Does anyone curl their hands up?

Post Reply New Topic

Ah! I do that all the time. I find that I normally do it when walking or when not paying attention (to something I should be). I also curl my toes and then press my feet to each other, mostly when falling aseep at night or when very stressed/in pain.

I have this constant need to cross my arms when standing too. I hate the feelin of my arms and hands just hanging there, so I normally cross them or have them in my pockets. This makes it hard for people to approach me (anti-social postures and all that), which is really quite funny.

I never thought about these being things to regulate body in space... But now that I think about it my body is always in at least one position that is "strange", as if for me to feel it better. Like crossing my arms when standing or sitting on my hands, there's bunch more that I don't really think about. People always comment that I must be stressed (I often have tight, clenched shoulders). Hmmm...new stuff to think about

I don't do that hand thing as far as I know. The only stim I do that I'm aware of is that when I'm walking in town I touch my fingers, I mean the fingers on each hand touch each other. Sometimes it's the thumb squeezing the nails on the other fingers, sometimes it's tapping the fingertips together, different things. I don't do it except when I'm walking and only in a city setting, never in the country or park.

I think it's partly to set a rhythm for myself and partly to limit myself so I won't absorb everything around me. The hands become the primary sensory experience, and other things are in the distance. The brain does not like to be overwhelmed and it instructs the body to protect it.

I don't do this, but I also don't know that I'm autistic...I seem to have more in common with Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
But I've noticed this in my 2.5 year old son, who is autistic.

I do the arm curl where it is like grabbing my sleeve. When I am stressed and sitting in my chair watching shows I will combine the arm curl with arm crossing so that my hand ends up in my arm pit and I am doing self compression.

I also get the Mr. Burns stance while standing. It is best when skipping up and down stairs. You get this really neat feeling spring in your elbow and wrist causing them to bounce really well.

Err... Not that I would know anything about that... <skips down the stairs to his room>

After seeing the picture Daniel posted, I can say with certainty that I do not curl my hands in that manner.

My hands are slightly curled as a default resting position, but not in the same way mentioned or posted, and they tend to curl tighter when there is a lot of noise, light, or people around. Most photos of me have me curling them, but not in the same manner that is described in tis thread.

Sometimes I curl both my hands in towards my chest, so the backs of my hands are touching.

I've done that some, but more often than not, I'm more likely just to stretch out all of my fingers to the extent that they start bending in strange directions and holding it like that for a bit before I relax.

I curl my hands down and hold my wrists a lot.

Thank you. I think he's a total cutie pie, but I'm his mom, so I'm a bit biased.

Your mom was awful patient, and laid back if she let you go everywhere with her in a costume. I'm not sure that even I could do that. Then again everyone stares at my family anyway, so may as well make it interesting for them.

I do tend to tap without rhythm on anything with my pointer and middle finger. Sometimes, it takes me a couple of seconds, or a minute, to realize it

Pictures of how I do it:
Up near my shoulder: usually means that I'm feeling uneasy or frustrated.


In the centre of my chest: if my hand is in this position, my head is down and I look like I'm in pain, it means I'm rather seriously overwhelmed.



In front of me: this can happen at any time, but it normally happens in places with some noise, so I'm guessing it's related to mild sensory trouble.

Who_Am_I,

I do #1 you posted quite frequently (I didn't realize such); I seem to have my hands curled up more often than not.

Mirror,

I walk around with my hands like Mr. Burns too.

I've concluded that it's probably classed under "stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms", kinda like when one with an ASD might twirl their hands when stressed, or any other repetitive movement that creates comfort.

No, but I love tapping my fingers on everything

me too,
i clench my fist and sometimes shake it like a maracas.

but i too hide my traits.

when i was a kid my mom used to stop me from stimming,
she still does, but i am very sure its unintentional from her part.

if i kneejerk alot she used to put her hand on my knee automatically.

i think she taught me alot of ways to conceal my traits.
i dont look autistic except of im having a meltdown,
which i usually only have when i get home, or am alone.


oh and those pictures
Who_Am_I,
i do exactly that too, i even do it in my sleep.
i tend to wake up like that, when i used to live with my ex gf, she told me that i did that very aggressively in my sleep,
i still wake up with a hurting wrist at times.

i guess it may have to do with the fact that when i am awake i reject my traits.


i dont know.

i am double jointed :/
i can do that with my thumb, knees even my back.

the doc told me that i am double jointed in my whole body.
again
having aspergers, i took this too literally as a kid.

i thought i could be able to turn my head atleast 180 degrees.


"owl boy saves city from evil"

i clench my toes. i almost do it all the time. clench, release, clench, release... i probably do it in my sleep too. its something i never understood before i realized i had aspergers. i'm clenching my toes now! i think i learned to do this as a kid because people really cant see me do it when i have my shoes on unless they are carefully watching my shoes while i'm talking with them...

mike

http://www.myspace.com/mikegeorgemusic