Do you experience hesitancy to do certain things because of the probability that you may hurt yourself and you can remember what said injury feels like? I find myself frequently nervous when performing certain physical tasks because I've hurt myself doing them before and anticipate the pain I would experience if I were to do so again. Because of ( Read more... )

 I have a few questions about this. I'm quite early on in my realisation of AS so not all the symptoms are clear ( Read more... )

I have had severe tactile defensiveness and other sensory issues all my life. While these are recognized to occur commonly in conjunction with ASDs and other neurological issues, I have had a lot of trouble finding understanding or support from a doctor or a counselor I saw last year ( Read more... )

Some days I want that on a tshirt. Or possibly a sign. I was doing a spinning demonstration (yarn, not stationary bikes) at an art center open house this afternoon, and some combination of my hair color, the fact that I was sitting down and they were standing up, and the fact that it was St. Patrick's day seemed to make everyone think it was ok to ( Read more... )

I know that lots of us have issues in regards to hypersensitivity and interpretation of certain kinds of frequencies, lights, colors, images, etc.  I have been becoming increasingly socially reclusive in the past few months.  While I do enjoy spending lots of time alone, I also rather enjoy socializing to a certain extent.  I'm prone to become more ( Read more... )

I just found this community the other day, and I have a question for everyone. I had a date last night, and I stumbled across an issue that I need some help with ( Read more... )

Does anyone have a problem with people close to them touching them ( Read more... )

I'm curious to hear about aspies' experiences with hugging. I'm naturally hug-adverse and I generally have to really like the person before the experience is pleasant ( Read more... )