, 11:58 am

Oh yeah, all the time. Now I don't have hair anymore, and I wonder if that could be why.

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18 Jan 2008, 2:05 pm

Yes, I still do

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22 Jan 2008, 11:18 am

LeKiwi wrote:

I'd pull my hair out and eat it. Bald as a little eagle, much to my parents' despair. I don't do that anymore, though I do run my fingers through it or pick at my scalp.

I also tend to run my fingers along my skin constantly and pick at any spots on my arms/chest/face. And constantly jiggle or tap my foot/arm/hips/whatever.

Never really thought of them as stims though, but I guess they are!!

Yep, Hair chewer here. Chew, chew, chew. Chew, chew, chew.
Then I cut my hair, started chewing straws all the time. especially those little stirring straws that you get with coffee. chew, chew chew. Then I gave up coffee and started chewing gum all the time. My latest dentist asked me if I grind my teeth at night and I said I didn't think so but I chew stuff ALL the time. And he figures that's why my teeth are so worn down. Hair is probably not as hard on the teeth...

I'm also a scratcher/picker on arms/chest/face and a fidgeter and I wear my hair long so I run my fingers thru it a lot. It's called "finger-combing" and hopefully it's a little more socially acceptable though I get self-conscious about it sometimes, especially when I'm dropping lots of hair on the library floor or something.

Hello there fellow chewers!

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24 Jan 2008, 1:13 am

Yes, when I had hair.

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11 Feb 2008, 5:02 pm

I chewed my hair... but the tests I've seen don't suggest it's an aspie trait... Is it?

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17 Feb 2008, 10:55 pm

i pulled my hair out alot

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20 Feb 2008, 7:15 pm

Yes I remember a peroid, 4th grade when I did it constantly.

I find curly hair attractive. Maybe thats why . I hate the current trend of all straight hair. I keep saying I'm gonna move to greece

I used to play with my hair in my 20s when it was long but dont so much anymore because I'm afraid of pulling it out and contributing to a receding hairline.

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