Autisitc/AS traits in order of prominence

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What are your top 10 traits in order of severity/prominence? Your most prominent number 1 least being number 10, like pop charts.
For me it's:

1. executitive dysfunction/ unorganised
2. eye contact problems
3. obsessive interests
4. social awkwardness/ not good at small talk
5. day dreamy/always thinking
6. Not good at regulating emotions/ expressing them properly
7. Clumsiness/ poor motorskills
8. auditry processing (for examlple not picking up what peolpe are saying)
9. stimming
10. touch and light sensitivity

Oh I like this topic idea, I tried my best to order them, but all of them are fairly strong.

1. Obsessive interests
2. Day dreaming/Thinking
3. Motor skill problems/Clumsiness
4. Touch Sensitivity
5. Literal Thinking
6. Inability to multitask, preferring one step at a time
7. Social awkwardness
8. Eye contact problems
9. Disorganisation
10. Tendency to interrupt

1. Executive dysfunction
2. Misunderstanding nonverbal cues & social behaviour
3. Motor problems
4. Trouble starting/maintaining conversations
5. Getting lost in my own thoughts
6. Eye contact
7. Auditory processing
8. Sensory issues - rough fabrics, sound, bright light, crowds
9. Special interests
10. Trouble knowing when people are done speaking or when I should speak

1. Obsessional orientation to everything (interests or not)
2. Executive dysfunction
3. Social deficits, including communication
4. Stimming (Sound/other sensitivity)

I personally do not think my stimming is that obviously bizarre but my sensitivity sure is, and I'm pretty sure stimming is related to sensation, so I would prefer the second label than the first.

In a top-ten fashion:
1. Inability to multitask (pervasive!!)
2. Obsessional orientation
3. Self-centredness
4. Verbal expression of thought
5. Difficulty with change in routine
6. Auditory processing
7. Obsessional interests
8. Staying on topic, or shared attention
9. Making friends, or social routines
10. Low sound/light/heat tolerance

This is actually really hard to do and it is not quite accurate because of the relative "prominence" is not necessarily obvious, such as multitasking or auditory processing - i might feel it keenly but no one else might have any idea it is happening. In fact multitasking is such a huge deal in my life that I have become obsessive about needing to be organised - so somehow my classmate thinks I am this superorganised supermultitasking person when actually I am struggling to keep up and falling apart!!

Interesting.

1.) Obsessive interests;
2.) Always thinking;
3.) Dominating conversations;
4.) Sameness;
5.) Self-involved and lack of empathy;
6.) Inability to multitask ("tunnel vision");
7.) Oversensitive to touch and light;
8.) Stimming;
9.) Eye contact;
10.) That toe-walking business. I sometimes do that.

1. day dreaminf
2, intersts
3. lack of organization skills
4.fine moter skills
5. too much enregy ( that is more adhd which i don't have but yeah still true for me yo.)
the rest don't apply to me so i only have 4 and a half traits which is why i only have aspects of aspergers.

This was really hard for me ! Many of my issues are equal in value or need a lot of detail to explain, sorry . Explanations in ()'s next to #'d issue:

1. Mumbler (talk 2 self as a calming mechanism & preparatory method 4 things, most noticeable at home/ don't do in public)
2. Stuck in my head (always thinking, daydreaming, songs won't shut off in my head/annoying etc.)
3. Detail Oriented (you see):roll:
3. Socially Awkward (can't start, follow, or stay in conversations timing wise/when to speak well, unless I am comfortable w/ the group I'm w/)
4. Obsessive interests (slinky shrine, tin foil ball, sniffing things like shoes, feet, my brother, picking things off those I care for/I'm like a monkey in this regard (only way I can show affection w/o being in pain)& noting facial imperfections/hygiene - This I know is REALLY weird !
5. Sensory issues (senses can shut on & off randomly/highly inconvenient/includes loss of body awareness & feeling in certain body parts when nervous/panic attacks/try being is HS w/ this /not good!/don't like certain fabrics, sounds, fluorescents, "tunnel vision" etc.) + little/no sense of temp. outside body
6. Eye Contact issues (Should looking into people's eyes burn?)
7. Literal thinker (have to ask about/learn sarcasm w/ each new person I meet/start over w/ each new person/exhausting after awhile)
8. Lack of sense of appropriate dress/behavior (dress badly/too little or few clothes, etc./can't figure out whom to show respect, etc.)
9. Can't read expression, intensions, etc.
10. Knowing when to speak

p.s. sorry so long & detailed (warned you b4) + #'s 3-9 about equal for me

what is "timming"?

And how is it pronounced?

Does it ryhme with "timing", or with "brimming"?

1. Obsessions
2. Don't like things that aren't planned
3. Sameness
4. Sensory issues
5. Stimming
6. Too much talking
7. Loud voice
8. Lack of social skills
9. Day dreaming
10. Literal

1.) Need for extreme focus / order in my life - I can't deal with my life any other way. I can't handle having too many "open ends" and not being able to commit to a single goal at a time. I'm the exact opposite of a spontaneous, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants type of person. I have to have everything planned ahead. There's no end to the anxiety and depression this causes me.

2.) Inertia - I have trouble getting started on things but then once I get into something I can't quit. Too many transitions in the day kills my inner drive and makes me depressed.

3.) Socially Awkward - I suck at small talk. I'm not ever able to spontaneously come up with things to say. I have to think everything out before I say it.

Hmm... I'm not able to think of 10 symptoms right now. I'll complete this later.

1. Executive dysfunction.
2. Touch / light sensitivity.
3. Picky eating.
4. Awkward gait, clumsiness.
5. Unable to do small talk.
6. Stimming.
7. Eye contact.
8. Handling situations when I'm disrupted from something I enjoy...
9. Being rude.
10. Auditory processing problems.

1. Sensory overload
2. Special interests
3. Need for predictability; poor stress-tolerance
4. Executive dysfunction
5. Disinterest in socializing; asexuality
6. Detail-oriented thinking
7. Repetitive movements
8. Odd speech; poor non-verbal communication
9. Sleep disturbances
10. Auditory processing difficulty

I havve most of those:

1. inertia
2. Lack of ability to socialize, Odd speech, poor non-verbal communication
3. Clumsiness/ poor motorskills
4. Need for predictability; poor stress-tolerance
5. Special interests
6. speach level regulation
7. Detail-oriented thinking
8. Auditory processing difficulty
9. Sleep disturbances
10. day dreaming/always thinking
11. Sensory overload
12. Executive dysfunction(in so far as a lack of ease in handling multiple tasks once, via memory)
13. Repetitive movements

I'm assuming this is "objective", rather than subjective:

1. Social interaction and communication in person; I totally suck
2. Need for routines to function; no routine, and I can't function
3. Repetitive behaviours; I can't focus on anything but that one thing
4. Overwhelming anxiety; who knows where change can come from and unpredictability is everywhere
5. Sensory Integration Disorder (visual, auditory, tactile, etcetera)
6. Lack of drive
7. Depression, I guess

That's about it.

1) Day dreaming
2) Inability to regulate emotions
3) Obsessing
4) Poor social skills
5) Eye contact problems
6) Inability to read people
7) Auditory processing (takes a few seconds to know what someone has said)
8) Stimming
9) Sensitive to certain sensations (sunlight, shirt tags [at home I wear shirts inside out, lol], etc.)
10) Clumsiness

Not quite in perfect order, but I think it's pretty close.

1. Executive dysfunction
2. Oversensitive emotions (short fuse)
3. Hypersensitivity to sound
4. Poor fine motor skills
5. Showing empathy
6. Routines
7. Social awkwardness
8. Special interests
9. Sensitivity to touch
10. Stimming