Do you get irritated when people touch you?

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Yea I do too. What I don't like the most about this is when my little brother hugs me out of nowhere and I catch myself sort of back away I hope he does not pick up on that while I learn not to react that way with him.

This ^ And to add to that, when people (especially my mom) keep repeatedly asking and insisting for me to do things that I am going to do anyway but just not right the moment when they want me too. Yet no matter how many times I explain to them that continuing to do so will only make me more upset and less likely to actually do what they want, they can't get it through their thick NT skulls.

It's like NTs just refuse to take into consideration logically what aspies (and people in general) say to them, and they say we lack ToM and Empathy. I believe we are much more considerate of others due to our (for lack of a better word; its 1:00 AM) anxiety of them not understanding us. we strive day in and day out to work around them, yet they won't lift a finger to make our lives easier... //End Rant

I'm really sorry for jacking your thread It's been a long night...

I don't like people touching me. Church can be a difficult because they all want to hug and put their hands on you.

Unless it's a family member(that I am still in contact with), I cannot stand being touched. It feels like a massive invasion of my personal space. As an aside, if an attractive woman chooses to touch me I'm generally ok with it(unless I feel like she's trying to get money from me.)

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After some thinking, I'd say I was more prone to it when I was younger. But what I hated the most was when I was slapped, tossed, jolted etc with the intention of correcting me, even the lightest of such moves made me boil for long minutes. Now I'm only surprised when someone pokes me unexpectedly, usually jolting me out of balance a little.

As a child I loved to be physically close to my mom, and liked to hug my dad and grandma. As I see myself now, I starve for being physically close to someone I like, which people seem consistently mistake for me always wanting sexual connection...

Hell ya. I hate unwanted touch. I am pretty flexible when someone puts their hand on my shoulder for my attention or taps me for it. But I do not like it when anyone keeps touching me. I hated mom touching me every morning when she get me up for school but she kept on doing it. I never fought because when I did one time, I hurt her psychically and I didn't like hurting her so I didn't do anything.

My dad would sometimes keep putting his hand on me and I would keep pushing it off and he wouldn't get the hint I didn't want to be touched. I think he has that aspie trait where he can't read body language. So I would finally yell at him to stop.

As a kid I hated random people touching me in school. I don't know why they did it, they just did.

Then there was my ex, I didn't like him touching me randomly either. Then he wouldn't understand why I didn't want to be touched.

Then my second ex, I hated being tickled and he still did it. Then I met my husband and he did it too and then felt bad after reading Pretending To be Normal. It doesn't feel like spiders crawling on me, it just hurts and it's uncomfortable and annoying lot of the time. he also did lot of touching too than tickling and then he cut back on it.


Then there is my baby that crawls up to me and touches me and grabs at my feet or legs, I try and enjoy the ticklish feeling but it makes my skin crawl and then I have had enough.

I get very irritated when I get touched when I don't want it, especially if I am in the middle of something.

But during my wedding I thought I was going to be suffering during it because everyone would be touching me but surprisingly I got through it and survived without feeling frustrated. But one of my husband's aunts picked up on the sensory issues because her daughter had them too.

I am easily ticklish, even the thought of someone tickling me has my muscles flexing, bracing for a tickle. I am uncomfortable when touched... though I don't shy away: it brightens my mood, is therapeutic, and good for the mind, body, and soul. I love giving a hug to someone who either wants or enjoys it.

My daughter likes to cling to my arm while we walk together. I am not ver affectionate, and her clinging really bothers me. Sometimes I ask her to please just hold my hand (that is less uncomfortable), but other times I let her and suck it up. She is my child, you know?

Am I irritated--as in annoyed--when someone touches me? No. Am I uncomfortable, nervous and anxious if someone touches me? Yes.

This. I don't like that either. There are instances when I'm listening to music, that I guess people can hear it through my headphones because of the volume, and they sit down next to me and slide into me with their shoulders. I give them a "WTF" look so to speak, and then they start laughing for no reason within my knowledge, then they walk off. That's just rude.

A touch may still bug me if it's my family, people I may know, especially if it's unexpected; I may flinch or something like that, but I can deal with it better expecting who its from....

Not so much irritated, but more weirded out. I don't like to be touched by people unless I am sexually attracted to them, and vice versa.

I was chatting with a colleague the other day. I guess I said something funny cuz she laughed and then patted me on the arm. In my head I was like "Why the hell are you touching me?" I don't get why women do this.