What does stimming feel like to you?

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I'm trying to figure out how to express how it feels it into words, but I'm not sure how. What does it feel like to you?

It is just there,
I am not really conscious about it most times,
only when I am at the station every friday at 5:31pm my train is going to autism center for therapy I get really conscious about stimming as I am pacing at that moment in circles and I cannot stop doing it until the train comes,
then in the train I take my notebook and write down numbers of Pi,
more than a thousand.
I stim like always, don't know how it would feel without stimming,
but most of the times I am not conscious about it and "catch" myself that I do it, but this is only a short moment in time that I am conscious about it, and I got conscious about it after being diagnosed and learning about autism,
before I did not know I was stimming, as I am too withdrawn to notice other people are not stimming,
do not really know how to explain it.

satisfying if it's celebratory. sometimes it includes a bit of relief if it's due to anger.

Like a rush that makes my body go out of control. Sometimes I enjoy it, but a lot of times I just feel embarrassed and out of control.

It doesn't really feel like anything. It just happens. Typically I am unaware of it unless others point it out, but sometimes I notice. It does seem most prevalent when I am upset, nervous or excited. I've deduced it's a way to deal with pent up energy.

I may be misunderstanding the question, but here goes.

It's a rhythm that becomes pervasive and brings a multitude of mental energies into alignment.
It can be calming and disarming.


When you wave a conductor through a magnetic field it induces a polarized (aligned) flow of energy through the conductor. I think waving the body has a similar effect.

I am not sure if what I do is stimming.

I don't know. I'm even stimming at the moment. I do get the sense I have control, but most of the time I can't help it or I don't want to stop.

It's usually fine until someone calls me on it, and then it becomes instantly annoying.

Stimming might feel pleasant...or physically aware.

does onanism qualify as stimming?

^I don't think so.

Repetitive, rhythmic, spontaneous like breathing except you can stop if you become aware of it..

I guess I've long done all sorts of stims then.

When I am stimming I feel as though I am being me, someone I should feel free to be at all times. My stims are super important to me. Somewhere I read "I stim, therefore I am." That pretty well applies to me.

When I am stimming I feel as though I am being me, someone I should feel free to be at all times. My stims are super important to me. Somewhere I read "I stim, therefore I am." That pretty well applies to me.

When I don't know when I am doing it unless I catch myself or someone points it out to me and it is unconscious and spontaneous - I suppose it is like a pressure release valve letting off steam. When I am all by myself and it is conscious and I do know I am doing and doing it on purpose - it just feels soothing to my nerves.