Raleigh wrote:
Flappy hands, rolling wrists, spreading fingers, wriggling fingers in a certain sequence, picking at scalp, nails or skin, clicking nails together, flicking fingers, rocking, leg bouncing, hair fondling...to name a few.
I stim wherever, public and private.
One day I will reach that level of bravery for stimming in public. It would certainly be alot less stressful for me, and would relieve alot of pressure on my already heart-attacked heart. I admire you for this my friend.
My parents, both mother and father, enforced a strict stimming suppression system on me that often involved brutal punishments such as stick on the butt and many other forms of corporal physical punishments. In the end, those actions never suppressed any of my stimming, it only made me feel guilty every time I stimmed which stressed me completely out of my mind.
All they cared about was wanting to appear like a "normal" family, aka NT family. It was an unimaginably brutal childhood for me and only lead to many more health problems. Most of the reason why I'm such a nervous wreck now. My therapist lists my current anxiety status as "inconceivable".
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*** High Functioning Autism - Asperger's Syndrome ***
ADHD, OCD, and PTSD.
Keep calm and stim away.