Talk:Stimming

message: I'm not sure I understand the difference between stimming and similar urges that occur in many people that don't appear to have any underlying condition. Many people get the urge to pop bubble wrap, squish stressballs or play with hydro gel, is this behavior considered stimming or is there a difference?
As I understand it, stimming is a strong complusive response to stress. The desire to, for example, pop bubble wrap is (in most neurotypicals) just something considered fun. So they are different, although i suppose poppoing bubble wrap could be a form of stimming for some  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:C481:4640:8CC3:CDDD:6246:6989 (talk) 02:20, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I would support the viewpoint that stimming is found in all humans, nail-biting, knee jiggling, fiddling with objects, hair sucking, hair stroking etc. are found in neurotypical as well as neurodivergent people. The only difference between the two groups is in frequency and presentation, i.e the type of stimming - hand-flapping is a much less common form of stimming in neurotypicals. Urselius (talk) 12:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Stimming as a neurotypical behaviour or not a condition-specific behaviour?

message: "Stimming is a behavior observed in people who have Asperger's syndrome or autism. It refers to performing an action that gives the person comfort" Is this word used only in the frame of PDDs? Apokrif 16:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's the only context in which I've heard it used, though admittedly I haven't read much psychology literature.  The concept and the slang term were probably first joined in the PDD care community, and if they appear in other situations, it's probably culturally derivative.  --BlueNight 03:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it occurs in other situations which are not autism-related (e.g.; Stereotypic movement disorder).  That's partly why the statement is no longer in the article.  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PDD-centric? 

message: As Stimming is a slang term for Stereotypic Movement Disorder (or if not, certainly the most obvious behavioural trait of the abovementioned disorder), should the two articles not be merged? ~Leftblank
:No.  People with other conditions have stims or stereotypies.  Sandy (Talk) 01:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've corrected stereotypy (psychiatry) to list more of the conditions that include stereotypies:  stimming is *not* a slang term for stereotypic movement disorder.  Stereotypic movement disorder specifically precludes other diagnoses, such as the pervasive developmental disorders (see the DSM criteria).  I removed the merge tag, as one is a diagnosis, the other is a symptom of several different diagnoses. Sandy (Talk) 02:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Merge 

message: Just as a side information, there exist also several people of this name. Prof. Ulrich Stimming  of Technische Universität München (University of Technology, Munich, Germany), Physics Departments, is probably famous enough so that someone might start the article sooner or later. --134.28.254.10 13:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  People of this name 

message: I removed an entire paragraph from the end of the article that had dealt with self-injury.  It lacked citation, and had been so marked for some time.  Normally I'd leave it in with the Citation Needed tag, but it was a bit prejudicial against stereotypy so I've removed it.  I'll include it here in its entirety should someone desperately want to restore it:
::"Sometimes self-injury is viewed as a form of stimming. Usually, self-injury is very different from stimming, but people with decreased pain sensitivity may injure themselves because they like the feel of it, similar to other stims. For example, they might like the way their hand feels in the mouth when they bite themselves, while not feeling the pain of the bite. Or they might like pressure on their forehead and bang their head without it hurting, even if they are risking brain damage."
--Llewdor (talk) 08:36, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good move; I should have removed it long ago, and just never got around to it.  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-Injury

message: The references provided do not use this word. I cannot find it in dictionaries. Could you provide some reliable references where this word is used. Mattisse 01:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Eubulides added the cite (as shown in history) and he would not add a cite if the cite didn't verify the text.  Are you making the mistake of reading the abstract only instead of the full-text of the journal study?  Also, did you look at the title of the second reference?  This is such a common word that I'm surprised you would inquire.  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, try http://scholar.google.com with a search on stimming autism; you'll get over 100 hits (like this one).  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Another example at  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

text: The cited source (Nind & Kellett 2002) does mention timming, and refers to "NEUFELDT, A. H., BICKLEN, D., FELDMAN, M., JONES, R. and McDONALD, S. (1998). 'Self-injurious and stereotypic behaviour: commentary on the current state of knowledge', International Journal of Practical Approaches to Disability, 22, 29–31. I just now checked Google Scholar and the oldest mention I found was the following quote from Maag et al. 1986 (): "… the teacher said a stern "No stimming' …". In all the examples I found (including Nind & Kellett), it's clear that stimming is a relatively informal word; it's not used in a technical sense by autism researchers, but seems to be a popular word in special education. Eubulides (talk) 04:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this a neologism? 

message: I wanted to find out the meaning of this word and found this article.  However, I was disappointed that it is only a dictionary definition, which does not constitute a proper article and could probably be deleted on those grounds.  I thought I would quikcly drop in some examples of stimming and a couple more refs, but hesitated when I read up on it.  It seems to be, as you guys have said here, a rather informal word, being used by some to mean only dramatic autistic "abnormal" behaviour and by others to refer to everything from shouting and waving your arms around to just tapping a pencil- on the assumption (?) that is has the same cause and function.
Also, apparently some people assume that it should be considered as a malfunction and firmly discouraged whereas others that it is natural and beneficial.  Beware also that the top pages of searches include articles by self-promoting individuals and unqualified, non peer-reviewed work.  The following article is probably useful info, but probably not a usable ref:
http://www.jeanshaw.com/site/1357437/page/875494  —Preceding unsigned comment added by IceDragon64  (talk • contribs) 10:28, October 19, 2009 
: No, it is not a neologism; the article is undeveloped, but the term is amply used in medical literature.  A Google Scholar search on stimming autism returns about 5,000 hits.  The jeanshaw site isn't useful; in fact, appears to be a promotional site.  SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Building article/Controversy? 

message: A lot of users, including myself, come here looking for Marting Stimming (the DJ), at the point where "Stimming dj wiki" is one of the proposed searches by google when entering "Stimming". In my opinion Stimming should either be a WP:D or mention the Artist with a WP:HAT. — Superuser27  contributions  -  talk 14:20, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Martin Stimming (artist) 

message: Seems to fit  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:5681:2F50:D822:CF2D:38D0:5BDD (talk) 18:01, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Restless Leg Syndrome 

message: As stated in another section, the term "autistic community" isn't only vague, but also not entirely precise. It's common among all neurodivergent people (Autism, ADHD..) and also people with  Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.  It’s just more widely known in relation to Autism. The article should at least mention that.
Additionally, the article still gives stimming a more negative meaning, which is still an issue. 
AllyThea (talk) 22:35, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stimming isn't exclusive to people with autism 

message: Would   this photo also be an example of stimming, or is that something different?  Maybe everyone's stims are completely different, such that to each of us others' habits seem as strange as they do to neurotypicals.  Thanks, —Soap— 20:29, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I didnt think to check until just now, but I note now that that image is listed as part of the stimming category at Commons. —Soap— 20:46, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't view this as an example of stimming. Stimming usually has a sensory and a repetitive component. One could argue that lining up items can be visually pleasing but I don't believe that's the main motivation for most persons who do that.--TempusTacet (talk) 12:14, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Another question

message: @1Veertje Is there a source somewhere saying that the person in the image  is autistic? Some1 (talk) 18:08, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I am the person in the picture. 1Veertje (talk) 18:14, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see now after looking through the revision history that you were the one that added the image , so I think my question is answered. Some1 (talk) 18:26, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  2015 Erasmus Prize image