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Recent content by Izzy

  1. Izzy

    I can't stop rocking back and forth (stimming)

    I appreciate all the positivity around the rocking ;) but I do have a question: for those of you that have stims, do you have some measure of control over them? How do you stop doing them when you need to do something else?
  2. Izzy

    I can't stop rocking back and forth (stimming)

    I feel like both are true. I do feel self conscious about it even though I know I should accept it. I have been told off a lot for doing it when I was a kid (and made fun of in class because of it) so I think that I have built up this shame around it. But it also interferes with my life. I have...
  3. Izzy

    I can't stop rocking back and forth (stimming)

    The reason I want to cut down on it is because I feel like a lot of time it keeps me stressed. And yes, I think a part of it is not wanting to be doing it so feeling frustrated that I'm doing it and keeping the cycle going that way.. I also feel like it impedes me from doing daily activities...
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    I can't stop rocking back and forth (stimming)

    Hi everyone, I have posted about this in my introduction post but I thought I'd also ask about it here. I have rocked back and forth as a stim since I was a baby. I used to do it whenever I got stressed or sometimes when I got excited about something positive. The rocking always made me feel...
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    Hi Everyone!

    Hi everyone, I'm Izzy, a 26 year old girl from the Netherlands. I have struggled with high levels of stress since I was a kid but was never able to explain what was stressing me out. One of the biggest problems for me growing up was my stimming behavior. I rock back and forth with my upper body...
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