I just, first, want to say thank you for bringing this up. I had always wondered if other people did anything like this, but I was always too self concious to ask.

I will pinch myself sometimes if I'm trying to stay 'here' and not remember things. When really hard things come up, sometimes I rub my hand and, at times, I have done it so much that it is raw and bleeding.

My T never mentions it - which I'm glad. I don't realize that I'm doing it until after it's happened. I don't know what it is.

Usually I try to have something in my hands to play with, even if it's just my coat.

Should we be telling out Ts about this? I mean, it sounds like it pretty normal and a lot of us do it.