Pacing Whilst Speaking upon the Phone

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29 Apr 2009, 8:33 pm

Yep. My mother always comments on how I'm out-of-breath when she calls me. I pace at home sometimes when I'm stressed or thinking, too.

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29 Apr 2009, 8:50 pm

Yes---I pace while I am on the phone. It is very difficult for me to sit still while talking on the phone, so I usually move about from room to room, back and forth.

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29 Apr 2009, 8:55 pm

Sometimes I do, especially if I'm talking to someone who isn't a close friend. It's kind of like stimming because it happens due to nervousness/discomfort.

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29 Apr 2009, 10:23 pm

Yes I pace on the phone, it helps me maintain my train of thought.

Although pacing can be a stimming behavior associated with autism, I think a lot of neurotypicals do this to. I used to have an NT friend that did this.

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30 Apr 2009, 2:49 am

Yep I pace up and down like a lunatic whenever I'm concentrating on something, whether it be the phone, music, or my own thoughts. I'm hardly even aware of it. I think a lot of NTs also pace while on the phone, although maybe not to the same extent.

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30 Apr 2009, 8:36 am

Yeah. I walk in the same path even... I hate phones... and I walk fast too.

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30 Apr 2009, 11:12 am

Willard wrote:

drybones wrote:

yes, absolutely. i always pace when on phone. i dislike phones too

Yeah, I'm not a phone chatter, either. Get to the point and get off. But I too pace, or wander from room to room - and these tiny little Zoolander nightmares called cell phones drive me crazy - they're too small to just tuck under your chin while you multitask, like land line phones were. If you have to look for a document, or turn pages, I've gotta put the damn thing down, while I get distracted, and once the info is in hand, I have to go searching for the phone again!

Well, there's a solution to those.... any bluetooth headset, or even better, a retro handset.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/7830/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/8928/

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30 Apr 2009, 11:13 am

Willard wrote:

drybones wrote:

yes, absolutely. i always pace when on phone. i dislike phones too

Well, there's a solution to those.... any bluetooth headset, or even better, a retro handset.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/7830/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/8928/

I pace when on the phone, as does my mom. My dad can't stand seeing us on the phone. I preffer avoiding being on the phone, though.

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30 Apr 2009, 12:29 pm

kc8ufv wrote:

Well, there's a solution to those.... any bluetooth headset, or even better, a retro handset.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/7830/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/8928/

Thanks, but no thanks. I can't stand having something stuck in or hanging from my ear - and when I see people with those in public, it looks sooo stupid and geeky and annoying. Nothing makes you look crazier than wandering around in public shouting to yourself.

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30 Apr 2009, 1:03 pm

^^ Thank you very much for your replies everyone.

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30 Apr 2009, 4:18 pm

Sorenna wrote:

Massive pacer.

Pace in house, yes, but also long insane walks. THen I started to run. It seems I have no end point. I used to run 3 hours a day till I got hurt and it is hell .

Now I try to walk. I still have to move like 3 hours a day......

I move and pace like a hamster. I got bit by one and my family jokes that I have hamster DNA! It is that obvious.

haha same here. I run like mad, and walk everywhere where normal people drive (or at least cycle). and I walk so fast that nobody can keep up. I also bump into people because of that (hard to walk around an obstacle with this speed).

and on the phone, I pace and lift objects and drop them at random places, and then when the conversation finishes I usually can't find the remote :p

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30 Apr 2009, 4:26 pm

Seems normal to me.

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30 Apr 2009, 7:07 pm

I don't use the phone much, but when I do, I can certainly wear out my shoes. I pace back and forth, and I suspect that if I could climb the walls or walk on the ceiling while I was talking on the phone, I would.

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01 May 2009, 1:32 pm

I pace... And I also stim alot... I have this thing going on with paperclips.

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02 May 2009, 7:28 am

At home with my cell phone, I have a tendancy to pace. But at work, it is a regular telephone set, so I can't pace. And even, must it be a cell phone or a headset, I think I won't pace at work

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