When excited or enthusiastic at home by myself I'll rappidly shake or ring my hands. This form of behaviour has been referred to as a stim. It has never made sense to me that I rarely partake in this gesture in public yet AS individuals supposedly partake in this often as a response to external stimuli, regardless.
When in public I will often find myself "smiling like a fool". Something that is difficult to impossible to control. It's also not something that is contextual, I don't just smile when something is humorous I will smile when something is sad or a situation is awkward or I need to be serious and compossed. It never made sense until recently - can smiling be considered a stim?
This would account for why I don't smile like a fool by myself. Where I would smile in public I'll ring or shake my hands in private.
Does anyone else smile as a stim or heard of smiling as a stim?
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