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I was straight up diagnosed with OCD as a child because they really didn’t want to believe a girl had autism. Throughout my life I’ve struggled with compulsions when I’m mentally struggling and had zero issues when things are otherwise calm (sometimes I’ll go years without any symptoms). I’d never thought of it as a stim, but it absolutely is a thing for me to focus on to release mental pressure/sort through inputs. That’s totally a stim.
Sorry to do the thing that this thread is about in the thread.
Don't apologize. It's okay to express yourself and there's nothing wrong with relating your story.
I was diagnosed with ADD (now called ADHD inattentive type) when I was a kid and got basically no support for it because my younger brother was diagnosed with Autism at or around the same time. It turns out my sister also has ADHD (and was diagnosed as an adult), and got no support and stims are fairly common. There's a lot of behaviors in my own life that I didn't recognize as stims until years later. It seems a lot of us ~~feel~~ fell through the cracks so to speak.
Huh, organization as a stim. I guess toss another one in the bucket for me.