Chewing on shirts

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does he chew on any specific type/parts of clothing?

My son did this. Still does sometimes. I think it's a kind of stim. I chew on straws. Makes my husband crazy that I do that. He swears I only buy fountain drinks so that I can chew on the straws.

I think he just needed things in his mouth constantly. A pack of gum lasts a whole minute at your house? I'm impressed. We're lucky if it lasts 15 seconds in our house. LOL.

As he's gotten older, he has taken to chewing his nails down to the nubs. Very scary. They bleed he chews them so far down.

When I was younger, I used to chew on the ends of my knit blanket which eventually got named "Chewy." My whole family knows of "him." As I got older, I no longer chewed on it, but kept it as a safety blanket. I could not sleep without Chewy for many many years, even into adult hood. I just liked the way the blanekt felt on my body. As I got older I would end up just rubbing profusly along the tattered chewed edges. It provided me with great comfort, until one day I thgohut I was too old to have a blankey anymore and thrwew him away. It was a sad day and I regret it. wish I could have ole' Chewy back!

I wish I still had mine. Up until age 5 or so, I used to suck on one corner of my favorite blanket. That one corner had turned a greenish-brown color, when it was normally white. I brought that thing everywhere I went.

Never named it though.

ooh ohh...me...me.....(raises mangled hand)

ouch!

Does anyone else chew on paper? My wall used to be covered in spat out bits of toilet paper that had given up resisting my teeth.

Despite my age I still find myself doing it, although I'm a bit more hygenic about disposing of it...

I have a pile of finger and toe nails on a night stand next to my bed.

Wow. You describe your hand as 'mangled'.

Mine isn't quite that bad, but does have 'callous corners' around each nail! They feel tight, and while I've made an effort to stop chewing on them(I would chew them to relieve the feeling of pressure or dryness), I've recently started again.

I used to the same thing with towels. I thought I was the only person did that, now I know I'm not

no no..my hand isn;t really mangled...I do have ugly hands though

I was known for eating my napkin during dinner. Paper sucker sticks would be consumed after the sucker was. Brown paper bags have a unique taste. (I was actually told to chew on brown paper, as something in it helps stop nose bleeds). I don't really like spiral bound notebooks, because when you tear out pages you get all those little pieces of paper at the edge. I have to pull those off and they inevitably end up in my mouth. I do that during my college classes sometimes. It is hard to resist.

If you do see him doing it, I'd recomend trying to stop him if you can... This has been a stim of mine for as long as I can remember, my skin surrounding my finger nails is heavily damaged from the biting. I also bite my nails so short that it hurts.

I chewed on my hair when I was 8 and 9 and stopped at ten because of germs. I don't recall chewing on shirts but I think I chewed on the top of my shirt sometimes. I did different stuff growing up. I still put things in my mouth but I have to be careful because I don't want to wreck it. I wrecked the antenna on my cell phone. I kept chewing on the thing where it goes in and out and I kept taking the antenna in and out and finally it broke off.

I chewed on my shirt's collars frequently as a child.. Never thought of it as an Aspie-issue before

Not aspie,but am very tactile seeking,and do this often,clothes end up shredded,am chew the sleeves the most,but will chew anywhere,am also a flesh biter and bite any part that is quickly accessible,especially hands or arms.
For parents whos' children,Auties or Aspies who do this-if don't do already,always buy at least two sets of the same clothing,a problem am have with buying one is the shop stopping selling or change them when going to get another of the same.