I ABSOLUTELY HATE when people touch me!!! it drives me crazy!!! Only a few people can touch me without me havin a spaz attack. I don't know why. does anyone else have that? Is there a name for it?
I think I may have a mild case of Aspergers, but it's never been diagnosed.
If you don't like people touching, that's not neccessarily a bad thing. I get uncomfortable when someone tries to put their hand around my shoulders in a friendly gesture, I don't like it if someone puts their hand on my shoulder for more than a couple of seconds, and I DO NOT like it when someone starts massaging my back(I let my mother and grandmother do it, but I only tolerate it).
Just don't have an attack. Ask them to back of, shrug your shoulders in an exagerated way to get them off of you, or if they persist(not just in one instance, but you've shrugged them off in the past and they still keep doing it), push them away, and then, if they continue to persist, grab their appendage and hold them. It might seem agressive, but as long as you keep yourself calm and control your body language, it will be forgotten soon.
Some of us just have a larger bubble than others. Don't be afraid to tell someone if they're intruding on your private space.
I think it can be related to your growing up experiences. -Sorry to sound like an ameteur sycologist... (how do you spell that word!)
I first found a problem with my father at age six relating to some very unpleasnt things he had done... and with school friends for a short time at 14 after a lot of painful emoitions from home life. Also and unfortunatly still, with my emoitionally abusive mother from 15years, about the time #I realised she wasn't always my fairy god mother...ahhh.
It's not all nature (symdrome this or that) and it's not all nurture. I guess it's an intricate beautiful interweving of the two.
p.s. I couldn't get help because whomever I told didn't understand, know what to say, or take me seriously. so ha to seeing a pychologist... just kidding @smile@
I could be wrong but this is the case with a lot of people who have Aspergers Syndrome, including myself. If anyone I don't know well enough tries to touch me, I get scared and back off. It's not as bad as it sounds though. It mostly means that you wouldn't be as sociable as others. Having Aspergers Syndrome doesn't mean you're stupid or crazy, even though it's an Autistic spectrum disorder. You should maybe talk with your doctor if you feel that something is wrong.
Social anxiety disorder!Its mainly related to abuse.
You should seek the help of a psychologist maybe.
