#spiky stim

[cutiepieautistic]

Xenomorph stimboard

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[heartnosekid]

malaysian katydid (ancylecha fenestrata) | source

[thesensories]

@makeupamurder on IG

[fruitypiestims]

Spiky bualls

[sonyashnik]

Scream of my soul

[minzi2024]

one of my fav antistress balls cuz its spiky 🐡

[heartbeetz]

Also re: that isekai / roger rabbit jazzton thing. I do think him maintaining his pixels would make it like in the fight fighters episode of gravᎥty fαlls when dipper touches rumble and his pixels are sharp. But whatever. Pointy husband. Grabbing him so it's like stimming.

[themoonstonechronicler]

The only thing everyone will be getting out of me for a while is probably more ocposting. so. have my main four in modern clothing! Left to right: Ara, Aurtaral, Senatha, Fesi

[i-may-be-an-emu]

I found a stim toy i thought was long lost yesterday and im so happy because it's my favourite thing ever

[thrashkink-coven]

people who don’t understand neopronouns or therians are immediate red flags to me as people who probably don’t understand neurodivergency, polyamory, alt subcultures, or paganism either. Basically just anything that isn’t immediately simple and easy to define. People somehow seem blind to gray areas and nuances and I don’t understand why.

“Why not go by he or she? or even they? why does it have to be so complicated?!”

Because humans are complicated and this word fits xim better. Language has been evolving to be more specific for centuries, xer not doing anything different than he or she is.

“Why do they look like that if they don’t want me to stare at them?”

I guarantee your opinion was not the determining factor of their outfit choice today. Green is their happy color and spiky hair makes them feel cool. What other reason do they need? Everything isn’t about you.

“How do you identify as something nonhuman?! that makes no sense??!”

Probably because cats are the only creature they’ve known to not question their habits and force them to make eye contact. Maybe they relate more to animals than humans because you’re all so cruel.

“How can you be an it?! You’re not an object?!”

Maybe this person just generally doesn’t identify with being humanized in general. Who cares.

“This is all really weird they probably have some kind of mental disorder”

Okay? And? Maybe they do? What’s your point? What’s wrong with that? Why can’t they live peacefully with their disorder? Why can’t they be a person with DID? Why can’t they do age regression? Because it makes you uncomfortable? If these things are helping them cope and not causing harm, what’s the issue? That it’s too complicated to deal with? Maybe you don’t actually want to have a relationship with this person and should just leave them alone.

“I just don’t get all the freaky chanting and stuff. Seems like demons possessing you”

Oh yeah, you probably don’t “get” stimming either, do you? Moshing? Nope? Didn’t think so. Yeah wild idea but maybe howling and clapping actually feels good for some people. Maybe it even feels… really good.

“I just don’t get how you can be multiple things at once”

You probably don’t get how you can worship multiple Gods at once either, huh? Or even… be more than one person at once? Be more than one gender at once? Love more than one person at once? All of these concepts must fry your little brain don’t they?

“well sorry, I just don’t get it. It’s too much for me”

Although I don’t think it’s all that difficult, (hey buddy, are you maybe perhaps a little bit stupid?) you don’t actually have to “get” it to respect it, or at the very least respect people. Humanity is and always has been complicated. Get with the program dummy.

[cutiepieautistic]

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[stoutguts]

ADHD/neurodivergent 🧼 (💀🧼 too bc why not/it's my comfort ship and I love them)

(chock full of my own personal HCs and ideas, also mental health stuff/issues/problems heyo)

I am most definitely all for autistic Ghost, but what about ADHD brain/neurodivergent Soap? I've seen few people talk about this or explore it so here we go.

Like, even though Johnny's generally laid back, he still tends to be very hyper or high-strung. Maybe even overwhelming for some people, and is easily excited almost like a puppy (golden retriever Soap my beloved), (Ghost thinking it's literally the cutest thing ever). Bro has either the attention span of a nat or is so hyper-focused on something he forgets to blink.

He has APD (auditory processing disorder),—and will ask you to repeat yourself 15+ times before he finally understands what your saying. This is incredibly frustrating for him, but like Price will lose his shit, because having to repeat himself is like one of his pet peeves lmao. Same thing, with Yuri.

Even Ghost and Gaz get fed up with him on occasion. Though Roach doesn’t give a fuck because they’re just as ADHD as him, and just loves to talk, plus their echolalia helps to sort things out lots of times. Gaz will give him the silent treatment and refuse to talk to him. Usually when Simon finally gets irritated with him it's lead to a fight. But it isn't long before Ghost feels bad and apologizes, and reassures him saying "I know you can't help it". Simon tries to work on learning to be more patient specifically for him. 💕

He does the same things that Simon does to stim, (though particularly pacing and bouncing his leg). But he also likes to chew on everything, whether it’s a pen/pencil, a cap off a water bottle or other plastic drink bottle—(This pisses off Simon in particular, and they’re always scolding him about how he’s gonna end up choking on it. Not to mention, he always leaves the nasty ass, spit-covered things around and forgets to throw them away after he’s done with one. Either leaving Ghost to pick up after him much to his disgust, or forcing Johnny to throw his own shit away, (as he should). If he gets ahold one of those spiky silicone balls from an arcade machine he likes to bite the nibs on it, etc. Simon has even bought him some chewlery because he orally stims so much, to which Soap uses all the time and was overjoyed when Ghost first got it for him. Though his chewlery needs to constantly be replaced because Johnny has unusually strong and sharp teeth. It’s not uncommon for him to completely destroy shit that he gets his paws on. Simon often comparing him to a dog or a teething puppy.

I am also totally for Johnny being just as mentally fucked as Ghost.

He’s the four b's, bisexual, bipolar, bilingual, and a bitch.

Like Simon, Johnny has generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for similar or for maybe even the same reasons as Ghost. Not nearly to the same level of severity, but panic attacks and flashbacks do happen on occasion. As with certain things he's easily triggered.

He also struggles with bipolar disorder and/or severe manic depression. His bipolar tendencies making it incredibly difficult to maintain relationships in his youth, among many other things, (his past drug abuse/addiction only making him worse and more unstable). Though these days he’s medicated and for the most part stable, only sometimes going off his meds, (particularly when he relapses or is heavily triggered by something).

No therapist has ever been able to help Soap, though he does see a psychiatrist regularly.

Mostly for anti-psychotics and other prescription refills and the like, but can vent as much as he likes to them. Either that, or Simon doesn't mind lending an ear to listen when he needs it.

Similar to Ghost, Johnny can have very low self-esteem, but can also be of very high self-esteem, (it fluctuates due to his manic depression). And Simon is more than willing to give him reassurance and comfort, but equally doesn't mind knocking him off his high-horse, and/or, taking down his ego a few pegs if need be. (Which isn't so bad, as Johnny just so happens to have a degradation kink). >:3

Johnny is a highly reserved person, (though he’s able to put on a mask/a show for other people and strangers), and pretty stoic (all things considered), due to his traumatic upbringing. He has a very unhealthy habit of bottling up his emotions until he quite literally explodes, though he's trying to get better about that. But he can’t help but genuinely let his guard down, and has LEARNED to let his guard down around Ghost, the 1-4-1, and his sisters (the most important people in his life).

This tidbit has less to do with mental health and rather his personality but I still wanted to include it here so…

Soap is highly perceptive and emotionally intelligent. You can't hide anything from him as he can always tell when someone's lying to him, and he always knows when something's wrong. A true empath. He's also a very good liar himself because of this, but he uses this secret power responsibly, and would never lie to those closest to him and/or his loved ones.

All members of the 1-4-1 having highly specific phobias? Yes please.

As for Johnny…

He is deathly afraid of needles and hospitals (Trypanophobia and Nosocomephobia), because when he was growing up and as a young kid he was quite sickly, and often was in and out of the hospital. He's immunocomprised and gets sicks all the time, most of the time nowadays when he gets sick it's just a small cold, with the occasional illness that may put him out of commission for a bit—Simon always doting over him and making sure he’s okay when he even so much as senses he’s got a runny nose—Johnny finding it incredibly endearing, but when he was a child it was horrible. When he was hospitalized he'd suffer at the hands of doctors and nurses much too often, going through one too many traumatic experiences. Mostly, because of incompetence or just straight up apathy. Getting his IV done is the worst, because he's cursed with almost non-existent and small veins. Oh so jealous, of Ghost's huge and bulging veins. Someone will stick him upwards of 10 times or more, or until his arms are swollen, until they finally get it right usually. Not to mention, Johnny also has Hemophilia, and so he bleeds a lot which only makes it even more distressing. Soap specifically underwent medical and first-aid training, just so he could avoid going to medical himself as much as possible. His medical knowledge and training has happened to pay off lots of times in the field, for himself or for his teammates or squad’s sakes. Despite his aversion, he's not squeamish at all when it comes to mending his own wounds, or others weirdly enough. Even if he's severely injured he refuses to go to medical. Simon used to get really mad at him for this, because of not only his stubbornness, but seemingly his cockiness was what really pissed him off. And they know Johnny’s skills only go so far, and he's immunocomprised and a hemophiliac for crying out loud. Eventually Ghost confronted him about this, and after Soap explained everything it was a lot more understanding and sympathetic. Though it didn’t change the fact that it will borderline harass him if he’s seriously hurt and won’t go help himself, or just straight up force him to go to medical. Johnny always protests but ultimately he gives in, and Simon makes sure to give him emotional support and stay with him when he needs patched up.

Thank you for reading my ramblings, next post will be about my take on Ghost, his mental health, his autism, etc, probably!

[st4rsinthenight]

★random rise!raphael headcanons, for it's his birthday★

— | !! | content / trigger warning: mentions of bandages, mention of wounds, mention / implication of unintentional self harm (??)

— |★| I can easily see Raphael being aroace, or at least cupio—romantic. Though he does get flustered quite often and such, I can't really see him returning, or having romantic feelings for anyone. It's all platonic baby /pos. As for his gender, I can honestly see him identifying as cisgender— and as for the pronouns.. he would be quite flexible with them. Though he would use he/him as his main set of pronouns, I feel like he would let others refer to him however they'd feel comfortable with.

— |★| He likes wrapping bandages tightly around his body, even if he doesn't need to have them on, as he does enjoy the pressure that they provide to him. It makes him feel safe.

— |★| Has a strange habit of collecting bandages and bandaids, either used or not. I have this weird thought that he would not wanna throw them away, as they did help heal his wounds and it would seem ungrateful if he just tossed them away. So yeah, he has a 'bandage' drawer, of some sorts.

— |★| He also let's mikey draw on his bandages. He likes how pretty they look and it gives him another reason to collect them even when they are worn out and old.

— |★| I think that's it's pretty safe to assume that Raph has object empathy of some kind. This is based on the fact that Raph has an attachment for his plushies, as well as referring to lace face- and the tire that he stole from the turtle-tank to use as a tube in 'Man Vs Sewer', as his 'emotional crutches'.

— |★| Raph sometimes jabs his fingers with his snaggle tooth as a form of stimming. He enjoys, and is a bit amazed by how sharp his teeth can actually be.

— |★| Another form of stimming that I can see him have is him clasping his fist against his palm, as if getting ready to jump into battle, but no. It would be more of a happy stim if anything, and the faster the pace gets, and the rougher the clasps are, the happier the snapper is.

— |★| And when Raph is nervous, he either begins talking to himself at an alarmingly fast pace, or he'll just shutdown and snap his teeth at random out of frustration.

— |★| Raph definitely listens to loud music and works out when stressed out or angry, it's one of the more healthy ways for him to defuse- to just smashing and bashing stuff or trying to fight / hit himself.

— |★| He has a snack-stash somewhere in his room, as he is a large turtle with a large appetite. Though there are times where he'll just forget about the food in his room, and when he'll finally remember about the stash, he'll just eat all of it in one day as to not let anything go to waste.

— |★| He also has a snack-stash for his brothers and April in case they want to hang out in his room.

— |★| He sometimes feels a bit self-conscious about not having colourful markings as his younger brothers do, and that went noticed by Mikey; who painted the rims of his spikes with red paint, and Raph actually got emotional /pos.

— |★| He has a tendency to forget how spiky his shell is, so when he goes to scratch it, he jabs his fingers with it's spikes by accident instead.

[flappyhappystim]

I’ve recently had someone reach out to ask about a stim toy that we don’t carry. We’d like to be able to suggest where they can get it.

It’s been described as similar to our massage balls (here) as in spiky, rubbery and squishy but they are cylinders instead of balls.

Does anyone have an idea what stim toy this is?

Thanks in advance for reading!

[minzi2024]

definitly one of the best stimtoys 😊

[zhaliacain]

Huntikmas day 11- Making mental health kits for the team

Zhalia:

Mental health activity: See below but also some mental health reminder cards. I'm sure she doesn't like hearing it but reading it on a card might be better than being told by someone else what to do. She also gets a weighted blanket.

activity: Journalling, obviously this is something Zhalia does routinely in the show and I think that's an important ritual or habit for her to process things. Additionally drawing, that's a big part of this fandom but I think technical drawings of the things she's seen or places she's been will help her process her thoughts more logically.

fidget toy: I don't know what theyre called but those spiky pad things for pain stim. We see in show Zhalia displaying anxious habits such as biting her lips or holding one arm (I've got a whole head canon thing she has nerve damage from childhood that's a whole other story) so I think redirecting that into a stimulus that isn't actually harmful would be ideal.

drink: hot chocolate, trying to keep her away from the caffeine which can be detrimental during mental health episodes but it still provides an energy boost and dopamine hit. We've gone for instant sachets because I don't think she would want to take the time to sort something like that but this way its no hassle.

watching: Okay probably should have done this one after the huntikmas team and their niche special interests but in short, Zhalia likes nature documentaries. It's all just science and she knows it which is comforting, in particular for Zhalia fish. She has tropical fish in Vienna and I feel like documentaries on weird deep sea fish would be relaxing for her. Disturbing for everyone else, but comforting for her.

Dante:

Mental health activity: Right so we know for a fact that Dante forgets to take care of himself when he's worried, therefore for Dante I propose a self care checklist or workbook. These are there to help him remember to take care of himself physically and mentally. He also gets a weighted blanket because Coat Theory TM.

activity: Okay I wasn't sure for Dante because they always describe him as an extreme sportsman, so I've brought up a couple of points. 1. he canonically plays guitar, and I think taking some time to practice and play for himself will help relax him. 2. There's no way he has a TV that big just to look at Guggenheims face a couple of times a week. He's either a movie buff or plays video games so I've gone with the latter as a good way to help him unwind.

fidget toy: I don't know what they're called, I have some and best I can describe them is finger nunchucks. Point is they're small and look cool but also skill based. The motion would be familiar and help Dante when he's restless without distracting him too much.

drink: Right so rather unfortunately given the country I live in I don't massively like tea and I'm not an expert. But Dante is having decaffeinated and calming teas like chamomile (?). In the show we know he drinks things like ginseng extract which acts like caffeine and helps with fatigue. Obviously Dante is trying to do as much as possible but he needs to stop and rest before he ends up collapsing on a dessert island.

watching: I've gone for X-files because I HC that as a favourite of his and one he's watched many times before but I've also given him headphones because I think he'd find listening to music calming.

Sophie:

Mental health activity: Affirmation cards, Sophie needs to remember that just because she isn't perfect, doesn't mean she's failed. Instead affirming and validating herself regardless of the outcome in important for her.

activity: Reading journals, this feels fairly productive but also gets her away from her books and gives her the opportunity to practice reflecting. Additionally, I think some mindful colouring would be ideal for her.

fidget toy: Stress ball, we can see Sophie getting visibly irritated when she's stressed so I think throwing or squishing something would be good way to get that initial energy stress out of her system

drink: I'm not sure, I suspect there's something Leblanche makes her when she's stressed but I don't know if its a specific tea or hot chocolate. But there's definitely a warm drink that's made with love that makes Sophie feel better.

watching: Classic movies, I think the calmer colour tones and less overstimulating plots from old movies would help relax her as well as provide a feeling of comfort and nostalgia. But also audiobooks of her childhood favourites.

Lok:

Mental health activity: Lok's mental health task is to write positive things about himself, I think its easy to become overwhelmed: is he doing enough to find his dad, is he a good team leader, is he a good seeker. We don't want all those moments of self doubt so Lok needs to write positive things about himself, his successes and where he's tried hard.

activity: Puzzle books, specifically escape room books because they have a bit more of a plot and narrative to keep him focussed. He also gets stickers because he deserves them.

fidget toy: Infinity cubes and magic cubes, I think they have the same kind of feel in your hands as a puzzle which is ideal muscle memory for him.

drink: Water, I think when things start to get on top of Lok's he can forget certain basics like hydrate before you diedrate

watching: Indiana Jones, we're going for comfort shows that he's very familiar with.

Cherit:

Mental health activity: I think as a titan Cherit doesn't have a lot of control over his life. He can only go public places people take him in bags otherwise keeping to the shadows, he's probably not getting paid, moving in with Dante was probably the first time he'd lived outside of a HQ in years. So instead, Cherit's mental health priority is to look at the things he can control, and make positive changes for himself. Part of CBT is the whole reasonable arguments stuff so although he needs to consider that fact he's a living gargoyle, there are ways in which he can change his own circumstances, stand up for himself and acknowledge control.

activity: Origami, he's tiny I think he'd be good at those small folds that the people on social media use tweezers for.

fidget toy: These magnetic thingies give Cherit the chance to be creative in his fidgeting, plus they're small enough for him to use.

drink: Right so I don't know how caffeine and sugar affect titans in comparison to humans but he is tiny and I am concerned for him so we're aiming for healthy squashes. I don't know anything about the brands they're just pictures but we want something natural like water with a bit of pizzaz.

watching: daytime television for Cherit, I think he would enjoy seeing some of the things humans come up with. In particular friendly competitions like the bake off and those auction shows and stuff, still keeping it wholesome for his mental health (he's seen enough bad things from humans).

Harrison:

Join a cult.

I'm joking, I'm joking.

Mental health activity: I mean they all need therapy but I think some cult deprogramming therapy wouldn’t hurt specifically for Harrison. He’s just got the whole mental health workbook because I don’t even know where to start

activity: chill video games, apart from being in a cult we don’t get a lot about Harrison’s interests but I think calming repetitive games with farming elements can teach him good practises.

fidget toy:yo-yo, like Dante its skill based but repetitive which can help him focus and direct his feelings. Also the sugar cube, he can squish them out of shape but there’s resistance and enforces patience as it takes longer to reshape than a stress ball

drink: I think ice cubes would help, they pull you out of immediate negative thought cycles and as a bonus hydrate you in the process.

watching: who knows, not true crime that’s for sure

Den:

Mental health activity: grounding cards, kind of like we’ve seen before. Den often gets frustrated in the show and I think it’s important for him to have something external reminding him of the facts and keeping him in the present rather than spiralling about the future or the past. This will also help him with recognising things he can’t control and how he can control his own actions to create a better environment for himself.

activity: I think Den would like these sticker books that make a whole picture, it’s relaxing, it’s got the nostalgia of childhood sticker books and you’ve got some really nice art to be proud of at the end. Like Harrison he’s got calming and cosy games because I think any game with a plot, combat or puzzles would add to his frustration. From what I hear about animal crossing I think that would be a good fit because he has the opportunity to show off and really customise it to himself.

fidget toy: fidget spinner, please can some just give this kid a fidget spinner. Bonus points if he can work out how to use shadow point on them.

drink: den deserves to treat himself, I think part of his mental health is learning that he needs to prioritise and take care of his own health too, so going out of his way to have an extra special drink with all the toppings is a good self care

watching: any kind of action comedy, I think it needs to be heavily action packed and fast paced but also have a happy outcome so he doesn’t spiral with the negativity and unfairness in the world