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I can't watch those spinner thingys....

Q4u — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:14:26 GMT

I don't have anything against them, I just can't watch them spin and spin and spin without making me a bit dizzy.... and I do turn it off when they're showing them. I can't be the only one that's affected by them... or am I.... ? LOL!

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CareBears — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:19:42 GMT

Our 7 year old neighbor comes to visit me a couple of times a week and she has one telling me that they bought it to help with her anxiety, I watched about 1 minute of the presentation on QVC and it droves me nuts, how do they help with anxiety, just curious?

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LinaL — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:31:47 GMT

@CareBears

They're a variation of worry stones and worry beads that are thousands of years old. Stress balls do the same thing. Chinese meditation balls. Smoking, digging at your cuticles, snapping gum, sucking your thumb, etc..

A repetitive distraction that's self-soothing.

They all work.

We have worry stones and Chinese meditation balls that have been handed down in my family for over 100 years.

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Q4u — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:35:48 GMT

@LinaL wrote:
@CareBears
They're a variation of worry stones and worry beads that are thousands of years old. Stress balls do the same thing. Chinese meditation balls. Smoking, digging at your cuticles, snapping gum, sucking your thumb, etc..
A repetitive distraction that's self-soothing.
They all work.
We have worry stones and Chinese meditation balls that have been handed down in my family for over 100 years.

That's what I understand, but none of the others spin like crazy with lights... I've had a worry stone, loved the cool feel of my thumb on the stone. My son has the Chinese meditation balls and I think they help.... but for me personally, the spinning things with the lights are not soothing and will make me feel dizzy if I watch long enough....

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Dusty1 — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:50:07 GMT

I don't think I could sit & watch them spin on TV, but I think I could spin one my own self.

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LinaL — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:59:06 GMT

@Q4u

Yeah the spinning and lights are a gimmick. The person using these doesn't look at them while they're doing it. You don't look at the stones, beads or balls while you use them. They just become an extension of you.

Yeah. I like the feel of the stone too. Spinner rings are great too. Same thing.

Who's going to pay $5 S&H for a $1 worry stone?

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nana59 — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:53:30 GMT

Betcha at some point they're gonna be blamed for bringing on seizures!! Wondering how my generation (born in 1950) dealt with stress!!

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nana59 — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:59:21 GMT

@LinaL wrote:
@Q4u
Yeah the spinning and lights are a gimmick. The person using these doesn't look at them while they're doing it. You don't look at the stones, beads or balls while you use them. They just become an extension of you.
Who's going to pay $5 S&H for a $1 worry stone?

My 12 year-old granddaughter recently found my worry stone in a drawer next to my couch. Had to explain it to her! She doesn't understand anything that doesn't require a battery!

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Q4u — Tue, 30 May 2017 00:59:40 GMT

@nana59 wrote:
Betcha at some point they're gonna be blamed for bringing on seizures!! Wondering how my generation (born in 1950) dealt with stress!!

I hadn't even thought of that~! Yes, I could see someone not being able to take their eyes off the thing and .... Zap...

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Julie928 — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:15:28 GMT

Just another fad that will end up in the junk drawer in a month or so.....

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Mz iMac — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:17:54 GMT

@nana59 wrote:
Wondering how my generation (born in 1950) dealt with stress!!

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makena — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:26:50 GMT

@CareBears wrote:
Our 7 year old neighbor comes to visit me a couple of times a week and she has one telling me that they bought it to help with her anxiety, I watched about 1 minute of the presentation on QVC and it droves me nuts, how do they help with anxiety, just curious?

They don't. It's nothing more than a distraction

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spot555 — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:33:40 GMT

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. It doesn't do ANYTHING. It doesn't require any skill, thought, talent or practice.

And I don't buy that it's for nerves, or whatever. I view it as the absolute opposite of that. There's something very odd about that item....it's strange. I wouldn't have one of those in my house.

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docsgirl — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:36:53 GMT

They have been banned in the school in which I teach. They are nothing more than a huge distraction for the kids and are anything but calming. Instead of the students focusing on their work, they are staring at these things spinning all over the place. They are definitely a detriment to the learning process. I'm hoping that by the time school re-opens this silly fad will be a thing of the past. docsgirl

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LinaL — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:50:46 GMT

@spot555

@docsgirl

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fidget-toys-arent-just-hype/

@makena

That's the point. They're a distraction from stress.

People are wired differently. You can't just summarily dismiss coping devices that work for others. I agree about the lights and flashing though. Probably not soothing like chimes in baodings.

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spot555 — Tue, 30 May 2017 01:49:49 GMT

If anything they will CAUSE stress. Either that, or the person will be hypnotized. That isn't a normal toy.

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makena — Tue, 30 May 2017 03:01:26 GMT

@LinaL wrote:
@spot555
@docsgirl

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fidget-toys-arent-just-hype/

@makena
That's the point. They're a distraction from stress.

People are wired differently. You can't just summarily dismiss coping devices that work for others. I agree about the lights and flashing though. Probably not soothing like chimes in baodings.

I don't believe everything just because there's an article written about it or a science behind it.

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Pook — Tue, 30 May 2017 08:58:22 GMT

Anything that is a distraction from the anxiety helps. Whenever I have an anxiety attack, focusing on anything will keep it from escalating. Everybody doesn't react the same way and the distraction might be different for everyone. For me it definitely would work especially if I couldn't use some of the more physical methods such as working out to deflect from the stress and anxiety. Many I know who get anxiety attacks depend on drugs which is something that physically helps but creates other issuess! I could see that it might cause a seizure for anyone prone to them but anyone that has a history of seizures should know to stay away from them.

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qualitygal — Tue, 30 May 2017 11:54:47 GMT

I turn away from the movie credits at the end of movies, and things that spin, or zig zag real fast. I'm feeling better now (exercises) for dizzyness, and why look at something that makes me ill. I can't watch someone move jewelry too much to make something sparkle either. Too much movement at times. If they hold it still I can see it, but the fast movement, not welcomed.

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Cumbercookie13 — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:06:45 GMT

They're supposed to help children with autism or other processing disorders. If your brain is wired "normally" it will be more of a distraction. I watched 30 seconds of the segment before I had to turn the channel because the lights and spinning got on my nerves. It's funny because there's a post on this at Community Chat and someone wondered when the Q would start selling them!!!