I've seen a few posts here over the last few days about mental stimming. I know about regular stimming but I've never heard of mental stimming. Could someone please explain?
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The doctor at the emergency room (casualty)said it wasn't schizophrenia with me,I think it's because my mind is disordered so I hear my thoughts at unexpected times.Thank you @tree!
I commonly have people in my head that talk to me in my mind but I'm told I'm not psychotic so I'm wondering if it could be a mental stim.
That almost sounds more like a tic to me.I verbal stim a lot. I repeat mostly random words over and over; I also quote from the movies - not memorable quotes but random ones, things anyone could have come up with except I know who said them and what movie they're from.
I wonder if I could get creative with stimming. Currently, I don't have much control over it, I mean, I don't specifically call forth the quotes/words, they just pop up. That also goes for rocking and playing with my hair. It's not equally pleasing when I "decide" to do it.
I do that too, but sometimes it's something more for me, such as I feel the person's presence on my back or it feels a tad more real but not to the point I think they are really there.When I'm upset I tend to hold monologues in my head, mostly aimed at the person that's causing me stress. I'm often quite rude in my head, I also have the snappiest one-liners. When I'm really emotional I have to focus on keeping the monologue quiet, otherwise I'll end up mouthing the words or muttering under my breath, and that just makes me look like a crazy person. Which I am, but fun crazy, not Gollum crazy.
I've actually heard of some forms of meditation as being very similar to what's in the article, so I don't think this is limited to people with ASD. I think NTs can use these techniques as well to calm down when agitated etc.That particular phrase was new to me, too.
"Mental stimming is a type of stimming that occurs in your head. It is a subset of daydreaming that is more focused and repetitive, like any stim. A lot of autistic people mental stim and it can be very useful in situations where you don’t need to concentrate on the outside world."
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Hi...I’m new to the forum and just saw this post. That’s exactly what I’m trying to get at! The disconnection part. Trying to get my handle changed...anonymity reasons, but once it is, would you mind terribly reading a crazy family theory of mine? I think you might understand what it’s trying to communicate. Thx...but no pressure at all.In that case I already mental stim, I'm often repeating in my head and it often causes me to disconnect with the outside world, sometimes for ages.
Of course, PM me if you want, in case you don't know you click on "Inbox" towards the top right corner of the site to the left of "Alerts" and then click "Start a New Conversation". To change your handle here it's best to ask a staff member by starting a conversation because as I found out once, the "Contact Us" form doesn't reach the local staff on this site like @tree for instance, but she will most likely see this now anyway.Hi...I’m new to the forum and just saw this post. That’s exactly what I’m trying to get at! The disconnection part. Trying to get my handle changed...anonymity reasons, but once it is, would you mind terribly reading a crazy family theory of mine? I think you might understand what it’s trying to communicate. Thx...but no pressure at all.