**the bird guy** @minego · 2018-06-24T01:17:00Z

the bird guy @minego

7yo (who is #autistic) is stimming a LOT tonight, and is hanging out with me, which means him smashing either my hand or my foot between his fists over and over again.

He needs the release, and I get it. Most days I can handle it fine, but right now I'm frustrated with it.

Jun 24, 2018, 01:17 · 0 · 1

**Erik DeBill** @edebill@wandering.shop · Jun 24, 2018, 01:22

**Erik DeBill** @edebill@wandering.shop · Jun 24, 2018, 01:22

@minego you are a better person than I.

**the bird guy** @minego · Jun 24, 2018, 01:23

**the bird guy** @minego · Jun 24, 2018, 01:23

@edebill Why? Because I let him stim on me? I... Well, I get it. I see why he needs it. Usually I can take a bit of punishment.

**Erik DeBill** @edebill@wandering.shop · Jun 24, 2018, 01:30

**Erik DeBill** @edebill@wandering.shop · Jun 24, 2018, 01:30

@minego I would run out of patience very quickly. This is you being awesome. I couldn’t handle it.

**the bird guy** @minego · Jun 24, 2018, 01:31

**the bird guy** @minego · Jun 24, 2018, 01:31

@edebill I run out of patience too quickly, but for a small handful of people I have nearly infinite patience.

**Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku** @JigmeDatse@mastodon.art · Jun 24, 2018, 03:40

**Jigme Datse Yli-Rasku** @JigmeDatse@mastodon.art · Jun 24, 2018, 03:40

@minego Yeah, totally get that. Though maybe I'm the one who should be stimming. It's a matter of finding stims which aren't harmful in some way. Even if they are totally obvious...