Can you list your aspie traits?

[HarryPottersMagicWand]

I have an initial appointment coming up. It's an hour and past this there would be costs involved that I'm not sure I could afford. I want to get everything that relevant across because they will make recommendations based on this hour. If there is a good chance I will be told I don't have it, I can't risk paying a lot of money.

So what would you say your aspie traits are?

Can I ask - how do you know whether something is an aspergers symptom or whether it is just you yourself being you?

I do not like seeing people in places other than where I normally see them, for example bumping into a colleague when in the shops at lunchtime. This is by far the weirdest trait

I am like this but I never realised it might be an aspie thing. I am horrible at facial recognition and I assumed it was related to that. If I see someone in the wrong place it panics and confuses me as it takes me a good few minutes to figure out who they are. Sometimes I never figure it out and DH has to tell me.

I overthink a LOT. I think this is due to having no clue how "normal" people think about things. I feel like I'm solving a puzzle all the time.

I also over explain and repeat myself a lot because I get confused about what I did or did not say.

I struggle with noise. Too much noise at once and I can't cope. Also if I hear a strange noise I cannot rest until I have figured out EXACTLY where it is coming from and made sure it's ok.

I have anxiety and I hate driving anywhere I don't know.

I struggle with people touching me. I am just about ok with DH and the kids but I have to know it's coming and sometimes even DH touching me is too much. It's wierd as sometimes I just go super sensitive and even a light touch makes me shiver and freak out.

I dress for comfort and not style. I have to wear pjs or I feel wrong and uncomfortable. I don't do dresses because I can't deal with exposing my legs. I usually wear jeans/t-shirts or long tunics/leggings.

I'm incredibly clumsy. Today alone my knee is sore from where I banged it 2 days ago and just rebanged it about an hour ago. I also hit my head on the car boot and have at least 3 others bruises I've no idea where they came from.

I'm terrible socially and have only ever maintained about 3 friendships in my entire life. I currently have just 1 person I would class as a true friend.

There's more but I will stop there.

AVirgin it's funny, I don't really think about it. I think it's because usually it's me touching people (with their permission) rather than them touching me? Also we wear gloves most of the time which helps. Yesterday I was holding the hand of a patient who was anxious and I just thought of it as a privilege that I could be there to reassure her. I have moved areas to somewhere quieter and more organised which is great.

theclick I thought it was 'just me' or perhaps I had dyspraxia tendencies until a couple of years ago when I read about ASD in women and read through the traits!

I never thought much of it for years. When I was much younger a friends son was Aspie and she mentioned it to me but I never thought much about it as I was of the belief that I couldn't be because I didn't have the right traits. I now know that was because it presents differently in women.

I came accross it when I was struggling with DD. It came flying back into my brain and I started researching and asking some questions on here. As I learnt about Aspergers (I know the docs dont use that term now but I dont care) I saw the traits both in her and in myself.

I took my DD to the docs with the anxiety. The doc looked at her and watched her and asked lots of questions about what I know are autism traits. On the basis of our and DDs answers (DD doesn't do talking to strangers very well) she refered her straight away to be assessed. I didn't mention the word autism in the appointment but doc clarified with me later that that was her first thought.

It was this list that struck a chord with me help4aspergers.com/as-female-as-traits.html

I just went through that list with a highlighter. Only 7 traits don't really apply to me, 7 are occasional traits and 31 are permanent.