Do you chew?

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I used to chew on stuff all the time, usually pens, pen caps, pencils, and screwdriver handles. It's a stim I don't often partake in anymore, other than with plastic cutlery after I'm done eating with it.

Yes.

Oh! You meant do I chew... on inappropriate or inedible objects.

Yes.



I chew my:
• Hair
• Lips
• Fingers
• Combs
• Eyeglasses
• Clothes
• Chewable Jewelery
• Eating Utensils
• Writing Utensils
• Remotes...

This is common in people with Sensory Processing Disorder with a hyposensitivity to oral input.

Yeah I do.

I used to chew on the rubber from lego wheels as a kid and still would if I could get my hands on the right ones. I also bite my lips and the insides of my cheeks an awful lot. Sometimes it's conscious sometimes unconscious. I also chew on my knuckles. I think part of why I have weight issues is that I always want to be chewing on something and gum doesn't cut it for me because I don't particularly like mint and the flavour of bubble gum wears off quickly and then the consistency and texture changes unpleasantly too.

I chew everything I can get my teeth on. Usually, it is my hands (especially fingernails) and arms, as well as the inside of my mouth. I also am a tooth grinder and I like chewing on straws and pens and pencils.

I've been telling people I'm autistic whenever I do weird things, kinda as a cute running joke(no offense meant tho) but this whole thread was way too specific. I'm 100% sure I'm on the spectrum now

I chew my food thoroughly, without hurry, despite having poor tooth structure. I have to remember to take very small portions if I want to finish a course with others at a table. I'm sure my family hated waiting for me, but mom never tried adding snacks to my diet instead.

I chew but not at the same time. I just get my finger and toenails off and put them in my mouth. I don't chew on them or shallow. I just like to stick them in between my teeth. Which is a weird thing of my. Even autistics and you guys on here probably find me weird for doing that. I usually do it at home but mostly in the classroom when I get bored and have nothing else to do with my hands. I always need something to do with my hands. And I have nothing else so I do that.

I knew it was a sensory issue, didn't know it was hyposensitivity.

*I chew the sucker sticks down layer by layer until its gone if paper based.
*former smoker/vaper using nic gum now
*chew the inside of my mouth including biting off taste buds individually if they get inflamed
*chew the skin around my fingernails but not the nails themselves
*straws become mangled messes
*pens if they don't click retract otherwise I prefer to click them
*I like the feeling of mechanical pencil erasers on my lips but I don't chew on them (the white ones).
*I get zebra stainless steel pencils and will lightly chew on the eraser caps
*random objects that happen to be in hand if I'm trying to focus on something

I chewed on things until I picked up smoking cigarettes. That pretty much put an end to it. (I'm definitely not recommending that though)

I chew on the little plucker floss picks if that counts as anything ...