Do your AS traits reduce when you try to be relaxed?

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When I try to be calm and relaxed and remove my anxiety, my AS traits seem to reduce. Does anyone else experience this? I wonder if hypnosis would help someone with AS.

I think it depends what traits you mean. I meditate, and this of course makes me feel calm. But I always tend to isolate myself, and never want to have much to do with situations with a lot of sensory stimuli.
I do stim less, though.

Hm.....my AS traits definately get worse in stressful situations, and they definately get better when I am calm and relaxed, such as in a familiar enviornoment or when I've had a few drinks. I have also heard people say that anti anxiety medication helps with AS.

My 'traits' diminish when I have a sense of confidence, but they don't come close to going away altogether.

Sorry to the mod's in this forum but might think I am bursting bubbles...

Want to know why u feel better...

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I been on 4 different ssri anti anxiety meds and they blow, you will probably get stuck on TCas

I find when I am feeling relaxed my social interaction is a lot worse. When talking to people i am constantly on guard so I dont say something wrong. But when I relax and get comfortable the faux pas start flowing pretty thickly and I start telling my long stories and I just generally act like myself. I dont allow myself to relax around people., though around AS people I can be me a lot more.

Yes, all of them. Thankfully.

When I try to relax, my AS traits are still there. However, I am less critical of myself and notice my AS traits less.

When I am less relaxed, I seem to be more quiet, but still very much AS like. It's similar when I am relaxed, I am more outgoing, but apparently still a bit "off" according to others.

2 b honest wen im relaxed i don't really fink about my aspergers syndrome as i feel quite good.

only when I smoke weed. I feel soo much better high.

I'm always stressed and anxious, even when I try to sleep.

When relaxed or comfortable with who I am with I am more normal.

I specifically notice one thing, speech characteristics. When I'm socially tense, which can be in a one-on-one social situation, such as being uncomfortable with the new doctor (just experienced this on my birthday couple days ago) or especially within the group dynamic, that I "motormouth".

I talk fast, higher than normal volume & pitch, in a monologue; people have to yell at me sometimes to get me to shut up. I started noticing a couple months back during a big overseas reunion party, one lady friend commented on this and the problems it causes, and it happened again in a group situation 3 weeks later in London.

This was before I found out I was Asperger's.

I notice I don't do this as much or as intensely all the time, just when ill at ease. The folks in the reunion I've known for roughly 30 years, makes no diff to this happening when I try to join in the conversation, I still get nervous and motormouth.
When it's someone I know well and we're not part of a crowd, I don't seem to do this so quickly.