For Clarity, When I Talk About Stims, I Talk About Anything You Do To Regulate Emotions - Pos/neg/otherwise.

For clarity, when I talk about stims, I talk about anything you do to regulate emotions - pos/neg/otherwise. Stims are not an aesthetic. They are a coping tool.

As someone who is on the autism spectrum, I get overwhelmed very easily by strong emotions. I've genuinely had breakdowns over very positive and very negative emotions in the past. Stimming is an important tool for me to delay the meltdown enough to recognize the incoming emotions and take steps to try and regulate before they get to the point of affecting my functioning.

This post is for my fellow neurodivergents to find and interact with me :)

Any and all are welcome! But yeah, stimming isn't a "quirky lil thing". It needs to be taken with the same level of seriousness as any other coping mechanism <3

Hopes this clears things up on my viewpoints.

Mental health is not a trend!!!

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