#mentalhealth #stimming #pause #takeamomenttopause #collectyourthoughts #ska #reggae #electronic #alternative #reflective

#boobuhboobuhboobuhboo

https://wroykommutr.bandcamp.com/track/collect-your-thoughts-boo-buh-boo-buh-boo-buh-boo

Na, erkennt ihr die Melodie?
Dann wünsche ich euch Happy Stimming.
Meme von Stevo's Autistic Surplus.
Er ist leider nicht im Fediverse unterwegs.
#autism #autismus #stimming #echolalie #echolalia

Eine meiner wichtigsten #stimming Methoden ist das Streichen über rauhe oder kalte Flächen. Mauern, Geländer, Wände mit den Fingern. Dabei intensiviere ich den Reiz darüber welcher Teil meiner Finger die Oberfläche berührt. Fingerkuppen ist der "normal ausreichende" Reiz. Gefolgt von Fingerrücken am mittleren Fingerglied. Am stärksten ist Fingernagelrücken auf Sandstein.
Normalerweise fahre ich mit einem, nur in der Vorstellung existierenden, Fingerskateboard über Wände. Dabei mache ich Tricks über die Fugen, oder Stellen mit Moos.
#AutismusBefindlichkeiten
#autismus

Ich bin dem 3D-Hexaflexagon auf der Spur, ganz analog zuerst noch, mit festem Papier.
Next level: Filz.

Der Plan ist, mir ein neues #Fidgettoy zu bauen. Die gestrige Häkelei war eher mau. Das Papierding hingegen funktioniert, wenn auch es natürlich nur ein fragiles unhandliches Modell ist.

#Stimming
#Autismus

Sometimes I knew musical artists and their work for years, even decades, before I discover them with a passion and intensity that my senses jump up and down and I'm electrified.

That's when the music crosses a threshold and becomes #stimming.

And yes, it is relevant for me to set this in a #AuDHD context. Becoming aware of my #neurodivergency and my needs is part of understanding myself and practice self-care.

Today I «discovered» … Tool and their 2019 album «Fear Inoculum».

And now I'm good because my mind is drumming and jumping and smiling. Thank you #Tool.

#TIL: Es gibt Dinger, die heissen “Fidget Cube”.

Und ich so: “OMG! SOWAS BRAUCH ICH!”

Now that I've got the recipe down, it's time to start making fidget cubes in earnest! Making a silver one to match the gold one, and more rings will be on the way soon. Coming to my store soon!

Do you tend to stim with clicking your mouse on whitespace when you're bored?

v busy IRL rn, but recently I've been stimming to Reverie for another sphere by Taishi (たいし in hiragana?) on repeat, so I thought I would share it here.

In short: I discovered that ambient trance is a thing! ​​

I really like how Reverie for another sphere draws you in and takes you on a journey. If you close your eyes and just listen, you can almost have a different journey through the soundscape every time.

The dreamlike artwork by Heikala also really sets the tone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-CfgAG2n4

#Music #MusicRecs #Trance #Ambient #ActuallyAutistic #Stimming #StimmingPlaylist #Blog

Bright Star (Sunset mix)
Ben Watt, Stimming, Julia Biel

https://youtu.be/bTLbULlExyA

I really do wish I didn't live alone in isolation (thanks covid!), but there are some upsides. One is that living solo has let me reclaim my #autistic #stimming. I spent over five decades suppressing my stims, and I'm only starting to appreciate what that cost me. Most of my life I struggled to keep my body in check so I wouldn't get abuse for being weird, pretty much anytime I was around anyone. And I internalized that so much I suppressed my stims even when all by myself.

But living alone gave me a chance to let my hair down and free my stims, and sometimes I feel like a different person inside my skin. I shake off tension, physically toss bad thoughts away, dance my way around the flat, make dramatic gestures, drum on just about anything handy, sit in odd positions, stand on one leg like a stork, walk backwards, make faces, and bounce my leg while sitting a lot. Sometimes I realize when I'm stimming, but it now feels natural enough that much of the time I don't even notice I'm doing it, though I can in retrospect if I think about it. I guess that's what it's like for NTs when they stim, like drumming fingers or flipping their hair - the stims nobody thinks are stims because NTs do them.

But it's not just random tics or flailing about. It's part of how I process feelings, and it's so much better than forcing myself to sit still and stew on something. A small gesture can release a bad feeling in a moment, instead of hanging onto that stress and forcing my body to behave.

I think this is a big part of why I don't like being out in public now. I don't want to wear a stim straitjacket anymore, but I don't feel safe stimming in public either. And since I stopped suppressing myself at home, I worry I've lost my ability to mask and suppress stims when I go out. Sigh.
#ActuallyAutistic

Well if this isn't the heaviest infinity cube I ever had the pleasure of #stimming with

So, probably an odd question for autistic folk: do you remember the first time you noticed and could put a name to your stimming?

I ask because it dawned on me I don't know what my stims are, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to know what they are. I do feel as if I stim when I get anxious or stressed, but I … just draw a blank on what I actually do. It's perplexing.

Stimming is a common response in children looking to calm themselves down. Children use stimming for many reasons, and these are 8 of the most common reasons and signs.

#Stimming #Children #Development #Parenting

https://buff.ly/4gWr7aJ

After a chat about #stimming using makeup I was made aware of stimmy lip gloss by Essence. The one on the left gives a mint-like prickly cooling sensation on the lips. The one on the right is something like a little bit of chili oil on the lips.

I got this white fidget spinner as a gift from @SUSE recently. At first it felt odd to pick it up and I barely used it. Would have preferred the purple one. Today I picked it up without even thinking about it and can't put it down anymore. Texture is such an incredible part of #stimming and it changes so much with my mood!

Wondering if I should relearn to stim when I'm overstimulated. It came naturally when I was a child but I stopped since other other kids would laugh at me. Kinda curious if it'd help. #autism #neurodivergence #stimming

Autism and stimming

"I’ve been stressing a lot recently, and as a result, stimming quite a bit."

continued at the link.

https://janetannelogan.com/2024/09/12/autism-and-stimming/

#ActuallyAutistic, #Autism, #Stimming, #Trans, #TransJoy, #Transgender

@actuallyautistic