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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?
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    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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