Headbanging?

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I think this is a stim. But, well it's kinda embarrassing to admit but I like to bang my head against a pillow when I'm stressed or I don't know I like doing it. People have said things like "Why do you do that?" "Stop doing that it makes you look crazy!" "Doesn't that hurt?"

Banging your head against a pillow is much better than banging your head against the wall.

There are times when I get so frustrated in the subway--that I bang my head against one of the poles in the train. People look at me funny. I get so frustrated because of train delays.

Yeah I know what you mean when people look at you funny hehe. Yeah that's why I bang my head against a pillow on my head it's fun, calming, safe from injury and (mostly) away from people looking.

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I've always banged my head into things; brick walls behind my chair in classes, poles in public places, bed headboards, couches, I never much bothered thinking about it not being something others do. It helps me focus and remain calm, and both if those are important.

I think banging your head on a pillow is great for all the reasons you mentioned. I think people who ask you if it hurts might not understand what pillows are made of. I am pretty much getting over people thinking my stims are weird. Head banging does not calm me though and I only do it as a form of meltdown when I am mentally overwhelmed. But if banging a pillow calms you than I say carry a pillow everywhere you go and have at it. As far as for me, I will rock in public now or do my vocal stims, usually humming the same line of music over and over again, or do my textile stims where I am touching things in public as well. I have pretty much stopped caring what people think if I do them. If I have to live in a world that is designed for NT's and that is overstimulating and overwhelming for me and they don't care about how their world affects me, than they don't have the right to care about the methods I use to deal with it.

I used to hit myself in the head and face before I went on meds. When I had an outburst, I would get so frustrated, that I would just hit my head repeatedly, and slap myself in the face. But I didn't do it as a stim, I did it because I was angry at myself, like a self-harm. So it's no good buying a padded helmet for outbursts, because the idea was to hurt myself.

I'm glad I don't have those any more...as long as I stay on meds forever.

I only head bang if I have a meltdown but I'm more of kicker (not standing up kicks more like toddler tantrum kicks), like I'll kick walls or doors rather than bang my head off them. I'm also more of a biter.

If you head bang a pillow theres nothing wrong with that, it's not like its going to really harm you or anything.

If your ever into Heavy Metal music. There is this form of headbanging that heavy metal fans do. You do this form of head shaking motion that looks like you banging you head, but your not actually hitting your head ageist anything.