Childhood personality question

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As a child, I never cried. No matter how badly I hurt myself, I never cried. I also did everything I was supposed to all the time. Apparently I never went through a terrible two's stage. My parents would just tell me that it's time for bed, and off I'd go and put myself to bed for example.

I know that these are not "normal" childhood traits, and I'm wondering if these are some aspects of autism/asperger's or if it might be something else.

Is this similar to anyone else's childhood personality? If it's not asperger's, what would these traits indicate?

Me too! Except once I got about 10 I would tell my mom what to do if she was taking too long to make a decision at the grocery store or where ever.

No. I cried a lot and obeyed a lot but questioned authority and would not obey if I didn't agree with it or find sense in it.

I cried a lot as a child. I still do. However, I always obeyed rules and followed directions.

I recently skimmed through the book "Raising your Asperger Child" and it mentioned a few different personality types and one type called "the rule follower" comes to mind. The child who was always willing to please authority figures, especially Teachers and those they look up to. Respecting authority and doing as you are told reducess your anxiety. My son is the complete opposite, and he goes through phases with his crying. When he is really stressed out or confussed and unable to express himself in words, he crys.

I didn't hit the "terrible" phase at all until I was three.

I was a cryer...a few tantrums really still stand out in my memory...I was told that I hardly ever cried as a baby..not even when I was born...and I think I might have been really stoic...a lot of the time..and that is why specific tantrums I had stick out in my mind. I had a lot of thoughts that I did not know what to do with...inadvertantly it turned me into a bit of a "storyteller" as I got older. I could not lie about anything real, but I made stuff up and did not know how to put it into a pretend context. I was often very slow to pick up on rules, but I was not rebellious and purposely mischievious...I also was extremely slow to pick up on the concept of tact...I was really quite oblivious on a lot of different levels.

Obey? No, I was a cheeky little thing. I wasn't a terribly naughty child though. I never cried when I hurt myself, I laughed. Oh but my toddler meltdowns were something else. I used to wail and it sounded like I said 'gallah' which ended up becoming my nickname by my siblings.

I was a difficult child. Very stubborn. Very determined. Hard to get along with, sometimes, but very happy, too. I cried a lot as a baby.
I wanted to pretty much be free to do my own thing and hated being told what to do.
Once my mother moved us, I was miserable and didn't like visiting her relatives. I didn't like much of anything after the move. I resented it greatly. In fact, every move seemed to make me worse.
Ironically, I remember thinking "if we could just move again, everything would be great and I could find friends and be happy." I had "grass is always greener" mentality. I was very idealistic. Reality seldom matched my ideals.

Hardly cry now; I've cried twice since January, which is quite rare for a fifteen-year-old female.
I was more emotionally sensitive when I was younger; fairly naïve and quite gentle, too. I'm still pretty gentle in many situations, but I'm not incredibly naïve any more. I would cry when I was injured as a younger child, and also if I was upset/insulted/sad/etc. I only cry nowadays if I am really hurt or if I am completely pushed over the edge with frustration. And occasionally out of sadness, though I don't get "sad" too often.

I have no idea how I behaved when I was a baby. All I can say is that I've generally always been very calm and passive, however I can get frustrated rather easily when things don't work out as planned.

No, at bedtime I would crawl behind the couch and the wall because I didn't want to go to bed. My parents had to move the couch to get me as I wouldn't come out by myself unless I was allowed to stay up. Even when they did put me to bed I'd keep getting back up again lol.