Do many AS or ASD people get Social PTSD ?

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I think I may be one of them.

Tell the forum if you have or think u have social PTSD.

I have a very detailed long term memory and unfortunately I can remember in clear detail every single social mistake I have ever made. Unfortunately it can fuel self hatred and fear of doing it repeatedly from time to time. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's PTSD but it really is discouraging to the extent I have not spoken to anyone new for years.

You should have an excellent memory for all the stuff you do well, too.

I'm sure you do many things well.

Don't know if this is the same thing,but I seem to remember every time I've annoyed anybody, and I carefully avoid doing the same things to anybody else, even though I know that different people are sensitive to different things. So as time goes by, I do less and less with people.

Many people exaggerate their symptoms, or use heavily hyperbolic language, when they say that they have PTSD. Or they simply don't know what the symptoms of the disorder are. PTSD involves things like flash backs, recurring disturbing dreams, unhealthy amounts of cognitive dissonance, and general anxiety that not only hampers everyday functionality but it can plague a person whatever they happen to be doing. What people have described here so far doesn't sound like PTSD, and it's also worthy of noting that it is normally caused by one or a few very traumatic events that the person relives.

Maybe the author of the OP does have it, and I don't intend any offense when I say things like this. What I am trying to emphasize, is that being melodramatic and self diagnosing this condition is not very sensitive or respectful to the people that do suffer from such an unnerving condition.

I have a social anxiety. In crowded situations, I will hover around the person I can most identify with. And this person is usually the person I go to events with. And if I'm alone, I hurry, make mistakes, certainly I'm not going to speak, and I will feel really very stressed and even panicked.

But I am pretty sure this isn't PTSD I'm describing.

Good point, but I've just carefully read all the posts prior to yours, and nobody has actually self-diagnosed themselves as having PTSD. Nonetheless, your post serves as a timely warning for anybody who was about to.

Maybe, it is more of a social panic disorder.

Yes.

I have social anxiety and PTSD. They can overlap sometimes, but confrontation and unwelcome attention trigger my PTSD. The former is more a general anxiety of responding incorrectly or inappropriately without realizing it, along with juggling some sensory issues.

Thanks, you interpreted me more charitably than I might have expected. Of course I didn't mean anyone here was self diagnosing, and I'm sorry if someone got the impression that I was singling out and criticizing them. There is a disturbing trend though, to trivialize such serious conditions by acting as if you have it yourself.

I think the term you were looking for was "social anxiety".

And yes, I have it. Had it for all my life, pretty much.

Doesn't help that autism makes me more prone to screw up in social situations, therefore increasing my aversion to being around people.

Both of the conditions kind of feed into each other.

Glad to see that neither of us is coming over with that irritating bluntness that Aspies are notorious for. Mutual respect is a wonderful thing.