Stimming and music

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Yesterday, I was watching an orchestra performing live. Baroque music is one of my favorite genres and the concert was free, so I decided to go.

As I listened to the music, I would move my head back and forth at the same rate of the music's tempo, with my feet accompanying and my hands imitating the maestro's. After a few minutes doing that, self-awareness kicked in and I looked around to see if anyone in the audience reacted as enthusiastically to the music as me. Unsurprisingly, I was the only one.

I found it rather amusing, to be honest. In fact, I kept doing it, because it feels as if I am part of the orchestra (yeah, I know it is strange, but I do not care). I actually do it while listening to any song I like, even while walking on the streets with my headphones on.

Anyway, the point is: do you think that counts as stimming or hyperactivity? Do you react the same way to music?

Interesting. I also have to stim sometime when i listen to music. Music can have a very big effect on me. I never do that around people thought. I feel like some musics are really realeasing my imagination which makes me trim. I think what you describe here is a specific sort of triming, very different from the way i do it thought.

When I'm listening to music I often stim by tapping on the top of my thumb(s) with my other fingers.

Stimming while listening to music is one of my favourite activities.

I like stimming to immerse myself in the song, listening to post-hardcore/screamo, alternative rock or some good old video game soundtracks.

Most people I know move a certain way when listening to music, it means that they dig the rhythm
In fact, only when music is turned on, I see others do the movements I do even when music is off.

Hmm I never thought of it as stimming, but yes if I am listening to music I find it very hard not to do some sort of movement to go along with the music. Even if I am on the bus wearing headphones, because that is how much I enjoy music.......also if I happen to be rather drunk and am listening to music I tend to rock out to an extreme, especially if I am at a metal concert.

I do a finger tapping thing while listening to music. I never thought of as stimming, but I suppose it is. It helps me feel the music.

My boyfriend is music obsessed and even when we're in the car he's drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and conducting LOL! He does the tapping of his fingers on the table at restaurants even when there is no music....there's always music in his head. What do I do? I get embarrassed in front of people, but if it's just with my boyfriend, I'll start moving my shoulders up an down or drumming with my fingers. I think music just has an effect on everyone....not just people with AS...that's just what I think

I stim when I listen to music. I also stim when I play music. Sometimes I think that performing and stimming are one in the same. Most music has parts that repeat so I can usually work myself into an exciting whole body pattern.

Usually my tics are induced by music I really enjoy. If I listen to it long enough it begins to become compulsory that I time it physically and join in in one way or another. It's embarrassing, but I love music so deeply that I'm not surprised it's progressed into something so involuntarily.

Didn't know there was a word for this.