Repetitive behaviour/Stimming

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Rocking,headbanging(the good to music kind and the against the wall kind),pace,bite my nails,hum,hand flap,move my fingers(like im playing piano)crack my toes,bite my shirt sleeves and colars,repeat things(today its "Da moo-na.....Da moo-na-The moon-)and.....thats all i can think of.

I do the hand flapping/wringing thing when I get excited. Only in private though. I do a variety of other things too like bouncing my leg, tapping my fingers, sticking my tounge out, rocking, moving my head in strange ways, spinning buttons on my jacket, twirling my pen/pencil, shaking my foot. Who knows how many different stims I do in a single day. Most of these aren't seen by anybody. No one probably know I have stims unless I told them.

Pacing, hand flapping, rubbing my thumb nails against the inside of my fingers, tracing the edges of my teeth with my tongue, turning some small object over and over in my hand, clicking my ball-point pen. As a kid, I used to sit in my favourite easy chair and "thump" my head. As a teen, I used to bite my fingernails and rub my palms together a lot.

Oh, and I like opening and closing the press-studs on my jacket.

My most noticeable ones are:

Pacing. I do this very frequently to activate my mind/imagination.

Rubbing or pressing my face gently to my cat's fur, or kissing him. It's part of playing for me and Krys, and I suppose I often do this when other people would stroke the animal (I do stroke him too, of course, but for some reason I can't resist touching him with my face).

Picking scabs from my fingers and occasionally feet. I've been trying to get rid of this but it'd very hard, since I carry on doing it almost unconsciously a lot of the time.

Sniffing and/or reaching with my tongue inside my throat, collecting the mucus coming out of my nose, then feeling it with my tongue before swallowing (occasionally I used to draw it out on the tip of my tongue, take it with my fingers and examine it - yes, I know, this is disgusting). I've also been trying to get rid of this but, once again, just like with the scab-picking, I do this without being aware of it.

Rubbing my eyes when trying to concentrate or when tired and/or stressed out.

Gazing at or closely examining the various objects I find visually attractive. This is very soothing and enjoyable.

I also curl/rub toes, run my hands along the fabric of my clothes (usually on my hips), rub/twist my fingers and hum/sing to myself or make noises. I must make a lot of small movements which I'm normally unaware of and which I never thought of as "stims" (or anything unusual whatsoever) until I learned about ASD.

handflap
spin
pace
clicking my tongue against my teeth
blow bubbles haha
rock
twist my fingers
tap my feet
make faces in the mirrors haha
clapping
running around in my tippy toes

I think the things I do the most(especially in public) are twist my fingers, blow bubbles, clicking my tongue against my teeth, and pace... The others I do mostly at home.

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Every morning when I come into my brother's (bosses) office I'll pick something off his desk and start figiting with it, even personal documents. He can't stand it.

Drumming my fingers, opening/closing the carabiner on my car keys, chewing pens or plastic bottlecaps, cracking my knuckles (a total of 36 times for a full set, I'm double jointed and I have alot to crack), flapping my legs, rocking back and forth, licking my lips.

EDIT: And now I currently seem to be bending my toes. Find a new one every day.

Hand/Finger Flapping and moving my feet around.

Moving my fingers really rapidly...can't really explain, when I'm excited. Jerky movements, slight facial ticks, and fast walking when I'm excited, also. I pace, and when no one is home I run around the house in circles while blasting music.

picking my lip
tapping my fingers (especially when I have my turn signal on while driving)
rocking (usually only slightly though)
pacing

And the big one - constantly playing with something in my hands

I have a real nasty habit of repeating things all the time Most of the time it's random and is said way out of context with the conversation that's being told at the time. Wherever there is a button, or a switch. I have the insatiable need to press/flip it. Also, I have a need to touch the surface of things that catch my attention (shiny, angular rocks, metal objects, newly purchased equipment for my computer . There's a lot more repetitive/habitual things that I do, I just can't name them all

I think repetitiveness is good for the memory, no matter how annoying it is to others.

When anxious, I rock. I'll randomly burst into song when overstimulated, though only when I'm at home. And I never stop moving except when I sleep. Always bouncing, tapping, shaking, picking or at the very least, typing. Unless my husband is rubbing my back, then I can sit still. But that's sort of a stim...just not a self-stim.

I have had many repetitive behaviors over time. Currently, I mostly wirl my hair and make hand-washing movements. I also seem to rock sometimes.