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matsgb11
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1 month ago

Stimming

Hi, im 14 years old and have adhd. And i have this stims sometimes. And it bothers me, my parents and my class mates. Does anybody have some tips to stop stims or maybe like calm them down? Im from Norway so im sorry if i wrote somthing wrong….

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red87
1w

i'm sorry ur stims r bothersome.. :( fidget toys help me a lot, and also to find other ways to move- like when i feel the need to shake my hands but it hurts, i might just shake my fingers instead lol

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ktutkrah
2w

I try to find the “least disruptive” stims. For me that has been a ring on my index finger that I can use as a fidget - most people don’t even notice. When I can’t use my ring , I count something silently - a tally mark each time a teacher says a specific word or how many people in the room are wearing a color or things like that. Another silent one that works for me is picking a category and going through the alphabet listing thinking of something for each letter in the category (example: category - fruit, apple, banana, cantaloupe…). When I have to be vocal, but don’t want to make noise I either whisper (if possible) or just mouth the words/sounds. I hope you find something that works for you.

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matsgb11
2w

Ok:) Thank you really much😊

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Mia233
2w

Sorry…I don't know what stims are…but if you wanna calm down when you're stressed, try chewing gums. That helps me

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matsgb11
2w

Ok😊thank you. I’m going to try that:)

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pidgey
3w

Do you mean stims, like things you may do to calm yourself, or do you mean tics like involuntary twitches?

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red87
1w

it's short for stimulators behavior, just about everyone has them actually :) tho neurodivergent people usually get stims very often since they can easily get disregulated or stressed

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Sweating
3w

What are stims?

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matsgb11
3w

Yea i mean stims

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