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Autism and stimming thread (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So, this is more a "what are you like" discussion.

How do you stim? do you stim? do you not stim? anything like that.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm self diagnosed thanks to my wife giving birth to our wonderful autistic children and as we watched them grow up realised I'm autistic too.

When I'm excited about something and alone, I'll either, hard to explain, try to mash my fingers together while moving them, as if to try and tie them up in a knot.

The other one I have is placing my hands over my mouth, like I'm reacting to something with shock, and then excitedly breath out in sharp short breaths.

My youngest on the other hand flaps his hands at the wrist. ๐Ÿ˜ He loves PSVR and has broken several move controllers thanks to his stimming.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You have an autistic son?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I have two, both on different levels of the spectrum.