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Recent content by Tayler

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    Help with getting my tics/stims under control?

    Thank you everyone for your advice! I really appreciate hearing from people who deal with the same things I do. I was diagnosed later in life so I haven't had too much practice dealing with the symptoms that I am only now learning about as Asperger's. That sensory diet looks very interesting...
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    Help with getting my tics/stims under control?

    I've just done some research (well, googling, haha) and there definitely seems to be some overlap between stims and tics as people define them. But I found this post the most helpful: "A tic is generally believed to be the least voluntary. Typical tics include jerking of limbs, contorting the...
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    Help with getting my tics/stims under control?

    That is something I've always had trouble figuring out. Because while I can usually control the volume of the vocal aspect of my habits, I just can't seem to control myself with the rest of it. That's why I've always called them habits, because I wasn't sure if they were stims or tics. Sometimes...
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    Help with getting my tics/stims under control?

    Hello, I've just joined this website looking for help with this particular issue because I am having difficulty finding answers on the Internet. I'm a 21-year-old female with Asperger's, and I've had tics/stims/habits all my life. Usually they involve working specific muscles, such as clenching...
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