u/FaerieFeline

I’ve recently realized I often eat — especially in the evenings — not because I’m hungry, but because I enjoy or even crave the sensation of chewing. I’ll even keep eating after I realize I’m past full to continue the stim.

Can anyone recommend or point me to fidgets I can use instead? I’m thinking something like a necklace I can wear, and train myself to chew on instead of eating would be perfect.

I used to always do this with non-chewy necklaces as a teenager, and even got my tongue pierced in my early 20s so I’d have something to stim with (not that I ever connected it to autism!!)