do you stim ?

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It's really easy if you have a digital clock or watch. (The round ones with hands get more complicated to read, but work the same way)
You know what an hour is, it's about the amount of time in a high school class, or an evening television show.
There are 24 of them in a day: you count to twelve from midnight to noon, then do it again starting the first hour after noon, to midnight again..
the last pair of numbers are the number of minutes since the last hour marker: there are 60 of them in an hour.

Like 10:45 in the morning is ten hours since midnight, and 45 minutes since it was 10 exactly.

Getting rather off topic here, but I have a big problem "understanding" time, and that's why I always wear a watch. In a way I guess it can be related to stims, losing track of time when I get excited.

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I'm stimming now! I usually bounce my leg, or tap or wiggle my fingers, but I also hand flap when there's too much going on in my head.

I shake my leg when I'm sitting down. I also touch my hair. My gf is an NT and she twirls her feet over and over when she is lying down.

I actually wasn't aware that I stim until I found out what it was.

I tend to rock or play with my fingers or toes. I also bounce my leg a lot (again, not sure if that's really stimming since I see a lot of people do it). I also wiggle my feet and toes if I'm sitting down. In class, I tend to press my fingers against each other too, if that makes sense. Especially my thumb. I also like to pull the skin back from my nails, but not enough that it hurts. I don't really know how to explain that either.

I already replied to another thread about stimming, but I thought I will give a list to this one too, since it is a subject I have never really discussed anywhere and it has been very interesting to read if others do the same things too and why they feel they do it. So here is my top ten:

1. Flapping hands - This is my most common stim. For some odd reason I can control the type of flapping were hands are upright in public, but the type of flapping where hands are hanging I seem to be totally unaware of most of the time, hence controlling it is difficult. Usually flapping is linked to excitement or just to an interesting or exciting thought in my head or to a positive sensory input.
2. I flicker my fingers near my eyes - I don't really know why I do it. It is probably linked to sensory input or something. I never do it in public.
3. Rocking - I do it pretty easily and usually it is not linked to any particular emotion or feeling. If it is, it is anxiety. I do it also while playing an instrument - hopefully also in another meaning too.
4. Swaying my body - while listening to music or while standing and being anxious.
5. Shaking my head from side to side - while being anxious.
6. Vocal stimming - Sometimes I make this zzzzz-sound when a negative thought comes to my mind. I used to make odd sounds more as a small child. I don’t really do it anymore.
7. Repeating frases, words and so on to myself - They are usually just phrases I remember and like ”tasting” in my mouth.
8. Humming - Usually when I am outside, like walking to work, I hum, probably to block the surroundings or to just enjoy music.

Other things that could be listed as stims:
9. I sometimes listen to songs or part of songs and watch parts of movies, documentaries and so on repetitively, like 30 times in a row.
10. I like watching moving shadows and lights for long periods of time – shadows of trees, sun light or moving car lights reflected through the window are the ones preferred.

I have more culturally approved ones too, like shaking my leg while being nervous, but I did't list those type of stims.

So that’s about it.