![]() May be highly intuitive to others’ feelings, although may not appear to react to them ‘correctly’ in social situations.Difficulty sleeping due to sensitivity to environment.Tends to dislike being in crowded areas.May feel extremely self-conscious and uncomfortable in public locker rooms, bathrooms, or dressing rooms.Often needs a large amount of down time or alone time.Question next steps and movements continually.Must prepare themself mentally for outings, excursions, meetings, and appointments.The steps involved in leaving the house are overwhelming and exhausting to think about.Knowing they have to leave the house causes anxiety from the moment they wake up.Feelings of dread about upcoming events and appointments on the calendar.Feels extreme relief when they don’t have to go anywhere, talk to anyone, answer calls, or leave the house.May feel misunderstood and tend to over-explain/ramble in an attempt to compensate for possible miscommunication.Are often brutally honest, coming off as rude when they do not mean to be. Often finds the norms of conversation confusing.As a child, it may have been hard to know when it was their turn to talk, may still be true as an adult.Sense of humor sometimes seems quirky, odd, or different from others.Has a continuous dialogue in mind that tells them what to say and how to act when in a social situations.Difficulty filtering out background noise when talking to others.Visualizes and practices how they will act around others and before entering various social situations. ![]() Trained self in social interactions through readings and studying of other people.May have difficulty with back-and-forth conversation.May observe and question the actions and behaviors of self and others continually.May have trouble focusing on/engaging in conversation that is not centered on one’s primary interests.Conversation, specifically small talk, can be exhausting.Is frequently observed as being either too loud or too quiet. May have difficulty regulating voice volume to different situations.Eye contact often takes extreme focus, which may lead an individual’s eye contact to be darting and insufficient, or over-the-top staring/glaring.Often struggles with and is confused by the unwritten social rules of accurate eye contact, tone of voice, proximity of body, stance, and posture in conversation.May feels as if they are attempting to communicate “correctly.”.Often sounds eager or over-zealous at times.May be incorrectly seen as narcissistic.Often relates discussion back to self (sharing as a means of reaching out).May accidently dominate conversation at times.May have little impulse control when speaking.May have a tendency to over-share with friends and sometimes strangers.May use various noises to express themselves rather than using words.May frequently engage in “stimming” (self-stimulation) i.e., flicks fingernails, flaps hands, drums fingers, rubs hands/fingers, tucks hands under or between legs, clenches fists, twirls hair, taps foot/shakes leg, sways side to side, spins in circles, bouncing up and down, rocking, etc. ![]()
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