When I'm doing something I'll idly "drum" by rhythmically clacking my teeth against each other and only yesterday did I realize that that's probably a big part of why I've had so many dental issues lol. Does anyone have any advice for how to not do this? I stop when I catch that I'm doing it but I've done this since childhood and it's basically unconscious at this point
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I developed a really bad habit as a kid/teen of stimming through pulling my hair >.< which obviously also led to tons of issues
Anyways, the only thing that worked to stop it was to stop stopping it and instead redirecting it, finding a different way to stim and making that more accessible until it became the habit. Maybe you could look into chew stimtoys or something to fiddle with?
ouch! yeah some sort of fiddle thing might be good, i've been switching to beatboxing when i catch myself doing it at home but i don't think people would appreciate random bad beatboxing in public :P
we also have this and for us when we notice ourselves doing it we either
- stop doing it and do some other stim
- switch to tapping out the song but with my tongue (i put the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge to create a seal and then manipulate the air pressure in my mouth to click it inwards or outwards) or swishing spit around.
hmm the tongue tapping thing sounds interesting! thanks!