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Mine are:

  • Turning the spark wheel on a lighter in my pocket
  • Biting a finger
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[–] uzziah0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thumb to finger taps. I do this often, more when getting nervous. I tap teeth to each other, too, feeling like I'm tapping one top to one bottom at a time. Going all the way around to tap all my teeth. I realized I'm tapping multiple teeth each time, but it's a tap for each pair of teeth.

[–] tourist@community.destinovate.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like to pull the corner of my phone case off and snap it back on

[–] I_like_cats@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. I do that too. Also clicking the latch on my wrist watch

[–] guangming@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

me, a person who's recently begun to suspect i might be autistic:

óoooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

yep.

[–] rabythin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Walking/pacing around the room in circles (I do this very often)
  • Shaking my legs
  • Twirling my hair
[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's been a song stuck in my head for as long as I can remember (decades) that only comes out of the recesses of my brain when I'm alone, and I hum it over and over. Usually this is during driving or focusing on coding. Kinda frustrating that I don't even know if it's a real song or just something my brain is doing for fun. (It sounds a bit like the civil war song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, I guess?) I'm too self-conscious to do it around other people.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Have you tried using something like SoundHound? I've hummed songs using it and had pretty good success.