I made a list, will you check it twice?

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Hi again

I made a list for my new therapist of all the things I do that have been pointed out to me as weird or different. This way I don't have to talk quite as much at the first appointment, she can just read my list and ask me questions if she needs to, and it's also a good way to get to know me quickly. I'm going to post the list here and I was wondering if you guys would look over it. I know you don't know me, so you can't say "You also do this", but maybe something on MY list will remind you of something YOU do, and you can post and say "Here's what I do, is that something you do, too?" and it will help me if I've forgotten anything.

Here it is:

Rock back and forth or side to side a lot
Comfort objects - Blankets, MooseMoose, any random thing that I give meaning to
Stutter/trip over words when my brain goes faster than my mouth
Facial expression is not usually right for the occasion - i.e. I smile when I talk about something sad
More connection to animals than to people
Very sensitive to clothes and I will only wear certain kinds even though I don’t look that great in them
I do not think I am human
Very vivid imagination
Think in video with words, but not just plain words
Very literal
Eye contact is bad and makes me nervous
Very bad liar (bad at lying, that is)
Very few friends but I keep them a long time
Do not like small talk
Often too loud
Overly sensitive to loud noises or sudden noises or repetitive noises unless I am the one making them
Flapping when upset or overwhelmed
Easily overwhelmed
Sometimes when people talk it takes more time for me than for other people to translate what it means
Different world in my head - I can make anything seem so real in my head that I react to it as if it is actually happening
Pattern of speech is different than other people
Announcing things
Stating facts rather than having a conversation and it makes other people uncomfortable and they do not know how to react to me - my manager pointed that out
I repeat things other people say if I am not sure what to say on my own
Many fears. Many many many fears
Texture issues
No interest in dating till 29/30 and even then it took effort on AJ’s part
No hugging except for AJ or Mary
Panic attacks
Avoid the phone at all costs - text message or email or talk online is ok
Personality to inanimate objects
Social interaction makes me super tired and worn out
Super interest in saints, collecting books (on saints and otherwise), animals, theater
Immature and mature at the same time - I watch the Disney channel with stuffed animals, I prefer Kids movies to grown up ones, I like toys and I can not figure out how to deal with money, but I can run an entire theater production without a flaw.
I can not see the “big picture” according to my manager
Hard time following directions unless they are super specific
Often get in trouble for not doing the right thing or being lazy when I thought I did the right thing, it is just that the thing was not explained to me in enough detail
I do not eat brown liquids like gravy or sauce or broth - chocolate milk does not count because it is not the same type of thing
Very picky eater
Very excited over small things that most people do not get excited about
I interrupt people a lot without meaning to, but I get furious if I am interrupted
I try to be very polite but sometimes I ask rude or intrusive questions
No matter how many questions I ask, I can not understand some of the social rules that everyone accepts without question, like why you are not supposed to ask a person how much money they make, etc.
I like to be pet
In addition to rocking, sometimes banging my fist on a table repeatedly is calming, or spinning in a chair, or petting something soft, or shaking my head back and forth
Extreme likes and dislikes
I have high expectations of people that I am learning are sometimes impossible to live up to
I like patterns
I can get thrown off completely if something unexpected happens or if my plan gets interrupted or if a plan changes or if Dr. Rakos came out of the wrong door
My drawing and handwriting ability is the same as my 6 year old niece’s
Unpredictable is bad
I am very nervous in general
Change is very bad and it takes me a long time, if ever, to get used to it
Time management is non existant
I’m a disorganized mess but I really prefer things to be perfectly organized, I just can never get them that way
I have no short term memory at all - I can remember things that happened a long time ago, but when it comes to remembering what happened today at work, I forget, or get confused as to what day something happened
My internal timeline is horrible - I have a hard time remembering if something happened a year ago or 5 years ago, or if one thing happened before or after another thing
I get frantic if I feel trapped
I like pressure on me - like when I’m laying down I like a ton of blankets for the weight, or my heavy backpack even though it hurts my back, and I like helmets because of the way they squeeze my head
I walk funny

I think I might adapt a lot of the stuff on your list for my personal uses.

While I don't possess all of the traits above, I can say I relate to most of them.

I don't have much to add, though. I think this is more than enough to start with.