@morgaanfoley: Autistic stress can manifest in lots of different ways. One of those ways is unknowingly stimming by clenching my muscles🤦♀️ this is so problematic because I end up really hurting myself without even realizing. Harmful stims are a serious health risk. Thankfully my harmful stims are on the milder end but it is still a very serious side of autism that doesn’t often get the spotlight on social media💖#actuallyautistic #autismawareness
All of my muscle strains have happened at night because I like to tense my muscles during sleep...just a thought 😅
2026-10-07 08:41:10
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intoxicated.razzledazzle :
I do this at the dentist and i am so sore after
2026-10-07 05:54:20
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DotandDash :
This is why we need to broaden access to diagnosis and increase education for physicians already in practice. I spent 20 years going to the doctor with complaints like this and all they said was you need to decrease the stress in your life. They never explained how to do that. They never explained why I was stressed. I was just made to feel deficient, broken, and at fault for my own suffering.
2026-10-06 19:27:02
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Kate & Diego🐾 :
ITS ALWAYS MY BUTTCHEEKS
2026-10-06 14:40:57
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lee :
Girl I do the same. It's a huge sign for me that I am in a dysregulated state. I clench but I don't do it in a hurtful way. It's more compulsion for me
2026-10-07 19:09:15
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Marianne Rox :
me realizing i'm clenching my jaw while watching this
2026-10-07 21:04:16
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Michelle :
Hey so this could also be side effect on a Magnesium deficiency 💔
2026-10-08 02:52:00
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GwendyPeterson :
AuDHD here. I also clench my muscles when I’m stressed and I’m frequently unaware of it.
2026-10-07 05:27:31
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Lizzy :
My butt! I’m not ashamed to say it! 😅
2026-10-06 22:36:56
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thatoneguy :
my dentist says this is the reason I have messed up teeth 😅😅
2026-10-07 07:09:47
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🎀 Milly 🎀 :
i do this with my jaw
2026-10-06 15:26:49
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Radioactive☆socks :
Autism is a living prison man, it genuenly ruins my days Sometimes I hate it here💔
2026-10-06 14:03:33
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Jon Livingstoned :
Yes!
A second thing is the "SNEAKING SUSPICION I was stressed yesterday"
2026-10-06 17:54:13
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Captain - USS Whippet🖖 :
Yep I get headaches and migraines from tensing my neck/shoulders/jaw
2026-10-07 15:23:04
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thatinuyashacosplayer :
I'm never aware of my tense or clenched muscles until they suddenly cause me pain because of how often I do it 😅 Suddenly, when I'm going through something very stressful or difficult, I will get pains suddenly, at random and never realize it's my body's way of reacting to the stress
2026-10-07 17:07:40
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CreativeJason :
mid 40s. I often get back pain. I know that at least some of it is anxiety... when I went back home to Canada in the middle of winter, I never had back pain.
2026-10-06 14:12:17
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KitKat 🎤👀 :
THIS IS A VID U COULD WATCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z21Xslddz3Y
2026-10-06 23:19:55
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Jaclyn :
My face and jaw muscles from doing fake expressions all day 😳
2026-10-07 06:31:32
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Fanny_SWCK_ :
i believe a lot of us have EDS and our body try to compensate the hypermobility by clenching our muscles too
2026-10-07 05:53:33
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chelcie :
i had to get botox in the muscle to stop it bc i’d wake up in pain everyday 😭
2026-10-07 02:14:04
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Alix Baker :
i think my jaw and tongue and face muscle clenching is the cause of like half my migraines. gum kinda helps.
2026-10-07 02:23:15
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BlowThisStand :
1000% this
2026-10-06 19:16:52
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