This Tropette can be touched except casual contact by people I really know and like, however often in school teachers would put arms around me and when I tried to move away I'd get scolded for it

This troper can tolerate close family and a couple of friends so long as it's casual(but even then, he'd prefer they didn't), but anyone who he's less than extremely good friends with should NOT touch him. Whenever the chance that contact will occur rises(such as in a crowded hallway) he tries to minimize surface area by pulling his arms to his chest and becoming very stiff.

I used to be like this to the point that I didn't like even one armed side hugs and would run from human contact. Then I met my friend. She is so over bearing and touchy feely that she pretty much near molested me out of my hate of touching people. Now I don't really go out of my way to touch other people, but I no longer flip out when it happens.

This Tropers friends are like this. Almost all of them. They are all smart (met them in the highest section of high school) and do not mind having extremely intimate conversations - as long as it does not include body fluids. They are, however, the kind of people that seem to have a "talk to me instead of touching me"-air. One of them is renown for absolutely hating to be touched. Sad thing is that this air seems to rub off on me, though I am more a bodily person. One of my other friends has literally told me that, though she has another friend with whom she frequently hugs - every time they see each other - and whom she calls, if it would have to be translated, something like a cuddle auntie, she does not dare to touch me in that way because it seems like I would not be able to appreciate it.

This troper fits this to a T save the fist bumps and high fives

This troper is unsure if his friend actually fits this trope, as he's usually smiling after someone pokes or lays a hand on him and he says "Don't touch me!", but what makes him think he fits is that during metal shows if someone bumps into him he tends to start Hate Moshing. All in good fun, but he deals with autistic kids for his job and it does make him kinda mad when they act up.

This Troper didn't like physical contact from her parents since she was a child, let alone from other people. It just makes her feel nervous and, when it comes unexpected, she feels some cold awkward feeling running through her body. It gets complicated because she lives in a country were physical contact is really abundant. Currently, she is trying to get better and enjoys some forms of physical contact to relieve stress, like bear hugs, but only when she ask them.

This Troper can't stand any form of physical intimacy from anyone; that includes touching others as well as being touched, and I have no trauma in my past and no developmental disabilities that I know of to explain it away. In fact, I'm told that as an infant, I hated being picked up or cradled by anybody -mom included- and would scream bloody murder until I was put back down. It's hardwired in. People sometimes ask things like "How do you expect to have any close relationships? You can't develop them without intimacy!" God, I hate when people answer their own questions like that.

This Troper was once this to the extreme, any person that is not my best frond/girl friend can't touch me other then the rare hi5 and games, I know it happens then I go with it but if you were to touch me for no reason your arm gets twisted (I did this to my teacher who grabbed my arm, not touched *GRABBED* I twisted her arm, its on my permanent record but screw it, it's instinct)

This Troper's ability to feel EM fields does not work well with the fact that some people seem to have fields that resonate with his, setting up a constructive interference pattern that feels like the affected area is on fire and being charred of his bones. It also doesn't help that the human EM field extends 10-20 cm from the skin, and merely an intersection of the two fields is required. Not the screaming and fleeing category, but certainly unpleasant enough to make him wince.

I'm thankful I'm not ''as'' EM-sensitive but being around CRTs used to drive me crazy. My friends used to play with the vertical refresh on old CRT monitors and take bets on how close I could get to the actual frequency just by, erm... sound I'll call it. I consistently guessed it to within one tenth of one hertz. Bonus though - I can find live electrical wires in walls just by feel.

I. Hate. Being touched. Hugs, pats on the back, kisses... Ugh, just leave me alone! Sadly, people at my church cannot realize this.

I'm a textbook case of this. Any touch by a male is unwanted though I will allow certain females to touch me, specifically my GF and some of my relatives.

I hate physical contact. When I was younger, it was mostly because of the germophobia that came with my OCD. I've more or less gotten over that, but being touched/touching other people still feels very awkward.

The same goes for this troper. She has certain "clean" people (some family members or very close friends) that she doesn't mind being touched by, but most people--even her sister and dad--are in the "unclean" category. Random hugs from behind tend to result in a knee-jerk reaction of swiveling around and punching the hugger in the stomach. Don't call it mean!--it's a survival instinct!

This aspie troper can't stand being touched around the waist or under my chin. No one seems to get this.

This troper cannot stand being touched by anyone at all from behind. It causes her to scream, jump away, and to have a panic attack.

This troper too is like that, though not as intense. Don't grab me from behind, it will cause me actual physical pain.Light touch is tolerated or even OK depending on who.

I cannot stand unexpected touching. I jump and scream if I am touched or randomly hugged from behind, (it's really annoying when immature people figure this out) even if it's someone I know hugging me. I don't even like people I do know (not even family members) touching me, but I tolerate it. I really have no idea why this is.

This troper doesn't like anyone touching his feet. Also germophobic issues if having physical contact with parents. I do like to hug friends though.

This troper is the female version of this!

Well I'm for us touching all over ;) (except each other's feet of course). I really am weird as anyone else i have no issue with normal physical contact just parents. With my feet it's at the point of me having an "anti-fetish".

This troper detests physical contact with people she doesn't like and is merely rather awkward with it and not likely to seek it out when it's with strangers or people she does like. (And I do my best to avoid touching other people as well.) This interacts ''wonderfully'' with my grandma's NoSenseOfPersonalSpace.

I've been extremely ticklish all my life, and as it happens, I hate to be tickled. When I was in kindergarten, some of the class bullies discovered this and took every opportunity to tickle me. (I was the one who always got in trouble, since I always hit them in return--I must have really hit like a wimp, since they couldn't all have been MadeOfIron.) I'm still distrustful of anyone trying to touch me, especially in the places where I'm most ticklish.

Nonviolent physical contact? DO NOT WANT!

Ditto

So...wait...you want violent physical contact??

Physical contact freaks me out so much that I won't even hug my mom if I can possibly help it. The results of an unexpected touch range from jumping a foot in the air to reflexively hitting the touch-er to burying my (very long) fingernails in their arm. Seven years worth of kung fu has not helped the latter type of response at ''all''.

Same for me. Just brushing against my own mother's shoulder is enough to make me cringe if I don't react violently. Oddly enough, I will let some of my friends touch me, but just one or two. Once, one of my friends tapped me on the shoulder from behind and I responded by jumping several feet away, screaming, even though I had expected it.

This one has a personal distaste for physical contact. I'm willing to shake hands and such, but will use a sleeve to cover my arms first. Worst case scenario, I tend to give people who are too close hostile glares.

This troper doesn't like it when his friends touch him. Ofcourse that's mainly because this troper is gay, and every time his female friends try to hug him, all he can think about is their boobs being pressed up against him. Yech.

You lucky bastard. Care to switch bodies for a few days?

This troper absolutely loathes physical contact on a "first instinct is to punch"; he has no readily available reason or FreudianExcuse for this, but it's intense. He also has a bunch of inconsiderate "friends" who think it's ''hilarious'' to try and touch him after he tells them not to do so, or who seem to think "don't touch me, this isn't funny" is hilarious and a cue to tackle him. There's a reason almost all of his friends are online.

This became a point of contention between me and the only boyfriend I've ever had, who was rather clingy. "No, seriously, you don't need to hug me every time you see me!"

This troper has adversions to being touched by anyone, and will not hesitate to demonstrate how an armlock or arrest technique works if someone tries to hug him. Naturally, {{Cooldown Hug}}s have absolutely no effect on him, and will backfire horribly. His buddies think the solution is to get someone to hug him until he's cured of this trope, although they've yet to actually find anyone who can.

This troper has been known to spin around and punch people who touch him out of sheer paranoia. He is now happily left alone.

This troper hates being touched for the simple fact that he bruises quite easily, and it makes him feel nervous.

This girl troper hates being touched, including shaking hands. It oh so much helps that her aunt, uncle, cousins and their families have habit of handshaking, hugging and kissing on every possible occasion. They're ''very'' hard to flip off. The same went for her grandmother, who would insist that the troper would kiss her on cheek. Interesting thing is, the only person this troper doesn't mind touching is her mother - and they have quite normal "Duh, ''mom''!" relationship otherwise.

This troper panics whenever anyone touches the insides of her wrists or elbows, the backs of her knees, the inside of her ankles, or her throat.

This troper hates being touched on the back but not because she's an Aspie, it's because anything that touches her back feels odd or hurts because of back surgery years before.

Do. NOT. Touch. This. Troper's. Earlobes. He hates it. You will regret it.

This troper is indifferent about being touched unless it's my legs. Dear God not my legs! If anyone ever does an affectionate pat, squeeze, or tickle on my legs it's like every single nerve is ignited and set on fire. DON"T TOUCH ME THERE!

The general rule with this troper is not to touch him when he's sober - the only exceptions are some of his closer relatives and friend, and even then, only hugs: and not too often please. It doesn't help that he's also rather ticklish.

This Troper has a big problem with people touching her hands. More like a ''giant'' problem, really. Which is a big obstacle when it comes to meeting people, and they want to shake my hand...

I hate being touched. Tickling, I hate even more. If you touch me, I'll jump and make a shrill noise.

This troper hates being touched by ANYONE on her tummy. She's extremely ticklish there so most touch is unwelcome on this area.

I have the same problem: I don't mind a pat on the shoulders or back, but don't touch me on the chest or belly. I ''will'' retaliate!

This troper is a version of this trope. I have koumpounophobia (look it up; most sufferers, ex: me, do not like hearing/writing/saying the '''word''' of the phobia), and if they're wearing them or if I know they have been I will. Not. Let them. ''Touch me.'' If they insist, especially on hugging, I will jerk away and scream at the top of my lungs "'''GET OFF ME! I HAVE KOUMPOUNOPHOBIA, AND I WILL SHANK YOUR ASS IF YOU KEEP TOUCHING ME!'''" My friends are fond of using this if they want something out of me. Not fun, esp. if you have a stupid phobia like me.

They can't understand why they aren't being allowed to touch you if they (like ''most'' people) don't understand what koumpounophobia ''is''. It isn't in any way your choice to have that phobia, or somehow your fault for reacting strongly to it, but there are more effective ways to go about it. I have (similar but non-phobia-related) trauma trigger issues, but there's a more effective way to get the point across than acting like a histrionic to someone who doesn't get what's going on.

They all know. The ''whole school does.'' The principal actually announced that I have a phobia, explained what the phobia is, and that they shouldn't touch me. They do it in a sort of bullying sense because I'm different.

Uh... excuse my ignorance, but I don't see what that has to do with being touched...

[[TooDumbToLive Because maybe a lot of people wear...them?

I resemble that link!

This troper, very much so. She dislikes all physical contact, though touching her on the back or hip is especially bad.

This troper is a rather strange case. I have no problem being so close to people (at least if they are my friends) that we're touching, like if we're sitting on a couch or even sleeping next to each other, but I can't handle it if they specifically ''put their hands on me'' without asking. It's okay if they ask permission before touching me, or if I have touched them first, though. About the only person who can touch me without asking first is my mum.

Sounds exactly like me. My friends don't seem to understand this...

I am extremely ticklish. Seriously. Even making the hand gesture associated with tickling gets a reaction. You could be across the house making that gesture and it still affects me. So as a result of that combined with my shy personality I don't like being touched. Even by my parents. The only loophole is if I instigate it- which would also explain why my favorite form of physical communication is the hug- and that I do quite often.

You and I cannot ever meet. EVER. I would shadow-tickle you to your doom just to pretend I have telekinesis.:p

This troper hates being touched on the neck: even if my brain knows that the person doing it doesn't mean anything by it and I can trust them, my body still goes into defensive mode. I must have been strangled or hanged in a previous life.

This troper can handle physical contact with people they like very much. However, this is only if I have a warning, expect or can see it coming to prepare myself, and am not rushed at. Otherwise, my first instinct is to attack, and if I merely yell at someone to back the hell off that's only because they're someone I rationally know isn't a threat. I have had to restrain myself from punting adorable four-year-old children because they hugged me from behind.

I have a friend who absolutely cannot ''stand'' having her wrists touched. My mother can't stand it when people touch their noses around her (so of course, my brother and I make sure to rub and scratch our noses in plain sight around her). I ''used'' to have issues being touched, but they mostly disappeared when I graduated from high school and didn't have to be bumped, bowled over, and buffeted by almost 3500 other kids on a daily basis. (For some reason, college students seem to have a better grasp of the "personal space" concept than high-schoolers. Or maybe it's just the ones in my area.)

This troper. Do. Not. Hug. Me. High fives are about as much affection as I can handle.

If someone has their hands anywhere near my neck or the shoulders, this troper just falls to her knees to get away.

Neck. Wrists. Weird spot under throat, though I doubt anyone will purposely poke into there...and belly button! This Troper has a weird list of DO NOT WANT stations.

This troper is very, very easily startled as a side-effect of her Tourette's Syndrome. Even a light pat on the back will make her involuntarily shriek in surprise, and she prefers not being touched by most people. What makes this worse is she is also a very warm, fluffy person with very huggy friends. If they give fair warning or she is the one who offers the hug, she can handle it, but crowds are one of this troper's least favorite things, as touching makes her flinch. Funnily enough, she tends to become very cuddly towards any [=SOs=].

...Funny, I don't remember posting here....Except for the [=SOs=] remark, there. Never had a boy....Or a girl....*sigh*

This tropette is very touchy-feely, but nobody in her memory has ever touched her with anything but violence, so any sudden or non-gentle touching will end badly for whoever did it.

This Troper is the same, just male! It's borderline homo-erotic with guys, what I do, but if anyone touches me back, suffering for them.

This troper hates being touched for various reasons, most of them probably silly and trivial. However, the fear of being touched makes her ''incredibly nervous'' in a crowd, and more so in a disorganized crowd (for example, a theater of 100 seated and still people is okay, but a group of 20 shuffling students in a classroom before the bell is nerve-wracking). Worse still is the fact that most touches leave a "ghost" of themselves in her nerves, so that a single finger-tap on the shoulder feels like the person just put their finger there and left it, even when this troper can look at her shoulder and see that there's nothing there but her own shirt. If a person comes at her unexpectedly, she will dodge and back away if at all possible, and sit down in the middle of the floor if not, just to avoid being touched. She tolerates touching when it's from very close friends (the number of people this amounts to can be counted on one hand), when it's ''absolutely required'' (handshakes at job interviews), or, occasionally, if the person who wants to do the touching asks if it's okay (this troper likes to wear soft velvet or faux-suede clothes, and people sometimes ask to touch her jacket). However, even in these situations, she still feels the leftover ghost of the touch and has to rub at the part of her body to remove the residual nerve activation. The only people this troper ''doesn't'' routinely experience the "ghost touch" with is her mom (who does sometimes leave a remnant) and her boyfriend; part of the reason she was initially curious about said boyfriend is that, near the beginning of their friendship, he pulled a YouMustBeCold maneuver and ''didn't'' leave the sensation of his arm draped over her shoulders. Highly intriguing. This troper's best guess is that she's more relaxed around him than most people, and so her nerves don't keep resending redundant residual messages.

I am a lot like this. I hate being touched by strangers, or even coming too close to them. I will reluctantly give hugs to family members, but I don't like it. The only exceptions are about 3 or 4 of my friends, who I enjoy being around, and I'm perfectly happy for them to hug me-in fact, I enjoy it. One of my friends is a lot like this trope too, he does not like being touched at all, he wont even hug family members, but I am the only exception, he will let me touch him, but only if I ask first.

This troper hates being touched . i absolutely abhor the crowded hallways in my school where touching someones almost inevitable.

A random dude in This Troper's Psych class decided to pull up a desk and set it close to me. then reach out and try to touch my hands. Don't know what that was about. I'm guessing that his friends dared him or he wanted to freak me out

This troper so very much. I cannot stand being hugged, poked, shoved/pushed, patted on the back, high fived, and pretty much anything else involving me being touched. However, the worst offenders are tickling (just one minute is so painful to me that I begin screaming and crying) and when people go up to me and start dancing in my personal bubble and try to get me to join in, because it usually leads to them somehow touching me, which causes me to go to the nearest bathroom and clean my entire body with soap to disinfect me.

This troper doesn't like being touched mostly because (depending on the kind of touch) it triggers one or both of the completely wrong things. I'm a very tactile person, so the "personal space" feeling is amplified for me. For instance, a hated/disliked person (my brother, a few people at school) I cannot stand to be within a few feet of, and their touch is physically repulsive to me. I also have friends who will whack me in the arm/kick me in the tailbone (I have a locker near the floor) to get my attention, which, rather than startling me and getting me to turn around, triggers a burst of adrenaline and irritation, which they don't understand, having expected me to react like a normal person. Unfortunately, if I'm... in the right mindset... a soft or gentle touch (even just a hand laid on my arm!) can set off a ...cough, cough... ''different'' reaction, which is more than a little awkward. Sigh. And no matter how many times I say, "Please don't do that, it triggers emotions you weren't meaning to," they won't stop. I may have to simply act on the impulse next time, whether its to punch them or kiss them. I did warn them, after all....

This troper has a rather sensitive sense of touch, and really hates being touched. I can handle (and quite love) hugs, but people touching me anywhere else unless it's a high five or handshake or something... ugh. *shudders*

This troper hates being touched on the stomach because I am extremely, extremely ticklish there -- even brushing against my stomach accidentally sets it off, and it is painful. Ridiculously painful. The exception is a couple friends who only *poke* me in the stomach. Also, people need permission to touch my hair and I loathe it when people touch my scalp or the hair on the top of my head. I will flinch and, if it's unexpected, whimper or scream, because it freaks me out so much. And then go through an elaborate "fixing my hair and glaring" until they get the message and apologize.

Due to having a boyfriend that thought it was acceptable to continually rub my back/shoulder/arm/leg no matter what I was doing at the time, this troper has built up a powerful aversion to getting touched in such a way.

This troper doesn't mind being touched anywhere (excluding the um...obvious places and even then it depends on who you are) EXCEPT her knees. You do NOT touch her knees.

This troper jumps if touched from behind, but has no problems with being touched otherwise.

This troper is something of a variant in that he has no problem being touched by women, but he ''hates'' being touched by other men except with the occasional hi-five or fist bump. This also ties into my being extremely uncomfortable with just being in close quarters with other men as well.

This troper is also one of the legion, though apparently much less severe. I don't want people touching me and have been that way for my entire life (my first reaction to being held by my mother was to jerk away) as it causes irritation not to dissimilar from pain. However, I have found conditions when this is not true, and I'm more or less normal. It's weird.

This troper hates being touched in any way. This is probably at least partly because of my natural jumpiness, how I easily startle, and how I'm literally ticklish over my whole body. I've been known to scream loudly and jerk away from the slightest pat on the shoulder, but it's been getting better ever since I joined a very huggy group. Now I like getting hugged, if it's the right person and they don't startle me.

This troper is a very huggy person, my best friend hates being touched and knows karate. HilarityEnsues - but so do many bruises.

Perhaps ironically, I have mild HatesBeingTouched myself, on my shoulders and the back of my neck, mostly due to being extremely ticklish in those areas.

I absolutely cannot stand anyone touching my toes and feet, including me. All you have to do is poke my toe and I'll start screaming and crying hysterically. Non-stop for at least 15 minutes. Note: I'm 13 years old. My 20-year-old brother is this way with the back of his neck.

I'm okay with close people touching me, but anybody else, it's a no no. However, I acknowledge that other humans bond by being all touchy-feely, so I just with bear it, because punching or getting violent anybody who touches you is going to make you look like a violent jerkass, unless you've got a very good reason for it. After all, I'd rather not be a complete loner.

Most of the time, I tend to be a fairly huggy person, but I ''hate'' having my back touched. Whenever my back is touched, I get this really weird felling in my back, and I jerk forward and make an odd a squeak like sound, and when I'm explaining it to whomever caused it, I'm usually on the verge of tears. As a result, I tend to feel paranoid when I'm in a crowded room or someone is behind me. And my back is ''very'' sensitive about it. The odd thing is the fact that, if I knew they were going to do it, although it feels a little uncomfortable, I'm perfectly fine with my back being touched. It's just when people catch me off guard with it that I freak out.

Subverted in that one of the few ways this troper can express emotion is through physical contact but he's also very jumpy and oversensitive. This leads to his friends poking him in the ribs just to hear him squeak.

This Troper made a big enough deal about it to his friends that they actually made a 'Hug *TROPER NAME HERE* Day' Event on Facebook.

SEVEN HUGS. SEVEN!!!

This troper has no problem with most forms of normal touching - high-fives, hugging, handshakes, etc. Those are fine. DO NOT pat her on the back. If you can at all avoid it, don't even touch her back. She had spinal surgery as a child and has a massive scar, the result being that much of the skin back there is dead. However, it could be described as OnlyMostlyDead, and touching her back will often freak her out just because the sensation is so abnormal. (Her husband can touch her there without causing a reaction, because he knows how to do it. He's the only exemption.)

This troper feels weirdly disgusted when other people touch her. She'll put up with it from new people and casual acquaintances so as not to make a fuss, but her longtime friends and family know to ask or at least warn (verbally) before any contact unless they're deliberately trying to annoy her (which happens less often nowadays due to this simple yet magical trick: don't react outwardly. The surprise-touchers eventually get bored and move onto other, more fun forms of pranks and surprises that don't give you a gross feeling. Probably). Still, it just seems to have gotten worse as she's gotten older... and occasionally, someone will rub her back or shoulder in a way that will make her feel very... nice. Otherwise, she spends much of her time in public with her arms firmly by her sides or in her lap, desperately trying to avoid physical contact with strangers/anyone she doesn't want or need to be on friendly terms with.

This troper is a strange case. He has practically SuperSenses, including touch. He ''tolerates'' normal touches by people whose presences he has acknowledged, loves touching girls he is attracted to, but if you touch him by surprise, prepare for the '''''pain'''''.

Only This troper's parents may touch him. Yet I don't have problems touching other people. Also hand-to-hand contact is okay.

Yes. This troper hates being touched and his personal space bubble is painfully large

Due to my bad eyes and hearing loss, I have a heightened sense of touch therefore lower pain tolerance, which annoyingly amplifies even the slightest touch. This tends to get problematic when around deaf people, who tend to touch a ''lot''. Strangely enough, I'm a hugger.

This troper is OK with most physical contact. Shaking hands, hugs from friends and family, high fives and backslaps are all fine. But don't touch my face. I hate it.

My final crush last year was anti touchy feely. Don't like him anymore. I am the most touch feely person ever. Wouldn't have worked. You had to basically MAKE him hug with cookies or something to make him do it!

This troper absolutely hates being being touched. About the only people who can touch freely are the immediate family: mom, dad, the little sister. The rest of the world can stay away. Not to sound emo or anything, but this troper loves being alone. All this might have to do with this troper's tendency to contemplate on this kind of stuffs when the mind wander.

This troper is extremely shy and hates even being close to people. And just to spite him, he seems to be some kind of a magnet for old women, they ruffle my hair, pat my back (or, rarely, more uncomfortable places). This makes this troper extremely angry, because he can not even do anything about it and because of the fact that if he did this to a woman, he'd probably get arrested for sexual harassment. ''All Men are Perverts'' this troper's foot

Whenever anyone touches me or is even just in my personal bubble, I get this really odd feeling that makes me want to squirm. So... don't touch me.

This troper only really has a problem with being touched ''unexpectedly''. Luckily, the people I know don't touch me that often. Unluckily, a large percent of them have dogs, which I'm afraid of for this very reason.

This troper doesn't really know how to hug properly and hates being petted, fussed over or hugged, much to the dismay of her ''very'' affectionate family.

This troper avoids even touching people unless there is no other option (so, in acting and similar things). Otherwise, expect him to move away from people until he is at least ten centimeters away from them. Touching him...generally results in him rapidly moving away from the touching person (unless it was clearly an accident). He just prefers to sit on his own and think rather than talk. Recently, he had a bit of a vision of the future and...well, I basically saw a lonely soul, sitting at a desk, listening to music and reading novels. No one else (no girlfriend, no friends, no family...) was there That was a bit of a shock. So, I'm trying to get over it, with some success. A friend recently mentioned that he actually wanted to live like that.

This Troper hates being touched from behind with a passion. Much more so if I'm in a bad mood. If I'm in a bad mood and you touch me from behind, I will instinctively turn around and punch you in the face.

This troper has never liked being touched. Apparently when she was a baby she only barely tolerated her mom being close, and she'd make a face at her dad if he got in her bubble. He found this hilarious. She's currently a lot more OK with hugs from friends, but being touched without warning (especially by someone she doesn't know) will make her jump out of her skin. Trying to touch her hair (or the back of the neck, why the hell do people do that at all) will result in a dirty look and jerking away from said person. She got told off for that once at a family friend's wedding. It's not MY fault the weird person I had never met when and touched the back of my neck...

This troper ''hates'' being touched on his hair and any bare skin, and even has an involuntary spazz attack if a stranger ''almost'' touches him. With friends and family, hugs are allowed, as is touching through clothes (most of the time) as long as it's not unexpected. A ''very'' small number of people can get away with hair-touching.

This troper's best friend. She absolutely hates it, only tolerates it with her boyfriend. Couple her with me, the overly cuddly bisexual friend, and things get pretty interesting at my lunch table. It's understandable though, because she has been raped and so instantly starts getting freaked out when someone hugs her from behind.

This Troper is ticklish to the EXTREME, and as a result cannot abide skin-on-skin physical contact.

This troper hates be touched, because of a combination of being absurdly ticklish and a bit germaphobic, if people touch this troper, he will dig his unusually long (for a guy) fingernails into their flesh; although hugs from guys he likes, fist-bumps, handshakes, and high-fives are tolerated to some extent.

This Troper really dislikes being touched unless she's the one who initiates it. This is partially due to having touchy-feely friends who won't stop hugging me, manhandling me (I wander around a lot, and they attempt to keep me close by and out of trouble), etc. If I'm aware it's going to happen or I start it, it's okay, but... If someone tries to get me from behind, my first instinct is to attack, which resulted in one of my friends getting an elbow to the jaw on reflex. Not to mention they've made me uncomfortable changing in front of them in locker rooms, etc. ever since they wolf-whistled and jeered one time I changed into a cosplay, and they tend to grab uncomfortably...

This troper (male, and he hates it) assumes everyone else is like you tropers of this page, so he doesn't even try. If someone wanted to hug him, he wouldn't object, though. Seeing as no one wants to, then the theory is probably correct, though...

It isn't that this troper hates being touched. He hates being touched by people who barely knows or dislikes. He doesn't object when his friends are the ones doing it.

I have a problem with being touched by people I don't know or that I dislike. With friends and family fine. Anyone else, come near me and I will hurt you.

This troper ''hated'' to be touched until he was about sixteen. To the point of howling "''Don't touch me!''" and beating someone over the head with a book when they tried something. A few years of CharacterDevelopment later, and I'm a touchy-feely fungus that just crawls all over everyone.

This troper doesn't hate being touched. No, I'm completely apathetic to the concept. That's the problem. Handshakes? Apathy. Friendly Hugs? Apathy. Holding Hands? Apathy. Intimate Hugs? Apathy. I used to freakout from being hugged or the like simply because hey, I'm supposed to feel *something* in such a situation and I didn't want to let the other person know I'm not feeling anything about it. Freak-out was the easiest behaviour. I don't freak-out now, but I'm still apathetic and apparently can't "hug right" because I don't know how because I simply *don't get what is so appealing about a hug*.

This troper has the inverse of this fear. I will not touch others on my own whim. I'm perfectly ok and happy to be held, hugged, or kissed; but I'm always uncomfortable approaching others. Maybe it's a self confidence thing, but when someone else does it to me, I feel accepted and truly loved. I guess I'm afraid I'll make the other person uncomfortable, so there go my fantasies of reaching out for someone's hand or leaning in for a kiss.

This Asian troper from Thailand spend the majority of his life not touching anyone outside of family, as Thais greet each other with traditional hand gesture (a "wai"). This troper is now in Australia, and everyone he meets want to shake hands with him, which always leave an uncomfortable feeling in the touched area for half an hour. I understand that a handshake is a sign of goodwill and to show you have no weapon (back in older times). I always ask myself why do people need to actually touch each other to show "goodwill" when the wai does the same thing. He wants to wai new people he meets from now on (or a curt salute). This troper can't imagine being in a country where hugging and kissing between friends is the norm.

This tropette is the same way, with exceptions. Family is allowed hugs, and only the closest of friends can have them from me (granted it took about 3 years for me to gain a tolerance to their attack-hugging antics), not to mention they gain side-hugs instead of full fledged ones. Aside from that, do NOT try to hug me. It will end in failure and/or disappointment.

This tropette was more or less like this, but my mom is a ''really'' huggy kind of person. So I had to adapt. I'm used to it now.

This troper has ASD, autism spectrum disorder, to a relatively mild degree. But one of my things is... being touched. I can touch people just fine. I'm very physical with some of my friends. I just like to know it's coming, to expect it, and to have control over it. >.> The only person I enjoy being touched by is my girlfriend. Everybody else leaves an "off" feeling where they touched me, even if it's by accident, that I have to physically brush away. So I end up insulting people that don't really know me yet by subconsciously wiping off my hand after greeting them, or brushing off my shirt after a hug.

I, Edgy, hate being touched by strangers. People I know, I don't mind but unknowns best respect my personal space bubble. Once, when I worked at a Ryan's Family Steakhouse, I was filling some pans on the hot bar and this old hag pokes me right in the spine to get my attention. I shuddered on contact. Another time, this teenager was right next to be as I was filling pans. Suddenly, I got into slow-mo bullet time. I could see his finger coming at me. I dodge with a step back, but he redirects and pokes me anyway. I snapped at the dumb kid.

This troper hates being touched by unknown people. Especially because I was sexually harassed by a ''teacher'' in Middle School. I usually shy away from hugs, kisses, any type of physical contact. However, I make exceptions for my friends when they hug '''me'''.

This troper's high school choir buddies are probably convinced that she despises ''any'' form of touching at all. The story is that at the beginning of the year, I, being a freshman, was surprised at the number of gay or bi women in my class, and they were all groping and cuddling and piggy-back-riding and generally crawling all over each other in ways that humans beings are not supposed to bend, and they treated it as the most normal thing in the world. While I was aware that they didn't actually mean anything by it ("Just because we're gay doesn't mean we're gonna rape you!"), I had to make it clear that I wanted no part of their "Choir Orgies," as they affectionately dubbed them. They left me alone from then on. Now, as the end of the year approaches and goodbye hugs are about to be exchanged, I will probably find myself shouting, "Hugs are okay, people! ''Hugs are okay''!"

Same troper here, adding that these kids probably still think that I don't want to be touched by them because I don't want to be seen as gay/bi/what-have-you, and I don't, but that's not it. The real reason, which I have only told one other person because I trust her not to use it against me, is that I am extremely ticklish. Seriously. You can poke me to get my attention, and then I go all to pieces. I never want anybody to know about this.

This troper (why does that never work for me?) does not touch anyone, and wants no one touching him. He's fine with short contact of a handshake, a high five, or a fist bump. But touch him in any other spot of any longer and he will be really creeped out. Doesn't matter if it's a pat on the back or anything that's supposed to be friendly, it's creepy. If you are male, creeped out. If you are female, creeped out. There is no reasonable explanation of my fear of being touched, but I'll chalk it up to anxiety, along eith my fear of rain.

Let's just say that most of the time, I have a strange reaction to being touched unexpectedly due to being sexually harassed as a teenager.

This troper is actually terribly affectionate and loves to hug and shower love upon people. Well, it's too bad that her phobias, shyness, and lack of trust in people cause that to be pushed under some crusty surface. Even when I am around someone I am able to be affectionate with, I easily freak out when being touched at times, completely randomly. If someone tries to touch me when I'm in that state, I become unable to talk in much more than sobs and a slight whisper. And may the gods forbid if someone ever tried to touch my neck. I legitimately run away like a crazed coward while the person stares on in confusion. Even worse, I could deal with touching and even kissing people on the cheek -- as long as they don't really "touch" me back. Which would not happen, because everyone I know is highly affectionate. My hatred of being touched even goes over to dreams, where I have nightmares about being simply kissed or held.

I don't mind touching, usually. I enjoy hugging people. It's just if you touch my back it makes me freak out. Seriously, do not touch my back.

This troper, by anyone. She prefers to keep her hands to herself and for everyone else to follow suit. It's a good thing she's {{Asexual}} too because she thinks she'd probably hyperventilate (and not in a good way) during sex.

This troper zig-zags this. A lot. Some days if you try to get five inches away from her she will back off a couple of feet, and continue doing so until you get the idea. Other days, however, she does want hugs, although these days are few and far between (and getting further between). They most occur when she's with her friends, though.

This troper is like this much of the time. but has somewhat learn to control it to a degree. for example he will shake hands with people only if they offer first just to be polite but will cut it as short as possible and is almost always followed by discreetly wiping his his and stifling the shudder. however physical contact while training in martial arts is less of a problem... probably because he gets to hit the other person shortly after any contact. hugging however is a ompleate no-no... with very few exceptions which can be counted on one hand and still have enough fingers left to make a rude gesture, many a person has learnt -painfully- that you do not hug or worse yet attempt to grab the butt of this tropper, unless you want a trip to A&E due to a rather vicious reflex action.

It's not that this troper hates being touched, it's just that he absolutely hates kissing or being kissed. I absolutely refuse to do it.

This troper... doesn't exactly hate being touched, but her mother has noticed that she can be a bit... stiff during hugs. Whether it's just the AS or something else, this troper is a very firm advocate of personal space. Respect my boundaries, and I will respect yours. If you want a hug, I will give you a hug, but please let me know in advance.