Why cure stimming?

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05 Feb 2013, 12:50 pm

Hopetobe wrote:

It always makes me angry when parents or doctors try to cure stimming, try to make the child(or adult) not to stim. Why? Unless the child(or adult)is hurting himself/herself, what´s wrong with it?

The only other reason that I can think of to stop or reduce stimming behaviour is if it is disruptive, such as making very loud noises. Other than that, I think people should mind their own damn business if someone is stimming. Therapy is there to learn coping mechanisms and skills, not to appear socially acceptable to others.

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05 Feb 2013, 12:59 pm

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Repetitive sensory play creates endorphins, “happy,” “feel good” chemicals in the brain, much the same as the “runner’s high.” These chemicals become addictive, causing the individual to repeat the activity in order to renew the good feeling. Thus, the child becomes trapped in a compulsive behavior. Development stops progressing, becoming more and more delayed, and for many children actually begins regressing.

Yet no one tells runners to stop running since running is considered healthy and socially acceptable behavior.

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05 Feb 2013, 1:03 pm

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Yet no one tells runners to stop running since running is considered healthy and socially acceptable behavior.

They do indoors or at places where running isn't allowed. Even one of my old schools didn't allow running on the playground. So even runners have places where it's acceptable to run and there are places they can't do it at.

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07 Feb 2013, 12:37 pm

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Yet no one tells runners to stop running since running is considered healthy and socially acceptable behavior.

Good point. And is running addictive? Can it interfere with other activities?

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07 Feb 2013, 8:19 pm

I stim in an overwhelming sensory environment, when I'm excited and even sometimes when I dance.

Most of the time it makes me look like I'm impatient and mixes well with impatient fidgeting.

I'll never stop.

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07 Feb 2013, 8:28 pm

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I've never heard the term "stimming" before. Very informative! I always called them "ticks" even though i'm aware that's entirely accurate.

I think it's something that's unhealthy to repress. I think it's more unhealthy to call someone out on it. It's part of who they are, just let it happen.

The only instance I can think of where something should be done about it is when someone is being harmful to themselves or others. For instance one of my "stims" (is that the right word?) involved striking myself in the head. There have been a couple times where this actually gave me a mild concussion. So I try to actively avoid that in favor of less harmful forms of expression.

The way I see it stimming is part of who I am and I don't think I'd ever be comfortable with a life where i had to repress myself so completely like that.

I think that's called a meltdown...

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08 Feb 2013, 10:43 am

Because my stimming isn't unnoticeable or something that can just be "accepted". My stimming is the stuff of lunatics in asylums.

Think One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and you might get an idea of what my stimming looks like.

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08 Feb 2013, 12:29 pm

I have heard another explanation for stimming. That it is a perseveration where your brain gets caught in a glitch and performs the same movement over and over much like verbal perseveration and repeating rote phrases. Maybe it's a bit of everything.
Whatever the cause though, I like the word perseverate better than stim. I would rather say I perseverate.

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12 Feb 2013, 12:50 pm

In fact, sex (and masturbation) can also be considered stimulation.

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12 Feb 2013, 5:10 pm

Hopetobe wrote:

In fact, sex (and masturbation) can also be considered stimulation.

And those can also be seen as bad too. If they masturbate in the wrong locations (I don't mean on their bodies) yeah people will also get on their backs about it because where they are doing it isn't appropriate. Mom used to tell me to go to my room and do it. There are people out there who are so obsessed with sex, it impairs their lives or relationships. Plus people have ended having to register as a sex offender because they chose to have sex in the wrong location and got caught for indecent exposure. I am sure caught masturbating in public will also get you registered as one.

So any stimming can be seen as bad because it depends on where you do it, and how you do it. No matter how normal it is and how acceptable it is or how harmless it is. Like I say, it must be done in moderation and this applies to everyone, NTs, NDs, people on the autism spectrum.

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13 Feb 2013, 8:50 am

League_Girl wrote:

If they masturbate in the wrong locations (I don't mean on their bodies)

Read somewhere that many aspies are on the extremes of the sex-thing? Either hating it or being obsessed. I think that might apply to other sensory experiences too.

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