what are ur autism behaviors?

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-Sensory issues
-Obsessions/special interests
-Bad social skills
-Stimming/fidgeting behaviours such as pacing (or maladaptive daydreaming), hand flapping (i have an odd way of doing it though), blinking my eyes really hard and rolling my eyes while they're shut (I started doing this because people kept telling me to stop rolling my eyes at them ), doing this weird thing with my hands, flexing, etc. I probably have more that i'm not aware of or I don't recognise as a stim
-I have a weird posture and weird way of walking, I won't move my arms much and I'm very clumsy and lack balance
-VERY hot headed and I can get aggressive/violent if something doesn't go right for me or I'm experiencing sensory overload
-Executive dysfunction
-Zoning out
-'Shifty eyes' I have trouble holding eye contact but no one seems to notice it because I always quickly avert my eyes and then refocus, then repeat
-I have trouble empathizing with other people
-I'll listen to/watch the same thing over and over until i get sick of it, which can take a while. I remember as a kid I once went through a phase when i would watch this specific movie while having dinner and I did it for many days in a row
-Over-explaining

That's all i can think of right now but there's probably more

Lol, that's good.

LMAO, That's a good one!

I didn't know I had some of these traits until my family told me.

Stimming
Night owl
Problems with eye contact, even with close family sometimes
Obsessions and special interests
Good memory
I can only talk to my parents and sisters, and only when no one is around
Routines
Repetitiveness
Physically slow and taking a long time to do things
Being "in my own little world" and looking like I have music playing in my head
Not feeling or reacting to pain like I should
Getting tired because someone had a television up too loud, and needing a nap
Sensory problems (mild?)
Tracing things with my eyes and "thinking with my eyes"
Bad at maths
Awkwardness
I can't communicate properly unless it's by writing or typing
I feel like the "real me" is trapped inside of me and I don't know how to let it out/show it
Listening to the same songs on repeat for hours
Constantly thinking
Overthinking and worrying
Needing to fix things if something is crooked or facing the wrong way
More sympathy for inanimate objects than I have for humans
Scared of escalators
Needing a nap whenever I get home from going anywhere
Very jumpy and easily scared
Feeling somehow different to everyone else, almost like a different species
Not interested in things most people my age find interesting
Making lists of everything I know about certain things, which has included a few people
I wash my hands a lot
Easily amused and easily made happy
I used to spin in circles a lot when I was little
Being called "Rain Man" and "Mr Bean"
Bad nonverbal reasoning skills
Having my own ways to do things, even if they are odd
Facing the wall in elevators and not noticing it isn't "normal" or that I'm even doing it until I'm told
Repeating the same thoughts over and over in my head
I never move my arms when I walk
Going very vague, especially around other people, and it being "hard to get me back from zombie mode"
Social anxiety
Having to have the volume on even numbers.

worst socializing skills ever.
Lack of self awareness
babbling to self trying to figure out why something happened socially
Not remembering people
Lack of body language.

Some changes happens eventually with time and eventual changes changes. Some changes happens because of my state and current quality of life.
Some changes happens depending in my state of mind and willingness to do change.

And most of these changes happened after overcoming persistent anxiety.

Socially awkward (but not clueless)
Can be childlike
Odd thinking (in some ways)
Don't like loud noises
Anxiety and overthinking
Did have obsessions but not so much now
Outbursts (but on meds for that)
Scared of pain

Is that an Aspie trait?

-Smacking my hands together
-Obsessional thinking
-Banging fists on walls
-Gritting teeth
-Suddenly getting up and pacing angrily and pointing at things that aren't there
-Arguing with myself, sometimes yelling at no one
-Crying without warning or reason
-Self depreciation, sometimes brutally
-Rubbing my index and thumb on clothes that eventually wears a hole clean through
-Profuse sweating due to panic attacks
-Intense worrying
-Childlike and overly eager or happy responses to hide anger

I'm sure this is not a complete list.

Rocking.

Hypersensitive to emotions. I could walk in the door and know instantly if my mom was in a bad mood, even though she wasn't in sight or hearing.

Over explaining (Often because I'm trying to pin down the exact right way to say something)

I can't read anger well. I think people are angry with me when they're not, or I don't realize they're getting angry. I have some issues reading other emotions but that's the one that gets me in trouble.

I lose speech when stressed. Can't understand what people are saying, can't say things myself. Talking is always an effort, and writing is always less work than talking.

I apparently mask most negative emotions -- I've burst into tears when people had no idea I was upset. I also don't tell people what upsets me, but I think that's a protective camouflage; my dad would target weaknesses. But it occurred to me once that more than ten people in real life had told me about their sexual abuse, and I'd never told any of them about mine. I wouldn't have known what to do with their support if they'd offered it anyhow, I suppose.

Is this an autistic trait? New one on me. I hate it when people try to help me. I almost never ask for help, but when I do, I'm almost always immediately thinking, "You're not helping, go away!" Helpful people just add to the confusion, in my experience.

The irony being that I'm quite sure I have been the unhelpful helping person more than once.

Last edited by shilohmm on 22 Oct 2017, 12:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

prefer to be alone
dont express emotions nonverbally
prone to anger
unsure whether people are joking or not
like everything neat and tidy and get angry when people mess my things up
act like a baby sometimes when having meltdown
too honest and not feel guilty much when if I offend somebody
listen to same song on repeat
aloof on the outside but happy on the inside

Black and white, One track mind mentality.
Over the top simplified writing format.
Uses too many vague terms
Over Critical
Insistence on sameness, with a diverse outlook on same thing
Eats same food, drink
Copying others dialect or social script
Selectively mute in most cases other than people appearing rational/reasonable
Lose interest in other things quickly aside from a psychological analysis.
Small friend group
Lack of contact with friends family, isolation
Many others

These are mine. It's a pretty long list but here goes:

* Stimming - hand flapping and pacing up and down the room
* Difficulty in initiating conversation
* Uneasiness around unfamiliar people
* Not thinking before saying something
* Speaking too vaguely
* Doesn't always understand films first time, especially dramas with a heavy emphasis on relationships
* Going on verbal tangents when stressed
* Poor organisation
* Very little sense of humour (especially nowadays- I haven't really laughed at anything in years)
* Overanalyses the words and meanings of others
* Gets confused easily by long verbal directions
* Unusual interests
* Unusual phobias
* Talking to myself
* Thinks in image and sound
* Cannot always empathise with others
* Black-and-white mentality
* Dislikes change in routine
* Sensitivity to certain sounds, smells
* Discombobulated in crowded places
* And of course, meltdowns

Does unintentionally pissing off everyone in my sight count as an autistic behavior?

Also people loving to practice regular gaslighting on me. I have learned to call them out on this... so far the result is anger, yelling and very aggressive denial... but I have run out of f***ks to give.

I sometimes say things very coldly and bluntly I have been told and this hurts people's feelings... which maybe way everyone is so upset with me all the time...

This may seem disgusting but... I refuse to use napkins except in very particularly urgent situations... because I hate them...

I complain when my mother turns on the living room light because she bought these ridiculously bright white lights... sometimes I feel she does these things to slowly kill me...

Not Autism related but the sun makes me sneeze when I leave the grocery store. LOL

I am closer to my cat than people.

I don't get obvious jokes until 10 minutes later after everyone has moved on and it's too late to laugh.

I was asked as a joke to crochet an adult onesie but I took them literally and I was about to make it and they had to stop me.

I obsess over things so much that I forget to eat. I think I'm one of those sunlight vampires...

I stimm and make cuing noises, clicking noises, clear my throat, sniffle, cough and grunt. It's very upsetting to the people around me.

I have learned to cry in silence without others knowing when it gets too loud at work. I work at a call center so this is a pretty regular thing.

ANXIETY

SO. MUCH. ANXIETY.

Special interests and obsessions
Attachment to unusual objects like German helmets
Emotionally immature
Sleeping with a favourite toy. I sleep with my giant Om Nom.
Childlike and does cute things
Hatred for gender roles and stereotypes
Unusual taste in music
Occasional stimming in my own home when I'm very tired
Unusual accent
Watching my favourite TV series over again

A lot apparently.

I got my diagnosis about 5 years ago and I'm still working it all out lol

Not a complete list:

Just about a bit of what everyone has already posted.