Aspies For Freedom

Touching is normally okay as long as I allow it or I'm not in a bad mood. I HATE letting other people brush my hair! (My mom sometimes does this when she's rushing me, with a brush that makes my short straight hair fluff up)

Basically, if anyone touched my hair, BAM. That hand is damaged. I HATE when people mess with my hair in any way.

I am very sensitive to tickling. Doctors would smile when they place the the magnet of the stetoscope of my chest. They tell me that nobody ever laughs like crazy just because a magnet is made to touch his skin, not even fair-skinned females, let alone a tanned male like me.

Also, anesthetic and opium don't work a lot on me ... so i would scream a lot at the dentist!  LooooooooL !

Not much touch sensitivity here... I was horrible about having my hair brushed when I was a kid, and I still cut my own hair today... I'm sensitive to cloth texture and the feel of things on my hands, but that isn't human touch.

May be better to say that I've solved the touch sensitivity issues I have, than to say I don't have any.

I don't like it when members of my family pat me on the back in public.  At somebody's house, it's ok.  A hug is ok anywhere.  But I feel that I have outgrown being patted on the back by relatives.  

If a friend does it, it's ok.  

Tim

Being tickled makes me angry as i feel like now only can I not move I can't escape either.

I don't mind touch just for short periods of time, I just get bored or lose interest.

I don't like being touched unless I am having a relatinship with someone. I don't even like hugging my own family members that much. To me, it's seems sycophantic. I also hate it when my family members address me as Honey or Sweetie. These enderment names make me feel very infantile and in constant need for attention. Plus, my mom calls me these names when she's angry at me. At times like this, I'd almost rather be called an immature brat.

There is nothing wrong with caring for people when they are upset. however don't be surprised if some individuals read more into it than what it actually is.

What you snapped at was not your boss, or even a person who had made a complaint but the fact that something you were doing that was totally innocent was made to be suggested it wasn't. Perhaps on reflection you should have flipped that over and logged a grievance against the person that was making false allegations against you.

Workplaces are such a cautious environment, one wrong word, comment or suggestion can land someone in trouble. My ex boss was a real grumpy old bugger but even after hating him at first I gained a lot of respect for him and also over time as he could see I could do the job i got a lot of trust placed on me, I became a second pair of eyes and ears for them and if he was off work I stepped in and tried to uphold the standards that were expected. However he would frequently get in trouble for being abrupt but I want a boss who let's you know the rules and thsi is what we do and how we do it, I have more respect for them. All this namby-pamby crap in the modern workplace is not needed but has to be there in case anyone is offended.

You shall have to share your secret!

I love having my head rubbed and my hair played with, that sends me to sleep so easily.

That's well selfish.

I like it as it makes me feel loved and wanted. It sounds soppy but it's true. If someone pays that attention to me it means they like me and like doing it.

When I get insecure, I can be difficult to reassure.

oh, god, same here!!!

Me too. I'd rather shake hands.

I hate shaking hands, it is my least prefered form of touching. Honestly I would rather they punched my arm than shake my hand. If I do shake hands I squeeze their hand until they yelp in pain, they don't want to do it after that.