Took me 30 years to realize I was stimming wrong

I always cracked my knuckles and bounced my leg to calm down, but last week my sister pointed out I was doing it so hard I was bruising my fingers. Turns out I was masking even during stims by making them look 'normal' instead of actually helpful. Has anyone else found a stim that works better after ditching what you thought was the 'right' way?

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baker.ben1mo ago

Huh, that's actually kind of GENIUS to think about.

skyler_anderson651mo ago

@baker.ben You got me sitting here actually thinking. What part of it stood out to you the most? Was it the way they flipped the problem on its head or something smaller? I swear, every time I see a take like that I end up going down a rabbit hole for an hour.