#HAPPY STIMS SOME MORE

[nbmudkip]

I want to play isat (I heard of it because of your blog)! I know NOTHING about it. I've literally only ever seen it on your blog. What should I know before playing it? Like, any good info, potential scary or upsetting things in the game, anything interesting (I am too scared to look up stuff online Lest the Spoilers)

WAAAAAA IM SO HAPPY TO HEAR YOURE INTERESTED!!! YIPPEEEE

as for stuff to know ahead of time, yes there are a few content warnings i would consider before heading in!! this excerpt is taken from the official in stars and time website:

the website provides elaborations on all of the major content warnings, so if it’s a difficult subject for you, you can gauge whether you’d be comfortable or not. if anything listed above is potentially a major stressor for you, i strongly recommend checking out the explanation on the website for that specific aspect before hopping in!!

as for interesting things! i have a couple small notes:

the game features multiple instances of explicit queer representation amongst both main and background characters!! one instance of this representation is a conversation between an asexual character and an aroace character that made me tear up from how seen i felt while experiencing it

the worldbuilding in the game is fantastic. i LOVED the tidbits of information we got on all the different fictional cultures present in the game, both the good sides and the bad. it also deeply explores how one’s culture influences and shapes one as a person from multiple angles, positive and negative alike

there used to be one singular bird in dormont that peeped in english instead of piou-ing in french but it got removed :( farewell sweet peeper

here’s some really good screenshots of various peoples’ discord liveblogs of the game at various points (including my own):

conclusion: hrnrrrrnnnngghhhh videos jame.

#answered #verdantmeadows #verdant #in stars and time #HAPPY STIMS SOME MORE

[audhdnight]

Me: I don’t think I stim, at least not that much

Also me for the last 20 years:

Walks on toes when thinking hard or feeling jittery

Taps out repeating patterns with fingers and toes when feeling social anxiety

Repeats big words over and over in my head when unable to clear intrusive thoughts

Wiggles isolated leg muscles when overwhelmed by loud noise

Rubs hands in circles on carpet when trying to speak clearly with friends

Chews lips and fingernails constantly

Listens to the same song for hours on end when tired or upset

Repeatedly puts hair up and takes it down again when trying to focus

Intentionally makes limbs/hands fall asleep when bored so the tingly feeling acts as a distraction

Paces constantly

Always has to have a show to watch when trying to do anything productive (almost always Criminal Minds)

Can’t fall asleep without rubbing feet together or wiggling toes for several minutes

Stays on the merri-go-round until physically sick

Does consecutive summersaults on the trampoline until dizzy

Wiggles fingers when excited

Conductor hands to music

Bounces excessively when enjoying music

Compulsively reorganizes bookshelves and desk and art supplies and collectibles when bored/understimulated

Rubs face to the point of causing rashes when thinking hard or overwhelmed (usually this happens when I’m driving)

#there are literally dozens more #some of these were mostly childhood things that I don’t do as much any more because I don’t have access to trampolines and playgrounds #my stims #happy stims #actually autistic #autism #being autistic #autistic things #autistic stimming #autistic adult #autistic afab #nightramblestm

[sollilua]

* Seeing a hand-knit frisk cardigan fills you with determination.

I decided to knit a frisk inspired cardigan for this years' UTversary :D It took a lot of time to finish, but it was a pretty neat project to do.

#undertale #undertale anniversary #undertale fanart #frisk undertale #knitting #i decided to do a cardigan because here is too warm to wear sweaters most of the year!! it kinda looks like the one in my frisk design >:3 #also it was supposed to have buttons but i'll buy some later #also OOF it was a challenge to take a good picture with my phone's camera because it's filled with some kind of..... sand.....? #but i figured it out #i should do the maths to findo out how many hours i spent doing this #id say i worked on it a minimum of 16 hours a week on it. some days more and some days less #this guy right here Needs to stim in class okay #anyways im so happy that i used cotton yarn bc acrylic ones gives me sensory issues

[marcmorrigan]

"If I was Kira, you'd be dead, Yagami-san."

redraw of one of my fave L panels!

#L Lawliet #death note #panel redraw #manga redraw #my art #im an L eyebrow truther btw. they exist TO ME. TO MEEE #this is the first DN art i ever drew and im still SO happy w it... like thats him thats my L #those white highlights did some magic #also its SO CRAZY that this is only from late august it feels like SO LONG AGO... wild #OH FORGOT TO ADD IN THE TAGS: #his shirt is like that bc he pulls on his collar as a stim #i made his hair more mullet-y on purpose #hes autistic and i love him thank u for ur time #sketch

[cinna-bunnie]

hey younger ppl who grew up with strict parents, i want to share something really lovely with you that i didn't really learn myself until this year.

you do NOT have to clean ur house when u have guests over. like yeah pickup anything particularly embarrassing but have you not felt more welcomed, happy and cozy when you visited a friend's home and saw Stuff everywhere? is it not more inviting to enter a home that looks and feels very Lived In? do you not feel self-conscious about contributing to any sort of mess in a home so clean and organized it feels sterile?

Don't feel the need to keep this weird facade ingrained into us that your place needs to look perfect in order for you to hang out - just invite people over! Let them see what you're about, let the Environmental Storytelling™ do some work! i promise you it's very charming being able To See what you do and enjoy.

it took way longer than it should've for me to accept this and it's been GREAT. i don't dread the deep cleaning that having a guest used to entail because nowhere near that amount of work is necessary to hang out anymore - and I think everyone deserves to know that they don't have to work so dang hard for something that's really so so simple.

#like. lol the ppl I've enjoyed visiting the most are those friends whose place is so messy it's basically like “pick a pile to sit on😼” #i sure as fuck will!! thank u (⁠✿ ‚‚⌒‿⌒‚‚) i don't b having piles but i do leave some stuff out n around n whatnot. #i was in a 6yr relationship n my ex was very WE NEED TO CLEAN when we'd have ppl over once in a blue moon and like (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠) #she was raised that way ‚ i was raised that way. I'm assuming we both sorta internalized that from our parents but i made #a friend this yr whose home is SUPER cozy and lived in and cluttered w stuff and i absolutely love it. it's like a visual stim. #but idk also kinda feels like laying urself bare yk? i won't go on a whole (... other) rant about it but yeah i was so happy after my visit #that i just felt like I Too can have a cozy very lived in home - and not stress about perfection and appearances n just hang! #and yeah I've been this way long enough that I'm starting to realize a perfectly cleaned home feels very sterile. #there's an air about it that feels like u can't rly move around or makes u afraid to make any sort of mess and idk?? #NO MORE STERILE HOUSES BE URSELF!! LAY IT BARE FOR YOUR GUESTS TO SEE!!

[calicos3amstimblog]

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#cant believe this is how i found out there isnt a peppermint emoji lol #some gifs of different lengths :) #i loove wuhd fursuits they look so cool.. oops wait i have to put tags #fursuit stim #fursuit paw stim #paw stim #red stim #white stim #red and white stim #fluffy stim #furry stim #fuzzy stim #peppermint stim #candycane stim #candy cane stim #<— idk how to tag these things stilll lol #inspired to make more gifs cause today i saw a stimboard which used one of mine and they cited it too #:33333 so happy i wasnt expected that cause i havent done much #gifs i got

[skeletalheartattack]

theres another member of zarbons species in the moro arc of dragon ball super! he transforms into a differentmonster form than zarbon

Yuzun! i know him! or well, i kinda know him. i'm not really caught up or invested in anything Dragon Ball related beyond Buu Saga, but i've learned somewhat about him.

i think he's pretty neat! and i'm really happy they expanded Zarbons race just a little bit with Yuzun. though you hate to hear how he went out... there's no peace for my mans race. i hate this solar system. fuuuck.

#ask #shelbybunny #i like his design :) although its really hard to top zarbon's.............. <- sorry just those combinations of words turned off his brain. #understand okay? #i think his monster form is cool! idk if id be as weird about his monster form as i am with Zarbons :) but i like him #i dont know if Super would have this part in the anime... idk anything about super... but i imagine Yuzun having a surfer dudes voice #kinda like yajirobe's voice yknow #atleast that was always my first impression. though i guess i could see a similar regal voice coming from him #though ogh those wrist bands. i dont think anything for me could top Zarbons arm warmers #Zarbons arm warmers have always stuck out in my brain as like one of my favourite details. #literally would love to have some like... thick pink nylon arm warmers. thats how ive always imagined Zarbons to be #or a fabric similar to nylon. that smooth soft fabric yknow. that good shit. #i think if i wore those my brain would turn off because id be stimming those shits. #anyway :) yuzuns really neat. continuously happy knowing theres more of his race than just Zarbon #fuck frieza girlies. there'd be so much more of Zarbons race if it werent for that bitch bastard. #i'll never get behind the frieza zarbon dynamic. ive always kinda seen zarbon as being afraid of frieza #like its more obvious near his last few episodes in the show but. ugh man. #i believe what zarbon said in his final moments of saying he'd turn to vegetas side and go against frieza. #then that little bitch put a hole in him. horrible horrible. hate on planet namek. #anyway! thank you for the ask :) i appreciate getting to talk about Yuzun a little bit

[chewby-stims]

an Asking for a Miracle stimboard/moodboard, since I recently reread it!

it's an absolutely incredible fic from the lifeline au series which honestly changed my life or something, I'm going over it again and I might make more boards off of each fic in the series!

Lifeline au link (it's 299k words total but absolutely worth the read) - Asking for a Miracle link (you need context of the rest of the series though) - SlashMagpie's ao3

x x x | x x x | x x x

reqs are open! <3

#lifeline au #llau #hermitcraft #hermitcraft au #chewbys stims #mcyt stimboards #stimboards #y'all words cannot describe how this fic changed my life #the way stress was written actually gave my soul so much happiness #she's never written right and she's always some low personality mom figure and here she is in llau being a menace!!! #we love you stress!!!! #this fic makes my brain happy #might make more boards based on the rest of the series #who knows! #clocks #gold #blue #purple #crystals #cathedral #apple #food tw #stairs #pink

[lacefuneral]

jay lacefuneral video game sound effects

#jay.wav #''yey'' is more pronounced like ''E-yey'' and yum is. of course. a wwdits reference #i often ''yey'' verbal stim several times in a row like i'm on a loop when i'm happy #usually it is the ''i have received a package in the mail'' or ''i just saw lovely transgender artwork'' noise #yum is said sarcastically when a friend describes something gross #BUT. is also sometimes used genuinely when a friend describes something delicious #ex. i would say ''yum!'' both to ''i found moldly soup in my fridge'' and ''i just ate some gyoza''

[butterfly-in-progress]

I was born with a mask

Or I might as well have been

I didn't even know what my own face looked like

As the years went on

I added to it

Layers upon layers caked onto my face

A protective shell

But you were by my side when there were cracks in it

You loved me when the mask was still new and didn't cover much

You were with me for so long, through so much

I thought

That after the long and arduous process

Of hammering at this ceramic

To chip away the layers

And let my face feel the sun

You would rejoice as I did at seeing my face

But instead I have to wonder if you ever loved me in the first place

And chip you off of my heart

#some disjointed thoughts about unmasking autism #and losing friends I've had since childhood #or really... #having to come to terms with the fact that they aren't being good friends to me #that they got weird about me stimming in public #just flapping my arms excitedly #that they got mad at me for not staying for an additional activity due to sensory overwhelm #that when i first told them i was autistic and tried to lighten the mood #one of them said its not appropriate to joke about mental illness and shut me down from discussing it #trying to get me to skip a night of my meds so i could drink with them #becoming really aloof with me when i went semi verbal #messaging my mom behind my back to tell her i needed more therapy because i set boundaries about what i could handle and that was rude #the more confident and happy with myself I've become #the less they've liked me #and its hard to let go of friends youve had for so long #especially when those friends were among the only ones you had for a long time when you felt like you couldnt make friends #but maybe it was the fact that i struggled so much to make friends that my standards were kind of low #this kinda just hit me cause i was thinking about my birthday party #and i realized i didnt want them to be there #because they keep making me feel bad #they accepted me when i was The Weird Kid #but they cant accept me as an autistic adult #and they don't have to #just like i don't have to keep putting up with it

[wlw-cryptid]

what does stimming mean

the word itself is a riff on "stimulation" and the action of stimming is an autism/adhd thing mostly? I believe it's usually like a(n often unorthodox) natural expression/reaction to whatever situation you're in. repetitive body movements me personally. i wiggle in my seat when im really happy or flustered or something because i just dont know how else to let all that out and its gotta go Somewhere

like. sometimes you feel an emotion so much that the reaction bubbles up and overflows into a physical energy, with a common example being flapping hands when youre happy, or clenching your fists really hard when youre overwhelmed by your environment. stims can be bigger things too, like rocking, bouncing, or spinning around.

BUT i think it can also be a stimulation seeking thing too? like being Understimulated so you start scratching at your skin, rubbing a certain kind of fabric, or tapping on a surface. like i said, a common stimming example is rocking. like in your seat, on your feet, or maybe in bed. its Soothing. stimming can give your brain a Sensation it was desperately looking for like that n a person often feels calmer because of it. but i might just be conflating this side of things with something that is more accurately put under a different name.

#one way or another im fairly sure stimming generally comes in the form of an expression or like a self-soothing action. #repetitive and physical things that come as naturally as laughing. your brains way of sorting through big piles of emotion stuff #some of these might be really obvious but i think a lot of stimmy behaviors are more subtle things that people just DO and its not that big #of a deal. you feel me #its just. its not something you Choose to do necessarily. maybe you can channel that energy into a different stim but the river is going to #flow one way or another #she speaks #anon #asks #i get shy about my happy wiggles. especially when im being flirted with and i just. i cant help it. i know it looks silly but its like #impossible to Not to. it would be extremely difficult to try and suppress it and react more normally #if im being honest? i dont think ive really stimmed during sex before. i get overwhelmed during sex really easy and me and brain havent #settled on a way to sort through all those emotions and sensations. i feel like usually a stim Would go there but right now. nothin

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my partner and I discussed getting matching shirts that say "the hot bitch I pulled by being autistic" and each shirt has an arrow that points to the other person.

#original #diary #today we were watching a great show and a moment happened that made us both so happy that we #we skipped right over laughing and spontaneously launched into like a full 30 seconds of full body happy stimming #before laughter could even come out. happy stimming happens when i am so happy i must do something even more joyful than laughing #and she finished before me and i was still going and she came up to me and hugged me and told me i am so cute when i stim #it is like. so cool to discover positive stimming #and as sad as it is i had to suppress it most of my life i not only have it now but i also have a partner who actively encourages it #bc someone who loves you delights in seeing your purest expression of joy and seeks to cultivate that. #she is kind to me always #i just wanna yell at everyone about how they are supposed to be treated bc i wish someone had told me #i wouldn't give up my autism for any material thing in existence bc then i would be steven without his gem #i can happy stim in front of so few people and i generally think of myself as so open. but there are times it is unsafe to stim #and times where that safety or lack of it is unclear. and so masking is an unfortunate but necessary thing #and i have WAY more freedom in dropping my mask than most people bc i am white. #and people of color - especially Black men in my country (guess which one.) - are not given nearly as much leeway by society #but that is a super heavy topic and i am high and it is midnight so we will come the fuck back to that #'do u read critical race theory?' 'nah i just read some white stoners tumblr tags.' #anyway go listen to other people who are smarter than me and also not white if you wanna learn about this topic more #autism positivity #i love my wife

[mtsworkshop]

Matching Leon and Hop icons in Stratosfear #5  by @fivepointpalettes for an anonymous requester! Please credit if using, like/reblogs appreciated as well!

#champion leon #trainer hop #pokemon swsh #pokemon icons #pokémon #request #thank you anon for forcibly dragging me back to this blog! #i've been doing more stuff on my stim blog lately but i've been meaning to get back to edits like this for a while :3 #and it's always good to see some appreciation for these two! #hop is still my favorite character in the franchise so it always makes me happy to see other people who like him #anyway i hope everyone enjoys!

[cryptid-on-a-string]

what’s the opposite of a shout-out? Like a shout-out (derogatory) to person you hate? Because I would like to give one of those to that one person I know who, upon finding out I’m transmasc, kept referring to me as a “Drag King” even after I told her thats not the same thing, and saying she “Relates” to me because she too is “Not Like Other Girls” (and she’s made it clear she’s a cis girl)

#I’m also like 98% sure she fetishizes gay men because she won’t shut up about them and is always really fuckin weird about them #Also her friend is the one I’ve mentioned before who has body-shamed me and also made fun of me for happy stimming #(Even tho I was literally not even doing that in a way that affected her in any possible way) #Also those two are FUCKING HELL to try to cooperate with. #Imagine trying to rehearse 2 routines with two bitches who always have some petty drama going on between them. That’s what I went through #im so glad I won’t be doing any of the same routines as them next season because I’ve Learned My Fucking Lesson #sorry about the rant it’s just that whenever I think of one thing one of them has done it just reminds me of more and more shit too #Vent

[the-acid-pear]

Autism got me acting silly and whimsical 😔

#luly talks #going back to such an og fixation got me happy stimming without me even realizing #i just started marching in place and doing a little dance #no lie i am scared of being cringe esp considering this is fnaf which is like. the crib of cringe #this is where it all started this is when we started killing ppl w rocks for enjoying things and being kids at the same time #undertale just made it even more common place while also mixing a lot of racism and queerphobia that ppl had back in the day #im having vivid flashbacks as i type btw #anyway uhyuhuh. yeah. no i miss old fnaf days i miss foxy and i miss purple guy and co. #im going back to my old facebook page see how it used to be might draw some gay things too #idk man it just makes me soft i miss what i had w these ppl #its funny to think of going back after all these years like hey guys whats up im a trans adult now #foxy like hey girl i mean they KMFDJNYHGBNJ

[rumiraclemi]

boing boing boing

#my art #dnd oc #oc pwiren #(<- new name! literally just decided on the spot rn) #same slime monk guy from a bit ago #and ok so. i thought it was a pretty funny concept but once i did that initial sketch of them i got it out of my system #more or less forgot about it real quick #but then me n my sis were talking about drawing and showing each other some of our stuff #and she really liked this lil guy??? #and i was like. you know what? i ALSO really like them. you're so right dude. #so anyways. since it cant talk when it gets excited it does this stim/happy dance where it bounces its staff on its head #that's. yeah thats it thats the whole post