I love my stimming

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I rock on my bed side to side feels awesome also makes you feel extremely relaxed u should trying with hand cover your eyes if u had that like.i have its fastest way stop the anxiety attacks and stop the meltdown hope u understand

I rock when I'm anxious or excited, but if I'm standing and can't rock, I bounce. I love the feeling of spinning, but I can't do it often because it makes me feel sick afterwards, same with too much swinging. I also have a mini trampoline that I love jumping on. When I get overwhelmed or experience sensory overload, I like to hide under blankets or in dark, quiet corners. The dark and the enclosed feeling of the blanket makes me feel safe and more relaxed, it also reduces the visual stimulation. I like compression and squeezing too, and when I'm anxious or overstimulated, I lay my weighted blanket out on the floor and roll myself up in it like a burrito. The combined weight and compression relax my nervous system and make me feel less jittery.

I understand and feel likwise about stims. Especially rocking.

If someone isn't used to stimming, does it have to be thought of on purpose? I get all tense. How I feel about stimming is the same for me.

I, on the other hand, cannot stand it, and I wish I knew of an effective way to end my excess of these unusual movements. Every time one is addressed, it is invariably replaced with another (possibly worse) "stim."

Both my main stims are with a double purpose. Pacing for walking (duh) for several routes that ranges from a block to half a city. And crochet/knitting, which is also my special interest and sort of business/attraction.

Though I end up with other stims when I'm overwhelmed. It could be the classic flapping hands (in some cases, flapping SOMEONE's hand), spinning, bouncing, sometimes self-talking.





And I just found out that if I deprived myself of stimming, for 4 days straight: I end up with signs of anxiety.

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You are addicted to an autistic behavior, you are compelled to do it and have convinced yourself it's a good thing to make yourself feel better.

Ooo, try this everyone.

Get a large cushion or pillow. Sit on it. Close your eyes and make a circular motion with your body. It's fantastic. Takes you off into another world do it slowly though. Too fast and you feel sick

Most of my stims are just borne out of anxiety and aren't really enjoyable as such. I could spend all day throwing a small ball up into the air and catching it though