#stimmysaturday

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yesterday i was stimming up a storm lol. it was mostly vocal stimming.

was watching a youtube video while eating, the youtuber said something funny, then i repeated the funny thing over and over again to myself for a few hours.

and then at one point, cuz it was a re-uploaded twitch vod, i saw a message in the chat that read "balls in the gym" and so i yelled out, with no control over myself, "no balls? they neutered him!"

so it was just me alternating from one vocal stim to the other for about 4 hours. it was fun, but my voice hurts now

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Do you stim by cracking your knuckles? I do it and it’s the best 😍

My knuckles don't crack so no.

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Stim Sat: I work at a school and every classroom was given a "brain box" full of fidgets for if kids need a break. And it's kinda funny to me, cause I'll have my own fidget in my pocket to stim with when I'm stressed and all these kids are just shocked and amazed to see an adult stimming. I'm lucky too since I work in sped when things are really bad I can flap my hands and the adults don't give me looks. It's nice

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Stim Saturday but kinda sad. Cause I flap when I'm happy and it's a thing I've finally been able to do now that I'm an adult. And rocking. But even I go home for the holidays I have to stop. No stimming at home. It makes mom and her husband annoyed because I'm being "ridiculous" and "immature" and "weirder then usual". I finally figured out an outlet that wasn't a breakdown and I have to hide it for 2 weeks.

I'm so sorry you have to put up with that anon.

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As lockdown’s easing I’m actually getting more time home alone and OH BOY it’s nice to vocal stim freely :D

Beep beep boop beep boop :))

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Sometimes I just wish I was a cat purely because that little paw kneading thing they do must be the most satisfying stim ever ^_^

Honestly anon you're right.

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I just finished my student teaching, and my host teacher, in honor of the class, bought me one of those endless bubble popper things. I had been using hers for the entirety of my student teaching and I guess she noticed. It doesn't fit with my other fidget things (in a tiny bag I carry with me always) but i still love it and appreciate that she noticed. AND! In the class I was able to introduce a child who was just diagnosed with ADHD to a variety of fidget things so that he could test if they helped him focus. He found some that worked but he's little still (5 years old) and will probably need a little more maturity before they are super helpful. But still. I was really glad I got to introduce him to the idea of them as a useful tool as opposed to just a toy. And there were times when they did help rather than distract.

Oh I have one of those. My nephew started playing with it and liked it so much his parents got him one.

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I've recently started stimming in new ways, and for longer periods of time, and I don't know how to feel about that!! It used to just be flappy hands and bouncing, but now I also snap my fingers, open and close fists, and pat my hands on the nearest surface.

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