Since finding out you are an aspie, does this effect your stimming?

[Ellylldan]

Hmm.. Like many others here, I am more aware of it now and I was surprised to know that many little things I always did are actually stimming. I'm asking myself a lot now whether I'm doing it subconsciously or deliberately.. At least my stimming is not very obvious for others, that's a relieve!

I'm in the middle of assessment process now and sometimes I catch myself stimming while talking to the psychologist and a part of me is afraid that I do it on purpose somehow. Well, I know I don't, but I feel like I do it more while being there than in other situations... Or maybe I just feel more self-conscious during those visits? Or I'm just over-thinking it, as usual? Ohhh, I'm so confused!

 

[epath13]

No. Sometimes I notice it and stop, or notice and keep doing because if I don't I feel like I'm going to explode but a lot of times I don't notice it, I'm tired of being self aware all the time. Sometimes it feels like work. I knew that I was stimming before diagnosis, I knew why I did it (to calm down, or to prevent myself from being too overwhelmed). After diagnosis I just found out that some of it is a part of Autism but I haven't noticed any changes in my perception of it.

 

[Structrix]

I find that while I still tone down my stimming in public still...in private I stim with abandon now that i know what its for and why I dont need to repress it.

 

[nyxjord]

I am the same- I was taught from an early age that acting them out was very weird so as an adult my public stims are picking my fingers, jangling my legs, playing with hair (which nt's do as well) and playing with the webbing between my thumb and pointer finger.

 

[IrishAspie]

I used to do the leg bouncing but I stopped myself because it annoyed people. Not really sure its a stim as I see it quite a bit in public and at work but I have started doing it again at home after reading about it because I always enjoyed the sensation.