Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 What do you call things like pacing and rubbing things repetitively when a child is not diagnosed with anything in autism spectrum? Should we try to moderate these behaviors? My son (11,OCD possibly BDD) paces round and round in a circle while talkng to me. His teacher also remarked on the pacing before he ended up leaving school, and she thought it could signal agitation, based on her experience with special ed students, but it is not a sign of agitation from what I see, just a repetitive movement, actually maybe calming in a way for him. He also currently has a habit of rubbing a strip of his long hair (which he refuses to ever cut) over and over again between his fingers. Before the hair thing it was flapping his shirt tails over and over again so that people thought he was hot and trying to cool off. Before that swishing his hands back and forth like trying to shake them clean, although I think it was just a mannerism not an OCD thought causing it. The pacing is actually disorienting to me when trying to talk with him, but he seems to have little sense that this could seem odd to others, or could signal agitation to others, which could cause social problems, which leads me to ask whether and how to moderate it. He also kind of shadows me and paces around me when we go to the store, never just walking alongside. Is this stuff part of OCD or anxiety or tics or stims or what? He does not seem anxious when doing it. But the pacing does make me begin to feel a little agitated! nancy grace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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