Do you ever pace back and forth or walk in a circle?

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this was a repeat of the above...

When I was a kid I spun around in a circle often. I used to pace but not much any more. Now that I have a lot of time to myself I really don't have the need to do either activity.

I walk back and forth. I do it on the phone (infact I will do it so furiously people ask me why I am out of breath on the phone). I also do it when I am thinking about things. It also do it after an intense social situation (helps me recharge). But, when I do it when I am thinking about things, I can end up doing it for an hour or two.

I've also been 'caught' doing it. When I lived at my parent's house, I did it back and forth in the basement thinking about something, and little did I know, my shadow was stretched out and displayed on the wood fence out side, and when my parents were in the kitchen upstairs, they could look out the window out to the fence on the ground, and see my shadow going back and forth. uhhhhhhhg.

Pacing back and forth is part of my routine. I have to pace back and forth or in circles before I can start another activity, like a way to help me with transitions. Also helps me with stress. I can do it for hours.

Yep. Lots. About five miles a day, according to this cheap pedometer I tried.

Yes. For example I got a really nice new ball today, and in the store i was walking around in circles and back and forth bouncing it.

Yes, all the time. It helps me concentrate, or calms me down if I'm angry or upset.

I didn't do it when I was very young, but I remember starting when I was about twelve or thirteen in response to stress.

I don't know why everyone doesnt want to get caught, personally, I don't care what other people think about it.

Pacing is a stim for me.

Pacing is probably my biggest stim, I'm doing it incessantly when at home. Didn't realize this was a symptom of ASD until recently and am slightly self-conscious of it now and I ask myself "why am I doing this?" but there is no answer. It helps me think when I pace and I get lost in thought, but I want a more concrete scientific answer on why we pace.

yes, most of the time the only way I can think clearly when excited, stressed, or worried is to pace. Fourty Five minutes of pacing usually dose the trick for general excitment; major stress though may need a lengthy two hour session. The motion of walking always helps me calm down enough to start using my brains logical side.

I used to pace is small circles as a kid (~5ft diameter), but people seem to find this very disturbing for some reason.

The larger the circle and the more it is a square with rounded edges, the less people complain, so I try to keep it to that now