Does becoming more suicidal change autistic stims?

[Cauliflour]

It's something I've noticed fairly recently where I swear my stimming wasn't as intense before but around the time I increased in suicidalility I started doing stuff like loudly kicking my chair, stabbing my hand palm with a pen and just general increase in normal stims. It's not a problem really because it works well but I probably look like an idiot so closure would be nice.

 

[candy578]

I would say for me stimming does increase. For me, it's to do with the fact that if I'm suicidal, I am usually more distressed or there's an issue or change I am out of control of, so the stimming increases as an attempt at regulating the distress

 

[Cauliflour]

I would say for me stimming does increase. For me, it's to do with the fact that if I'm suicidal, I am usually more distressed or there's an issue or change I am out of control of, so the stimming increases as an attempt at regulating the distress

So like some subconscious thingy that's making it so I don't kill myself that quickly?

 

[candy578]

So like some subconscious thingy that's making it so I don't kill myself that quickly?

I wouldn't say it's specifically related to suicide, but stimming by default is a protective measure against overwhelming situations/overstimulation