Is there a situation where you stim more than others?

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Mostly when I'm excited I'll flap my hands. If I'm on the phone I always pace and I'll try to walk in accordance to the patterns on the floor (if there are any). If I'm talking to someone, I'll play with something in my hands if I have something. If I'm at a restaurand I'll play with napkins or my straw, anything to keep my hands busy.

I stim mostly when I'm in a crowd. If I'm standing up in a crowded room I rub my hands together, or I rub my right hand on my left forearm. If I'm sitting down, like in class, I rub my hands on my lower legs.

I do stim a little at home, mostly the same as in public, but I hum sometimes too.

I stim more when I'm anxious/stressed/nervous and when I'm thinking.

I have a lot of stims but my main stim is playing with things with my hand, mostly pens.

Whenever I'm thinking hard. Unfortunately this includes social situations, so I often seem to stim more at first glance than I really do. I'm a master of surreptitious stims, though. You'd just think I was fidgety.

I'm always always chewing my nails/chewing the skin there. I've never been able to stop that but I pace a lot if i don't make myself stop. I can stop pacing but then i chew my nails again. When I'm on the computer I rock a little but I can usually stop that. The other stim I can never stop is when i'm sad, i don't cry at all, i grip myself so hard i leave little bruises after. I just need to hold something and squeeze because if i don't the emotion is going to crush me. I love stressballs, those little beanbags that you squeeze. I must have a pair in every colour. I like the orange ones the most. But mostly I chew my nails constantly. I don't have much of a nail left. lol. i feel terrible for them.