Do you feel uncomfortable around people with AS?

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I do. I went to a help group for people with AS.

It motivated me to change the way I act.

I feel uncomfortable around NTs. I wish I didn't but it's hard.

Sometimes an odd mannerism or style of speech will stick out to me. Generally I get used to it in a little while, and then it's OK.

Never met another person with AS.

No, not at all.

I feel massively uncomfortable around NTs. With other aspies, I feel right at home.

I don't feel comfortable around anyone really, NT or aspie.

I saw one for 10 seconds. Couldn't tell ya.

No but I was massively shy at the aspie barbecue two summers ago. I was feeling unsecured about myself then.

No, I think I feel better when I am around aspies. I feel more uncomfortable when I am around NTs.

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I'm uncomfortable around most NTs. I feel more comfortable around people I suspect to be Aspies and people who have ASD children.

I felt uncomfortable too. It made me think that I probably don't have AS and that I was misdiagnosed.

I don't know any people that are DXed (to my knowledge) but I have people I suspect to be AS. I find them more comforting. I am not missing as many nonverbal queues with them. (I think).

I went to an aspie meeting a while ago, and at first I was weirded out. In a few minutes I felt very comfortable though, unusually so considering that I tend to be socially anxious. Part of the initial discomfort was probably from the fact that I was possibly the mildest in the room...

I feel uncomfortable around other AS more than I do NT's. But that's not to say I don't feel uncomfortable around NT's. The AS people I have met are all worse than I am may be part of the reason why. But also the fact AS people are either deathly silent or else won't shut up makes me uncomfortable. I've had enough social training to where I want to talk some to new people so the silent ones irritate me. And the ones that will speak for one hour straight and not let anyone else get a word in irritate me even more. I've also met Aspies with severe comorbid conditions that will trigger my OCD and PTSD problems. Like a lot of AS people are dirty and unkempt. Or they don't warn you and sneak up behind you or get in your face. Does this make sense to anyone else?

When I am around people we all talk at once and interupt. Talking with people is something I really dislike doing. Usually it reaches the point I need to get away from them. I end up going off by myself, it's that bad. It's very difficult for me in ways I cannot explain. The fault lies with everyone. I think I must be cursed in the socializing area, definitely. If only I could explain how it is. It's like, when people are around me they forget this set of social rules that make polite conversation possible and everyone talks over everyone else and they argue with me, but when they talk to each other, they are normal and polite. I don't feel like I am in the same species as them. It's like I'm a wild animal and I am surrounded by foes.