24 Nov 2015, 6:41 pm
Hey, so I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem as me. So I'm 16 and was recently diagnosed with aspergers and I've never had a proper relationship with anyone. It's not that I don't want one, because I'd love a happy relationship where I'm entirely comfortable with the other person, it's just every time I'm in any type of romantic situation I get super awkward and clammy and the best way to describe it is feeling like I have stage freight. It's so hard to explain because there's things I'm completely okay with doing (such as touching the other person's arm with mine if I know they like me and if they do it too) but there's so many things I can't do because even thinking about doing it will make me feel uncomfortable (Like anything that's not acceptable to do to your friend). I think maybe it's the transition between friend and potential partner that I struggle with, or maybe it's how you have to show the other person that you have feelings for them, or maybe I'm just a frigit. I don't think I am though because I have done 'stuff' with someone before and I enjoyed it but it only happened because the other person initiated everything, I just went with the flow. But somethings still not right because now I can't ever see that person without feeling incredibly awkward, I don't know why! He must think I'm such a b***h haha but please anyone let me know if you have anything similar to this, just knowing I'm not the only one will help me a lot, and if anyone has any coping strategies that would be amazing! Thanks 
24 Nov 2015, 9:35 pm
