Dirtdigger wrote:
I stim with my favorite object when I'm not doing anything. It is very soothing, especially when I become stressed. But, if I become too stressed, I sometimes stimm until my lips bleed. I have been stimming with objects all of my life, but it is much more often now that I'm retired.
I like to have various objects with different textures nearby, but I've always found cold metal objects to be of most comfort. I've found myself running my fingers along the surface of my AK 47, feeling the raised portions of the gun or running bullets along my skin or pressing them against my skin...
The object that I stim with is also metal and cold. It's a large diecast backhoe loader toy where I like to gently massage my lips on the main boom part of the digger. Like with you, there are raised places that I move my lips over while rocking back and forth. I also find cold metal objects, that has been powdered coated the most comforting. Also like you I love to run the backhoe boom and digger over my skin. I have even a larger backhoe toy where I run both of them over my skin.
