1. I hate crowds. I don't like the feeling of people pressing in on me. For this reason, I pass on sporting events (i.e. I LOVE hockey - you couldn't pay me to actually go to a game. Ditto for football, amer. football, etc).

2. Scared to death of people. On an abstract level, I'm not. On a practical level, I'm petrified. I don't socialize and I especially am unresponsive and avoidant when I'm forced to do so.

3. I don't like to be touched, except by very few. I was at my sister's this weekend, and my 6yo niece (who is very touchy-feely and cuddlesome) had her arms around me and I just wanted to wiggle out of her embrace. And forget tickling me: I'll slug you.

4. I dissociate a lot whenever others show emotion. Mine are too intense and I want to keep mine from falling out by association.

5. I'm hypervigilant -- enough said. Paranoid as hell, always looking around and over my shoulder. I'm always on the lookout.

6. Anger is my big problem. If even the slightest detail doesn't go according to plan, I go spasmodic. It's mostly internal, though; it's killing me.

7. Indifference. When I'm not pissed-off, I'm indifferent.