Does stimming actually go away with time ?

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It could be a good thing, in that the child does not need to stop as much

It could be a bad thing, in that the child no longer finds stunning sufficient and the child is going to find an unhealthful replacement for stunning

I grow flowers and I think one of my stimming activities is to pull weeds.

Mine fluctuates with stress. There was a time a few years ago where I couldn't even physically hold my hands still because my distress was so intense I couldn't stop stimming. If I stopped my hands my body started twitching etc.

Generally speaking I would say that when I'm doing well (Manageable levels of stress, good self image etc.) I stim a reasonable amount but it's not as pervasive/invasive and I feel like it's something I can use to relieve stress instead of feeling like my body is out of control and doing its own thing.

It's more likely to merely evolve, in my experience. My more 'obvious' stims usually take place in private now, whereas as a toddler they would be quite public.

From my understanding, some people are probably better at hiding it than others. It definitely has not gone away for me, but learning the right place and time to let it all out along with maturing goes along with it.

I think it depends on the individual. In my case, I’ve just become better at hiding it as I’ve gotten older and more mature.

I'm a grown man...when I used to stim by picking up bits of paper or wire, and fidgeting with them, now I tend to pace when standing up or bounce my knee very rapidly up and down when sitting down. It's fairly socially acceptable but I still know I'm doing it...

I stim much more since leaving my career, because I'm not in public very often. I don't believe that stimming is necessarily related to anxiety. For many it's a sensory-seeking, sensory-avoidant, or sensory-soothing habit which is pleasurable. I stim even when I'm not anxious at all.