Do you/did you spin?

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When I was a kid, I absolutely loved a certain ride at the amusement parks, the one where the bottom dropped out of this spinning cylinder and everyone was held to the wall by centrifugal force. I rode on one recently and it made me very nauseous. My need for spinning waned since childhood but I used to love spinning by various means.

I remember spinning as a kid but I think most kids did this. I think it did at every once in a while as a teenager. As an adult I do recall spinning in my mom's living room. That was before I would relate that behavior to anything like ASD. Now if I did it I would analyze if I did it because.now I have read about it an ASD or because I wanted the feeling. Actually, I did spin recently in the backyard.

As a kid my parents did some janitorial and I would have to go and hang out in a room. I would sometimes spin on the office chairs.

When I would stand up and spin I would relax my arms so they would sort of fly, or feel like it.

A few years ago I went to a park with rides on a colder day with a lot less people and my favorite ride was the teacup spinning one where you could spin yourself faster and faster using the metal piece in the middle. I went back to it at least a couple times. The person I was with felt sick. I would do that more if I somehow had easy and private access to it. Thats better than any other spinning.

They also have those merry go round things in city parks and I have spun myself on those things.

when I was younger I lived spinning in the kitchen because I liked the way my feet felt when they hit the tile. I spun if I was happy or if I was upset. I liked to tilt my head up to watch the ceiling spin. my mom used to say "you've been spinning for an hour! Why are you not sick?" but I would never get sick,just a little dizzy.

Yes, I still do it. I used to run around/spin around in circles when I was a kid. Now I use a computer chair to do it, though.

Yes, often. I never realized everyone doesnt do this until now, but now that I think about it I only know one person who is older than like 10 that does this. If im in a spinning chair I will, if Im standing I sometines will until I fall over. Mostly when excited, along with jumping in place.

Sure, when no one's around

Yes, as far back when I started walking till I was 18.
On the play ground I too loved the marry-go-round and swing...
One of the first figure skating moves I taught myself was to spin as I skate. I love doing it till I get dizzy...Shake my head and do it more. It is more fun that spinning in the yard.
At work I sometimes close my eyes when I spin my chair.
Sometimes when I'm running I'll spin as I run..

When people look at me doing such, I smile big and sometimes give a little laugh... Crazy with style.

I spun on the office swivel chair, too.

I greatly enjoy spinning, but I rarely spin on my own. I much prefer speed and weightlessness/negative Gs. And sadly, I can't easily produce these sensations on my own. Just spinning in daily life is fun, but not something I love. The spinning I love gives intense centripetal force, which is why I love amusement park rides. Riding the bus to work gives my hypoactive vestibular sense some happiness, but certainly not what I crave. Going to Cedar Point next week, and that is the only time each year where I can satisfy my vestibular sensory issues. I wish I could ride roller coasters every day. It's the only time I truly don't "feel" everything. It's the only way I can lose my tactile hypersensitivity, other than when I'm sleeping.

Orange Julius
There used to be an Orange Julius diner in my local mall when I was growing up. The chairs there spin, but only so far before they would hit the bar holding them in place. My mom would gripe at me all the time to sit still while eating, which I could never do. Strangely enough, I don't like the round bar stools without backs on them.

Sit-N-Spin
Oh, yeah.

The Lemon Twist
I also like things that went around and/or up and down, like jump ropes, trampolines, and the lemon twist. (The lemon twist wrapped around your ankle and if you got the motor skill tempo down, then you would twirl the lemon using one leg and then jump it as it came across the other leg.)

Another toy that I played with "incorrectly" was my toy grocery cart. I would lay on my back and rotate the entire thing using me feet and hands, and I could do that for an hour without getting tired or bored. After about that long my parents would get tired of seeing me do it and would tell me to stop.

I used to also sit in the large swings and twist it up and let it un-spin. If the park by where I live had the adult sized swings I would swing.