What aspie behaviors can't you control?

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Me: However careful I am, the moment I feel accepted and relax a bit, something the other doesn't want to hear comes out of my mouth. After decades of trying to avoid this, I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that I never will be able to avoid it. It's horrible to me. It's like realizing you'll never be able to control your bowel movements in public.

I have several stims, but those can be controlled for the most part in public. Or modified. What I can't control very well is my response when faced with my sensory issues (which I suspect are on the severe side) with paper and metal. Restaurants are a nightmare, I actually prefer them quite loud so I can't hear so much metal clanging against metal. I immediately ask for paper placemats or coasters to be removed from my table.

Eternal vigilance is the price of Asperger's.

I too suffer from language incontinence. It's embarrassing, but that's the nature of the condition. It doesn't stink, just leaves a metaphorical (?) bad smell.

Other stuff I can't control...when I'm happy it's like a Downs Syndrome happy (even I go ugh at that sort of thing)...naivety I suppose, although I have improved on that...face blindness which makes people think I'm aloof.

I cant really stop going into my head and stimming unless Im really engaged - but I can modify the stimming so that it's hidden or barely noticeable. I really can't hide my social awkwardness too well, and I also say a lot of things I shouldn't. And while I can control it, I sometimes can't help blurting out facts about my obsessions or talking a lot about me. And I always walk awkwardly. I also sometimes can't control mindblanks that occur in extremely stressful situations for me - sometimes even small tasks, when I have to do them in front of others and haven't done them on my own before, seem totally impossible and I make a fool out of myself.

I can't control conversational timing, reaction to confrontation or my loathing of telephoning.
The confrontations are weird, I'm either way too passive or too abrupt and naggy. I've been teased for accepting poor service/food. I've also been so severe that the waitress got worse in her service. I never know the balance of how to deal with problems in restaurants

I can handle rocking completely. My stims are easily hidden, and in plain sight, if they aren't being held in check by myself. I put on a song I like on an mp3 player, and I nod my head, or tap my foot. I tend to wander while using a phone, since I use a cordless phone. I make eye contact, and use gestures.

I've been working on improving control ever since I was twelve, and I think I've really come far.

I cant control my inability to 'not get' inuendo, inference, side speech, ect.

I think what is being said is going to 'magickally' appear or revelation itself.
Feedback when I ask for clarification is never very good. Just more side speech, inference, inuendo. I don't get it. Of course I counter this by trying side speech, inference, inuendo, 'magickally conveyed nothingness' in return.....it's never quite recieved well.

I'd react like what I percieve to be NT like and throw something or get volotile to express 'emotion' and thus 'what I mean' but those break other rules I actually live by.

Then I'll get wrapped up pondering the meaning of THAT; about how those NT behaviors that I feel are 'off the handle' are actually some form of correct complicated communication; and this will then tie itself into how it is that people really do get murdered and murder each other and about how 'no body ever saw it coming' blah blah blah.

I also tend to type to much in an effort to not be misunderstood.

I have a really bad habit of carrying out conversations with myself in public.

I guess the things I can't control would be that I sometimes broadcast the wrong facial expression for the appropriate situation. I freeze up when people ask me to do things that I don't want to do, and I'm sure I look really awkward as I struggle to come up with an excuse not to do it. Although my posture has improved since I learned about AS, my posture is still generally bad, and I doubt it will ever be very good. I also can't control my interests and the fact that I am not interested in doing or talking about a lot of the things others are, which is kind of limiting. It's not so bad that I can't listen to someone talk about what they are passionate about (usually I will get into it and ask questions about the topic out of genuine curiosity), but it is still limiting.

audiosensitivity. especially when people slurp and dont keep their mouth closed when they chew. i usually cover my ears instinctively but those people get angry at me and say i need to respect the way they eat

"Language Incontinence" That's the phrase of the year. I have it too, but as previously mentioned, only when I feel comfortable and accepted. That's when I'll start going on about something nobody cares about, or I'll make a horribly inappropriate remark while trying to be humorous.

I'm usually pretty vigilant though.

The other big thing is that if I'm confused about something (generally when I'm not sure what a person is REALLY saying--not their literal words, but the implied meaning I'm supposed to somehow understand) I look angry or worse. It's kind of embarassing, I guess, and I'm sure it gives people a bad vibe about me.

I can't really control audio sensitivity...i just can't help it...certain frequencies really get to me and when external noise is too loud, it will always jumble my thoughts...I don't really know what I can and can't control, because I don't really work hard at supressing my stuff. I go up on my toes often...I have an odd posture and if I try to sit up straight, then I look tense..there is no in-between....I would really have to concertedly attempt to NOT go on my toes and do my (doh doh doh) vocal stims and um.....uh....see how long I can go...and FORCE myself to make eye contact....eek.....

I'd have to really give it a whirl and see how much I can control.

I can't control saying the "wrong" thing.
Today, someone came over to visit me...there were SEVERAL of those horrible akward silences after I had said something that I didn't think was "wrong" until AFTER the silence occured .
I can't control having meltdowns either.