Dr. Service Explains Stimming - From Evolution to Revolution
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2021
- Do you stim? Dr. Service explains what it is, why it happens, and challenges the idea that insist all stimming should be stopped. We are at the beginning of a neurodivergent revolution. It's time we stopped shaming those who do things differently. If you know someone who stims, share this message.
Disclaimer - This is the personal opinion of Anson Service and is for informational purposes only. This is not therapy and there is no therapeutic relationship between Dr. Service and any viewer. If you have questions, please seek a qualified professional. Names and details were changed for privacy. Thumbnail model image used with permission, thanks to icons8photo.
The water trickling in the background is making it hard for me to hear what you're saying because that's all my brain is wanting to focas on
Omg I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm sitting here wondering if it's a fish tank or a fountain. Or maybe it's raining but it's way too consistent to be rain. 😅
Ya that molested my viewing experience Dr
I have that difficulty straight away
Yep. 100% was almost a good challenge. I paused this video 5x to get past the water lol.
Was great info though
Especially because I can’t see the water. I usually find water soothing, but my brain kept searching for it and glitching like a stuck rainbow wheel.
Makes a lot of sense why my ADHD/ASD brain loves wilderness survival and dreams of living off grid and building or improvising all of my own comforts!
Yes!!! Me too!!! It's one of my intense interests, but executive function brain problems get in the way of planning, organizing and workarounds to obstacles. And of course I don't have any friends or family that have the same goals who are willing to do it together.
Try looking into local permaculture community, maybe they have a location you can join
@@ThePrairieChronicles 😢I understand.
@@melnamaizite2979 That could be a good idea for some people, but I think I might also have PDA. I'm still trying to figure myself out and don't want to be a burden or cause problems for other people.
Whoever is peeing in the background should win an award for “longest pee ever”
😂 lmaf! Good one.
I NEVER knew that lining things up in your vision was a stim. I would do that in the car constantly because I could do it without anyone noticing. Wow!
I'm not diagnosed as autistic yet, but I'm pretty sure I am and I really agree that people need to learn about stimming and accept it instead of telling others off for it. It can be harmful to the person that's stimming. Here's my own little story about that for anyone who is interested:
As a child I used to do a lot of hair twirling, because it helped me focus. When I got into primary school, my teacher thought I was distracting myself with it and I wasn't allowed to do it anymore. She made me tie my hair into a ponytail (and also threatened to cut my hair off if I don't stop; what an "amazing" teacher), so since I still needed to have my hands occupied while thinking, I started skin picking instead. It's a lot less noticeable, which is why no one ever stopped me since then. Now that I figured out why I even do that, I want to stop, because my hands are always hurting and wounded from the picking, but I've been doing it for over a decade and a lot of the time I don't even realize I am doing it until my finger is bleeding again. I tried to replace it with different ways of stimming, but it only helps temporarily if at all. This really sucks and I don't know what else to do about it.
I've turned my stimming into knitting. A small project like socks or dishcloths fits nicely into pockets or bags, plus I get something nice when I'm done. If anyone objects, I simply explain that if I don't give my hands something to do, they start doing stuff on their own. Plus it's quiet and once you do enough, you don't even need to pay that much attention to it. It even helps me concentrate better on other things.
maybe the idea that such common behaviors are a thing is damaging though. why just accept first that it’s a part of a disorder? i’ve just never met anyone who doesn’t twirl. 90% of the types of stinking aren’t even self harm or out of the ordinary. if they are, fine but so what. show me what IS ordinary.
I rock back and forth. It helps me concentrate. Of course teachers and others vhave a problem with it. I used to go to open mikes and write poetry. Rocking back and forth with my eyes closed enabled me. But lots of the other poets/ performers had said that I made them "nervous". So much for "arty" people being tolerant and open minded.
I also rock. I do it while listening to music.
I've been watching content like this for years and nobody has ever mentioned the AUTS2 gene. I would love more content about what is known about the underlying biological mechanisms of autism.
I second that! It reminds me of the "Hunter's Mind versus Farmer's Mind" thesis regarding ADHD as being our predominant type in Hunter/Gatherer times, but then "Neurotypical" was selected for once we settled down into agriculture. Fascinating to consider.
I always made sure I had a chair that rocked. In meetings. In my office. Wherever I could. I just rocked my way through decades... I'm still rocking. I've got other stims, but rocking is probably my most pronounced and loved stim.
I had destructive stims when I was a little kid, like pulling out my eyelashes and twirling my hair till it broke off or pulled out. Once I learned how to crochet when I was 11, my eyelashes grew back. I used to shake my leg while seated when I was a teenager and it drove people nuts! Doodling and knitting are my favourite stims now (I’m 55 years old) and I like to rock back and forth a lot. I just discovered in the last 4 years that I am definitely autistic, and I’ve been diagnosed with hypermobile EDS as well. I thought for so many years that I was just strange and worked very hard to hide all my weird behaviours. Knowing and accepting my neurodiversity is so liberating! Now I don’t care who sees me stim.
Hyper mobility is fun too watch as ab Art. I hope you are not in too much pain. Interestingly I did the same stims , I guess I was unknowingly neurodivergent ( for many other reasons). 😊
Picking scabs ans twirling hair has been a thing since I was a child, I also have this weird toe wiggle thing I do. I also kept sort of half dislocating my jaw on purpose as a kid, unfortunately, now I'm scared of yawning because I might dislocate it completely without being able to close my mouth again. Yikes..
I get a lot of comfort from my keychains hanging on my purse, one is a time turner and spinning the parts around is very calming. If only it was actually functional.😅 ( Magical item from Harry Potter )
Opening a new bag of coffee grounds, I always smell it. Lovely aroma.
I'm in the rabbit hole of autism and ADHD research and overall these seem to fit.
In particular the late diagnosed women, very relatable. I've been given depression diagnosis multiple times, generalized anxiety, social anxiety disorder... I've been bullied, I've always been different. As an adult I just thought, I'm introverted. Then I found the term highly sensitive person. Autism however ticks way more boxes than any of those diagnosis or terms.
My son, brother and niece all have a diagnosis.
Fear of bugs and creepy-crawly things like spiders and snakes has pretty darned obvious survival value so it makes perfect sense that it evolved. Likewise scratching itches was probably to do with neutralising insects that could have caused harm by penetrating the skin and/or depositing pathogens.
I had no idea that the compulsive leg/foot tapping thing could be considered stimming. I used to do that all the time when I had to sit down, at school for example. I’ve recently been screened and considered a likely candidate for autism by the NHS in england (full diagnosis pending) and have pretty much accepted/embraced it, but I still never connected the dots with that behaviour until now 😅
I distinctly remember my 2nd grade(age 6-7) calling me out in class for what was probably stimming. Now, 50 some years later, I still get called out for it.
I knew my making 'weird' noises was stimming, but till I saw your video, I did not realise my leg jumping up and down, just like the opening of your video shows, is stimming also. I've done this all my life.
I am still learning so much about my Autism, that I never knew. Thanks.
Well, that explains my lifelong nail biting. Various adults always told me to stop, but it never worked. My nephew tosses pencils up and catches them. We both have adhd, and he has social anxiety as well. Take away our stims, and our anxiety has us climbing the walls. I dont think stimming is maladaptive at all, rather, its something that helps us cope with the world. I think that's when neurotypicals start to stim, too. I went to school with guys who never stimmed, except while writing exams. Then their feet shuffled, or they tapped their pencils on the desk.
just watched a video where a doctor was suggesting positive responses for people to get beyond the freeze response ( of fight/flight/freeze frame ). she literally, physically, prescribed stimming. like, start shaking one hand, then when that feels not-super- embarrassing, shake both hands ... and yet, even among the most enlightened voiced around autism, stimming is still considered something at best to "accept" ... NO, actually, we are very-naturally using an effective human mechanism to cope with the stressors of living in a world that works against us.
I love that ! Maybe that's why we do it many times
Wow yes I get over being scared of bugs by understanding what their purpose is.
Very good video! I know I pick my fingers a lot in tense situations and did not think much of it. My wife catches me doing it constantly. I am in the process of figuring myself out and believe I may have ADHD and this video helped me greatly and normalized things people may do to obtain that stimulation they are needing.
Thanks, and dont stop figuring yourself out. It is a process and we are constantly changing.
This doctor has an accurate account in regards to Autism and their behavior. One problem is, in public settings as well as family settings; others may not know an individual suffers from Autism. And they immediately leave. I once had worked with an individual with Asperger. His behavior was very awkward, and I think by law we are not to ever ask about mental health of co-workers.
You don't need to know someone's mental health situation to treat them with kindness and compassion. You can just accept people as they are and assume that they didn't learn the same "rules" you did.
I'm wondering why the whole medication thing started then, if there are positive qualities to ADHD/ADD. Because as I see it, a medication cannot magically target the negative qualities without sacrificing the good qualities and also have repercussions of very negative side-effects.
I was diagnosed with depression and was put on antidepressants which I believe had a negative effect on my imagination and creative ability as well as making me not able to feel my emotions as deeply as I need to, to process the events in my life. These qualities of myself are very dear to me and I feel a loss. Even now, twenty years later I think it's still effecting me.
Around that time, I found Dr. Daniel Amen's books on ADHD/ADD and could relate to a lot of the behaviors associated with his assessment of the types, but not with any one type. I have low energy so I concluded that it must be ADD, if I indeed had it. So I was confused about why I didn't fit into his typology model of ADHD/ADD. In the mean time I asked my doctor to let me try out Adderal, and it made me have even more anxiety and uncharacteristically aggressive. So, I decided it wasn't for me and was taken off of it. I went to a meeting for ADHD, but it was more focused on children. One good thing that came from that though was I met a young woman who told me she never takes medication, only natural supplements and that started me on the path of functional medicine, which I didn't know was even something to consider as an alternative.
MY GOD ! i feel accepted !
Thanks so much for all the great videos! So much good and helpful information
I'm blown away by the Dr. presentation on stimming. I do it all the time....tapping, moving, humming. Never considered that I may be autistic. Must look into this.
Sharing so much!! Extremely helpful video
Thats it, im neurodivergent i knew some thing was diferent abouth me, im 41 and im undiagnousted 😞😞 my life its been so hard because of this, but lets face it back then it was hard to diagnouse autism 😢😢😢
Sometimes I 'pet' myself (stroke my own hand, for example) because I'm just feeling like my skin is tired - if that makes sense... I don't know how else I can explain this 😂 It's a really weird feeling, like the skin is not itchy, but is kinda tired from being exposed to air, clothing and other stuff. My face also feels tight sometimes, so I squint and tense all my face muscles to help them relax after that - again, if that makes sense to anyone at all 😅 I wonder if it's some sort of stimming, too.
I do all kinds of stimming, especially the vocal and tactile ones (singing, talking to myself in different languages, repeating phrases, whistling, pinching my skin on the collarbones, knocking on surfaces, doing weird stuff with my hair etc.), but my 'favourite' one is biting my upper lip and eating tiny bits of skin from it 😂 Sounds not too pleasant, but it's the sad truth about me 😂
All I can focus on is the sound of running water in the background. Adding this to my list of reason I think I'm autistic...
Thank you so much for this video! 👌🙌😊
Wow I just realized my ex had convinced me I was abusive and a toxic man simply because I stimmed around her. Holy crap!
Shit!
Such a help!!! Ty ❤
NVLD and I flap my hands when I'm having anxiety. Mostly because I can't decide which household chore or self care activity to do first. And... you have your basses hanging on your wall. Brother!
Fantastic Video full of benefits
I didn't realize that I did that as a kid. I guess, I sort of grew out of it, but sometimes I still do...
Lsd helped me the most
All that extra noise in the background makes me wanna stim.
I stim constantly. Mainly rubbing my fingers, tapping, biting my bottom lip, rubbing face like lips eyebrows and tapping feet, legs. But I mask very well too when in public..😓
Cracking my knuckles or do other movements subcontiously when people say them
Ah yes. I do similar things.
1) clicking my finger nails in my teeth
2) visually tracing object
3) rocking
4) spinning a top
5) repeat flipping an object, pen, water bottle, laptop. Have to watch that if I have laptop in my hands.
6) spin a pen
7) bouncing my foot
8) spin in my chair
9) random push ups or pull ups if there is something I can pull myself up with
10) balance on one foot
These are the one I notice at least or have been pointed out to me. I'm sure there are more I don't know I do.
You are God Sent. Thank you for your topics. I can relate more with you than any other Autistic channels. Is there any way to contact you directly for questions.
Like a Facebook messenger? I was misdiagnosed with Borderline Personality.
Thanks for your videos.
Question: is there such a thing as too much stimming? Is it possible to get addicted to it because of the dopamine? I stim a LOT, sometimes for no reason other than it feels good.
My father bullied the visible stimming out of me. Most of the time, it's internal now. Repeating parts of words in my head, or sounds, visually lining things up, counting things, tapping my foot under the table. Im late diagnosed. My oarents knew something was wrong, they didn't have the knowledge or language. My father was in denial, it looked bad on him.
Happens to still to this day.
You definitely triggered my stimming with you rapid fired reasons to stim ironically.
visual stimming can be useful when trying to find dead price tags on shelf with mostly on tags
(second comment under this video already, lol)
I also just remembered that I sometimes faint when I have to stand for too long while also suppressing my stims and having to concentrate on something, even if it's interesting to me. Recently I fainted after just 8 minutes of an excursion where I had to stand and watch an owl while listening to the keeper (the owl was really fascinating, by the way). I just need to be able to move in any way 😢
I never realized Ice Ice Baby came out in (or even before?) 1991. 5 seconds into the video and I already learned something new 😁
i used to do things like this alot more, nowdays ive replaced with having my headphones with music does the trick but the times i need more i always have my keys around my neck that i can play with haha
someone with ADHD was so annoyed at me for stimming that our caretaker told me to leave the group.
The thing I hated most is if the person behind me would pit their feet on the back of my desk, on the baskets that used to be there, and then shake like Krackatoa. It was the worst invasion of my personal space.
My main stimming is playing with my hair or touching my neck or my chin, or rocking about
I rock, but when I’m unable to rock (masking) I rub or pick my thumbs with my index fingers. I don’t even know it’s happening until I feel pain or my thumbs start bleeding. I’ve tried to remedy with thumb rings and super short nails, but it still happens (“it” being the act and inevitable broken skin).
Ive been told not to stare at people but usually I don't realize that I'm doing this.😐
Repetitive movements stimulate the production of serotonin.
My 5th grade teacher named me "The Fiddler" because i would fiddle with everything. I wasnt even allowed to have a pencil until it was time to write. Id keep little balls of paper in my desk just to have something to play with. I used to take apart and modify/customize mechanical pencils to sell to my friends for extra pizza at lunchtime. If i didnt have anything to play with I would usually just fall asleep. These days i doodle on paper coffee cups a lot. Or i pick at my steering wheel cover while driving. Im pretty obessed with the texture under my fingernails. Ill probably have an invisible meltdown if i cant find another identical one at Autozone.
What about jogging from one side of the room to the other side of the room while thinking about a scenario or being excited from a movie or characters. My 9 year old has been doing this since he was able to walk/run. He is also now picking or rubbing fingers without noticing he is doing it.
Totally, I am a pacer also. I hope he finds comfort in his non-harmful stims.
I love my stimming!!
Wow
realized me always stretching was stimming but not the stimming that I actually wanted to do but stimming that was slightly more acceptable. now that I’m stimming the way I want to lots of arm stuff but also having many many meltdowns and my body is tired. And being tired like that makes me meltdown again. 😞
I feel like when an ND starts to accept more of their natural traits and behaviors rather than masking they can tend to be a bit overwhelming until you get to know them and how they serve you or what their purpose in for your body and life.
Thinking of autistic traits that are useful in the modern world... I've been told my ability to debug software problems in real time appears magical to others.
How come I don't stim when I am clearly autistic? Aha! I suddenly realised my stims are internal. I take phrases I have heard, break them down into words, count the number of vowels and consonants and embedded spaces, re-group the non-spaces into equal-sized groups, reverse them, try out all possible orders of them, and basically drive myself nuts with this, especially when I am tired.
This is an OCD. To me, autism and OCD are inevitably related. (And no I don't mean they are the same thing.)
One of my non-internal stims comes from a need to touch objects an equal number of times from the same fingers on both hands, and in the same sequence, but it only becomes mentally mandatory in some circumstances, not all, and I am damned if I can tell what makes the difference. Another thing is having to touch things a specific number of times, typically a power of 2, eg when stroking or patting the family dog, chewing food a specific number of times, inhaling and exhaling some specific number of times and then repeating, and so on. The more I think about this, the more I realise I have these behaviours, and the reason I thought I didn't was that, though I do them, I don't often consciously think about them, I am just too busy doing them.
I wish I could switch all this tedium off but I can't. In particular it makes it very difficult getting to sleep at night, as my brain feels like it is running at 1,000 mph and can't stop.
Please come to my work and talk to my employers.
I wonder if a person that stims regularly, could be controlling their stimming by caffeine, through coffee or pop? I take Copaiba from Doterra to help me from the need to stim on a regular Bases.
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Is stimming a form of 'tapping therapy' that is used in PTSD therapy?
And here I was thinking my hyper-awareness/vigilance was a product of childhood trauma. Turns out it's due to my autism... Well, probably both.
Where can I get tested for this gene? 🧬
Is that noise in the background you playing with a stem toy while doing the video?
@neurodivergentdoctor @drservice I used to rock my legs like that, I used to over scratch my skin, I used to kiss my forearms and kneds!! I seriously think I was Overstimulated ! The last one would make me zone out. It was Unconsious. If anyone had a funny stim like kissing yout forearms and knees, I would love tp hear about it!
I like to rub a specific scarf it feels so relaxing...it used to be blankets since i was a little kid.
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Hey! 😊I could use some help. This video on stimming was really interesting. I am a late diagnosed autistic adult. (Asperger's) I discovered while working with my physical therapist on some body issues that much of the problem may be related to a kind of rocking my feet back and forth stimming thing I am doing in my sleep at night (sometimes wake and catch myself) It is hard for me to correct because it it during sleep time and it is causing pain and body problems for me. This video gave me a new angle to look at it from. What in my sleep environment may be causing it? But is there more about noctournal stimming? I have a trauma history too. There may be overlap. Could nightmares be why I stim at night? I had kind of thougth maybe I had just been repressing stimming so much during the day I was then doing it at night because I hadn't gotten to do enough of it during the day (the social shaming of it etc) Anyone go more info or experiences with this type of stimming? Thanks so much!💖
You might want to check with a doctor to see if you have restless leg syndrome. That happens while you sleep.
You saying that you stim in your sleep makes me wonder if nocturnal teeth grinding is a form of stimming?
@@jayawilder3835I was just about to mention that. I have been spending years correcting teeth grinding… turned it into clenching and then tapping. It wasn’t until I found the correct tongue posture that I have been able to release my jaw. I now seem to have a new stimming type of activity with my tongue on the pallet of my mouth and in my throat- this is fantastic as it stimulates the glands in the throat as well as behind the eyes and nose and as well helps stimulate the base of the brain. I do behave that if we can train these positive types of body movements in to our subconscious, we can put ourselves at a great advantage. This is the entire premise of Hatha Yoga by the way, the practice of which uses large movements and body and mind and breath posturing to stimulate the proper channeling of energy through the body that when done correctly results health, well being and the realization of one’s true self in a way that contributes positively to society.
this strange noise in the Background drives me crazy 🙉😅😅😬🤔
I used to bang my head against the wall when I was a kid. I would rock back and forth (Not Aliyah)😢RIP
Clinical eft Techniques are the best stimming and they work directly on the brain and they will calm down all around you
Please, what are these?
I don't remember ever stimming. Does that mean I'm not autistic?
imo, stimming provides a regular input that can be used as a reference 'truth' in a chaotic world. Esp. when surrounded by liars / incorrect information, or excessive disharmonious sensory information. Our brains very much like to build world models, and 'off' or untrue or disharmnious inputs are painful. having a truth reference (the stim) really helps to block out the noise. I find that I need to go through a process of facial movements to undo the stressed produced when providing a social smile when talking with a NT, and my hand goes off when in a supermarket.
I'm high IQ autistic neuroscientist, and have given this much consideration.
Also, prefer the term 'non-conscious' rather than 'subconscious' as that removes hierarchy implications.
also, the background noise in your video is horrible.
also, sensory issues make for great sound engineers. A full focus job for autists, just have to learn how to communicate with musicians without upsetting them.
Why is there a stream of waterrrrr
Did he watch this before uploading? How can you be neurodivergent and think this is ok for same.
Im always stimming >_
I was moving my legs and using a fidget spinner
Feel free to remove this if it is too disgusting or distressing for RUclips. I didn't suspect it was stimming until recently. I now see it as an extreme form if skinpicking. When I'm acutely upset or stressed, or even just chronically sad, I remove my entire toenails with either my fingernails or a blade. It does not hurt. It is comforting. In extreme distress I can escalate this, but I'm not going to go into details here for fear of upsetting people. Medical "experts" have told me not to do this, they have no idea why I do this and express horror, disapproval and disgust. Except for one lady who simply asked me if I ever thought I might one day stop. She may have had some inkling as to what it was about, some insight or understanding that it is a comfort. She seemed accepting but without saying so. I said I would never stop. It is a compulsion but there is a deliberate element in it. I do it in private and can hold off the increasing urge until it is convenient. When I'm not stressed, distressed, anxious or upset, I can't even imagine how I can do it. Such moments are rare though. As a child I would skin pick until I bled. I see this as an escalation of this childhood behavior, and it is a bit like biting one's fingernails down to the quick or chewing beyond that. Except it is more private because shoes conceal it. Doc, do you agree that this is stimming? It doesn't hurt, I'm not being masochistic. It has never led to infection or sepsis, and I've been doing it throughout my adult decades. I don't have negative feelings about toenails. (Although cheesy feet ARE a bit yuk, especially other people's. I could NEVER be a chiropodist/podiatrist!) I'd love a medical insight on this if you would be so kind.
Hun, this sounds like out and out self harm. "Acutely upset or stressed, or even just chronically sad"... I self harm, and it is not the same as when I stim. A stim CAN become so extreme that it kinda IS self harm, but only under extreme, consistent stress.
A stim is usually a calming action, but where you are specifically saying about extreme emotions, and considering you are actually destroying a part of your body, it really does seem to be full on self harm. One stim I have is to gently scratch my arm, and this is soothing and grounding for me. For years, I didn't realise that I did it that way, because the ONLY times I noticed, is when it wasn't enough to soothe, so I'd scratch deeper and harder til I'd break my skin with my nails. Then I'd notice. I thought that I only EVER did it that way, and that it was pure self harm. It's only recently that I realised my self harm in this particular respect was a stim that couldn't suffice ergh I don't know if I'm explaining this very well...
Suffice to say, it sounds to me like it WAS as stim to pick at your toenails, and in not so stressful circumstances, perhaps it still is or can be, BUT it's not working as a stim any more or in certain circumstances, so you're actually damaging yourself? I don't know if any of this makes any sense to you and I'm totally over explaining now so I'll leave it there, but can you remember if in your past, you just used to play with or pick at your toes without the damage? My arm hasn't been shredded for some time now, ever since I worked out that this is what had happened to me. Really hope this helps and isn't just a confusing waffle x
Your body, your coping mechamism. Nothing shameful about your actions. However I do wish you a life with less owerwhelm and need to sculpt away the distruths being thrown your way. To me it sounds like a symbolic gesture of great significance to you. Who is anybody else to call it selfharm when its not from that inner place you express yourself.
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Can’t listen. Too much of an auditory processing challenge with the water sound in the background.
I used to tap my foot, which made a noise that annoyed others. I replaced it with shaking mt heel up and down but pulling up before I touch the ground, making the movement silent. Now I just figure that it's good exercise; why should I stop?
Very useful when flying on a plane, to avoid deep vein thrombosis!
Is there a fish tank in your room or something?
I rock back and forth while listening to music. I also like to sniff my dirty socks and underwear and I lije the smell. Yes, gross. So...
Your theory about evolutionary adaptation for autistic behaviors via getting a selective advantage for hunting was clearly made by someone who has NEVER hunted.
Hunting, especially hunting with primitive tools, requires a vast amount of self control , and the ability to be completely still and silent, and or have very small controlled movements often for hours at a time. The whole point, is understanding how the animals think and" dont do anything sudden or weird,or else you will scare the animals" so you can get as close as possible. Primitive hunting also often involves intensive nonverbal cooperation with other hunters, especially in the Paleolithic when hunting for big game like megafauna.
Autism, in these cases would be a MASSIVE evolutionary disadvantage.
If anything, the best candidate for evolutionary selection for autism, is for someone who is for example better not at hunting, but at fishing and/or making traps and running a trap line , because both involve a lot of pattern recognition, mechanical tinkering and especially being by themselves for days at a time.
There is an excellent research paper, on the evolutionary psychology of autism, that involves interviewing an autistic primitive reindeer herder, who loved being out by himself away from people, and who's obsessive special interest was the specifics of behavior and well being of all of his herd. He was seen as very successful because his herd was huge and healthy, even if he was barely home, and never really engaged his spouse and their children.
i feel strongly that all this is highly questionable. you’d really have to identify consensus on what behaviors are unordinary or typical first. like with disease you can falsify if there’s illness and exemplify that someone via testing that they don’t have say diabetes or hiv. if autism is neurological innate predisposition from early developmental stage well that sounds like a thing that is falsifiable / testable. but i have a hard time seeing that any of the behaviors are abnormal or that dysfunctional more that anyone else who seem subjectively typical. i get that the nature of behavior doesn’t quite equate to something like a blood test. but regardless. why not question the medical field of psychiatry. ppl designing these systems are not always drawing from really good conclusive scientific processes. if i’m drumming on the table constantly. is that just being a person? if i’m pulling out hair can it be proven that it’s stimming? no. so why even bother with these clinical terms. hurting your body is obviously going to have negative effects, but lumping that into repeating phrases etc seems like a misnomer. patterns snd phrases are great ps, ever listen to music? this is all to much like astrology or or something were it resonated via confirmation bias. sorry there’s just too many different kinds of brains in any given numbers environments at given points in a lifetime to say there’s disorders at all i feel like. like why pathologize behaviors like these and lots of others at all.
I disagree, these traits have evolved with the neurodivergent group we call autistic. It is a new development in humans. Didn’t come into the literature til pretty recently
I think literally everything that you state in every single one of your videos is stuff that every single person does!!!
Is having SEX a form of stimming?
Personally, I like to get high enough to feel my bones and listen to music with certain frequencies and tones that makes vibrate a little bit. I play racing sims when I do that usually because the camera feedback (if its good) can help me feel what isnt physically there so I can better process game physics and improve my playtime. Basically I use thc to overclock my brain (whole other paragraph of information about neural inflammatories) and use the feedback I receive during that overclocking to stim
Rubbing hands face and feets