vocal stimming?

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so my entire life i've been "cracking" joints all over my body regularly and touching my mouth every few minutes. when i was diagnosed these were my obvious stims.

i didn't even consider vocal ones. i'm not sure if talking to myself counts as one. i am pretty sure that the sound effects i like to make while walking are a stim. i usually do that when i'm upset; they make me feel better for some reason.

i'm also wondering if my singing is a stim. i, usually when i'm alone or around people i feel comfortable with, suddenly burst into song. (not particularly loudly, at least not now that i'm an adult.)

sometimes the song is related to something i was thinking about but more often i just start singing and i dont know why. i'm aware that i'm singing and i can stop if i want to but i dont conciously decide to sing nor do i get to decide what i'm going to be singing.

I always thought of stimming as some form of repetitive motor movement. While it might be simple of complex, rhythmic or more randomly timed, it was my impression (accepting the risk of being misinformed or out of date) that the term "stim" referred specifically to motor movements, usually of the voluntary or semi-voluntary (you start, then become aware, and consciously decide to stop or continue) variety.

I have a tendency to just up and say random stuff, usually without a conscious trigger. I believe that this would technically be described as a verbal tic. I'll also, again absent awareness, just say a word or two that I read somewhere, which is kind of a "mirror echolalia" - repeating a sensory stimulus, but on a different channel.

Longer actions, such as continuing with a song I wasn't aware I was singing, might be more of the same. Or maybe I just was in the mood to sing.

I think if it's repetitive behavior that you do to stimulate your senses, it can be considered stimming. I myself repeat the same phrases over and over again when I'm in a meltdown, and conside rthis a form of stimming.

If it's calming and enjoyable, it can be a stim. NT stims can include rocking and nodding to music, singing, fidgetting, watching favorite videos, etc.

AS stims were noticed because a lot of them are 'different', like hand flapping and rocking without music and such. I think there is a stronger neurochemical reaction to certain stims for aspies, and a greater need to self-medicate. But I think NTs would be more even tempered if they learned to stim, too.

My vocal stim as a child was to stand in front of the box fan in the window and hold one note. "aaaaahhhhhhh"

I enjoyed the reflected sound of my voice bouncing off the moving blades - that little doppler effect of the distance of my voice suddenly shifting as each blade went past.

Of course, my mother would always come over and try to get me to stop. But I would return to the fan as soon as she left the room. Always trying to spoil my fun....

I do this too. Or even if I'm just stressed, I'll repeat words/phrases/sounds.

Yup I do that too. Usually I'm not even aware I'm speaking until after I've spoken. It's calming I think.

You were not alone...

Spinning things are for more than just watching. They are serious entertainment. It's amazing how many light and sound effects a 12-year-old autistic child can make with only a little box fan. Haven't done this for a while, but fond memories never die.

I have a vocal stim, which means that I make a short hum in a way so that it resounds in my ears in a special manner (sometimes repeatedly, sometimes not). It probably doesn't sound very loud to other people who may hear it.

I tend to say "buhbuhbuhbuhbuh" when I get stressed.

I have often wondered about the effect that chanting (Bhuddist monks, for example) has. How does it affect the neurotypical? How would it affect the neuro- atypical? I suspect that it would have a similar effect to physical stimming.

I have found that certain songs which are hummed (even silently) are very calming. Especially some of the slow Baroque pieces by J.S. Bach and newer ones by Satie.

vocal stimming can be anything from singing to urself over and over to talking to ur self over and over. for me my vocal stimming is noises, i do everywhere. i go null null null null or i say daddy over and over, or lodo lodo, debo debo, ba ba ba, dadada, nue nue nue, nananana, yea i sound like a 2 year old lol, but thats my vocal stimming i do all the time. It soothes me, helps me relax. I also hum occasionally but do more babbling more then anything.

that's an ASD trait?
ive always randomly made noises. usually when alone. little beeps or clicks or imitating things. my mother hates them and i avoid doing them in social situations, but they have always been something comforting i do to when alone.. >,< as a result ive come up with some animal impressions that shock people with the realism...he he.

Just want to join the club here. I too just come out with random stuff, my wife is uded to it now, but I still feel guilty about annoying her, especially when she's reading the paper.

I have noticed that I will say a random line, or rpeeat something I just heard on the radio or TV. I might act outa little scene to myself while I'm making the tea. I also give the cat a voice, and enjoy giving him lines.

To me, it has all been very innocent and harmless, but now I'm married and I think about how my wife sees it, it does look rather odd. I just let myself go when I'm on my own, but when there's anyone else around, I clam up. It's hard, but if you don't want to look like a weirdo, it has to be done!

*sigh* i do the acting, too. XD
i hope the person i marry is ok with it. . it would be great to be able to be myself. and i think it would be cute if a partner did odd stuff like that! provided they didnt disrupt me too much.