fidgets

[fufaraw]

A discussion elsewhere of fidget toys reminded me I have fidget jewelry. These two pieces, primarily.































The ring is usually worn on my thumb or forefinger. The locket is on a nearly waist-length chain. At least I manage to hang onto these--I tend to lose the fidget toys.

Comments

[milly_gal]

So, I'm finally attempting to keep up with DW and LJ feeds *o.O* Let's see how hard that breaks my brain, but I just thought I'd come on over and say Yo! :D

[destina]

Those are really lovely pieces. That locket particularly!

[fufaraw]

Thanks! **spinny, spinny, spinny, spinny, stop. reverse direction, spinny, spinny, spinny...**

[roxy]

Fidget toys?

[fufaraw]

Here are some examples. I *love* the cube--buttons to push, switches, toggles, gearwheels to turn, a depression for your fingertip to stroke, a wheel to turn with a finger, a rollerball--texture and movement galore! Fidgets help ASD and ADHD folks focus, lower stress. Give me something to fidget with and I can actually focus and work better. Some people stim. I fidget. (spinny, spinny, spinny, spinny...)

[roxy]

Omgosh, something like these toys would have saved so much of my stuff from my brother when we were kids. He once took apart my alarm clock, just to keep busy, never reassembled it, just stacked the bits together so it looked like it was one operational piece. Idjit.

[deanshot1]

If you don't mind me asking but what are fidget toys.
The locket is lovely and the ring looks very Celtic in design.

[fufaraw]

Oh, I uploaded those pics at DW and they're *awful*. I'ma have to re-upload them from my flickr account.

Anyway--fidget toys are for people with ADHD or ASD who find it easier to focus when they have something to do with their hands. It's a less-frowned on version of stimming, repetitive motion that neurotypical folks can find annoying. Fidgets can also help calm stress. The toys have different types of textures, moving parts, switches, press buttons, rolling balls, etc. here's a selection of toys. I love the cubes. Some of the smaller ones you can keep in your pocket and fidget with where no one notices. Or you can keep larger ones on your desk. Those tend to walk away, though. Everybody seems intrigued enough to play with them, but for ADD and ADS folks they're actually therapeutic, and aid in focus and stress relief.

The jewelry is in disguise as normal jewelry. Nobody notices if I'm spinning the ring with my thumb, or the locket on its long chain. I can do either out of sight below the desktop.

[deanshot1]

Thanks for explaining about them to me. I can understand why people would need to have items like that, does it helping with keeping calm in times of stress.

I really love the locket, it's a really beautiful piece.

*hugs*

[fufaraw]

I have something of a locket addiction. I have several antiques, and two of them came with the original owner's pictures inside. I couldn't bear to toss them, I just added my own pictures on top of them.



This one, I haven't found exactly the right pictures to put in it. But I will!

[meus_venator]

Oh, that is such a pretty stash of goodies!!! Lovely stuff.

[meus_venator]

A friend gave me this silly San Francisco key chain, but it's and older one and really well made and has a heart that can spin like your locket under a San Francisco banner and I play with that thing constantly.
I didn't know there was a formal name for this kind of jewelry...Fidget ring! and locket. LOVE it and they are both so beautiful.

[fufaraw]

Thank you. I don't know why fiddling with something tactile helps me focus, but it does. I like the sound of your key chain.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

They're pretty too! I love the locket! If I'm getting what you mean by Fidget I have a ring which has a spinner in the center of it's band, so I can sit and run it round my finger when I need to keep my hands busy.

[fufaraw]

That's it, exactly. The center section of my ring spins, too. I either wear it on my forefinger and spin it with my thumb, or on my thumb and spin it with the other hand. The locket spins really fast. It's amazing as a fidget.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

In that case I have a few things I wear I can do that with, but mainly I play with Blu-Tak, which is a bit weird I know, but I run it through my finger tips and make it squishy, lol.

[fufaraw]

Yes, texture is another fidget. Did you look at the link in the comment upstream? It's to a whole page or two of fidget toys at Amazon. Yeah, I know, evil, but it's a bunch of different ones all in the same place. You can probably pick up something similar at a toy shop. I *love* the cubes! Buttons! Roller gears! Switches, a thumb indentation to rub. Toggles, and a roller ball. Put feet on the sucker and I'd name it and adopt it!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Evil is an understatement ;) I hadn't looked at it but now I'm stuck on it, you damned enabler! The twelve sided cube looks like something out of Doctor Who :DDD