Fidget cubes?

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What's the verdict on fidget cubes? According to a friend my town's book shop has just got them in, I need to go and get one. Do others use them or similar things? I keep on breaking pens/ripping up bits of paper in my pockets/ripping up skin on my fingers etc....

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I don't have one yet. But I do plan on getting one. I think they would be handy for many people who fidget.

Definitely. My friend who told me about them has social anxiety and she said they work for her.

I love the clicky bits but I know it can irritate people so I don't take it out. It's an at home only toy. I have tangles for when I'm out and also worry beads because I think they look sort of normal and I think people just assume I'm very religious or something but nobody ever points them out like they do with the tangles.

They feel quite good, but I wish they added different materials/textures to them. I bought a cube for my daughter because kids at her school have them and she wanted one. There is one metal element that you can roll and it's my favourite part, I also like the switch button. Wish there was like a little sandpaper strip on it that I could scratch

It's weird, but i only seem to fidget when I'm at home and find riffle shuffling a deck of cards soothing. I noticed that i really sought out my deck of cards, when I'm really really stressed, after my suïcide attempt.

I'm a magician, so my fidgetting with a deck of cards or coins is also a practical thing.

I love cards too....playing solitaire used to be my de-stress tool. Good to hear they saved your life

A friend sent me one a little over a week ago. I wasn't really sure I would like it, but my striking has been much less. It's new, so that maybe needs to be considered for how much I've been using the cube, but still, less striking is great even if only for a few weeks. I prefer the noisy parts.

I used to use putty, I discovered it made a really good eraser and got hooked from there, I kept on losing it though and leaving it in places I had been. I've got two fidget cubes one bought from a friend and another my girlfriend. I really like them, I find the light switch and the 4 buttons pressed simultaneously are my favourite.

They're okay. They have some at my school. But I still like tangles and spiky balls better. But my favorite has always been my leather lanyards.

Tangles.....how nice...I may have to get one...

i am waiting for my original fidget cube (made by antsy labs) to arrive. It should arrive soon.

I ordered an original one at the beginning of the week and it came yesterday. So far it's good. I like the spinny disc on it. I only sort of problem I've found is it suppresses my tics when I'm using it but when I stop they come out much worse, I say sort of as it'd be useful if it was somewhere quiet but not at home and I like using it now so don't want to stop.

Since anxiety and depression are caused by learned helplessness, I think it is better to set goals than to fidget. I'm not thinking bad things about you, but that's a stim, no different from twiddling your thumbs, or tapping your foot. I guess, sometimes, I do my best thinking, during repetitive or simple chores, but it shouldn't stop at that.