Hey guys, just want to know how every one else is with physical contact. I know this sounds like a very odd topic to be talking about but I have found that me and 2 other dyspraxic people I no have a great fear of being touched . For me I allow my friends to give me hugs and high fives (the usual stuff friends do lol ) but only if they ask other wise I get very tense and start shouting get off me please. But with random people who don't know me I completely freak out even if they just brush past my arm as they walk past. So does anyone else share this feeling because my 2 friends feel the same as me although one of them is far worse than me but I still know how they feel . Anywhere guys i've finished my rambling for the day now you can all start posting your thoughts and feelings on this topic
Couldn't live without dyspraxia, taking it away from me would be to take a chunk of my personality too
well i can hug my mom and grandad and sometimes my sis but its a i ahve to hug them not the other way round if that makes sense anything thing else freakkk out..
but of course u no that lol, weve already had this convo XD
would be interesting to see what others think
Living with dcd can makes you feel like a penguin in the middle of the saudi arabian desert, completely out of place
Yep it will be interesting to Know what others are like in this area, so come on guys dont just read this post get talking, how do you feel bout physical contact dont be embarrassed
Couldn't live without dyspraxia, taking it away from me would be to take a chunk of my personality too
Creative wrote:I don't like shaking peoples hands as I don't like touching skin.
yeah, i hate shaking peoples hands too coz i have a big fear of germs and many people never wash their hands after they been in the toilet i no sounds odd right?
Couldn't live without dyspraxia, taking it away from me would be to take a chunk of my personality too
I tend to vary quite a lot with being touched. Some of the time i love the feeling of contact as, for some reason, it somehow makes me relax and all the tension in my sholders releases. It's a real relief some days!
But then again theres times when i can't bear to be touched by anyone ore anything, to the point that i won't put my hands in my pockets becasuse theres too many textures.
It's not awful, but when people touch me, unless I've asked them to hugh me (and this happens very rarely with very close friends and if I am feeling very distressed about something), it makes me feel very aware of the contact. I get kind of stiff and not comfortable at all. And I can't stand people touching my hair or my head in general. Before I used to think that it was because my mum didn't like physical contact we are not very touchy in my family, as we were not used to it, especially my brother and I, who have a personality more similar to my mum's. my dad and sister are very touchy people. After reading so much about dyspraxia and the autistic spectrum, the conclusion is that actually m mum was somewhere in the autistic spectrum, though not sure were and my brother is definetely asperger's (extrememly intelligent but really really crap socially and other stuff). So I kind of guess that that's where it comes from.
with people I have a close bond to I don't mind if they hug/kiss me. If i'm in my workplace and i'm meeting someone for the first time i'll shake their hand (purely being professional). I hate people touching my hair/leg as well, again unless I have a close bond with that person.
I vary a lot from one day to the next, and it really depends on the type of contact.
I really hate feeling something unexpectedly. I'm very sensitive to touch, textures etc. Most of the time (it's rare for me NOT to do this), if I brush up against something unexpectedly, the only way for me to make it right, to shake the feeling of unease, is to touch the same texture in the same place but on the opposite side of my body. God, that sounds weird, doesn't it!?
For example, if something cold touches my right arm, I have to touch that same thing with my left arm in the same place. I've always been like that - I have to balance things up all the time.
As for human contact, most of the time it puts me on edge. I can kiss new and old acquaintances on the cheek, hug friends and family, etc. and that's fine, probably because I'm expecting it. Even then, though, there are days when ANY contact really makes me nervous - I'll move away from someone on the couch so their leg doesn't touch mine.
. For me I allow my friends to give me hugs and high fives (the usual stuff friends do lol 
) but only if they ask other wise I get very tense and start shouting get off me please. But with random people who don't know me I completely freak out even if they just brush past my arm as they walk past. So does anyone else share this feeling because my 2 friends feel the same as me although one of them is far worse than me but I still know how they feel 
. Anywhere guys i've finished my rambling for the day now you can all start posting your thoughts and feelings on this topic