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Recent content by CrystalStars

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    What are your stims/what do you do as stimming?

    Rocking is my main one. You'll see me rocking at my desk all day long. I'll do a weird curling thing with my fingers. Mostly when I'm moving from room to room in my office. Not sure if this is a stim. But sometimes I mouth words. Mostly "Hello". I don't know why I do this. I bite my lips a...
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    What is your autistic stim?

    Rocking is my number one stim. If I'm sitting, I'm most definitely going to start rocking. Thankfully no one has said anything about it at work. Sometimes I bounce while standing, or I sway side to side. Not sure if this counts, but sometimes I do a weird curling motion with my fingers when I...
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    Hello from Canada

    Oh, wow. Thank you all so much for the lovely replies. I already feel super welcome here!
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    Hello from Canada

    Good day, everyone. I'm going to start things off by admitting that I honestly don't know if I have autism. For many years I was under the impression that I just have OCD and social anxiety. But lately I've been wondering if maybe there was more to it than that. Then a video popped up on my...
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