What psychological condition could this be?

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I'm not sure if there is an existing name for this, but I've met two people that show these traits:-

-Having trouble pronouncing some words with more than one syllable
-Speaks noticably slow
-Has trouble handling situations very well, for example will become a little too assertive for own good, like yelling and shouting at people when something goes wrong and not speak to that person for weeks
-Gets all het up and anxious over small things, and overreacts quite a lot (explains the previous trait)
-Unintentionally causes trouble without actually knowing
-Shouts and makes funny noises almost every night when asleep

I know some people can get funny over small things and ''get the hump'' with other people, (I've noticed that), but a woman who I know (who has these traits listed above) does it more frequently and is tied in with her general behaviour. She gets herself very het up, and if she doesn't get her own way she would argue until she wins, and if she doesn't win she storms off and not speak to you for weeks. Somebody told me that she misinterprets things and finds negotiating or compromising very difficult, and no situation is a happy ending unless she gets her own way. I know this may sound common, but if you actually met this person, you would probably find something odd about her. Her speech delays makes it obvious too that she has got a disorder of some sort.

She is OK at interacting in general. She often has a good conversation with you, and a lot of people know her, although she seems to get along with men better, she still speaks well to some women. A lot of people get on with her, but you got to be rather careful with what you say to her, and once you get her into an argument (one what most people probably wouldn't really argue over), it will be hard to get out of it again. But otherwise, her general social interaction falls around the NT standards.
I don't think it's an ASD, since the traits and behaviour and personality style is a bit different to those with AS, but it does seem like she has a disorder of some sort, and so does another woman who I've met (well, my mum knows her more). This woman has a husband, and he says she is difficult to sleep with, since she makes funny loud noises in her sleep and turns very quickly.

Has anyone else met anyone like this? I seem very interested in psychological conditions lately, and I was just curious about my friend. I don't like to ask her personally because she might not like to bring up things like that to other people (I feel the same with my AS), but I was just wondering if it sounds familiar to anyone here? Like I said, I know it isn't an ASD, I don't think.

It might just be a general learning disability. Just because somebody has learning difficulties doesn't mean their stupid, so your friend might have a permanent speech delay that was obviously recognised in very early childhood.

Not all psychological conditions have a label but can still be well known. All or most psychological disorders can make you socially awkward in some way, not in the same way as those with ASDs, but can in a different way, and so her learning disability can affect how she deals with situations socially with other people, being unaware of her actions and reacting to sudden situations in an aggressive but harmless way which can make her seem hard work to other people.

I take it other people around her (who have come across lots of tiffs with her for hardly no reason) probably dont quite understand her and think she's just being shirty just to be awkward and intentionally causing unnecessary arguments, and they probably dont understand that its only because she finds situations difficult to handle and so becomes socially awkward when an unplanned situation arises among herself and other people.

There are lots of conditions besides autism, so it could be perhaps anything, even some sort of a mild personality disorder. You mentioned she got anxious over small things, so maybe she suffers with a high anxiety disorder aswell as a learning disability, the mixture causing her to be unable to cope well in certain situations, or has unpredictable behaviour and reactions to the situation.

Hope my answer has helped.

What you've described sounds like a woman who stays near me. People tend to get annoyed at her outbursts. However, I believe she either has a learning disability or brain injury (possibly even caused by a stroke). I've heard her getting annoyed with people on the bus, for no reason at all, and they look at her with disgust. It's really sad. I just completely ignore it, as I've no clue what's wrong with her and how she might respond to me.