Developmental Psyche
The aforementioned class happens to be one of the things I'm taking this semester. Um, what are your experiences with self stimulatory behaviour?
Would you mind telling about the following?
1. frequency
2. context
3. associated behaviours
4. associated emotions
5. associated meanings
6. any other associated features not covered in 1-5.
Thanks a lot, guys-- eh, gals. Thanks.
Also, if glossolalia is a religious experience for you, um, would you mind talking about that as already defined, and if you have a chance before Wednesday, would you mind answering for the two activities combined? Thanks.
Yes. Look, we're all adults here - no need to get all coy and childish. Are you talking about things like hand-flapping or er oh I don't know, you know, girly-wirly, er...
I want to talk about whether or not the ghost in Hamlet is really from Purgatory: it seems to me that he commits sin, so doesn't that mean he's a devil? (showing off too!)
Screwing and unscrewing the top of water bottles. Clicking pens. When alone, sometimes I will clap as if to get my circulation going and to refocus. I'm told sometimes I walk around clenching my fists and scowling. My friends used to come up behind me and poke me to get me to laugh and smile again. When I was learning to speak publicly, I swayed on my feet, and I still do it if I don't pay careful attention and if I don't move around while I'm talking.
I'm not sure this is a stim, but when I am very upset, I lose the ability to speak. This was especially bad when I was a child.
My son with HFA fans the back of his neck with his shirt, flaps his arms, toe-walks (when excited), and rocks deeply to and fro. He sometimes grinds his teeth, snuffles in his throat (instead of his nose), and repeats the end of sentences two or three times.
The stim I have that most annoys and frustrates me is that when I am anxious I talk too much. I can hear myself doing it, too, and I know that I should stop it, but I really have to exert a lot of willpower to rein myself in. This is the stim that annoys other people the most. I have lost several friends, who weren't willing to tell me to change the subject, who instead insisted that I should "fix" myself so I don't do it anymore. I have tried. After many years of therapy, I wonder if I will ever be able to change this about myself. For some reason, this stim of mine is especially bad on the phone.
Not religious, sorry.
Would you translate from psyche geek into Stndard English and i'll try not to plant a Platanus racemosa in yr yard. LOL They do get big.
No more references from me to ornamental horticulture now.
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I'm thinking your are referring to stimming???
How would you define it? What do you consider stimming and what do you consider Not stimming?
Classic activities like hand flapping or can it include other things.
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Now can we talk about Kahlo and why she represents the internal human experience in her paintings or the pros and cons of relative positioning using cascading style sheets. (Yeah, I'm showing off tonight <grin>)