Do you stim more in private or out in public?

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12 Jun 2018, 9:53 pm

I've found that I stim a lot more when I'm alone rather than when I'm out with people.

When I'm alone, I'm not particularly thinking about stimming - it just happens naturally. Thus, I'm unsure why it doesn't really happen when I'm in public. The only times I've noticed it happening in public is when I'm with my parents sometimes, which is likely because I feel the safest and most comfortable to be myself around them. It isn't an intentional effort to not stim in public, it just for some reason doesn't happen.

Do you stim more in private or in public? Is this intentional or unintentional?

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13 Jun 2018, 12:00 am

I think I stim an equal amount in private and in public, but in public I stim in less obvious ways than in private.

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13 Jun 2018, 1:43 am

My stimming is pretty much on autopilot.

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13 Jun 2018, 1:45 am

Only ever in public and I had no idea about it until I joined forum. I didn't think I did it then realised in a supermarket that I was tapping my thumb on my fingers.

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13 Jun 2018, 10:34 am

Private. If I do it in public then i’m Really not aware of it.

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13 Jun 2018, 10:39 am

If meowing and howling like a wolf count as a stim, I do that more in public than in private.

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13 Jun 2018, 2:25 pm

I do my pea calls in public because I want people to know I'm a Sweet Pea.

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13 Jun 2018, 2:52 pm

Public, because I'm more stressed

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13 Jun 2018, 10:32 pm

About the same.

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13 Jun 2018, 10:46 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

If meowing and howling like a wolf count as a stim, I do that more in public than in private.

I can't tell if this is a Joke but the more comments I read of you the more you sound like a Character from a 90's American sitcom.

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14 Jun 2018, 5:53 am

I mostly stim nowadays cuz I'm bored or because it's enjoyable. I don't do it as much when I'm out because there's other things to focus on.

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14 Jun 2018, 2:04 pm

Out in public is when I stim more, as there is more stimulation than in my home...plus I do it to concentrate for long periods of listening.

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14 Jun 2018, 4:29 pm

Usually I try and restrict/control it to be in private if possible, but I have been known to do some potential stimming behaviours out in public. Especially in stressful situations. I wasn't aware of this until a friend pointed it out, and I have also acted similarly around family members.

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14 Jun 2018, 5:45 pm

I stim more in private. I feel like when I do it in public it might cause people to target me more.

One of the thing I do while stimming is okay with my hair. Sometimes I do it while driving and I notice some of the drivers look at me or start playing with their hair too.

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27 Jul 2018, 2:30 pm

I think I stim just as much in private as I do out in public.

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27 Jul 2018, 6:34 pm

I for the most part intentionally restricted it to private.i

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