Certain type of stimming appearing again after YEARS.

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Until recently I could pass as NT but for some reason I'm rocking back and forth again. I used to hand-flap, but that's not an issue anymore (more like twitching my fingers now) but I'm still worried whether or not THAT would appear again too. Plus it's been getting harder and harder to talk to people, i'm getting shyer even though I was average before (not too outgoing, not too shy) Does anyone know what's happening?????

This is just a personal theory, but I think that if you try to stop stimming, it will only frustrate you. Stimming is a gift. I personally shake my right leg and rock in my chair, and I used to flap my hands.

What I do is, I stim while I'm working, and I work where nobody can see me. It actually helps me concentrate, by letting my body get "distracted" while my mind is focused.

But as for not being able to talk to people, I don't think that there is any connection to stimming. Try thinking of stimming as "letting your inner aspie out", and it might help you feel recharged and ready to face the world.

So, try to limit your stimming to certain contexts, where nobody can see you. It's a good compromise.

Im 22 and I started stimming again. I am pretty stressed so that probably is why. I finger twitch and rub my hands mainly. Or put my arms out like I am flying. The more I focus on it the more I stim.

I've started to toe walk and sit on my haunches again.

Stimming is the aspergian coping method...though it could also be regression.

I would have to know the context that this starts up again and your particular sensitivities to say.