funny story
I'm late diagnosed autistic however i use to stim A LOT as a child
but the thing is - my main stim was PLAYING WITH PEOPLE'S EARS.
Not my own. I never ever did it with my own because my own aren't the right texture. But my parents ears were, so I would reach out and flip the top part of their ear back and forth like one of those pop fidget thingies
Like DO YOU SEE IT do you see what I mean
my cartilage was too thick to do it so I would literally sit there in my parents lap with a pacifier in my mouth just fiddling with their ears staring into space
for like 15 minutes at a time.
I am an only child so my parents never questioned it they just assumed that's what babies did 😭😭😭
Adults would be like why is your baby doing that and my parents would be like 'oh ya know - im sure they have their reasons'
Family members would be like hey you should get them to stop doing that and my parents were like 'why??? it's harmless. they're literally a baby. chill.'
Meanwhile I was like six years old
And I did it for YEARS.
Theyd be like 'cut it out my ear is getting sore' so I'd stop five minutes later im like
gimmie ear.
I even remember trying it on people who didn't have the right ears for it and being like... completely disinterested in having them hold me
thinking like 'oh ur ear sucks u can put me down now 😖😒'
and honestly i love myself. that's such an autistic power move
being like not only will i stim but you will stim with me. in public. right now.
like imagine a baby with a little mandated autistic bonding ritual that I subjected all allistics to
yes I will sit quietly and play with my toys but you have to sit next to me and give me your ear
ur having a conversation? okay u can listen with one ear now gimmie the other
my mom didn't wear earrings for years. 😭😭 sorry mom
and they somehow didn't notice I was autistic until I was 25.
Assert Dominance Over Neurotypicals. Enforce Mandated Group Stimming.
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