Finding a new fidget that actually works well for you and helps is SO GOOD.
I got some finger spikeys to help with self harm and skin picking tendencies and they are very helpful!
10/10 would recommend.
By the way! These are also good if you do things like cheek biting and peeling your lips.
It’s a very satisfying specific type of pressure and it’s just *chefs kiss*
If you ever experience emotional overwhelm and you need to “feel” something physically to ground yourself, this is an EXCELLENT TOOL.
It can cause actual pain if used too much so be smart about it.
I got mine on Amazon and I hate that and I wish I had the time and patience to do more research and find ones on different websites.
I am a music teacher and I teach a lot of neurodivergent kids. Not on purpose, I think those are just generally the types of kids who gravitate toward individual music lessons.
And I LOVE them.
Spring break is actually a really hard time for me because I miss my students a lot.
My students and coworkers show me so much more regular attention and affection than my family does in a way that is so jarring and upsetting I don’t have words for it.
I feel like I’m living out Matilda, but I’m miss honey and all I want is a little cottage to myself to teach music lessons out of to little neurodivergent kids and play games with children all day 😭
I just wish my family cared about me a little bit.
My therapist is out of town for two weeks, and I’m sick.
I’m going to try to pull myself together enough to take a shower because I’m stinky and I’m going to go to target and get supplies to make posters to put up in my classroom because I’ve been thinking about doing it for YEARS and I just never had time.
The time is now, the time is today.
What started this rant and this line of thinking was the fact that I have a treasure box for my students. I put a lot of fidgets in there because a lot of my students are neurodivergent and they get really excited about fidgets and weird little trinkets. Also kids in general just like that stuff.
I had a student who collected all the Rubik’s cubes put in there and I still think about him all the time.
I also put these finger spikeys in there but they aren’t good quality and it just comes in a pack with other better fidgets. I tried those and I hated how they made my fingers smell (I hate metallic smells on my fingers).
I found stainless steel ones and they are AMAZING.
I have never had a fidget calm me down so quickly.
Like I said 10/10 would recommend!!!
