Are aspies more (or less) ashamed of being nude in public?

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And on a related note, are there any nudist/naturists here?

It's probably a dumb question, but it got me wondering, are Aspies in general more or less self-conscious than others? I can be painfully self-conscious at times, but I also have a rather outgoing, exhibitionist side (no pun intended, lol). I decided to test myself by going to the local nude beach (trust me before that I thought they were a little 'alternative', nothing too abnormal though) and after awhile it didn't really seem like a big deal. I'm kinda grateful, though, I'm a bit short-sighted, because the average age there was like 50 or something, lol. No I didn't go there to perve or anything, but it is actually way better to go swimming without cumbersome boardshorts clinging to you all the time! lol.

I guess may my question relates to how self conscious you are of your body, and your acts, behaviour etc. This topic has probably been touched on before but not from this angle, I don't think.

I went nude once at a nude beach two years ago. Everyone saw me in my diaper and I got strange looks according to my husband. I was walking around with no clothes on and I had on a diaper and plastic pants and so did my husband. He said we both got strange looks. I didn't pay attention.

What do you mean, you were walking around with no clothes on but you were wearing a diaper and plastic pants? haha. Were these see-through? lol.

I have no problems going around nude.

Not technically nude, and that would defiantly freak a few people out, anyhow to each his own, I go to Wreck Beach in Vancouver
when ever I am in town there in the summer, but haven't had the chance to go in 2 years because my meds make me burn bad.

What I exactly said. No double meanings. Yeah they were see through.

I lived in a Vancouver but it was in Washington, not BC. My dad's old friend lived there before he passed away and now my uncles live there.

so....why were you wearing the diaper and plastic pants????

That's interesting. So you wanted the exposure but not to really FEEL naked?

I'm enjoying all this attention.

Because it was an adult baby diaper lover gathering on the beach. I couldn't go again this year due to having to work and I didn't go the year before because I didn't request the day off and I waited too long to do it.

TBH I didn't think I was going to walk around in my diaper there but decided to after I got there just to see how many looks I get or reactions. It was all a game. I had to ask my husband if anyone looked at us or gave us looks and he told me.

I felt like a little kid. Something I hadn't done since I was maybe three years old and the nude beach is the only place to do it.

adult baby....do you mean as in this kind of thing: [The following activities are unacceptable on WrongPlanet: Unacceptable content includes discussion of excretory function.](sorry if that link offends, it was the first one i found).

if it is that kind of thing.....are you fine with talking about it? i would very much like to ask some questions.

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Forgive me for thinking this is rather comical!

The DSM does not include anything about this trait, so none of them is necessarily true.

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I have no problem with nudity.. but that's me. I am not sure if this aspect of AS has ever been studied.

I am aware of social rules and laws, so I put some cloths on when going out. Plus I don't want to offend anyone with my godly figure, Buddha is a god isn't he?

When I was a kid, I used to go swimming naked in our pool after school. Until my mom came home early one day and I got a long lecture about the evils of public nudity (but mom, we have a fenced yard)

No difficulties with nudity here, though I've never done it in public. For the most part clothes just tend to annoy me, it's easier to move around nude and I prefer the feeling of most of what I touch against bare skin. So, when at my dorm, I'm pretty much 100% nude, unless it's extremely cold, which doesn't happen often enough for me, seeing as I enjoy it. And the feeling of my old suede computer chair against bare skin is awesome.

Outdoors though it'd take about 20 minutes for me to be a lobster as quickly as I burn nowadays. Sad too, because I used to be able to stay outside all day swimming and get nothing but a slight tan. Ah well, the drawbacks of spending 11 years inside I guess.