I am a chronic fidgeter. (Is that a word? Firefox says no but my heart says yes.) I'm always twirling pens around or bouncing my leg up and down or scrolling my mouse wheel for no good reason or what-have-you.
Who else fidgets like I do?
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I am a chronic fidgeter. (Is that a word? Firefox says no but my heart says yes.) I'm always twirling pens around or bouncing my leg up and down or scrolling my mouse wheel for no good reason or what-have-you.
Who else fidgets like I do?
I DO
A teacher once called me out in high school, because above my desk I'd be completely calm writing/reading/etc, but beneath my desk, I'd be bouncing my legs so fast.
I kind of fidget these days. Nothing too bad, I think.
It was a bit of a problem when I was younger, as I let my imagination run wild. I also got yelled at by teachers and classmates for humming video game songs too. My body OR mind wouldn't sit still!
No, I'm pretty calm so I don't fidget very much. I only fidget when I start getting impatient.
I vibrate.
Your girlfriend must love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
I used to fidget for a while with one of my foster families, but that's just because of the constant fear of abuse while I was there. It went away shortly after I got away from there. I haven't fidgeted since.
I can't sit still for too long and I'll shift and sit in weird positions. Also I must always have something to focus on or have in my hands.
So does yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodYour girlfriend must love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
I'm always fidgeting
I fidget all the time. There are apparently studies suggesting that fidgeting makes it harder to become overweight so it's not a habit I'm in any particular hurry to break.
Does pacing count as fidgeting? Either way, it's hard not to fidget when sitting around for hours at a time.
I fidget a lot, for no particular reason.
I especially fidget when trying to go to sleep.
Jokes on you; I don't have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnySo does yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodYour girlfriend must love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
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I fidget and I pace. Strange how I have the energy to do that, but when my dad tells me to go out and mow the lawn, I never feel like doing it.
When i have my legs or feet dangling off a chair or a side of the bed it happens.
Your sadness makes me vibrate harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodJokes on you; I don't have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnySo does yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodYour girlfriend must love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
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If you asked my husband to list five adjectives describing me, I'm sure one would be "fidgety."
I fidget, I suppose. I'm always moving, tapping my foot or drumming with my fingers, and while I'm walking my are either drumming on my legs or clenching and unclenching to a beat. I've always just kind of chalked it up to ADHD. *shrug*
*sigh* I guess I'm the only less fidgety one here. :(
I'm a pretty fidgety person. I honestly feel I could score higher on exams if my professors would allow me to get up from my chair and pace around while think about the answers. I'm constantly moving some part of my body when I try to stay still. I'm really bad with my pacing and I've done that since I was a child.
My last job required me to stand in one spot for the duration of the entire shift and it was awful so I ended up just pacing, nonstop. The managers would watch me on cameras and call me and tell me I was making them dizzy.
I did the same thing when I worked in retail. I would get so bored in the early morning shifts that I started to do Tae Kwon Do forms by the registers until security would call me up and ask what the hell I was doing.
At another job, I would pace so much that one of my co-workers commented that I looked like a caged animal and asked me to stop cause it was freaking him out.
I bounce my leg up and down and my friends hate it. I also enjoy walking about but i can force myself to stand still if I have to
Not true, Proto! I'm the same as you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent Proto
I only fidget when I'm uncomfortable or I'm in a situation where I need to be somewhere else immediately... Such as the work monthly briefing or when my female co-workers start talking about Glee, Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey.
This is also accurate for me. I also air drum a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
This is a lovely exchange.Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnyYour sadness makes me vibrate harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodJokes on you; I don't have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnySo does yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodYour girlfriend must love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
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Everyone fidgets nowadays, because we all jack ourselves up on coffee and meds and then sit in a chair for 8 hours. It's called THE MODERN WORLD.
I fidget so badly the local government requires that I wear a lid covered cup strapped to my back so if at any time someone prefers their hot chocolate or chocolate milk shaken not stirred they can have it their way.
Not I.
Every girl I've 'known' has been a fidget head...I wonder if it's something to do with me or them.
When I'm nervous or high. You can mathematically tell how high I am by how many times I've punched your shoulder in the past minute.
Oh, you're one of them violent types.
Yeah I fidget a lot, especially that mouse wheel scrolling! I used to pace an enormous amount but I don't do that so much anymore.
Forgot to mention it happens alot when paranoia sets in... speaking of which...
I fidget all the time. I don't even think I'm capable of sitting perfectly still. I'll air drum or air guitar at times, or I'll just tap my foot to beats in my head, or I'll just shake my food back and forth. I've been called out on that last one because I tend to do that while going to sleep and it bugs people.
I fidget constantly, which helped attribute to the amazing reality that I can get amphetamine whenever I want.
But if I am unoccupied for a long amount of time, the fidgeting goes mental, and I begin to rapidly create various hedonistic ideas, which I often try to carry out. They are mostly always masturbatory in nature. It always goes in some fairly extreme sadomasochistic direction. And I really mean it when I say it. It's a mixture of both; I end up doing things to myself that I feel am controlling, but I also have a very clear desire to feel what I'm doing to another entity, but only when it comes to me. When it's just me, I need to feel both. So I do it to myself to accomplish everything I want.
I have loads of nervous energy so I fidgit a lot, it's a great way to conveniently stay in shape :jess:
y'all *snip* hyperactive
No racial slurs please, even in jest.
Fo sho, it surprises me to see so many fidgety people. It's like every one of them are nervous wrecks.
It's usually anxiety or boredom. If I don't have something to occupy my time with then I have to be actively doing something even if it's tapping a pen repeatedly or whatever.
I don't like to keep still. I can, but it's not preferable. As a result, I tap tables on my knees while sitting, dance a little while standing, pace, tap my feet, crack my knuckles, scratch my face etc etc etc just to keep moving.
I have the mannerisms of someone who is on speed all of the time.
I'm like that. Especially if I'm doing homework or writing a paper, I'm constantly getting up from my desk and walking around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
I don't fidget too much. I chalk that up to my mother not liking people fidgeting, so she'd tell me to stop whatever I was doing.
I fidget a lot. Mostly because I'm always so intensely anxious about stuff.
When I read something on my computer I always move the mouse around highlighting random parts of the page. I didnt even notice it until my friend told me it was distracting
Are you Huxley?Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Can't sit or stand still ever. :hyper:
I do that too actually!Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeAre you Huxley?Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
I don't do it when I'm reading, but when I'm thinking about what to type I do.
I only highlight strings of letters/numbers/whatnot that are aesthetically pleasing. I like things that appear to have some sort of balance-- for example, in parenthesis-- and a healthy dose of horizontal symmetry. For example, something like "(100%)" has got all sorts of symmetry and patterns in it so I'd highlight it.
IS PIKE AUTISTIC, NOW TAKING BETS
All of you have problems! :mad2:
Pike is spergy as heck.
There's a space after the first two hyphens so they're touching the main part of the sentence but not the addition. The second set of hyphens has it touching the addition but not the main part of the sentence. So no, you are not autistic, because you would have noticed that the second you posted it and changed it. How dare you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
That is the proper way to type a hyphen. At least, it was back in the day when I learned to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by TigmafuzzThere's a space after the first two hyphens so they're touching the main part of the sentence but not the addition. The second set of hyphens has it touching the addition but not the main part of the sentence. So no, you are not autistic, because you would have noticed that the second you posted it and changed it. How dare you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Part of being autistic is sometimes making your own definitions of "proper" to fit with your obsessions. But I will forgive you this one time.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeThat is the proper way to type a hyphen. At least, it was back in the day when I learned to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by TigmafuzzThere's a space after the first two hyphens so they're touching the main part of the sentence but not the addition. The second set of hyphens has it touching the addition but not the main part of the sentence. So no, you are not autistic, because you would have noticed that the second you posted it and changed it. How dare you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Everybody gets one.
We should start a club!Quote:
Originally Posted by RantzI do that too actually!Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeAre you Huxley?Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Is that really how autism works?Quote:
Originally Posted by TigmafuzzPart of being autistic is sometimes making your own definitions of "proper" to fit with your obsessions. But I will forgive you this one time.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeThat is the proper way to type a hyphen. At least, it was back in the day when I learned to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by TigmafuzzThere's a space after the first two hyphens so they're touching the main part of the sentence but not the addition. The second set of hyphens has it touching the addition but not the main part of the sentence. So no, you are not autistic, because you would have noticed that the second you posted it and changed it. How dare you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Everybody gets one.
Probably not, but it's how autism works on the internet.
Some cases, yes. There are several kinds in varying levels of severity. I was given some 300+ questionnaire once during a smurfING EIGHT HOUR PSYCH EVALUATION (required for something that I wanted to join) and apparently I scored just 2 points short of "certain" autism out of a possible 99 for that particular range. I got a 60-something. I was in the range for high-functioning autism but apparently my high scores on the logical/deductive reasoning thing as well as the friendliness aspect, extroversion, morality, altruism, compassion, self-discipline, "consciousness," and some other stuff ruled me out. It was some weird new psychological test based on both the MBTI and the IPIP-NEO integrated with the five factors model. I'll see if I can find a copy of it somewhere (unlikely) if you guys want to check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShortyIs that really how autism works?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigmafuzz
I've had like four or five different people (including my mom) tell me they think I have Asperger's. I just smile and nod and wonder why random people are telling me this.
Edit: For the record I actually was professionally diagnosed with ADD xD