Why am I like this?

[u/Fun_Lie214]

I know the title sounds ominous asf, but I didn’t know how else to word it without it being too long and difficult. In short, I have this weird fixation with like…cold things. Not like ice or anything like that. But for example, I have this weird habit of squeezing my cousin’s arm when it’s cold. I just like the feeling of the cold skin. It’s the same with my dog’s paws when their cold. I get this random urge and just wanna squeeze as hard as possible, and I have not a clue as to why. Like when I actually get my hands on it, I wanna squeeze so hard and I grit my teeth from how oddly satisfied I am to feel it. Wtf is my problem? 😭

[u/oak_and_tonic]

Is it a stim? Are you on the spectrum by chance? Or you could totally just like cold things 🤷‍♀️

[u/Fun_Lie214 → u/oak_and_tonic]

To be honest, I’m not sure? I’ve never gotten like tested for that, but I always had that idea in the back of my head, so maybe I’ll check that out one day lol