Nasty shudders down my body

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I don't know exactly what this is, but I get this zap like feeling that goes down my spine and it hurts. don't have any back issues, and when I twitch, the feeling goes away, I know one Aspie guy I know has this. Does anyone else?

Yes I get this too.

I have a zap like feeling that goes down my spine randomly, but it doesn't hurt, rather it feels like a nervous tickle similar to a shiver down the spine. When it happens I sort of spasm/twitch automatically and it goes away.

Yeah, the shivery thing. Does it get worse with increasing sensory overload?

that can be any number of things; is there a common situation in which this happens?
knowing when it happens can help finding out what it is and why it happens...
(as an example, i also get "zaps" at times, but i know it to be Frisson)

yeah I get this also, you have to shiver to make the feeling go away, I don't know why it happens. it does not feel very nice, like a cold shiver you get when you have a high temperature

Yes, I get this too. Especially at the hair salon when my hair is being worked on. I get shudders that I try very hard to stifle but sometimes they have come out and the stylist is like, what's the matter? I don't really know how to explain that.

this specific example sounds like ASMR to me.

What is ASMR?

This always happens to me too. And it makes me do an involuntary twitch/shiver which is hard to conceal.

I was wondering whether this had to do with Aspergers or if it was common for all people.

ASMR is a reaction where you get "tingles" from certain things. Getting them from haircuts is very common.

But ASMR is not painful. ASMR is one of the best feelings. I am pretty sure that ASMR is not what the original post is referring to.

Wear headphones and have the sound turned down to a calm speaking tone when you watch this, and don't rewind to the beginning of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3SctQxAz8&t=301

This does for me. When people ask me if I am cold, I say no, its more like I got electrocuted.

I have always gotten this too, It would be interesting to know if non AS people get it too.

I get it when I have a really bad tic or sensation.

Wierd I get this too and then I get goosebumps I sometimes get it randomly but mostly when something emotionally touched me or sensory overload