I've always sidestepped everywhere at home, in a kind of dance-like way. If I was in my room, and I needed to get to the kitchen, I would almost never walk there normally. I loved feeling the rhythm of my feet, and the feeling of being in the air. I might even do little twirls around corners. I rarely used to do it outside home though - especially after one occasion in school when I was 9 when my older sister told me that her classmates had commented that they saw me skipping through the school (and who presumably told her I was weird).
Lately though, I've found myself doing it more and more. Now that I've moved out of home and live in student halls, there's not as much opportunity to, but if I'm walking through a corridor or if I'm in the communal kitchen by myself, I'll often sidestep or leap around. While walking outside, however, I've started skipping again quite frequently, and it almost becomes a tic sometimes. I'll put in a little shuffle-step while walking, and then once I've done one, I get an incredibly powerful urge to do another one. If I'm going up or down one or two small stairs, I like to do it in a dance-y way, or leap off them somehow. I can't help myself - I just feel so full of energy. It makes it worse when my head is full of music (which is 90% of the time), I feel like I always have to dance to it. Living in the middle of a city means that I'm usually trying to suppress it because I would feel a little odd dancing down a busy street.
I certainly don't tend to see anybody else doing this sort of thing, and I feel like this is a thing you're supposed to leave behind after your childhood. I'm kind of curious to see if anyone else experiences this sort of desire, and whether this could be a kind of stim.
Lately though, I've found myself doing it more and more. Now that I've moved out of home and live in student halls, there's not as much opportunity to, but if I'm walking through a corridor or if I'm in the communal kitchen by myself, I'll often sidestep or leap around. While walking outside, however, I've started skipping again quite frequently, and it almost becomes a tic sometimes. I'll put in a little shuffle-step while walking, and then once I've done one, I get an incredibly powerful urge to do another one. If I'm going up or down one or two small stairs, I like to do it in a dance-y way, or leap off them somehow. I can't help myself - I just feel so full of energy. It makes it worse when my head is full of music (which is 90% of the time), I feel like I always have to dance to it. Living in the middle of a city means that I'm usually trying to suppress it because I would feel a little odd dancing down a busy street.
I certainly don't tend to see anybody else doing this sort of thing, and I feel like this is a thing you're supposed to leave behind after your childhood. I'm kind of curious to see if anyone else experiences this sort of desire, and whether this could be a kind of stim.
