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SoxyWoxy

Updated 10mo ago

Uncontrollable Vocal Stim in Autism

Does anyone else with autism have what most would consider a vocal stim, but it feels more like a vocal tic because you can't control it and it comes randomly? I control (almost, darn you shaking leg!) all my other stims, but this vocal thing that comes with a shiver is out of the blue and uncontrolled. I've had it for about 2 years now.

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andio

yeah ! i have this thing where i'll randomly yelp , which is obnoxious since i currently live with roommates . but it's involuntary !

SoxyWoxy

Mine is a weird chirpy noise like a cat makes. Luckily it isn't loud, I can only imagine how inconvenient it is for you. I've done it at work before (I'm a substitute teacher) and I have had to explain to students (luckily high school students so they are pretty chill) that I'm just wired different and I make a sound every so often. You'll never lose me in the dark!

BrokenAtBest

I have similar! I can suppress it sometimes but rarely. I'll squeak or yelp

SoxyWoxy

I make a chirping cat sound lmao

NonbinarySlytherin

Yep. I recently saw that autistic people can have "random tic like stims" as it could be a way our neurodivergent brains work. I have a head jerk motion where it will move side to side. It doesn't help when I have a migraine though. Quite painful.

SoxyWoxy

I bet. I'm sorry yours are like that. I wish they weren't so sucky

EliteLexy

I don't have a vocal one, but I do have a tremor and sometimes jerk like motions with my limbs, neck and voice when talking. It has gone undiagnosed as a mystery but since I have been diagnosed on the spectrum this past summer, I have wondered if it is related to an uncontrolled stim or overwhelm

SoxyWoxy

Mine seem to happen randomly, so I can't place a trigger on them unfortunately. Like it would make sense if it happened when i was anxious or over stimulated. Heck maybe I'm overstimulated and don't realize it idk. I'm just glad I'm not alone.

GlutenFreeGirlie

This sounds soooo weird but mine is randomly singing the bass line to seven nation army. All. The. Time. ❤️

Songbird24

Love this one 💜

Sevyn0Sevyn

Yeah it's actually pretty normal. I got lost in a rabbit hole about Tourette's and links to ADHD and since ADHD is linked pretty strongly to autism, there's been some ties. Not to mention, autistic stims on their own are always interesting. I make Perry the Platypus noises, pop my lips softly, and click my tongue with my mouth shut so mine aren't as vocal right now

EliteLexy

do you know if some stims can be uncontrollable if suppressed for too long? Or as you said, a form of Tourette's (but with the body?)

gummybearit

I get shivers, makes my head turn sideways quick, some times it comes with a quick "hhhmm". My dad has severe ones where his physical response makes him jolt and he has to catch his balance again since it happens when he's stood up as well as sitting.

SoxyWoxy

OH MY GOD THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MINE ARE (yours) only I make a little chirpy noise like a cat can make. I get a full body shiver and my head turns and I make the sound!

Leopuppy

Yea sometimes I'll make lil whimper noises and at the same time my body does a hiccup motion. But I'll also have random twitches in my legs, arms or head.

SoxyWoxy

I hate random twitches

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