Ugh those days when you desperately need #music shoved into your head but you're not feeling either of the playlists you've been rotating every day for a year and trying to pick something else only makes you more flustered.

#actuallyautistic #regulation #rockinandrocking #Stims

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics

Do you think that your shutdown could be controlled in any way?

Like a "controlled shutdown"? (I probably don't know what I'm talking about since many things in the #ActuallyAutistic community I still don't know about...it's been at least more than 10 years being diagnosed #Autistic and ie. I still don't completely understand what a #stim is and I think I've began grasping some things in me that I could think of as "#stims")

Like #cycling, #running, #walking (#vestibularinput )
Like body weight training and #yoga (#proprioceptiveinput ).
Like eating frozen fruits and simultaneously drinking hot tea.
Like chewing raw vegetables and nuts.
Like listening to podcasts or reading books about my current or long-term special interests.
Like observing birds, animals and nature phenomena.

#autism #autisticadult #actuallyautistic #stims #stimming #naturelover #podcast #books

It amazes me how my body and brain - given the alienated circumstances, spatial and temporal limitations of modern living and obligations of wage and care work - subtly manage and automatically succeed in integrating necessary and satisfying (unobtrusive) stimming activities into my everyday life.

#autism #actuallyautistic #stims #stimming

Listening to radio in the car, hunting up #Ōtautahi #Christchurch stations that are new to me.

96.9 seems like a public access kind of deal. They were just talking about music for "#stim dancing", and shouted out #stims as particularly good for #neurodivergent people and those living with #trauma.

This is huge, I almost never hear this kind of thing discussed outside of my social media circles!

@Richard_Littler @actuallyautistic I remember how my #pendulum swung when I came out as #gay. I was an in-your-face #queer. 🤣🌈 I eventually calmed down.

Where it comes to my #autism and #masking I’m not really sure how in touch I am with myself and my needs and #stims.

For now I’m mostly focused on being mindful of my internal state and giving myself space to #stim or #selfcare as needed. Most of this aligns with what I consider my #introversion.

#lgbtq #actuallyautistic

TIL my constant need to rub my feet together when I'm under a blanket is calling "cricketing" and is probably one of my #stims

If you're doing the #lonely #autistic thing over holidays and need some cool visual #stims, Lily Hevesh has you covered. Her YouTube channel has a bunch of impressive feats, but you can start with everyone's favorite holiday misfit who finally gets accepted when the boss realizes he's useful.
https://youtu.be/8QvHrJhDymc

One of my #Autism #Stims.
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Stim #Neurodivergent #EmbraceNeurodiversity

I’ve decided to do an #introduction, which is a little daunting, to me, because I usually give more info than needed. Here we go, anyway. 😊
My name is Sage. I’ma 55 year old woman, with 4 grown children, and am an #atheist. I was diagnosed with #Autism, a few years ago. As a child, I was a non-verbal hand flapper, and never diagnosed. (May have to do with the abusive family, in charge of my care) I’m also the survivor of severe daily trauma, which was sexual, physical, emotional, mental. As a result, I have #CPTSD. 11 years ago, I began, in earnest, to heal myself from the damage people had done to me. I’m doing so well, I feel like I won’t be able to say I have it, in the next couple years. I’m proud of myself. I gave my children the love I desperately wanted, as a child, and I didn’t repeat the abuse cycle. I also gave myself the love I wanted and needed, as a child. It truly changed everything. I think my autism is the most interesting about me, and I’ve grown proud to be #Autistic.
My most frequent #Stims
Rubbing the top of my head, in a clockwise circle, with my left hand.
Hand flapping, especially when making a decision I find challenging.
A variety of #fidget toys
Rocking
Tapping each finger, consecutively, to the thumb of same hand, repeatedly and quickly, both hands, same time. This is a sign I’m feeling stressed.

My Main #Interests
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#Neuroscience
#Autism
#Tech
#Systems - I build systems for myself, so I can function.
#Trauma and #TraumaRecovery
#Coding though I find it more difficult, these days.
#Science
#Atheism

#Autistic Zip usually plays Mario Kart at 4pm but today he can’t play at his usual time because we had to go to speech therapy.

“Mario is waiting for me!” he said, “he can do some stims while he waits.”

Then we talked about what #stims are good for waiting and Zip said Mario would do a “bouncing stim.”

Today years old discovery: 8D audio is a stim factory, and I will not listening to it public. Somewhat pleasurably unnerving until it’s bodily unnerving? I did not know those stims were there, unless I’m under a ridiculous amount of stress.

So there’s that.

#adhd #stims #masking #8Daudio