Hiding your face?

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I was just posting in another thread, and I was thinking...I haven't seen this anywhere else.

I have this weird thing, when I'm very upset, or I feel like I've done something stupid to upset someone else, I go mute and I have to hide myself...either running away or I'll just cover up my face with my hands or a pillow or something. My girlfriend will say "Look at me." and try to pull my face up, and try to get me to talk, but I can't do it, and that just makes her even more upset

I do it other times, too...if I'm feeling terribly shy I'll do it. I won't even notice, I'll be sitting down, using my hand to hold up my head (or sometimes I'm even standing), and my fingers will just cover up my mouth. Especially if I find myself laughing at a joke someone I'm shy around says.

Maybe this is more of an anxiety thing than a straight ASD thing?

I don't know. But when I am overwhelmed I pull my shirt over my head, close me eyes and pretend that everyone just vanished.

mostly I just hide by not looking at people...after all, if I don't see them they can't see me .....right?

yup!

am do it because it makes am disappear when there are staff on who am do not like,am either cover head with the rug,push head down the side of the bed and wall padding hard or get under the mattress.
if am out,and need to do it,am either cover eyes with hands,pull cap down or pull jumper over head.

l let my hair fall all in my face when I'm upset. Otherwise, it's usually tucked/ pulled back. Yeah, it's a form of hiding.

I did that today in the counselers office actually... I hide my face alot...

I'm not sure, but I think Most people?? instinctively want to hide their face then their either embarrassed, ashamed or shy... lack confidence... for any of those reasons.. People will sometimes cover their mouth too (of part of their face to hide themselves) as their shoulders shrink up when they've made a mistake or something.. they might lower their head or like someone else posted, "hide behind their hair"...

I do that sometimes. Earlier, before i got any treatment at all i used to wear a big hood whenever i went out in public to hide. And i NEVER looked at anyone. Ive improved some, but i still dont make eye contact and occasionally i will hide behind a pillow, underneath my sweater or behind my hair (thats another reason for never wanting short hair).

As a child I used to hide behind my hair. Teachers hated it and suggested my parents tie my hair back so that I would be forced to socialise normally, but I would always take it down again.

I don't do it so much anymore. I sometimes will cover my face with my hands when I'm very upset, but I know a lot of 'normal' people who do so.

I do that sometimes when I'm pushed over the edge. I'll pull my hood over my face or, if I'm not wearing a hoodie, I'll just look away and cover my face with my hands. It doesn't happen often, since I don't usually get to the point where I feel completely overwhelmed.

i've only hidden myself a few times.
mostly i just stare down and won't look up if someone is yelling at me.

which is fun, because they start yelling at me to look up.

I do it. I don't want people to look at me. It's just - eyes on me, that's always tough. If they were video cameras, photos, that would be no issue.

But someone looking at you means = contact to that person!

I hate being in contact with people like that sometimes. Meltdowns, overloads: when I feel stressed, I need to shut out the people to be able to function. More contact = more stress!

That's why I hate people looking at my paper or coming near me or talking to me when I need to concentrate. It's irritating and distracting.

They try to invade my space when I need lots!

Many times at work I'll envision that life would be so much easier if I just had a giant chipmunk head to put over my own. Something like this, but just the head:



I don't even really like chipmunks all that much, but the idea keeps coming up.

The costume thing sounds like a good idea at first, but then you try it and you realize it's sweltering hot inside there