So today I’m taking out my fidget toy to work (neatly hidden away in my pocket) and so far I do have to say it helps. Every now and then I click the buttons and it shuts my mind up for a few seconds during which I can refocus.
It’s strangely soothing. It also does give me a headache when I do it too much.
What are your findings?
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Janx@piefed.social · 21 pts · 152d
Landless2029@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 152d
These are the beans I want on lemmy
Janx@piefed.social · 4 pts · 152d
I can't stop playing with them and making her claws extend/retract!
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 153d
BEHOLD!
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 152d
I've been yelled at because of these.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 152d
The corner of the phone case.
finkrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d
This looks exactly like my phone and case, and yes I stim this way a lot. OnePlus Nord N200 5G?
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 149d
Oh so real.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 152d
This specific GAN356 M speed cube. Don’t buy a Rubik’s cube. The GAN cube is way more satisfying to turn. They are so incredibly satisfying I’ve bought like 4 of them after losing them/giving them to friends.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 152d
Yes! I've got a Moyu with magnets and it's just such a vast improvement over the official brand.
circuit23@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 152d
Cube gang checking in. GAN has the smoothest, perfectly clicking spins, I love it so much!
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 149d
Dang you beat me to it. I have a qiyi magnetic speed cube.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 152d
I don't have a picture of mine but one if my favorite fidget toys is a metal mini slinky
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 153d
I’ve got a fidget cube and spinner, but my lifelong tradition of finding and fidgeting with blue tac has never gone away
Janx@piefed.social · 3 pts · 152d
Doesn't that like... make your hands all gooey and smelly?
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 152d
Somehow not really, it’s probably since I wash my hands pretty regularly and don't really sweat on my fingertips since I’ve been doing it for so long lmao. Although I do replace the blue tac whenever it does eventually get dirty from other things, which is probably like once every 2 years or so.
joulethief@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 153d
I had one of those! Just recently I wondered where it went...
eneff@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 153d
It was probably hidden by someone who isn't a fan of the fact that these thing's buttons make clicky noises.
cravl@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 152d
I do wish the one side with three clicky buttons and two silent buttons made them feel different so you could avoid the clicky ones when needed without testing them.
UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.au · 2 pts · 152d
Put a drop of super glue on the non-clicky buttons. Now you can tell without looking AND have new stimulation points.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 153d
Do not have mine on me right now to make a photo. But it looks like this:
SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 152d
I don't think this instance allows those kinds of pictures.....
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 7 pts · 153d
I honestly don't have a dedicated fidget toy. I have a leather phone case with a magnetic strap and I use that. It's pretty satisfying to flick the little strap open and shut and listen to the little noise of the magnet snapping it into place.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 152d
My old car used to have a switchblade key (Mazda 2) and that was the best fidget when I was out and about.
Right now on my desk I have a 7mm or so, heavy allen wrench that provides plenty of mindless, quiet, fidgeting. My only wish is that it would stay colder longer.
Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 152d
I've used one of these spinny toys for years now. It works great for me. Usb for scale.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 153d
Just imagine a pic of a phone and a gaming PC.
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 153d
Not a fan of that thing, I need something with more texture or a different / interesting shape I can move around in my hand.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 152d
I have this same device and really like it. I've got my entire desk covered with random objects to mess with.
nullroot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 153d
nullroot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 153d
grandcthulhu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 152d
These are my top 3 favourites currently, in no particular order:
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online · 5 pts · 152d
I really like that one! I have two because I lose them a lot. I simply don't use the loud options when there are others around that I might disturb.
I have many, many toys all over the place but here are some of my faves:
For the autism I like these for calming. They are so calming...
Sometimes people ask about them and I find handing it to them so they can see usually satisfies their curiosity and then it's no big deal 🤷♀️
null@piefed.nullspace.lol · 4 pts · 152d
I have one exactly that like that, and it's one of my favorites for sure.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d
I'm not posting a picture of my penis!
TehBamski@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d
Too late...
finkrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d
Mine were mostly covered but one thing I also do sometimes (don't have it in reach at the moment) is I will get like a 1.5 inch 3/4 zinc bolt and a couple of hex nuts, keep one at the bottom and spin the other up and down the bolt, IT'S SO STIMMY
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 149d
Bighting off pieces of the inside of my cheeck.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 2 pts · 149d
In stressful times my body decides to do that at night (because I clench my blanket and press it into my cheek then). Glad that’s not very common anymore.
Incorgnito@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 151d
I have a few rings like that.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 1 pts · 151d
That’s awesome!