Aversion to Touch? What Has Worked Best For You?

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I don't have an aversion to touch; in fact, I need it. As a kid, I used to hug pillows to make myself sleep. I asked my parents to sleep in their bed so I could hug them.

And I do love to cuddle with my husband. It's a great feeling and I need it.

However, I hate when strangers touch me. Sometimes, random people will invade your personal space and touch you for no reason. It scares me, even if they're friendly. Then they think I'm a creep for not liking this.

Desensitization brush worked well for me when I was little to help me deal with touching and such. Worked quiet well, now I have no problems what so ever with hugging or kissing (Family, girlfriend ect.) I also believe for some autistic folk to truly get use to it, they need to be removed from there comfort zone as well with the brush.

[quote="deconstruction"]I don't have an aversion to touch; in fact, I need it. As a kid, I used to hug pillows to make myself sleep. I asked my parents to sleep in their bed so I could hug them.

I hug a pillow every night to get to sleep. I call it my pilly.

I still sleep with a stuffed animal for hugging purposes. Hugging a "stuffie" is different from people hugging, though. Stuffed aminals and illows don't have any weird incomphrehensible ulterior motives.