I'm kind of the same... Touch, for me, is something intimate. I don't even like hugging my father. I don't like hugging my friends. I feel like I'm getting too close. I don't like the idea of dating because it requires getting close. So when I'm sitting next to someone on a packed bus and my arm is forced to rest against theirs, I just get really squirmy and tense and uncomfortable. I try to make myself as small as possible but I've never had to get off a bus - I move as soon as a space opens up in which I won't have to touch anyone. And then I suddenly feel like I can breathe.

It does get better when I'm feeling better myself but I've been under a lot of stress lately and old habits are starting to resurface.