ok but listen my counselor told me that having little stimmy things like touching things and feeling different textures and playing with stuff etc. is seriously stress-relieving, and she showed me all of this stuff she has so we could find what kind of textures and fidgets make me feel comfortable and it was so ,,,wonderful?? and so cool that such a tiny thing as a cube line of magnets snapping together could elicit such a joyful feeling????
genuinely am fascinated by these tiny little magnets, i cant get over them they feel so good in my hands and just idk i love them so much
she told me that these kinds of comforting physical sensations get you out of your head when the anxious thoughts start going around and around and around. it’s genuinely freeing and is not simply a distraction from the bad thoughts like watching tv or a video may be—it relieves you of some nervous energy and grounds you. it’s insane to me???? that is so cool??? like i knew about stimmy stims and whatnot bc of adhd, ive had a spinny ring for a year now, but i had no idea that stimmies were helpful to this degree and actually have a more complex effect than they seem
and she also explained floor time to me!!! like that’s a literal Thing that simply makes you feel like “i am just here. i am laying here and i exist.” you are just grounded and present and you dont have to think about anything, you just lay on the floor :]]] floor time :]] yeah i cant explain it as well as she did but its something like that
isnt that just really cool??? idk. yeah sorry this is so long im just gfffffh excited and it feels nice to feel excited about something
