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Honest question: are these stims?  Or are they just "[i]nervous habits[/i]" that tons of society has; the equivalent of biting nails, chewing on hair, biting your lip?

my son is adhd, and has some of these types of habits (pulling hair, chewing inside of cheek), but has some distinct stims too (pacing, flapping hands, jumping in place).  The former he does when he's nervous, thoughtful, deep in thought.  The latter he does when he is overexcited or overstimulated.  Only the latter category seem to be directly related to his adhd issues (which get much worse in overstimulated environments).  [/quote]

Nervous habits can be consider stims to b/c they often serve a regulatory purpose--showing excitement, trying to self soothe.

There's probably some kind of line when it crosses over into OCD when it becomes ritualistic.

My guess is that all of these are related to brain activity.  Like when institutionalized orphans would rock back and forth for stimuli.  They weren't autistic, but their brains were craving input.:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/20/280237833/orphans-lonely-beginnings-reveal-how-parents-shape-a-childs-brain

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