Do you have problems with proprioception (body awareness)?

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Ya, I feel terrible sometimes when I think about how much time I spend sitting or laying down.
I have low-energy, kidney problems I don't have the money to diagnose, constant severe allergies, and constant major depression that hits me often, especially when NTs mind-f**k me, which is like daily sometimes. Notice that you're guilty of "something" when you're around NTs ? I think that's how they control you. It's a system of control.
Perhaps for other NTs too. You're guilty until proven innocent, but in the meantime, you're guilty of "something", they just haven't figured out what you're guilty of yet, so they keep watching you, snooping in on you, asking you questions (that seem like innocent and happy questions ... ya right) , until they get something that will stick to you.

Which is why I avoid people at all costs, if I can.
Being around NTs and their constant psychopathic behavior simply wears my nerves thin.
That's how they get to you, and "beat you", .... by attrition.

That's right, being a desk potato is very bad for the health. If I live that way for a few days, it's all I can do to walk to the shop and back. So I try never to let a day go by without at least taking a reasonable-sized walk. Trouble is, it's so nice to just loaf about.

To me, what you describe seems to be a deficit in unconscious proprioception.. I need to keep track of my legs and arms while i'm writing this, for example, because my attention is on the writing, and i lose track of my body. So i have my legs crossed tightly, and move them constantly.. And i rub my fingers against my palms because, i think, i 'm trying to feel them using tact.
But the conscious proprioception, i suppose is ok, cause i can move where i want to. I'm only clumsy when i have to be attending to something else, so i need that 'automatic function' (unconscious prorpioception) that i don't really have..
That makes sense, right?

I have told my therapists in the past that I felt like a passenger in my own body. I was diagnosed with something else though. That was a while back. I wonder if I should bring his up since it hasn't dissipated at any time in my life.

I am often bumping into things. I have no sense of balance and have to touch things when going up and down stairs. Combine that with visual strangeness such as bad depth perception, I am a walking disaster. I have fallen down stairs several times. Certain patterns mess with my eyes a lot and make me lose my personal orientation and spatial awareness even more.

That´s typical in AS according to what I´ve learned till now.
Bumping into things because of poor vision-body coordination and bad depth perception. Poor balance and having to touch things when going up and down stairs.
Those are all listed as typical.

I don't have to touch things when on stairs, but I do feel like I'm going to trip if I don't look at my feet when I'm going down.

I absolutely do, and it's annoying as hell.

Have you tried getting confused by what you see, then?

So that's why I need to look at my feet when I'm going up and down stairs, why I tend to bump into things, and why I sometimes "loose a leg" in bed. Good to know.

I sometimes bump into things, and I often go down stairs one at a time instead of one-two-one-two.

I have some. I have been told that proprioceptive issues are part of Autism. And that would make sense since proprioceptive issues are part of what the cerebellum deals with and they have found that Autistic brains have entire cell populations missing from the cerebellar circuit.

Dr. Margaret Baumen research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o6KYIw2yww

Is interesting. I may read later.

Poor proprioception causes stimming as a way to get input and body awareness.

Someone mentioned somewhere that they often folded their arms. I used to do this all the time. Yet due to past jobs I was always taught not to so I had to stop doing it.
Is interesting what you said about stimming... How it is used to relate to your body etc.
Someone mentioned that their balance is effected... Now I get that before I go down stairs. I have to really hold on tight at the top, but once I start to go down I am ok. It is judgement of trying to get the height differences right? No idea.
Anyone relate to this? Sometimes get it doing other things... Balance issues... Is it connected to the above heading? Or is it unrelated?

I have a tendency to walk into trees and things. It gets old in a hurry.

I bump into walls and often have difficulty rounding corners in a corridor. On occasion I lift my arms at my sides, like a child playing "airplane", to keep balance. It's subtle enough that I don't think people notice I'm ready for take-off. I also get my handbag, pockets, clothes etc. caught on doorknobs or handles. Yesterday I ripped my pyjama shorts when they caught the knob on my dresser.