What do you stim with?

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Wow. I had no idea all of these things were stims? I do pretty much all of the above... not constantly; only if I'm thinking, nervous, or concentrating on a task.

But I do do one thing I've been wondering about... and this is just a weird thing I do when I'm "spacing" out during something boring, as well as if I'm nervous. I don't think I do it if I'm concentrating - if I do I don't notice.

I move my toes and my feet, sometimes in a kind of weird rhythm, sometimes in kind of complex shapes I draw in the air. Sometimes they just bounce, or rub against each other. They're almost awlways moving.

Would that be considered a stim?

Christmas bulbs, tinsel, video games, Grandfather Clocks, rain and the wind.

Grinding my teeth, picking at parts of myself, itching things that aren't really that itchy.

I wonder if this is a stim:

I ALWAYS have a rhythym moving in my head, the more stressed I get the more I build upon it. When music isn't playing, its always playing in my head, and this allows me a little escape no matter where I am or what I'm doing.

I recently read that most people can only hold one part of a melody or sound in their head at one point, so I decided to test this and worked out I could hold about 6-7 layers at once!

Apparently this means I'm gifted, personally I think its an escape mechanism.

I have that music in my head all the time too Scint. not sure about 6-7 layers at once tho....sounds very cool!

Also rocking,hair twirling and if im sitting down....my legs sorta shake up n down....

cept i got picked on for rocking side-to-side when a youngster at school etc.....so i learnt early on...that i should only do that in private basically eheh (my gf says when i do it....i look like im on a boat )

can someone here please help me?

Whats the problem?

Drowning medusa,

What you describe MUST be a stim. I can't even imagine what it must look like, Is it a subtle movement? I never thought about the slight rocking movement I make as being a stim. It is very sebtle, etc... I guess it must be a stim, and it DOES fit the profile. To hear people here speak, you would think that even the sticking out of a persons tongue that some do is a stim.(Though it usually isn't rythmic).

Steve

Because I wear a watch most of the time, my wrist gives off this smell that I like to smell...probably the smell of sweat...I dunno.

Does that count as a stim?

I also click my fingers, lick my lips even though there not dry, and roll my eyes.

I also grate my teeth along my fingertips and it looks like I'm biting my nails, which I'm not.

Do they count as well?

I often rub the back of my head with my fingers (I only do that when I'm by myself), or pick up anything on my desk. When I get stressed at work, I curl my toes.