LostInSpace wrote:
The body shudder sounds more like a tic to me, in that you have the sense of needing to do it, and experience a feeling of relief when you do.
The touching thing sounds like some kind of compulsive behavior, rather than a stim or a tic. Do you have OCD?
This is all just my opinion of course, based on personal experience with tics, stims, and compulsions. It will be interesting to see what others think.
They used to think I had OCD; in fact, that and depression were my first formal diagnoses, though I think they abandoned the OCD idea when the AS came to light. (Which is silly, since they can obviously coexist.) I can see how the touching thing would be that sort of compulsion. Thanks so much for your input : )
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