Body rocking

[Pauledh]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone could help me figure out something... Up until about 4 years ago I would body-rock. Im now 34, from the age of I realy dont know when... since my memory started at the age of say 2 i would body rock. I'd lie on the floor and rock for between a few minutes up to 6 hours or more. I'd rock on the floor and day dream and it seems that the rocking motion would help me day dream and I'd end up in almost in a trance. It completly messed up my education... instead of studying I'd body rock and dream whenever possible.... I mean I was totaly addicted to it, it may seam strange but it got worse from childhood. Im my teens and twenties i spent most of my spare time doing this, once I got to the age to start listening to music I'd body rock with music playing, with the different type of music depending one what i wanded to dream about or vice versa. It could be for the whole weekend and I've lost so much my life doing this.... You would'nt believe. I don't believe I'm autistic... i dont seem to show any other signs... I have a good career now and live a happy life but I'd like to understand what happened to me for all those years.

I'm not entirely sure this is the right forum, maybe it should be mental health but if anyone could help me understand I would much appreciatre your thoughts! If not i will try the other forums. Thanks for your time

[alfaromeo]

hi im 22 years old and I body rock. I remember we had this black couch and when ever I was mad I would always go on to it and rock back and forth and if my grandpa was over he would put a pillow behind my head to joke around with me. and whenever im in the car I always do that. even when im on the computer listening to dance electro music I rock back and forth but I don't hit my head, just rock back and forth.

[JosephPaulA]

I am 24 yrs old and have done this my entire life,Not sure about you guys but I wouldn't go from side to side,I would go forward and backward while sitting up,Same goes with laying down.In fact my twin brother does this as well as my older brother.I cannot enjoy music as much either unless I'm what my brothers and I call bouncing.People want to find meds for it,I can stop when ever I want,I just enjoy doing it.I have produced OCD while doing it though...Their was times when bouncing was all I had,So I would either think about it while I was at school or while I was at work,Looking forward to it when I got home because when I did it,My imagination would go crazy.If anyone is like me that just means you have a great imagination!

[CheriTheBee]

I've been rocking since birth. I rocked when I was sad , happy or stressed. It has soothed me at the worst times in my life and helped me with changes. People have thought it strange but there r stranger things u could do. I think as long as it doesn't physically hurt u or intefere with getting things done then whats the harm?

[CheriTheBee]

Doctors say stress kills. So I see no reason 4 alarm as long as u aren't physically hurting youtself. I'VE been rocking since birth. I think people care too much what other people think of them and not enough of what they think of themselves. I've done this happy or  sad, Its helped me clear my head and also escape. There r worse things  u could be doing 2 youself. Just my opinion. Signed, Cheri

[mad39]

I am so excited to have found out that there are other people that have this! I've always rocked back and forth, on the couch and on my side to fall asleep. It was so soothing to me as a child and my parents never discouraged me, so I continued. When I began to become more socially aware of myself, though, I became unnecessarily ashamed of my habits and would only rock when I was sincerely distressed or in complete isolation (I'd even close my curtains). I usually listen to music (the genre changes but if I'm honest it's 90% soundtrack to fit my constant daydreaming) and or I watch TV. Through my adolescence it was just another hobby like reading or soccer to me.
But I graduated high school early and college crept up on me. This meant roommates. How would I fall asleep without rocking? Should I just tell my roommate and live normally after that? I got so anxious about being accepted that I never told a soul at college and I just stopped cold-turkey on campus. (Which it was nice to realize that I could switch it on and off). Once I got home for breaks I just picked it straight up again and daydreamed as usual. Someone else here has mentioned that they'd actually wake hours early to get some nice rocking downtime in before school, that has me written all over it! I fall asleep rocking, wake up and grab coffee and earphones, then rock. Then maybe later in the day I will fit in the productive things. The only thing I really worry about is if I ever decide to have kids, what will I do?
I've come to terms with it now, its relaxing and it stimulates my imagination. But I was wondering, do any of you also have symptoms of OCD? I have obsessive cleaning, washing, and checking. I've checked my closet for axe murderers and the lock on my door eight times before bed each night for the past 17 years. (Not to mention the nobs on our gas stove..man I wish we had electric). I don't know but I think there could be others with this as well as the rocking!
I'm not really ashamed of it anymore- there's no real shame in it- its what we do to comfort ourselves and I believe that you should do whatever makes you happy. So if that means taking your Sunday to sit on your living room couch and rock out to some nice classical music...do it!

[aDaisy4me]

Hello fello rockers & rocketts!!!  I just wanted to thank everyone for sharing! I am not sure where to start, so I will just say I recognized myself as a rocker last night.( July/2014) That is how I found this wonderful site! I have yet to ask family members if they ever noticed me doing this. 

After realizing I was "rocking" last night, I started to think about when I actually rocked. I have enough clarity now to say I have always been a rocker! I have rocked myself to sleep in some shape or form most of my life. Sometimes even envisioning myself on a swing or on a raft swaying/floating on rocking waves,  or suffer from bouts of insomnia.

The last 7 months of my life have been, shall I say, "eventful". I am in a stage of recovery from addiction to medications (yep, more than one) and  an outright nervous breakdown. What I refer to as my " M&M."(Mental Meltdown) I have even found my own sense of humor during this recovery time, and realize sometimes I need to laugh, life does have it's funny moments. I have spent the last 43 years taking life and myself way too serious. Over analyzing everything to an extreme. No wonder my mind took a much needed hiatus. Life with me and my own mind was totally overwhelming to say the least.

Like many here have stated, I too have a connection with music and other forms of creativeness. For me music is always related to memories, experiences,  or points in my life. I can hear a song from my very early years to current and tell you approximately what year it was and events happening at the time, both personal and social . I now wonder if anyone else does this as well?

I could continue to relate to multiple posts on here, but I really just wanted to reach out and say hello to you kindred spirits.  I am thankful and truly blessed to have found y'all.

We need our own theme song, that could be a post in itself.