Mild and very mild aspies describe your AS symptoms etc

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I am completely non-showing unless i am very stressed or tired

I would say I am very mild and none of my NT friends know because they haven't noticed as my traits are usually subtle I can disguise it well.
I should be called stealth aspie, master of disguise!

Social skills
I'm not that bad. Although I do get anxious at times and I do come across as very shy. But when you get talking to me I'm pretty normal. I can make friends I just find them tiring to keep up with so they end up doing all the work
I am s**t at eye contact though and that's really my only "give away". I'm not too good at reading people but not too bad either but generally I notice more of what they're saying than how they're saying it, so I guess I still have quite a bit of work to put in there. I have been told that I come off as quite standoffish and sometimes am a bit rude to people, which is usually when I don't feel comfortable around them and I just answer them with "yes" "no" and "over there" etc, and I'm not that into small talk and when I'm with certain people I'm not too good at keeping the conversation going.
And oh yeah I'm naff at instructions if they aren't explained, and I'm quite pedantic.
But most of this is subtle and barely noticeable unless you've known me for a million years and have seen me lots because that's when I'm really myself with someone.

Sensory issues
I'm not too bad with this with sounds I'm generally not too bothered at all, I love clubs and discos and loud music, although when I bought an air horn at a fare the other year I was too much of a wimp to press it. I do get a bit uncomfortable when people touch me but it's improved. When I was 11 I had a friend who was very affectionate and when she tried to hug me I used to jump back and scream, but I don't do that now. I do hate certain smells like my mum’s body spray it makes me feel suffocated and everything else goes amplified when she uses it. I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to camera flashes or getting the sun in my eyes, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I am quite a stimmer, but it's usually subtle ones and I don't really rock, unless I am completely alone and bored stiff.


Special interests
Probably my most prominent trait. I have only just begun to suppress them enough not to annoy people too much. My current special interest is dreams and has been since the dawn of time. I have had plenty of others in the past, a couple of years ago I was obsessed with the band tatu and I knew everything about them, even their parents names, and I used to go on and on about them and probably made my friends want to tear their hair out.

Need for routines
I don't know where I am with this one. I'm not rigid but I'm no risk taker either. I do like some change but not loads, I do have my little routines but they’re not too rigid and I do welcome alterations. But for some reason with my dinner I have at school I have the same one because I don't know what everything else costs and I don't want to go to the trouble of working it out myself and I just feel more comfortable doing the same thing and I do get a bit pissed off when someone else comes along and asks me to go somewhere else with them except to where I usually go with my usual friends and do my usual things but I do hide it quite well and end up enjoying myself eventually. I do tell my friends that I am the most spontaneous person I know but that's only half true.

General ability to function in the wider world
It's improving loads. I'm still a bit immature and disorganised but I can work around it. Other than that I lead pretty much the same life as everyone else.

others
I used to toe walk but not anymore, I used to walk with my head down but not anymore. I do have pretty odd postures and people ask me how on earth I'm comfortable sitting like that. I have some tantrums every now and again (at home) but I don't really get “meltdowns” so I guess I'm pretty lucky in that department. And I have never had a shutdown and can't imagine what they're like but they sound pretty bad. I'm pretty disorganised and my planning is terrible and I'm easily distracted. I am also a very big day dreamer and a deep thinker. My sense of humour can be a bit daft at times and I've laughed at things no one else finds funny. I often talk too loud.

Wow it looks pretty bad written down but trust me it isn’t, I’m just like an NT only dork-ish