do you stim ?

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I mostly swing back and forward (doing now) somtimes fast somtimes slow

Somtimes i move my feet realy fast on the floor like runing but i dont move

somtimes i slap my hand/hands on my leg/legs repetatly with my hand either flat or in fists usualy i am unable to stop doing it on my own

somtimes i just verbalise noises or " jiberish " ( i dont realy verbaly speak much )

I also use a therapy thing called " P's and Q's " that came from a ocupatinal therpist , that i chew on to reduce stiming and to stop me chewing on my shirt ( that i would chew until they got holed etc )

( just so you know im not AS , im a girl, i am 17 )

I was stimming at the doctor's office today. I had my watch on and I was turning my wrist from side to side ever so slightly and I was watching the reflection of the open blind in the window move up and down in the crystal of my watch.

I tend to tap my legs a lot, or rock back and forth in a chair.

I absolutely love rocking chairs.

Does chewing on things count as stimming?

Other things I think of: I wiggle my feet around or I spin objects (I wear a name badge at work and I constantly spin it around or chew on the plastic part. I also have Rubik cubes on my desk that I will solve or just spin sides around.

I do... maybe in a much more subtle way... and I have a lot more self control, but I definitely rock, fidget, tap things or rub my hands on surfaces, I constantly sing or talk to myself in gibberish when alone in my car.. and many other things that feel good. I am much more concious of it now than I used to be.

I rock (forward and backward). I bounce on my feet. I sign (as in sign language). I twist my fingers. I play with putty (theraputty now, because of having given myself an RSI with silly putty). I chew specific random things. I rub the teeth along the outside of my bottom lip (only realized that one recently).

I don't rock or fidget much, instead, I hold my fingers to my lips almost constantly and rub them (right now), smelling my fingers at the same time. I like to smell my wrists and touch them with my nose, too. I have a lot of hair on my forearms... I also rub my ears, eyebrows, cheeks with my hands, pinch myself gently or grab my feet. Sometimes I'd jump or leap on my toes and utter some kind of 'jibberish'. I do it mostly in the morning. I like to play with objects at my hands, a pen, a tooth-pick, spin them. I very often bite my lower lip, gently.

I like to sit in the chair curled-up or put my feet on the table and push myself. If the chair can spin, I like to swing it left-right.

There are visual stims, too. Looking at the same figure, pattern, picture, object over and over again. Sometimes I see cartoon-like animals in irregular patterns, I love them.

Lining up edges of walls, floor board cracks, window frames, tables, chair legs, lamp posts, drain pipes and so on. Often getting 5 or 6 things in perfect alignment. You wouldn't have a clue I'm doing this except I may appear to be moving my head up and down or side to side to take these things in and out of line. I do this almost continually.

Running my fingers backwards and forwards over radiators or grills. This one does tend to get noticed

Tracing patterns in stitching in quilts, upholstery, carpets, clothing and so on. Either with my eyes or fingers.

Staring at lights until I see spots, then following the spots. This is something I know I've been doing routinely since at least age 5. I gave up doing this with the sun when my mother dragged me to the opticians for squinting through.

I used to do the watch reflection stuff, although this i combined with lining up edges, however I haven't worn a watch in years. I can't stand jewelry, only item I wear is my wedding ring.

I have an odd collection of things on my desk at work, eg: tweezers, elastic bands, Lego wheels, pencils, cogs and so on. These are usually twisted or spun between thumb and index finger.

My supermarket or shopping survival trick is walking in squares / rectangles round aisles using tiles as markers.

That's most of the common ones, a few verbal quirks and spinning, sliding around.. These are Never in the company of adults.

My stims are mostly verbal, and I suppose singing counts as a subtype of verbal stim as well. That being said, I don't really know the definition of stimming, so it's a guess. Maybe I do more stimming and I don't know about it.

Yep. I stim a lot. I clench my fists when it's too noisy. I play with my hair, the remote and other things often for different reasons. I always peel dead skin off my face and hands. Sometimes I deliberately squeak like a mouse. That's all that comes to mind right now.

Of course especially while listening to Children of Bodom, I swear they're a form of Aspie drugs!! !

Does following the beat of a pop song by slapping my hand on my thigh, or tapping my toes, or "head-banging", count as a "stim?"