shoom

A life of Hand Flapping, Arm shaking, Pacing, and Intense Day Dreams and how I used music as my life crutch.

Complex Motor Syndrome - Maladaptive Daydreaming

Chapter 1

Congratulations! You are a Hand Flapper

What is Shoom?

Chapter 2

EVERYONE IS a Hand Flapper

Shoom / Shume - My life from the beginning until I started school.

Chapter 3

I CANT LET ANYONE KNOW I AM a Hand Flapper
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Being Yourself / Do what makes you happy - The school years K through 12 - How music helped my social life and kept me doing well in school.

Chapter 4

LETS ALL FORGET I AM a Hand Flapper

Leaving the world behind / the college years - Going out into the real world not putting much thought to what I was doing.

Chapter 5

UH Oh... I think I may to let people know I am a Hand Flapper

Early Adulthood, Understanding that shooming is probably something I should look into.

Chapter 6

I AM FLAPPING BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY; all I know is I am a hand flapper

The random findings - Late 20's and 30's - Self research and the other interesting things that came.

Chapter 7

I can't flap! Someone help me I just want to be a hand flapper!

The Shutdown - What happens when physical injuries interfere with CMS and MDD

Chapter 8

Check this out... I am a hand flapper

The Return of the Shoom - Using music once again to better my life

Chapter 9

Stop hiding your flaps. We've been quiet because we have been misunderstood. It's great to be a hand flapper.

Writing and Reflecting Shoom - How I feel at 40 years old having complex motor syndrome and maladaptive daydreaming every day of my life and having never taken any medication or having any official diagnosis.

1983 - 1999

2000 - 2010

2010 - 2020

2015 - 2019

2020 to present

  • Treephort
  • Cryptorchid Chipmunk - 123 Pleasant Street
  • Tripping over toilet outside

Shooming

Music

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Family

Friends

Faith

Listening to the world speak in actions

Responding

Outside Interference (physically & mentally)