Scared of people??

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Anytime I am walking and I'm near any people in my age group or anyone who looks intimidating, I instantly stop talking or look away. My friend who has autism did the same thing, and I asked him if he was thinking the same thing and he said yes. Do a lot of people who have AS/ Autism do this, or is this normal?

I do it too, I sometimes keep my head down...

I always stop talking if people come near, I don't know if I'm 'scared' of them but I feel a bit intimidated and keep quiet until they're gone.

I don't like being in places where there are a lot of people. I don't think we need to worry though, apparently this is a normal aspie trait.

I go to a catholic school (I'm agnostic, for the record), and there was a carnival to celebrate a feast day. My aspie friend was too scared to go outside so we just stayed in the music room all day. A couple of times I suggested 'going for a walk', and he replied "Are you out of your mind? there are PEOPLE out there. PEOPLE!", my reply to that was "Yeah, good point". (two aspies can get up to a lot of craziness!). I did actually go outside a couple of times, to get food, etc.

I'm the exact same way, Kai_Bliss.

Well, my friend did the same thing as me and like I said he has autism as well. I just wanted to ask other people with ASD's if they were the same way to see if this is a common thing among us.

Gatherings of people, whether large or small, frighten the s**t out of me.

I always feel like I don't belong there and I'm acting like a shit-stain on their otherwise enjoyable day even if I'm not doing anything. and if I'm in a small group acting socially I always feel like a cheat or a third wheel who can't join in because they're in their ways and I, well, know nothing. If that makes sense.

People are scary. I'm only just managing to get out of it. Slowly.

I still do this and I passed adolescence long ago.

I had a feeling this is common among us.

As a general rule, I don't talk to people unless they talk to me first. If I see people as I'm walking along, I wouldn't say I get scared of them - unless they look dodgy, of course - but I do look away and get on with my own business, yes.

I used to be like that, I actually now have more guts to talk to somebody, before and when I joined this site, I couldn't have done it before. Although I still look away and sometimes not give eye contact.

I know a lot of people who don't have Autism do the same thing, so it's definitely a normal habit. It also depends on someone's personality; if they're more shy and stuff they will likely do the same thing while someone more outgoing talks to people more easily. This isn't strictly labeled to autistic people by any means. A lot of NT people do it. But I think going little by little out of yer comfort zone will help you overcome this. Once you realize not everyone is scary, not that everyone is just scared of everyone, but changing yer mindset will also help out. I can understand it's a scary thing. I don't do this myself but I don't really approach strangers and sometimes I try to make it obvious I don't want to start chatting if they give me a certain look. You'd be surprised at how many people have a certain trait of habit that's the same as you, and they don't even have to be autistic.

Yep! I'm the same way! But for me its people my own age I'm fine if they are way older or way younger.

I haven't really thought about it. If I do it too then it's only with people who I don't know.