Unintentional twitching

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(Being screened for aspergers)
Recently, I'm undergoing a lot of stress with CHANGE (v.stressful for me) and losing a friend (death). However, I've never been fond of crowds (I'd start shouting and crying). However recently i've become very much more sensitive (sensory sensitivity diagnosed) and if I hear something loud or something I don't like I'll cry and shudder with my hands over my ears. Another thing is being touched. An incident was today at college when someone I knew bumped into me and I pushed her into the wall and started flapping then put my hands behind my head and ran into a corner and they laughed. It's not very nice, is anyone else like this? In a way I want to know if I have any autistic/asperger traits and if so this may just be the answer to all my difficulties (theres more than this!) Sometimes I just randomly twitch, in bed or relaxing I'll just jump, or if in a stressful situation I clench my fists or my whole body twitches it's so awkward!

This happens to me too. It used to be weekly/daily, now I don't notice it anymore so I really don't know how often. For me it mostly happens in public and I think that for me it's a reaction to sensory stimuli. When I stress I stim, which is different, but one could interpret it as twitching? I think twitching is normal for us though. I got asked if I twitched when they were testing me so ... yeah

What you described are autistic traits. They can occur with other conditions also.

Oh ok...I mean it's really bad at the moment, but I think it's because I'm stressed although I'm trying to hide it from my mum (I hide everything - maybe why I'm only just being screened now) I just want to have an answer really.