I stim like crazy. I wring my hands and I also have an oral fixation and a lot of sensory issues. I also go through patterns where I can only eat certain foods. I am autistic. This girl I know doesn’t have autism but she’s always posting about her sensory issues and pictures of her sensory objects and how she stims non stop and about her sensory overload. it’s kinda annoying. I think she just wants attention. I personally never tell anyone about my stim or sensory issues and items and I try my best to hide them. Especially in public. Besides my old therapist no one knows because I find them kind of embarrassing and not anything to be proud of. My mom doesn’t even know about them let alone my entire Facebook.

So can people stim and not be autistic?