Is it strange that I don't desire total isolation?

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I'm actually the opposite. If I had a choice, I would choose to be around people I am comfortable with all the time; not necessarily interacting all the time but in close proximity to others. I hate being alone; I start feeling like I'm going crazy after spending even a few hours all by myself. Basically, I get very anxious and panicky.

This is me. I have found since my second child has been born that I am screaming for "ME" time a lot more though. Yesterday I couldnt take it anymore and I waited till an hour till closing to go to the bookstore just so I could not be around many people and still feel more by myself. BUT, if I did not have my children and my spouse I think I would be in my head more than I need to be. Sometimes I annoy him by asking him to sit in the same room with me while I do laundry. I dont really wanna talk, I just dont wanna be alone. The worse is when I isolate myself from my friends without realizing it, and then I am ready to be with people and no one is around anymore. Then I crave to be around someone.

I don't think so. Yeah I'm introverted like most Aspies but I've had the desire to be more outgoing and make more friends for years now. Problem is I struggle with social norms and I don't know hot to read people that well.

From what I've heard, people who were non-verbal and VERY much prone to react negatively to things like people touching them, but do better when older and get to a higher degree of functioning, say that when they were little, they DID want human contact, they just couldn't handle it.

I don't think what you're saying sounds strange. You're human, you likely need a measure of human interaction, but being autistic, it's difficult for you and can be draining.