Public stims vs at home stims

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I have to stim a lot. I used to get made fun of for flapping my hands. I don't do it anymore. In public I just rub my fingers together or move them.

At home I like to spin in circles, rock, or pace. Sometimes I want to do those things in public but don't want a strange reaction.

My public stims and at home stims are really no different from another.

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I try to not stim in public, but it's hard. Thankfully I get to move a lot while I work and it's loud there, so I can vocal stim and tic quietly to myself, and I get to sway from side-to-side while I work without it being too weird. Sometimes I flap my arms/hands at work, but not often and people don't really care anymore. I do sway excessively and swing my arms while talking to people sometimes, which is the most embarrassing thing I do at work. I also do get in trouble for getting out of my spot a lot, because I can't stand still and I work in a production facility (but I've managed to figure out tasks to go quickly do and times to do them, to where management just ignores it unless I do it excessively).

At home I do all of those things without stopping myself and pace around my room/the house without stopping myself. I also have a lot of stim toys to play with.

I'm more likely to do hand and wrist flapping stims at home.