Do ALL Aspies or Auties dislike bieing hugged or touched?

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I am very ticklish and don;t like being poked or prodded unless by a SO, relative, or close friend. My best friend is good and bringing me to my knees laughing with her "tickle torture".

I like hugs, though.

well, i would say the answere that it depends, I'm a diagnosed aspie, and for me it depends on the person.
if its some random person i don'k know, or my family, then no, i dont like it.
but if its my friends, or my girlfriend, i love getting/giving hugs.

It really depends on the people or person. Most of the time, I hate being touched and I will show no affection to anyone. But if it's a friendly hug or touch by a female who I happen to like, I secretly like it and will never oppose it even though I never hug back because I don't know how to. I'll let them hug me if they want.

I guess I'm a different kind of aspie 'cos I like hugs, cuddles, kisses, and handshakes. But in my case, it depends on who touches me and how they do it. I only make phsyical contact with people I know and trust.

I only like hugs from a few people. My wife, my father, my stepmother, and my kids.

Everyone else: HANDS OFF!

Light touch has always been painful. But if I reacted that way people just said "That didn't hurt you..."

Then there was being hugged by relatives and stuff growing up. And... that wasn't good either. It felt like being enveloped in pillows or something equally soft and fluffy. But I couldn't pull away from it, I just somehow lacked that skill, so I just sat there and let people without any of them realizing how unpleasant it was for me.

In romantic contexts I don't mind most touch. (Won't get into detail about the kind I do badly with because it probably belongs in another forum.)

And I can handle some touch from family or friends these days, but I usually am not too touchy feely that way.

Except around cats, who I can almost always touch except when I'm feeling sick or something and then touching is too much from anyone.

Light touch is sometimes painful for me, but usually it's just uncomfortable.

I hated hugs throughout my childhood and teen years. I apparently even pushed people away as soon as I was old enough to do so. My mother claims I liked to be tickled but I do not trust this report because I know that tickling can appear one way to the person doing the tickling and another way entirely to the person being tickled, and I know I absolutely hate it.

I managed to start to be okay with hugs around 20-21, but I am not really enthusiastic about them. I remember relatives forcing hugs on me as a child and I hated it so much, and no one would listen when I objected and tried to pull away.

I love being hugged. As regards being touched it depends on the circumstances.

I always liked being hugged.

I don't hate being hugged...not exactly. I rather enjoy tight hugs...but only when I see them coming and I am in the mood. I do NOT like to be hugged from behind as I do not have eyes in the back of my head and, obviously, cannot see it coming. I'll usually stand there and take it, maybe even enjoy it eventually depending on how tight it is. If my friend holds her arms out in a certain way, I know that she is requesting a hug, and I have no issue with giving her one.

I don't like to randomly be touched. By anyone. Period. It freaks me out. Don't rub my legs, don't touch my neck, keep your fingers off of my arms please and thanks forever and ever amen.

I can not handle being touched, ever since I was young. Touching gives me a very weird feeling, no matter what kind of touch. It makes me freeze, or want to escape. Unfortunately some people take that very personal

I hate it. I've never enjoyed hugging anyone. Handshakes I don't mind though.

I don't care if I am bumped into, well it's annoying but just as anyone would expect to irritated by being bumped.

I cringe and oull away if hugged or touched or stood to close to by family, friends, colleagues, aquaintances.

BUT I really wants hugs sometimes and ones from my husband aren't the right ones. I want them usually from a female, who isn't too close to me and I probably don't really know well. There are not many people who would fit that category but I do want to be hugged sometimes but not by anyone I am too close too as then I will feel vulnerable to them forever. As a result I never gets hugs lol!

Actually I did get my arm rubbed in friendly speach from someone I would like a hug from, when it happened the room disappeared and my brain just thought '1 2 3 4' her hand went up and down my arm 4 times. I had to think really hard to remember what she said and my memory hears her voice in my ear which means I must have stared away, even I know that is rude. next thing I remember she is in the next room with someone else! Why did I just count? Why didn't I respond? Why did I turn away and blank out? and why couldn't I get it out of my head for a week?!

My daughter on the spectrum is a sensory seeker and likes to hug a lot. She was the kids sitting on the teacher's lap in special ed. But she does not like light touch and is very ticklish. She will not wear long sleeve shirts.

I can deal with hugs and touches, but I definitely don't seek them out (unless I am drunk). Mostly I find them uncomfortable and unnnatural. The only people I wanna hug and touch are those I have sexual feelings for. I'm really nnot sure why...

I hate people who you tell please don't touch me and they do anyways. Then they get upset when you pull away from their touch or give them a dirty look. Some of the repleys I got were "What do you think I have cooties or something and Why were you molested as a child?"