#actuallystimming

[vampire-clowns-r-us]

*harmonizes with the microwave as a vocal stim*

#actually autistic #autism #neurodivergent #stim #actuallystimming

[transfennecbuddy]

Heyo, guess what time it is? Random rant time! This time though, I'm gonna add a read more thing (since I figured out how to do that now :D ), so this is your warning!

So, music. As you can prolly tell from the fact that I mostly post about vocaloid songs, I love music a whole lot! It's got a special quality to it. Listening to music is like setting the background music for your life, and especially when you're doing something else, it makes every movement flow and connect with each other as if you're dancing just by moving. It makes it easier to do stuff and drowns out your thoughts so it's calmer when you just... exist. You can decide to be calm and grounded, or energized and productive, or sad and vulnerable. And sure, you can kinda choose that with the music in your head, but listening to it makes it that much more tangible and orderly (in the way that the music always continues forward and you never catch yourself looping the same part and getting nowhere). That's kinda why I like listening to music while I work and clean—it gives me something to focus on and makes every movement and thought feel like it fits in a neat little dance of life.

Plus the happy tingles! That moment where you're listening to a good song and it gets to the best part is the BOMB! Like after a while I'll recognize when the best parts are coming up and I'll blast the music (in my ears, not on a speaker) louder so I can bop that much harder! And when the music's so loud that you can't hear anything but that, when it makes up so much of your whole world that you can't even process the whole thing you can only focus on a section or two at a time (like the thump of the bass, or the emotional ebb and flow of the singing, or the syncopated beat of some instrument in the background), when you have no choice but to bop your head so hard that you're jumping?? That's a good part! I can't even listen to a really good song if I have to do something really mentally intensive, like really complicated homework, cause I'll always end up dancing whenever that best part comes. But simple homework or physical chores, where you don't lose too much focus by swaying and bopping and waving your hands to the beat? Oh it makes things so much better. Like I always love listening to my Ghost and Pals playlist (which has turned into kinda a general vocaloid playlist) whenever I clean up something! Or I'll listen to one song on repeat while I do one task, then switch to another when I do another task, and continue on until I'm done. Good music just spices up your life, you know?

And I've mentioned it before, but looping songs makes it that much easier to listen to music while doing other stuff! (I'm literally doing that now!) You don't have to worry about ads (unless you play it on your phone, then for some reason YouTube will play an ad whenever the frick it pleases), you don't have to process a beat or tone switch, you know when all of the best parts are (or, if you lose yourself in work, you get pleasantly surprised by them), and you don't focus too much on the music as to not be able to focus. (For me, only listening to a well established playlist has the same effect.) Plus usually my favorite (at the moment) songs go on my loop-forever playlist, so I always jam to them. But then since I listen to them forever, I usually end up memorizing them and always having them on my mind, and then I want to listen to them more, repeat cycle lol.

But I usually end up only listening to songs I know I love or songs that I happen to stumble across and be pleasantly surprised by. I usually never listen to music that's recommended to me unless I get naturally interested in it later or a close friend recommended it to me. That's why a blog like this is so different from what I usually do! And I haven't regretted it! First of all, I barely even knew what vocaloid songs were when I started this (and I still have a lot more to learn). And when I did learn a thing or two, I was kinda tempted to just listen to Ghost and Pals songs for eternity. But getting myself to check out y'all's recommendations, even if I don't listen to them all the time, has gotten me to get a better feel for vocaloid songs as a whole. It's really cool to spread out from a niche to check out (as much as I can of) the actual genre. I've never really done that before, and man is it an experience. You've got strange bassy songs like Honey I'm Home and Uncanny, to pop songs like Treat Me So Right, to chiller-but-not-as‐strange songs like Ghost Night Parade, all in the same genre! It's cool to see how vocaloids are kinda everywhere! I certainly didn't expect that, but now whenever I listen to a recommendation, I end up thinking, "What style is this one gonna be like?" And I've never thought like that before since I usually only listen to a few things. And plus vocaloid songs are really cool! I've even found new songs for my loop-forever playlist!! (And I've been harassing [in a friendly way] my friends into listening to them, hehe >:3) For that, I've gotta thank the folks that have recommended songs to me, y'all are awesome <3 Thanks forever!

#HELP I found the shiny object syndrome song by Daniel Thrasher and IT'S HAUNTING ME #it's got a grip on my brain that I cannot shake #also the background dancers are a delight to watch #but yes! Thank y'all for recommending songs to me #Love ya! <3 (platonically) #stimming #actuallystimming #music stim #kitty's rants #a new tag to organize (or avoid) my rants!

[chewelry]

children's museum of science part 1!

if the camera or my hand is shaky it's due to a hand tremor, sorry :(

#stimmy #stim blog #stim gif #actuallyautistic #hands #stimblr #irl hands #fast gif #actuallystimming #stim freely #space #agere #age regression #stimboard #visual stim #mine*

[stimmystims]

Are there any other users that started on Tumbles when they were like 12 or 13 and now you’re older than almost everyone here and it’s so weird? Because it’s so weird.

#not stimmy #mae posts #sensory #actuallystimming #actuallyadhd #actuallyautistic #actuallyanxious #stimming #stim blog #stim #so weird

[actuallystimming]

Don’t touch people’s stim toys or comfort objects without permission. They can be incredibly important to neurodivergent people and taking them away or even just touching them can make people uncomfortable or panicky.

If you do want to try a stim toy or touch a comfort object, ask politely, be prepared for the answer to be no, and most importantly accept a non-verbal no. People might be uncomfortable saying yes but not feel like they’re allowed to say no. And if they do say yes, give the item back as soon as the person who has let you try it indicates in any way (verbally or otherwise) that they want you to stop touching it.

#i don't mind letting people try my tangle but please follow all the things in this post #actuallystimming #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #stim toys

[sackof-stims]

before i say anything: i am white

ive noticed that both the stimming and cleancore communities are almost entirely white? i dont know how to fix/help with this but i dont see a lot (meaning none) of posts mentioning it and i think its important? probably? i dont want to overstep or say the wrong things because, again, im white, but if theres anything i can do to help lmk?

#ill try to not reblog as many things with white people in them but im not sure how to find black creators or gifs with black people in them #or other poc obv #im not sure how to tag this? #stimming #actuallystimming #<- is that tag ok to use?

[also-scoopertainment]

YOU CAN NOW HAPPY FLAP IN ANIMAL CROSSING sorta

you can get it by redeeming miles at that nook stop thingy for a reaction card thing whatever. it also allows you to sit down, do yoga, boogie woogie and more!

the song is Forest Interlude from Donkey Kong Country 2

The code for the hoodie is MO-5G6W-JYRP-TLN2.

#actuallystimming #actually autistic #actually neurodivergent #actuallyneurodivergent #actuallyautistic #stimmy stim #stims #acnh #animal crossing #new horizons #animal crossing new horizons

[vampire-clowns-r-us]

thank you lizzo i have been repeating "ba-len-ci-USSY" all day -_-

#/lh #echolalia #actuallyautistic #actuallystimming #stim

[hawthornthoughts]

Person: What's that?

Me: It's a tangle, it gives me something to do with my hands while I talk

Person: Can I try it?

Me: Sure! *hands them the tangle*

Me: *retrieves a second, smaller tangle from my pocket to hold until they give it back*

#this has happened many many times #i carry a backup in case i lose it but it's useful for other things #actually autistic #actuallystimming #actually stimming #stim toys #actuallyautistic

[weird-incarnate]

I made a happy flap discord emoji! For some reason the program I used to turn it into a emote killed the quality but whatevs. Enjoy this! Feel free to use it as I might make some more! I love it so much haha.

#stim #Stimming #actuallystimming #happy flapping #discord emoji #discord emotes #custom discord emoji

[fujoshis-arent-very-cool]

you ever see a post where someone is stimming/mentions a stim they do and your like I DO THAT TOO,, TWINS WE are twins

#actually neurodivergent #actuallystimming #actuallyneurodivergent #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #autism #stimming

[chewelry]

stim toys from walmart: asmr bar!

#stimmy #stim blog #stim gif #actuallyautistic #hands #irl hands #stimblr #fast gif #actuallystimming #stim freely #stim toy #body stimming #body stim #fidget toy #fidget #fidget stim

[stimmystims]

i’m a little rusty at this, so what do YOU guys wanna see? what are your fave stims? your fave colors? do you like still images? prefer gifs? videos? what are some triggers i should tag for? please give me aaaaaall the feedback! i wanna make this a nice place for y’all 🌸

#stimmy #stim blog #stimboard #not stimmy #actually autistic #actuallyautistic #actually adhd #actuallyadhd #sensory #sensory blog #stimming #satisfying #oddly satisfying #sensory friendly #text post #mae #actuallystimming #autistic #autism #sensory processing disorder

[actuallystimming]

“Stimming is a good and important thing that should be celebrated.” and “Some forms of stimming can cause injury.” are not contradictory sentences. 

A key part of celebrating stimming is accepting and embracing forms of stimming that other people think look weird, and only working to redirect forms of stimming that can actually cause injury. 

Another key part of celebrating stimming is accepting forms of stimming that can cause injury as something that some people do and can’t redirect, and not making people feel bad for or ashamed of stimming in those ways.

#actuallystimming #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #stimmimg #body stimming #dangerous stimming

[put-a-lil-alright-in-the-world]

when the mute button on zoom means u can bring loud stim toys into your online class

#am i just using old memes to narrate my life experiences at this point? #yes #but u know what i can bring my fidget cube into class now so #clicky clicky cowards #actuallystimming #stimming #not beetlejuice #adhd stuff