Getting confused between bodily sensations?

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I've been having this for a while now (or maybe I've always had it), and it's starting to really worry me. Every day it's something new. Today, I confused hunger with tiredness. I thought I was really tired, and I kept drinking more and more caffeine, and it wasn't doing anything for me, and I couldn't figure out why. Then it finally occurred to me that it wasn't actually tiredness, but hunger. I was starving.

And yesterday I was having stomach cramps, but for some reason I thought it was a headache I was experiencing. Finally, after hours, I realized there was no headache and it was actually my stomach. This is just the most recent example... but it's something different every day.

Basically, I experience a pain, or some kind of discomfort, but I can't tell from where in my body it's coming from. Does this sound like something someone with autism/aspergers would have? Or is it something else? I really want to know what it could possibly be (and don't say I need to go to a psychiatrist).

Thanks!

Anyone else have this problem?

I have itches that I can't tell where they originate and I have to scratch many different places to try to get it to stop.

I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but one often leads to another, for me (for example, being exhaustedly tired BECAUSE I'm actually hungry, even though I don't "feel" hungry).

Also, my head and my stomach are connected (I get migraines), so a problem with one may lead to (or signify) a problem with the other.