Stim is strange or harmful

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My stims have always been weird.
My first stim when I was 2,I would carry around a strip of silk and rub it in-between my fingers and my bottom lip pouts out. I had always carried around purell or germx because my school stim was cleaning my hands. I would get in trouble because I would scrub until I would get bruises, scratches, or bloody joints.I started rocking myself back and forth a while ago, but my family find it my strangest stim.
I started to have abusive stims when I was 10. I would get frustrated, stressed, or excited, and randomly hurt myself. It tends to happen when I'm rocking back & forth and my arms are near my head. My hands fist and I start to hit myself...

Does anyone have weird stims or harmful stims?

Hitting myself like you do, hitting my head on a wall repeatedly, and shallow cutting (which always seems to work my family/partner into an uproar.) Mostly rocking though.

My weirdest stim is that I run the seams of my clothing underneath my fingernails. I ruin clothing rather quickly because I do it so much--it's my second most frequent stim. Something about it is so strangely calming for me.

I was hitting myself when I was in a really bad time of depression. It would release a lot of emotion. I also did this when I couldn't get my meds and my brain chemistry was just all screwed up. I don't want to go back on the medication due to this.

Are you sure this is really a stim and not a sign of depression or anxiety? Are you on any medications that started or were adjusted prior to the start of the self-harming? You should talk to your doctor about this because it is not normal for anyone to do this.

Not sure if any of this is stimming or whatever (is this a word?) but I mostly do typical stuff like rocking and playing with my hands and fingers or fidgeting with an object... nothing too strange.

When I was little like 10-12, though, not sure f this counts, but I would often hit my head on walls and desks and stuff in school when I was especially upset (bullying problems.).

I'm pretty new to all this stuff and haven't done a LOT of research on the subject, since I may or may not even be ... neuroatypical(?) so this could just be normal fidgetyness.

Some of the things I listed are true stims, and some are just plain self-harm behaviors. They do fall into two completely different categories for me, as I stim when I feel fine or stressed, and the self-harming only happens when I'm *extremely* upset--it serves the dual purpose of centering my attention on my body (and reducing my focus on whatever is upsetting me), and also expressing something terrible that I don't have words or any other means to express.

Is this how you feel too, cuivreaka?

Stims will always be "strange" to NT's.

*nod nod*

I guess that sums it up.

All stims are harmful, they can get you beat up or taunted, so I feel sorry for all of you.

Oh...Oh yes. When i was nine I started sticking things inbetween my gums into my teeth, usually finger nails. I also (I was literally just doing this) make knots in floss and pull it through.

chew on the inside of my cheek and tongue. sometimes i dont even notice im doing it and i before i know it my mouth and/or tongue is a mangled blood mess