Anyone else enjoying dancing alone?

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I always liked to dance, and I even did it as a sport for some months when I was younger. Now I would never ever dance with other people (not even my wife, unfortunately), but when I'm alone at home I find myself dancing and smiling and all that, with my dogs.

Before I knew about ASD I thought it was something peculiar and that I only needed to find myself in the right circumstance, but guess what? I never "engineer" such circumstance. It's been years now, and I do not want to do it in front of other people.

Only now I realize that this is a sad thing. Isn't it? Anyone else experiencing something similar?

Yep! I did that a lot when I had my own place. I would just get urges and start doing it. Sometimes, I slightly dance when I cooking or in a shopping aisle by myself. It's like a do some silly move, spin, or moonwalk for a little. I think it helps get the constant beat/song out of my head.

100% yes to dancing! I move and dance as the mood happens too. One time I was waiting in line at a health food store and an ABBA song started playing on the intercom. I couldn’t help myself. I had to dance a bit while I was waiting in line but I was the only person who seemed even remotely aware of the music. “It’s ABBA!” I told the woman standing in line beside me and then the cashier. They could have been zombies for the lack of response. Then it occurred to me that they may be autistic too and bothered by the tunes overhead.

I don’t usually dance in public. I’m usually alone as well with my pups. The pups LOVE to dance with me, hopping around excitedly.

You know that old saying,”Dance like no one is watching!”

There is nothing wrong with inspiring some dance moves by playing your favorite music at home.

I only see it as sad in the sense that what you're doing doesn't have a social dimension, though I guess the animals will serve the purpose, and for all I know dancing alone with animals might not be the only dancing you ever do. But at any rate it's harmless and that's all that matters to me when I'm judging whether something is wrong or not.

Personally I haven't danced for a long time, though I kind of rock my guitar around a bit when I'm performing if it's safe to do so without making the music sound worse or crashing into something. With me the sound takes top priority because I practically live and breathe music, though I'd move about more if I ever thought I could add that extra dimension to the performance.

I had quite a bit of fun in the 1990s doing dancing lessons with a female friend. I think the most modern thing we did was rudimentary rock and roll, and that suited me because I don't personally relate to anything more modern. I liked the way the 12-bar music cycled round so you were doing 3/4 but after 4 rounds you got back to where you started. I was never all that good at it. Poor co-ordination I guess, though I've always felt I could be good if I made it a special interest. For some reason I have very little interest in watching people dance, except to judge how good they are, though I like it when there's a ceilidh or a barn dance, and sometimes a few people do tap dancing or jigs. I like to see puppets dance.

Billy Idol likes it so much he wrote a song about it.

There is nothing sad about doing something you enjoy. There is no prerequisite that one must dance FOR someone in order to enjoy dancing. You're not dancing for them, you're dancing for you - so why do other people need to be involved?

"You know that time crawls on when you're waiting for a song to start so dance alone to the beat of your heart." -Fall Out Boy.

I like to bust a move alone because it’s good for your mental health to move around.

I dance with my fingers on musical instruments or furniture. I do it alone but more for rehearsal purposes than for the pleasure of it. I guess I should enjoy it for its own sake but I just don't, it's all about whether or not it sounds good. And I don't do it for other people exactly. I do it to show off, though there's no point unless others like it, so maybe it amounts to the same thing.

I only dance when I’m alone. I’ve never been comfortable dancing in front of other people. That’s not a complaint, though. I enjoy dancing by myself.

I don't like dancing in front of other people. I have tried that several times and it was never for me.

I wouldn't want to do that if I didn't have a dancing partner, and even then I'd want it to be well-rehearsed. Though I did it a bit during the Punk era when you could just jump up and down on the spot (the Pogo), and that wasn't so bad. And the punks weren't judgemental. Way back when the Twist was fashionable (I was 11), I had a go, and that was OK too, but it used to give me the stitch. I guess the principle is that if it's a simple, easy, painless dance with rigid rules, no problem. But as for this "express yourself" and twerking, I don't get that at all.

I never liked dancing but I sometimes headbang & stim a bit while listening to music but I mostly only do that when I'm home in my room by myself probably due to embarrassment

^ I call it 'rockin out' when I do that. I put on some headphones, bounce on a big yoga ball, and go all out with it. I'm sure I look like a crazy person, but it's sooo good.