Hello,
You may or may not have read my post recently about feeling stress. I’m terrible at recognising stress when it’s building until it actually has an affect one me. I either start getting really snappy or, more recently, I’ve been literally pulling out chunks of hair.
Anyway, I told my sister about this and she recommended I get a fidget spinner to distract myself from pulling out hair. So yesterday I got one. I also saw, in a cheap two dollar store, a fidget cube.
We got home and I started playing with my fidget spinner. Then we had to go out again and it was later in the day so the shops were busier. We also went to a different shopping centre because I wanted to buy a book. So I took my fidget spinner and spun my way around the shops through the crowds.
The crowds didn’t bother me so much, they normally would make me feel a bit anxious but I had my little fidget spinner. We searched all the shops for a fidget cube and eventually found one.
So now I have something to do with my hands other than pull out my hair. And I have something to distract myself when I’m feeling a bit anxious.
The cube is great. All six sides have a different activity. Clicking, spinning, rubbing etc. It’s great.
The fidget spinner I picked up from Kmart for $2 and the cube cost $15 from a toy store.
Tiggy, my kitty cat, is fascinated by both.
I really recommend either or both of these tools for anyone who needs distraction from anxiety or stress behaviours.
Thanks for reading.
