what are ur autism behaviors?

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Does unintentionally pissing off everyone in my sight count as an autistic behavior?

Also people loving to practice regular gaslighting on me. I have learned to call them out on this... so far the result is anger, yelling and very aggressive denial... but I have run out of f***ks to give.

I sometimes say things very coldly and bluntly I have been told and this hurts people's feelings... which maybe way everyone is so upset with me all the time...

This may seem disgusting but... I refuse to use napkins except in very particularly urgent situations... because I hate them...

I complain when my mother turns on the living room light because she bought these ridiculously bright white lights... sometimes I feel she does these things to slowly kill me...

Not Autism related but the sun makes me sneeze when I leave the grocery store. LOL

I am closer to my cat than people.

I don't get obvious jokes until 10 minutes later after everyone has moved on and it's too late to laugh.

I was asked as a joke to crochet an adult onesie but I took them literally and I was about to make it and they had to stop me.

I obsess over things so much that I forget to eat. I think I'm one of those sunlight vampires...

I stimm and make cuing noises, clicking noises, clear my throat, sniffle, cough and grunt. It's very upsetting to the people around me.

I have learned to cry in silence without others knowing when it gets too loud at work. I work at a call center so this is a pretty regular thing.

ANXIETY

SO. MUCH. ANXIETY.

Special interests and obsessions
Attachment to unusual objects like German helmets
Emotionally immature
Sleeping with a favourite toy. I sleep with my giant Om Nom.
Childlike and does cute things
Hatred for gender roles and stereotypes
Unusual taste in music
Occasional stimming in my own home when I'm very tired
Unusual accent
Watching my favourite TV series over again

A lot apparently.

I got my diagnosis about 5 years ago and I'm still working it all out lol

Not a complete list:

Just about a bit of what everyone has already posted.

Hard to say for sure off the top of my head a lot of them.

The most obvious ones that come to mind are:
No eye contact
Awful social skills.
I tap and crack my knuckles a lot but that might just be add.

I'm sure there are others just can't really think of them.

Being anxious in social situations
Meltdowns
Being bad at conversation
Not wanting to socialize sometimes
Erratic eye contact
Stimming

Stimming: flapping, rocking, bouncing, humming, spinning, chewing, deep pressure, swinging, pacing
Meltdowns, shutdowns, self-harm (head-banging, biting, hitting)
Obsessive interests
Rigid, black and white thinking
Literal interpretations
Social miscommunication
Echolalia, periodically losing speech
Agitation at changes in routine
Major sensory issues: sound, touch, taste, texture, light, smell

Probably more that are currently escaping me.

I have journals and lists.
I have Pinterest collections of stuff.
Apparently, the photographs I take are the same as autistic people take.
If sth goes wrong, my day is ruined. But I don't express my feelings about it.
I need to get a nap after Uni because I get tired.
I despise certain voices.
I like SF, origami and other things autistic people find interesting.
I like order in nature, symmetry and fractals.
As a child I mostly enjoyed encyclopedia types of books. My fav read was a monthly journal about nature, science and cultures.
I only twice have invited people to my house.
I don't have real friends and so called friendships never last.
I don't see the point in parties, unless there's a garden. I like gardens despite living in a flat all my life, I had grown bonsai and can tell you a lot about plants.
I can talk to older people or kids, but people of my age tend to bully me or avoid, and on my part it's no easy, too.
I didn't recognize flirting when it took place.
I didn't recognize teasing.
I had periods I couldn't show up at Uni because I was anxious.
I also have stims or plainly repetitive behavior but up until now didn't view it as such.
I was so obsessed over a sitcom that I skipped lunchtime to watch it. And I didn't do my homework because of it.
Spending most of the day at home, I don't see any point in getting out and meeting people. But I secretly wish I had sb to be my confidant. A friend or a lover.
Tip walking when barefoot at home

Last edited by smudgedhorizon on 09 Feb 2018, 6:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

* Stimming (For stimming: rocking, flapping, finger flicking, humming and making sounds, pacing, spinning)
*Obsessive interests
*Rigid thinking/Black and white thinking
*Cannot stand change in routine
*Quite childish
*Unusual taste in music
*Difficulty initiating/holding a conversation
*Odd sense of humor
*Very uncomfortable in social situations to the point where most days it is unbearable
*Very socially awkward (Being self aware of this only makes it hurt more...)
*Unusual interests
*Meltdowns (The worst...)
*Speaking to myself
*Lining up objects
*Sensitivities to certain sounds, smells, clothing textures (I also always must cut the tag off of my clothing so it doesn't drive me nuts!), very sensitive to light aswell
*Hard time empathizing at times
*Eat the same food alot
*Listen to same songs over and over again
*Watch same favorite show over and over again
*Over explaining
*Taking things literally
*Do not understand teasing or sarcasm
*No filter
*Startle very easily to loud noises/absolutely dread loud noises

Hi random1, '' no filter '', what does it mean for you? Is it that you hear sounds and cannot block them out? Or something of a different nature?

^It usually means that you can't tell the different between socially appropriate and inappropriate things to say, so you blurt out things that seem rude.

Jumpy at loud noises.
Smells annoy me
Hard to get comfortable
Don't like being touched in certain body areas
Obsessive and specific intrests lasting years
Sesitivity to lights
Very visual person
Easily frusturated
Poor filter
Incessantly discuss topics people don't want to hear
I think in black and white
My thoughts are very distracting
Innapropriate laughter
Hard to listen, understand and take notes.
Takes awhile for me to get abstract ideas.
Hard to understand accents
Vocal stimming that can get quite complex
Pulling hair when stressed
Getting tired after socializing
Smelling things

That's all I can think of for now.

Right now, extreme anxiety about driving. The traffic here is getting really crazy. That won't stop me from driving, but I do sweat sometimes.

literal thinking
intense interests
no filter
staring or too little eye contact (sometimes it's fine)
looking at the wrong things (currently I have an issue with looking at new peoples teeth)
unemotional, especially monotone voice on phone
over excited when happy
talk without giving others a chance to have a turn
difficulty reading insinuation (though I'm getting better)
If I discover a song which I really enjoy I can listen soley to that song non-stop for 1 month, though often I have it on repeat for most of the day which reduces that down to about 2 weeks.