Scripting and being attached to objects

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I always use to be obsessed with strings and dangle them in front of my eyes while scripting a show that i could memorize. I would tense up and shake and i still do that but i don't use strings as much anymore unless i am really stressed out. I sometimes use to script social situations of how i could be more social like thinking of myself actually interacting with other people when i was younger, but i would never interact when i saw those people. Just wondering if anyone scripts or memorizes things or has an obsession with a certain object of any kind? is this related to AS or is it OCD? I just thought it is AS but wanted to see if others could relate to me.

It definitely sounds like an AS thing.

I'm not sure if it's the same thing or not, but I am very attached to my teddy bear, throw pillow, bean sac, and doll. I often hug my teddy or hold my doll when I feel sad or frightened, and I can't sleep without my throw pillow and bean sac. Sometimes I feel like my doll has thoughts and feelings of its own, though that could just be a natural byproduct of my love for reading haunted doll stories.

Pre-scripting social events was something I always did as a kid and still do to a much lesser degree. Especially where those interactions might be problematic for some reason (ongoing discord in the relationship, existence of a contentious issue, my expectation of abusive behavior, my being physically intimidated by the person(s), etc.). I'd get so overwhelmed by the expectations, I had to have a 'plan' going into the engagement, in the hopes that it would help me cope or operate, which it usually didn't.

I am 6'2" and 230 lbs and can handle most individuals just fine. However, due to worsening stress in my life, I have seen a resurgence in such preparatory obsessions, especially when I expect to be going out in public. I am taking steps to relieve my self of the stress and it is helping reduce the scripting behavior as well.

I used to that that a lot when I was younger. Not just string, but anything dangly really. I also used to sort of move my fingers in front of my eyes. I have no idea why. I still do it sometimes and then feel weird when I notice myself doing it. It gives me this kind of...lost feeling.



I have always done that. I never stopped. It has actually INCREASED in incidence as I have aged. There more complex social interactions became, the more I did it. I catch myself doing that multiple times a day and usually mentally scold myself for it.

When i've said something i immediately run through a list of possible responses and try to pick a most likely. The more "new" the experience (either someone i don't know well or if the conversation changes), the harder i have to think. I tend to subconsciously mouth the words i'm thinking too, which i only became aware of in highschool.

I thought i had grown out of it because nobody had said anything since, but recently i asked my family and they confirmed that i still do it but just think i'm not done speaking. It would certainly explain why i have bombed so many job interviews when i thought things went really well!

Blackcat same here with me i use to move my fingers in front of my face too at the same time with the string. I figured it was AS related though the Dr. i see now doesn't understand it and i am looking into a new therapist anyway.

I feel like this too. I reckon my teddy bear has possessed me, because when I moved him to a different side of my bed, I got very bad luck all day, so when I came home I moved him back to where he was and I didn't get any more bad luck. It might have been coincidence, but who knows? Also this teddy seems to have a lot of facial expressions.

Some NTs have attatchments to their old favourites too. My aunt is NT and she's in her 40s, but she loves her teddy what she had since she was a little girl, and she keeps him in her bed with his head resting on the pillow.