I'll start off with a few examples of my own.
1. This was probably a form of vocal stimming and my mood was a bit elevated at the time as well. My parents were both at work and I was working on the laundry when I started yodeling the word "meow" really really loudly.It felt exhilarating - until I realized the door to the house was open and the whole neighborhood was getting a live performance that I guess we'll call The Yodeling Cat.
2. I guess I will blame ADHD impulsivity for this next one. We had our horses at a place that had a pond inside the pasture and we had been getting a lot of rain. The pond had flooded, cutting the pasture in two. I wanted to get to the other side.I think it had something to do with a horse halter that had come off. Anyway, there was a very narrow land bridge so I thought I could make it. When I started across, I started to sink in mud. At first it was up to like my ankles or something. So I plowed on ahead but it kept getting worse. Soon I was sinking knee deep in mud. Thankfully, someone was there to rescue me. For some reason, I seem to be more cautious about taking off across things like that now.
3. When I was about 11, I attended some summer thing for kids. One part of the program needed a few volunteers for acting, a few for miming and a few for narrating. I volunteered for the acting, but got assigned to the miming team instead. Mimes are supposed to tell a story by their movement without any sound. We had a certain story we were supposed to present silently. When we got up in front of everyone, I felt uncomfortable so I couldn't do anything but keep doubling over laughing every few seconds. There went that, but at least the crowd got some kind of entertainment and not at my expense either (mean they didn't charge me anything).
4. OCD or germophobia or something of that nature caused this last one. I didn't like handling the doorknobs in public restrooms because not everyone washes their hands. I had taught myself to do a circular motion to bring my leg up high enough to use my foot by practicing a move a had observed while watching Walker Texas Ranger. On this particular day I used my technique to open the door and another lady was apparently waiting outside. When the door flew open and my foot finished it's circular motion back down to the ground, I saw the women that had been waiting outside staring horrified with a deer in the headlights expression. She must have noticed the karate based move. Sometimes I still wonder what was going through that poor lady's mind.
1. This was probably a form of vocal stimming and my mood was a bit elevated at the time as well. My parents were both at work and I was working on the laundry when I started yodeling the word "meow" really really loudly.It felt exhilarating - until I realized the door to the house was open and the whole neighborhood was getting a live performance that I guess we'll call The Yodeling Cat.
2. I guess I will blame ADHD impulsivity for this next one. We had our horses at a place that had a pond inside the pasture and we had been getting a lot of rain. The pond had flooded, cutting the pasture in two. I wanted to get to the other side.I think it had something to do with a horse halter that had come off. Anyway, there was a very narrow land bridge so I thought I could make it. When I started across, I started to sink in mud. At first it was up to like my ankles or something. So I plowed on ahead but it kept getting worse. Soon I was sinking knee deep in mud. Thankfully, someone was there to rescue me. For some reason, I seem to be more cautious about taking off across things like that now.
3. When I was about 11, I attended some summer thing for kids. One part of the program needed a few volunteers for acting, a few for miming and a few for narrating. I volunteered for the acting, but got assigned to the miming team instead. Mimes are supposed to tell a story by their movement without any sound. We had a certain story we were supposed to present silently. When we got up in front of everyone, I felt uncomfortable so I couldn't do anything but keep doubling over laughing every few seconds. There went that, but at least the crowd got some kind of entertainment and not at my expense either (mean they didn't charge me anything).
4. OCD or germophobia or something of that nature caused this last one. I didn't like handling the doorknobs in public restrooms because not everyone washes their hands. I had taught myself to do a circular motion to bring my leg up high enough to use my foot by practicing a move a had observed while watching Walker Texas Ranger. On this particular day I used my technique to open the door and another lady was apparently waiting outside. When the door flew open and my foot finished it's circular motion back down to the ground, I saw the women that had been waiting outside staring horrified with a deer in the headlights expression. She must have noticed the karate based move. Sometimes I still wonder what was going through that poor lady's mind.
