Sitting on hands therapy in school

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I, like many of the others with me, hated psychology or therapy sessions, particularly with schools.
I remember rocking, ticking, or flapping my hands every day. The teacher would always either hold down my hands, to stop, or tell me to sit on my hands. I hate it. If I can't flap, I can't control myself anymore. I can read other people's stims better than their face.
Also triggers bad memories of ex girlfriend who always sat on her hands.

I sit on my own hands voluntarily as a pressure stim. Sometimes I need pressure instead of movements.

I'm a hand flapper and I really don't like being told I can't flap. I can't control it. I've tried doing other things to occupy my hands or sitting on them, but it never works for me.

If they don't like it, they can look away. Nobody's forcing them to look at you!

I've never been told to sit on my hands, but volunteered to do so once when I was kinda overgesticulating.