Stimming with Marie Camin

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Apr 7, 2024

Marie Camin, neurodivergent psychologist, talks about stimming, community identity, her path to discovering neurodivergence, and harmful stimming approaches. They discuss the purpose and evolution of stimming in psychology, advice for neurodivergent individuals, and the importance of understanding and accepting diverse stimming behaviors.

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INSIGHT

Defining Stimming

Stimming definitions vary between the DSM and the Autistic community.
The DSM focuses on repetitive motions and vocalizations, while the community includes sensory-seeking behaviors.

ANECDOTE

Stims and Regulation

Marie's research reveals the negative impact of stimming suppression.
Adults reported that behavioral interventions in childhood caused significant damage.

ANECDOTE

Zookeeper Correction

Marie recalls getting in trouble for correcting a zookeeper as a child.
Her intense interest in animals led her to point out factual inaccuracies.

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On this week’s episode Monique interviews Marie Camin about stimming. Marie is a multiply neurodivergent clinical psychologist, researcher, and a neurodiversity advocate. Marie is currently completing her PhD on Autistic stimming at La Trobe University and she is a Founding Committee Member of the OTARC Autistic Advisory Group; she believes strongly in contributing to a more accurate and affirming understanding of Autistic experiences through co-production with the community. She loves animals, pop culture, and anything creative.

This episode is jam packed with goodies! Monique and Marie cover:

Community as a key part of the neurodivergent identity.
Marie’s experience as a neurodivergent clinical psychologist and her path to discovering her own neurodivergence.
A side quest on special interests.
Everything stimming – what is it, how is it understood (both from a community perspective and based on the DSM), and many examples of what stimming can look like.
The evolution of thinking in the psychological field around the purpose of stimming and responses to stimming.
Harm minimisation approaches for stimming that is harmful to self or others (please be aware that self-harm is mentioned here, and so some listeners may decide to skip this).
Marie’s advice for other neurodivergent folks trying to function in a neuro-normative way.

Want to learn more about Marie or get in touch with her? You can find her through her website here, or on Instagram @mariecamin.

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