Rocking back and forth - any rockers here?

[Graven Idol]

You're not alone! I do this frequently when I'm nervous, but it's usually when I'm sitting down. Actually right about now and no headbanging involved, I assure you. It makes me feel secure but it doesn't always help :(

 

[Cadiche]

Wow, this post started 7 years ago! I found it doing a google search because I feel like I am sending myself insane often. I don't understand why I do so many things and even thought maybe my rocking was the beginning of parkinsons etc. Then this page came up in the search.

I suffer from Agoraphobia, OCD and Panic Disorder after an elevator I was in in 1996 fell 10 floors and left me with spinal injuries. I was particularly interested in the post about rocking. It is something I find myself doing constantly but I can never understand why. It is not fast or slow. It just is. I guess maybe a little faster than the second hand that ticks away on the clock in this room. And I truly space out. Fully numb. My brain as well. Numb. But not fearful. It is like I have gone into a world of numb where everything is safe. I don't really know how to describe it.

Anyways, it was an eye opener to see this page exists and I am so glad for this forum. I have seen nothing like it before. Hi from an Australian Finn xx

 

[beccs]

I rock too. It helps me cope with my life

 

[anonymous]

When either one of two specific individuals are escalating and there is a threat of conflict between these two erupting, I find myself rocking back and forth.

Other times when one or the others anger and hostility has gone on for days, and I find myself needing to be in the same room of the house of either of them, for some reason or period of time, I'll end up rocking slightly forward and clenching my stomach, only to release it and start rocking.

For me it is fear.

I too frequently, feel very unsafe living here.

 

[Hush92]

Yes I always catch myself doing this actually. I have a bunch of nervous habits though. (Nail biting, inner cheek biting, etc...) It was way worse when I was a kid, I had repetitive tics like licking my hands and rubbing them all over my face and hair. During some of the worst of my psychotic experiences I had an on and off eye twitch too, which sucked and was really obnoxious.

 

[ladee]

I am a rocker and foot jiggler and leg bouncer... I do not care what others think when I do this... I always think... hmmm I could unleash the truth to these soothing gestures, and I'm sure those things would quickly become unimportant..... ya think !!!:sneaky:

 

[Charlee724]

Hi forum, just a wild shot in the dark, but I'm a rocker - not the heavy metal kind, but the kind that roc...

I do it to, its just a movement that my body urges me to do. I dont have the urges when ppl are around but when im by myself its just a given thing my body just does. I even have to do it to try and go to sleep unless there is company in my bed than I dont feel the urge to. So I guess my urge to do it is shy around others but when its just me, im rocking.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

When stressed, mainly at night, I can go into the total flailing my head from one side to the other mode for a while

 

[Keith1956]

Hi forum, just a wild shot in the dark, but I'm a rocker - not the heavy metal kind, but the kind that roc...

I am 60 yrs old and have rocked all my life, mostly trying to fall asleep like you. But I have been very aware of it because I have known since about the age of 5 that most people don't do it.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Oh yeah, also I'm a rocket when it comes to rocking to good music :P

 

[Neszi]

Hi forum, just a wild shot in the dark, but I'm a rocker - not the heavy metal kind, but the kind that roc...

HI I'm neszi. I find it extremely reliving to rock back and forth only at home when I'm alone. I have to have my headphones in bc the music changes the tone of the rocking. I do it mostly to go to sleep. I'll never stop it seems

 

[Femke]

I rock too, when I'm severely stressed or fearful. As a child I also used to have other tics. I already noticed it myself, but a friend that was comforting me in a very stressful situation told me too. He (he's mildly autistic) told me later it's a sign of being on the autististic spectrum. Then I stressed out over that too. I'm relieved to read that others with PTSD rock as well and it's "normal".