Any teenagers who still hand flap?

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Yes, regularly!

I used to but I don't really flap anymore. Still, occasionally when I'm tired and trying to play air guitar to, say, RUSH, I basically just hand flap with my hands in a guitar position.

I'm 38 and I used to do it all the time when I was younger but I got really badly bullied and I kind of went in my shell but only last year I started doing it again, I don't know how it started but it seems to be when I'm over stimulated and there's a lot going on in my head. It feels really good though and when I feel safe in the company of people I don't mind who sees.

I flap because it amuses me.

P.S. Remove the l and this thread just got nasty.

I don't think I've ever flapped my hands, I'm not too sure about it but though I might have done when I was younger. I might ask my mother haha

No. I rarely did to begin with.

I do but only when i`m alone.

The responses explain everything!

Now I know why my power and comfort drives are satisfied when I walk quickly and silently (heels first, roll foot to toe, up, heels first, etc) or rotate my watch several times. But why does it satisfy those drives in particular?

yes but my arms also
im 17

I do it a heck of a lot. I use to spend three hours a night before I went to sleep doing it xD (no wonder I was always tired! lol) Now it is much less but I do it if I am nervous/stressed or excited. It just feels good

I do when my parents yell. They yell more when I do--my mom thinks it means I'm having withdrawal from my video games and my dad is just an ignorant a**hole. I try to keep it to tapping though.

I am 17 and still flap my left hand almost unconsciously whenever i am anxious or excited and i have no qualms about flapping my hands in public. Unfortunately my hand flapping makes a distinctive noise and i had my exams recently (very stressful) and apparently the noise was quite distracting because i was told to cease my hand flapping. I spent the next hour focusing more on trying to deny the urge to hand flap than i did on the exam.

In hindsight, I find the amount of stimming I did during a student government feast (with combined tables and everything) rather odd. Apparently, I kept flipping my watch and leaning about 5 degrees to the front as if rocking back and forth alone was not enough. I even had two brief shutdowns, but no one noticed because I rarely speak anyway.

Yes, but not around other people. If I'm alone and I get really excited about something it just bubbles up and I do some quick hand-flapping motion.

I always flap my arms when i het excited!! but only when i'm with good friends though. It feels so good

I'm 15 and when being excited in private, I would stand up, walk/jump around and do some handflaps. I don't do it around other people though.