What autistic traits do you have?

[cheesypizza]

For those of us with Asperger's/autism (or even those without it), I was wondering what autistic traits you display. Here are mine:

- Preferring to spend time alone "in my own world" than with friends.
- Trouble making friends and making conversations.
- Trouble knowing how my words come across to others.
- Trouble reading people's feelings/attitudes.
- Meltdowns.
- Getting upset when things aren't logical.
- Being very sensitive to criticism. 
- Preferring to wear comfortable clothes for sensory reasons. 
- Sensitivities to sight and touch.
- Unusual interests.
- Getting obsessed with certain activities.
- Making rules for myself.
- Stimming.

[max]

Nov 9, 2015 3:14:16 GMT cheesypizza said:

For those of us with Asperger's/autism (or even those without it), I was wondering what autistic traits you display. Here are mine:

- Preferring to spend time alone "in my own world" than with friends.
- Trouble making friends and making conversations.
- Trouble knowing how my words come across to others.
- Trouble reading people's feelings/attitudes.
- Meltdowns.
- Getting upset when things aren't logical.
- Being very sensitive to criticism. 
- Preferring to wear comfortable clothes for sensory reasons. 
- Sensitivities to sight and touch.
- Unusual interests.
- Getting obsessed with certain activities.
- Making rules for myself.
- Stimming.

All of the above.

[itt2]

I am BAP/shadow, not fully on the spectrum

-I am socially awkward when I do not have a "script" for social interactions
-I have a variety of executive function issues
-If I am not consciously thinking about it, I tend to take things literally
-My posture/gait are rather "stiff"
-I like to deconstruct things into rules, and as long as things follow the rules, I am OK it, even if I don't like it
-I can be very gullible
-While I can "read" body language, it is more like I am following an algorithm and less that I do it intuitively
-My default mode tends toward black and white thinking, though I can be very flexible when I am actively trying to avoid black and white thinking

[Misery]

Hmm, mine:

-Not good at verbal communication.
-Often wont understand "obvious" or blatant things, but can easily understand absract things.
-Awkward (I hate that one)
-I avoid most social interaction... particularly parties.
-Cant remember anything. I can forget something while I am in fact doing that particular something.
-I space out ALOT.
-Sensitivity issues, mostly sound (loud things) and temperature (absolutely anything cold that isnt a dairy product).
-I can be overly blunt when talking to people.
-Unusual interests, indeed. Arent I just such a geek? Bah.
-Tendency to be generally strange, which manifests itself in a huge amount of ways.
-Lots of stimming, usually with objects not usually associated with that.
-Obsessions

And so on. I dont have a real problem with having autism, but it can definitely be annoying at times.

[DevilKisses]

I'm somewhat in the grey area. I was diagnosed, but I think I'm more BAP. I think a lot of my symptoms are health related or self-fulfilling prophecies. 

- Being obsessive
- I have sensory issues, but they're on and off
- I have executive functioning issues
- My head isn't clear. That can mimic a lot of autistic traits, but it adds other problems like not being able to keep up in class.
- When my head isn't clear I can have a hard time reading people.
- I also lack social experience and confidence because of being called autistic. If a complete NT was as isolated and socially anxious as me they wouldn't be way better off.

[ylevental]

Various obsessions: treatments, technology, cats, Chinese food, trains, and so forth

[WitchsCat]

My traits include:

-Lack of social skills
-Anxiety attacks and meltdowns (though I am working on this)
-Hard time accepting criticism
-can be naive at times
-Obsessions and interests that change overtime
-Having a hard time letting things go
-Trouble being open to others
-Stimming (i.e. rocking back and forth)
-Sensitivity to sound

[Ezra]

-Very withdrawn to the point to where a term like social skills is moot.
-Evasive beyond not making eye contact.
-Primarily nonverbal.
-Take in everything at once; sights, sounds, smells with little ability to filter.
-Lots of cognitive impairment. Need to be looked after a lot, pretty much bathed and dressed the same as a little kid.
-Sharp attention to up close details, but poor awareness of outer surroundings, get lost very easily.

Other stuff mentioned above.