Does anyone else with AS have this problem?

[KWoodson73]

I am a 39 year old male with AS and I am wondering if anyone else who has AS is as sensitive to touch as I am. For one thing, I am ticklish everywhere and do not like to be touched most places on my body. Another thing is, I am highly sensitive to my own body hair, especially when wearing clothes so, I shave it all off. I don't like the feel of clothing either so, I go around in the buff most times. It's got me so messed up that I obsess over nudity and being nude that my wife even got tired of seeing me naked. But then, I didn't know I had AS. We are separated right now and I have just been diagnosed and I am trying to get answers about all of my behavior since childhood.

 

[Knit Hat]

Yeah, I can kind of relate to this as well. I too, am very ticklish, I'm indifferent about body hair, but I hate all clothing except dresses or skirts. Anything else makes me almost want to cry out of discomfort. My family gets mad at me for not wearing jeans in the winter, but I figured out ways to keep warm in dresses.

 

[anthoskate]

Yes, I don't like being touched especially near the neck, shoulders or tummy but I don't like being naked, I just like wearing loose cloth.

Also if anybody tries to tickle me I feel as if they want to harm me and I get very angry.

Sorry for the late response.

 

[artfull dodger]

Also very ticklish, could care less about body hair as it doesn't bother me. I do not like being touched for the most part, also do not like being naked unless I am sleeping during the hot summer months and thats just the stay cool. I get cold easy and cannot stand being cold. I prefer loose fitting cloths for work or going out and loose fitting pajamas when I am indoors at home and nobody is coming over. Flannel PJ's in the winter and thin shorts in the summer or nothing at all if its real hot and humid. most of my pj tops are like a button up shirt with short sleeves, but I have a couple long sleeve flannel ones for real cold nights. My wife has learned not to tickle me, or sneak up on me and touch me. Mike

 

[Progster]

Yes, I'm very ticklish, especially around the head, neck and shoulders, feet and tummy. I hate going to the hairdresser because of this, and I hate people tapping me on the shoulder or this light social touching that people seem so fond of doing. I don't like being naked, though, because I don't like the feeling of cold on my skin.

 

[DogwoodTree]

I'm extremely ticklish...being tickled is a horrible sensation, and I've never figured out how people enjoy it. I also don't like being touched anywhere, although firm touch in a couple of places (like on my shoulders) is okay.

At the same time, I lean toward needing fairly tight clothes that are made of stretchy fabrics. The tightness means the clothes don't shift much against my skin, and the stretchiness means I can still move freely.

 

[AnthonyH]

I'm sensitive on my back; whenever someone pats my back, I jump a little. However I never associated it with AS....

You see, I was a very depressed little kid, and sometimes I would cry myself to sleep at night for no reason other than the fact I just loathed myself that much. Sometimes my dad would catch me crying and would comfort me by stoking my back and I just felt like everything would be ok.

Could the AS also play a role in it? Probably, I wouldn't be surprised, but I'll still mainly associate it with those memories of my dad

 

[Lee954]

I'd loved to be touched, but there's no-one in my life. I don't like labels or raised seams on clothing and will quite often walk about the house naked.

 

[Butterfly88]

I am very sensitive to touch too. Sensory issues are not uncommon for people on the spectrum.

 

[Shawn D]

I don't like being touched when I'm not prepared for it or if I'm absorbed in doing something. My husband gets mad when he tries to touch me and I instinctively slap his hand away. If I'm relaxed and not doing anything, I welcome a light caress on my back, arms, or shoulders.
I'm very ticklish, too.

 

[Marmot]

We might be 180 degrees off in our sensitivities, but try sometime (as an experiment) wearing very heavy clothes and see if it helps or makes a difference. I mentioned this in another forum post on 'aspies & fashion' but I wear the double thick, heavy duty Carhartt pants, heavyweight cotton t-shirts & heavy flannel shirts almost every day of the year: Even in the summertime when it's 100 degrees. I know that I look like (and get teased a lot for looking like) a lumberjack, but it's the clothing combination that works for me. Just like some aspies / people on the spectrum feel secure sleeping under a weighted blanket at night, I feel secure wearing very thick / heavy clothing during the day.

 

[clg114]

I am very ticklish, but that is the only touch issue that I have. We have several Chihuahuas and they are lap dogs. Several times, one of them has tried to kiss me and stuck their little tongue up my nose. That is the most intense tickle I have ever experienced. When they do that to me, I almost jump out of my skin. It does not seem to bother my wife at all.

 

[NovaScotia Aspie]

I don't like being touched by about 99 % of the population but if I could find the right woman for me I don't think I would mind . It is more the sudden ,unexpected kind of touching that is a problem for me .

 

[Beverly]

I too have touch issues. I am ticklish all over and, yes, in some areas body hair drives me to distraction so, must be removed. Strangely, in other places removing body hair drives me to distraction but, that hair has to be lept rimmed to 1/2 inch long at all times, or it then bothers me for being too much hair in that location.

In general I don't mind touching by others on my hands an lower arms but, anywhere else is a problem, especially my bum. I absolutely detest being kissed on the cheek, even by relatives or lovers. The air kiss done as a greeting in society is fine, but then their lips don't actually touch me at all.

 

[Hi I'm di]

I too have touch issues. I am ticklish all over and, yes, in some areas body hair drives me to distraction so, must be removed. Strangely, in other places removing body hair drives me to distraction but, that hair has to be lept rimmed to 1/2 inch long at all times, or it then bothers me for being too much hair in that location.

In general I don't mind touching by others on my hands an lower arms but, anywhere else is a problem, especially my bum. I absolutely detest being kissed on the cheek, even by relatives or lovers. The air kiss done as a greeting in society is fine, but then their lips don't actually touch me at all.

 

[Dreadful Dante]

I am a 39 year old male with AS and I am wondering if anyone else who has AS is as sensitive to touch as I am. For one thing, I am ticklish everywhere and do not like to be touched most places on my body. Another thing is, I am highly sensitive to my own body hair, especially when wearing clothes so, I shave it all off. I don't like the feel of clothing either so, I go around in the buff most times. It's got me so messed up that I obsess over nudity and being nude that my wife even got tired of seeing me naked. But then, I didn't know I had AS. We are separated right now and I have just been diagnosed and I am trying to get answers about all of my behavior since childhood.

As a child I would freak out and become agressive when someone touched me. To this day I can't massage people and avoid touching because the sensorial input of the tactile stimuli is too much.

It feels much like listening to someone scratching a blackboard with long nails.