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Asperger96
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18 Nov 2013, 6:42 pm

I want to know a fancy, scientific description for stimming. THis way, when I'm tapping my fingers repeatedly and the person next to me gets annoyed and asks why I wont stop, instead of saying "Stimming", I can say something more technical.



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18 Nov 2013, 7:03 pm

Sterotypy [ster-ee-uh-tahy-pee] is the formal word for it. Repetitive motion to offset anxiety from sensory overstimulation.



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..repetitive or ritualistic movement, posture, or utterance. Stereotypies may be simple movements such as body rocking, or complex, such as self-caressing, crossing and uncrossing of legs, and marching in place...stereotypy discharges tension or expresses frustration



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18 Nov 2013, 7:04 pm

Can you redirect your tapping somewhere else? Like on a quiet surface (leg, arm, etc)? You may not be able to control the action but you can control it's environment.

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Self-stimulation. Repetitive movement.. a function related to sensory input.

So you can say, "Sensory input" instead of "stimming"..



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18 Nov 2013, 7:54 pm

I get into repetitive utterances all the time. Today, when I was in my car, I kept saying over and over and over again, "I'm poor." I did this, with variations, for miles.


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19 Nov 2013, 6:38 am

Willard wrote:
Sterotypy [ster-ee-uh-tahy-pee] is the formal word for it. Repetitive motion to offset anxiety from sensory overstimulation.



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..repetitive or ritualistic movement, posture, or utterance. Stereotypies may be simple movements such as body rocking, or complex, such as self-caressing, crossing and uncrossing of legs, and marching in place...stereotypy discharges tension or expresses frustration


That word makes me feel like a bigot. Like I'm sterotyping people