@Tooden @ScottSoCal @Pathfinder @TheAutisticTooter Yes, the smaller, less noticeable stimming is something I realised as I considered things closer.
I ...
- rub my fingers together
- play with the end of my braid
- roll my feet and rubbing them together as I sit
- play with the sounds of words/lyrics/songs (humming, changing out one sound for another, transposing syllables ...)
- play with my tongue (clicking, rolling it ...)
I also didn't realise that I avoid eye contact until I explicitly analyzed my behaviour in conversations.
@melindrea @Tooden @Pathfinder @TheAutisticTooter@autistics.life
The eye contact thing I knew about myself, because I spent years training myself to look people in the eye (which can also be a problem, when you're described as "intense").
I was told I came across as dishonest, because I didn't do eye contact.
@melindrea @ScottSoCal @Tooden @TheAutisticTooter
I can remember being in school, I think I was 11 and coming to the conclusion that I had to make eye contact. It was after being told off by a teacher for not doing it. I pretty much fake it though.
@Pathfinder @melindrea @ScottSoCal @Tooden @TheAutisticTooter
I look at people's eyebrows.
@n69n @Pathfinder @ScottSoCal @Tooden @TheAutisticTooter I look over their shoulder, just right of their head. *especially* if I need to think over something.
In fact, if I need to consider an answer to a question, I like to close my eyes.
@ScottSoCal @Tooden @Pathfinder @TheAutisticTooter interestingly, I have no recollection of being told how to do eye contact/what "eye contact" means ... but my allistic sister remember being taught that, so I might've been.
However ... *no one* (and that includes the psychologist doing my evaluation knowing I was autistic and he "just" had to find supporting evidence in his tests) realised I wasn't doing eye contact.
Because I'd mastered the "looking like I'm looking you in the eye" technique.