r/adhdwomen • u/insubordinance • Mar 03 '25
General Question/Discussion What's your weirdest/most unique sensory issue?
Since sensory issues and/or sensory processing disorder can take many forms and affect all five senses a little differently. What is your strange sensory issue and how do you manage it if it affects your life?
Mine is, I am extremely picky about clothing fabrics. So much stuff is made out of garbage, especially in fast fashion where almost everything feels like plastic to me. HOWEVER, I absolutely love neoprene as a material, and gravitate towards it as a pleasing texture.
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u/cabeleirae Mar 03 '25
When a banana gets too ripe, I can taste it in my ears. I will not elaborate.
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
They make my ears itch and burn my tongue. I have to spit them out. It can be an actual mild reaction to just ripe bananas. I can only eat them slightly ripe now.
“Can you be allergic to only ripe bananas?
Yes, it is possible to be allergic to only ripe bananas. As bananas ripen, they produce a protein called chitinase, which can trigger an allergic reaction in some people. These individuals may not experience allergic symptoms when consuming unripe bananas, which contain less chitinase.”
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u/chuck-lechuck Mar 03 '25
This makes so much sense now!
To confirm, I just looked it up and the protein unfolds/is destroyed at relatively low temperature, <80°C (<176°F) so that explains how I can enjoy banana muffins and banana bread but have an allergic reaction to ripe bananas.
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u/OG-lovesprout Mar 03 '25
I have that experience with bananas and pineapple, as well. I can only eat ripe, cooked bananas and cooked pineapple. Pineapples are the worst (along with kiwis and walnuts) because they cause mouth ulcers when I eat more than a couple pieces raw. 😫
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u/Bellachan Mar 03 '25
There’s a similar instance with nightshades (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, etc) - when not ripe, there’s a glycoalkaloid they produce to keep the unripe fruits from being consumed. When they’ve ripened, they stop producing this. There’s people (myself included) who are sensitive/allergic to that glycoalkaloid and can’t eat most tomato products because they’re made with tomatoes that were picked when not fully ripe. They have to be ripened fully on the plant (most “vine ripened” sold in store is ripened on a cut stem, this doesn’t work)
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
I appreciate this so much. I stopped eating most nightshades due to wicked headaches and flushing. This helped me understand why it’s only sometimes and not always.
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u/cgerha Mar 03 '25
So interesting! This might partly be why tomatoes right off the vine from my garden taste so wonderful and cause almost no reaction, or no reaction at all!
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u/newt_girl Mar 03 '25
Fun fact: chitinase can be found in many shellfish, so if you're allergic to bananas, you may also be allergic to shellfish.
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u/eamonkey420 Mar 03 '25
Their histamine level skyrockets AF too!
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
Yep. That’s what I get. The huge histamine dump. Not pleasant at all.
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u/CECINS Mar 03 '25
Well now I’m about to go down a histamine research rabbit hole.
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u/Calm-Ad-7206 Mar 03 '25
It took me 20 years to realize bananas are not supposed to be spicy, sour, or burn/sting your mouth. So many nasty bananas shoved down my throat as a kid, no one believed I wouldn’t like such a wonderful fruit! (I do like all the other whole fruits).
Avocado has a similar texture to banana and I’m not particularly fond of them. Banana has that particular texture/mild allergic reaction combo that sends me flying.
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u/Leenaa Mar 03 '25
Same with cheese suddenly tastes too much cheese or milk tastes too much milk 😩😫 only found a couple of other people have the same ick as me.
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u/Bloody-smashing Mar 03 '25
It's eggs for me. Sometimes they just taste too much like eggs and it puts me off. I'm in a no eggs spell right now. The smell turns my stomach.
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u/babylonglegs91 Mar 03 '25
Yes! This happens to me randomly. One week I’ll be on an egg kick eating them boiled, fried, scrambled whatever then the next week the idea of an egg makes me want to vomit. So weird and hard to explain to people.
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u/Inevitable-While-577 Mar 03 '25
Same here, I hardly ever eat eggs. And when I do, I remember why I hate them. The smell is even worse than the taste.
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u/eamonkey420 Mar 03 '25
When a banana gets over ripe, its histamines are absolutely skyrocketing. After learning this it made sense why every single person in my family who has histamine intolerance prefers greener bananas.
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u/slimstitch Mar 03 '25
Have that too. Turns out I'm allergic to latex and bananas by proxy lol
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u/Affectionate_Day7543 ADHD-C Mar 03 '25
Not weird because I think everyone hates it but I HATE the feeling of dry skin on feet catching on bedding. The worst one is when my partner cuddles me in bed and his dry feet rub against my dry feet and I feel it catch like Velcro. It makes me flinch involuntarily and I feel terrible but it’s such a visceral reaction i can’t help it
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u/salty_sherbert_ Mar 03 '25
I agree with with this but for me slightly worse is when you have a little rough bit on your nail and it catches on fabric. Literally makes my skin crawl and have to file my nail straight away or ill not be able to forget about it
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u/TheYarnAlpacalypse Mar 03 '25
I had a papercut on my fingertip that left a rough line of skin during the healing process. I had to change my knitting style for a few days so that I wouldn’t have to feel fibers snagging on it.
It felt so gross. Raspy Velcro-y disgustingness.
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u/kelsobjammin Mar 03 '25
Oh if I feel any of my nails in a “weird” way I will obsess and try to fix it until I fix it. Including if one nail falls off and the rest are longer the uneven feeling is annoying. Lol welp ya
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u/__glassanimal Mar 03 '25
When I run my fingers through my hair and that rough bit of nail somehow catches a hair.
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u/KindlyNebula Mar 03 '25
Microfiber sheets! Eeeeeeeek!!!!
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u/_stupidquestion_ Mar 03 '25
glad someone said it - microfiber bedding is my sworn enemy for this reason. makes my skin crawl just thinking about it ugh
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u/PaintingByInsects Mar 03 '25
That’s partially why I ALWAYS wear socks (except the shower lol), my feet are so hella sensitive it feels like everything hurts
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u/redminx17 Mar 03 '25
Yes I always moisturise my feet before getting into bed to avoid this feeling! I don't like my hands being dry either, absolutely HATE handling dry materials (e.g. removing a layer of clothing) when my hands are dry. I have to work hard to suspend my discomfort while climbing - chalking up and actively making my hands drier is horrible, but I can't avoid it.
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u/comfychaosseeker Mar 03 '25
Water running down my arms when I wash my face.
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u/diwalk88 Mar 03 '25
Ughhhhh nooo I HATE this!! I refuse to wash my face in the sink, it gets washed in the shower once a day.
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u/Mysfunction Mar 03 '25
Yeah, I’ve never been able to understand the splashing water all around at the sink method. I wash with face wash in the shower and then use a facecloth with just water on it at night (makeup remover on a cotton pad first if necessary).
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u/azuoba Mar 03 '25
https://a.co/d/gpd3yZR YOU NEED THESE WRISTBANDS THAT PREVENT THIS HORRIBLE FEELING!! They changed my life!!!!!!!!
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u/Melodic_Support2747 Mar 03 '25
Yeees I have sets with headbands with snail eyes on them so I look super goofy and laugh at myself when I move in the mirror
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
I do face wipes now bc after decades of water running down my neck and arms, I’m done w that.
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u/arcanotte Mar 03 '25
Seeing or touching wet food in the sink drain 🤮
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
I can’t do dishes without gloves on bc this is my nightmare. Any wet food or sink food.
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u/miggywasabi Mar 03 '25
for sure bought rubber gloves for this exact reason and they changed my life lol. now to just get the motivation to actually do the dishes in the first place….
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
I can’t touch raw meat to cook without gloves either. So I have sooo many sets of gloves.
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u/arcanotte Mar 03 '25
OMG I'm so glad to know there is someone else. The food could be in a bowl on the counter one minute and then in the sink the next with no changes. As soon as it hits the sink, it's gross and wrong and I WILL be gagging
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u/Fun-Replacement-238 Mar 03 '25
This one. And the wet hair in the shower drain. I don't care that hair was attached to my head a minute ago, I don't care that tomato peel is the same as the one on the counter. If I can't ask my husband for help, I use a lot of paper towels or toilet paper to fish things out of the drain.
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u/SparklePrincess33 Mar 03 '25
I had a visceral reaction to this post. I can't even think about it. rubber gloves are a life saver.
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u/SparkleKittyMeowMeow Mar 03 '25
I often ask my husband to empty the sink drain because wet food just absolutely icks me out.
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u/Lonely-Conclusion895 Mar 03 '25
If my feet tangle in the duvet cover in the wrong way, leading to the duvet shifting to the wrong angle it fills me with instant rage and want to cry haha
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u/purple_pop_tart Mar 03 '25
I feel this way about sleeping in pants. I can do leggings, but the wide leg pajamas get twisted around my legs and make me feel trapped and immediate rage.
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u/WampaCat Mar 03 '25
I’ve never understood loose pants as pajamas. They just get bunched up around my knees instantly and stay there all night. Does that not happen to people who actually wear them??
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u/PossibilityNo7682 Mar 03 '25
OMMGGGG sammmee I don't know why I get sooo incredibly angry with the duvet when it's not perfect 😂 so glad to hear someone else is the same lol. My bf thinks it's so weird and it's extra annoying because soemthing he pulls the duvet up from the wrong part and it shifts and I feel SOOOO enraged
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u/AcousticProvidence Mar 03 '25
Ha. It actually take me like 5 minutes each night to arrange and layer my multiple blankets perfectly, to ensure even, consistency coverage throughout the night with no cold extremities on either end or blankets getting tangled and/or falling off.
Is that an adhd thing?
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u/eamonkey420 Mar 03 '25
just me waking myself up by kicking so madly at the covers that I can no longer remain asleep
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u/Liefmans Mar 03 '25
I can wear a turtleneck all day and suddenly get sick of it. I can't stop stop consciously feeling the fabric on my neck the entire time and I'll sit on the couch physically separating it from my skin until I'm motivated to get up and change. Sometimes it happens after a long day, sometimes two hours of wearing a turtleneck will frustrate me to the point I want to take out scissors and cut the whole thing up.
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u/Lazy_Ad8046 Mar 03 '25
I’m like this with leggings or tights. We call in “tights o’clock” in my house
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u/whoooodatt Mar 03 '25
I hate tights! Especially if the crotch is too low, and ESPECIALLY when the waistband rolls down and your belly pops out with a little "foomph" feeling. I have to wear them because yoga and cycling etc but uuuuuuugh
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u/lacunadelaluna Mar 03 '25
I haven't worn tights in 20+ years (though I kept trying then for a whole but would wear them olive then get rid of them) because of exactly this. The space between the tights crotch and my body makes me want to scream just thinking about it
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u/Mysfunction Mar 03 '25
lol, I’m going to start calling the moment I jump up and must panic escape from my pants as “pants o’clock” from now on.
I can be fine for hours, just chilling, then all of a sudden, often mid-sentence, I’m acting like a caged animal thrashing around to get out of my pants.
It is way more dramatic and takes a lot longer than it would if I could just calmly remove them, but at that point I’m fighting for my life 😂
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u/BitterSplatter Mar 03 '25
When it gets kinda hot and stuffy, and suddenly I feel how dry the skin is underneath and it itches something fierce.
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u/VBunns Mar 03 '25
For me it’s bras that scratch or itch or are too tight. Like I reach the point of “ GET IT OFF ME!”
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u/Sick_Bubbl3gum Mar 03 '25
I feel the same way with any clothing that is close to my neck, I’ll go the whole day pulling the collar away from my neck, even just a crew neck t shirt.
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u/Logical_Bite3221 Mar 03 '25
THISSSSS I FEEL LIKE I’M GETTING STRANGLED BY CLOTHING AND I CANT BREATHE!!!!! I can only do lower necklines - absolutely no turtle necks for me
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u/vonnie4897 Mar 03 '25
I’m like that but with socks. From one moment to the next, i get this feeling that the socks are too tight and i have to take them off.
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u/SparklePrincess33 Mar 03 '25
my fiancé pointed out that I leave socks all over the house. And he's right , I do. but it never dawned on me WHY they were all over until I caught myself literally scooting out of then mid-walk to the fridge one day. I planted my foot on the rug, scooted back until the sock was off, then did it to the other foot. it was only once I was freed that I noticed what I'd done. lightbulb moment!
apparently, without notice, it's socks o'clock (to use the term from another post).
this also happens to me when I'm wearing a heavy coat or sweater. it's the worst when it happens while I driving.
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u/ArtisenalMoistening Mar 03 '25
Haha, I always have a pile of socks next to my side of the bed between laundry days because I have to go to sleep with them on or my feet are too cold but at some point in the night it gets too hot and I kick them off. My husband has learned to live with it
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u/OohBeesIhateEm Mar 03 '25
I’ve done this before. Went feral for a second and ripped/cut clothing off rather than take it off calmly like a normal human being. Sometimes it’s urgent, haha
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u/luna62884 Mar 03 '25
I wore a cowl/turtleneck to work one day, was fine all day until about two hours before clock out. I had a visceral reaction I can’t explain and had my kid bring me a different shirt.
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u/BeatificBanana Mar 03 '25
I've got lots of sensory issues but most of them are quite common I think (loud noises, mouth noises, clothing tags, Must Wear Socks at All Times etc).
But one that I think is pretty weird is that I don't like my partner touching my skin very lightly/gently. If he's going to rub or caress my arm/hand/knee for example, I need him to pet me hard so I can feel it (props to whoever gets that reference). If he just lightly trails his fingertips over my skin it makes me want to scream and run away. And it's not because it's ticklish, I just really hate soft touch!
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u/whereswalda Mar 03 '25
I also dislike soft touch! Not quite as bad, but I'm very ticklish/sensitive/itchy. Soft touch just makes me feel tickly/itchy. It's why I never want a massage - either you need to be pressing hard enough to bruise or it's just uncomfortable.
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u/HRHHayley Mar 03 '25
Same on the soft touch. See also, whispering right next to my ear.
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u/Anonymous_crow_36 Mar 03 '25
Omg yes if anyone tries whispering something to me I will run. No thank you.
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u/LowOvergrowth Mar 03 '25
I hate the feeling of lotion on my skin. I don’t care how diligently I rub it in. I don’t care how “light” the lotion claims to be. Its mere presence will drive me to distraction until I finally wash it off.
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u/StargazyPi Mar 03 '25
Haha, we're opposites!
My skin dries itself out so much, and I can't stand the feeling, especially when it brushes against things. Lotion keeps me sane!
May your skin always remain moist without lotion, or failing that, you find a totally imperceptible one you love!
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
Same. I am a compulsive lotion applier. I know my kids will be talking about how I attacked them with lotion all the time in therapy someday. I can’t stand dry skin on myself or my kids. I have lotion, aquaphor, etc ready and available at all times. Yes even in the car and on the go.
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u/ladyattercop Mar 03 '25
I’m like this with sunblock. I wear it anyway because I am the complexion of boiled chicken breast, but I loathe it. Some is more tolerable than others, but I can feel it the entire time it’s on.
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u/Mysfunction Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
Ugh sunblock is the worst, but I’m a pasty white redhead, so I burn if I even think about the sun.
My partner’s love language is chasing me (sometimes literally) with sunscreen and applying it for me so I don’t have to get it on my hands.
We spent a summer living and working in an outdoor community and I was providing medical support while he was riding around on a bike providing logistical support everywhere. We were always super busy and we wouldn’t often be seen together, so people who were only there for a short time only figured out we were together because they’d see him chasing me on his bike with a bottle of sunscreen every hour and then me acting like a toddler while he applied it 😂
Do you have any preferred brands? I’ve tried so many and I hate them all.
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u/ElderberryOpposite58 Mar 03 '25
Hey me too. If you’re interested, I did find a way around this that allows me to have moisturized skin without feeling disgusting - I found Jergens “Wet Skin Weightless Moisturizer,” which you put on right after the shower. I let it sit for a couple minutes, and then you just towel dry as normal. The texture of it is just completely different and doesn’t trigger my sensory issues! It’s about $9 at Walmart!
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u/Few_Address3591 Mar 03 '25
I can't stand lotion being on the palms of my hands!!
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u/BurtonErrney Mar 03 '25
Yes! I now use sweet almond oil in the shower instead. After I put conditioner on my hair, I slather oil all over my body (I keep a little refillable pump bottle in the shower), then rinse the conditioner and go. I don't have to do anything else and my skin is so moisturized! It doesn't feel funny, I just dry off normally. It's magic. I never have to touch lotion and the nasty little dried crunchy bit that comes out with the first pump of lotion. 🤮
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u/Jeanarocks Mar 03 '25
I have always hated the feel of the ridges in the vacuum cleaner cord since I was really small. I wear gloves when I vacuum, or if I have long sleeves on, I wrapped the cord around my arm in my sleeve around my hand, so I can’t feel it.
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u/TheZoodler Mar 03 '25
I mean, why does the vacuum cleaner cord get a special wrapper when every other electrical cord is tolerable? It's so cringey to handle!!
Our current vacuum has a self-retracting cord and it is amazing. 10/10 recommend because you only have to handle it once.
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u/hellocousinlarry Mar 03 '25
Touching chalk or matte surfaces makes my skin crawl.
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u/SparklePrincess33 Mar 03 '25
its the chalk for me too. sooo gross.
or getting out of water, walking through sand, then my feet drying while sandy. I feel like I'm going to hurl right now thinking about it. I love the beach!
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u/blondeperson Mar 03 '25
I really really hate the hair around my ears feeling off. That’s all I can say to explain it but sometimes it consumes my every waking thought
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u/skunky_x Mar 03 '25
Yesss, as a glasses wearer when he sideburn gets pushed up and over rather than under the arm.
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u/drakethecat25 Mar 03 '25
I fully rip out my sideburns. Can't stand how the hair sits, curls, and fits behind my glasses arms. Absolutely LOATHE it.
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u/slimstitch Mar 03 '25
I bought a clear mascara style thing that's made for keeping stray hairs in place. Like super localized hair gel that dries like hairspray.
It helps when I want to have my hair down, otherwise it's in a ponytail 24/7.
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u/CECINS Mar 03 '25
Oh god. The hair interacting with my glasses arms. Hurl.
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u/Inevitable-While-577 Mar 03 '25
Glad I'm not alone. Wondering if many people who wear their hair extra short, do so because of their glasses. It's so annoying.
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u/MarthaGail Mar 03 '25
Ooh, trying to put in earplugs is a nightmare (due to hair around my ears and other reasons) because there’s always one or two hairs that go in and it takes a million years to get them all just so. Ponytails mean adjusting the sideburns so only the right amount is down and the rest is back. I spritz a little hair spray on a fine toothed comb and sweep them all back and the hair spray keeps them where I want them without having to spray my whole head/face.
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u/ShinyAeon Mar 03 '25
I don't know if it's unique...but can't fully relax unless I have a fan on. Even if it's cold.
The appeal is a combination of the sound of the fan, and the feel of air blowing on me. The sound is relaxing in a white noise/ASMR kind of way; the wind in my face is pleasantly stimulating and calming, like a very low-key massage.
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u/I_Dream_Of_Oranges Mar 03 '25
Oof I’m the opposite, I can’t stand feeling air blowing on me, especially if it’s near my face. I also hate the noise of fans unless they’re in another room.
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u/Sick_Bubbl3gum Mar 03 '25
Same! Always have to sleep with a fan, the noisier the better, and love the feeling of the air blowing over me. My partner thankfully puts up with it.
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u/chalphy Mar 03 '25
I will literally actually die without a fan. ("you're exaggerating" NO. ACTUALLY. IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.) If I have other noise I'm okay but sitting in a dead silent room skeeves me out, I start hearing things and I can't stand it. Always sleep with a fan on even if I don't want it blowing on me.
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u/waterlily_the_potato Mar 03 '25
I just hate being touched. I don't know why, it just bothers me so much.
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u/Ivorypetal Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
I absolutely hate being touched.
Husband knows this and adjusts to move in my circle of approved Approach methods. He is a saint.
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u/Connect-Banana-1586 Mar 03 '25
I hate being touched too but only with people whom I do not know well. I have very small circle of good friend who are all in somewhere in the spectrum and those are the people who can touch me, because they now how this shit works. And touching is allmost allways hugging or comforting and it feels good and real, I can feel the closenes and love from them. We do not touch otherwise very much, but it makes all the hugs feel like it really matter. If I am in relationship with someone, I like closenes but touching needs to happen in certain way, too light touch feels horrible, too pointy touch feels like needle and too hard touch is shit too and partner has to learn how to touch me correctly 😅 sorry my broken english and long text, I am too tired to think in english right now.
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u/LowOvergrowth Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
Oooh! This is a good one!
I think I have this, too, because whenever my children—whom I love with all my heart!—hug me or cuddle up next to me, I immediately want to jump out of my skin. I endure it (because I can’t figure out how to ask them to stop without it sounding like I’m a villainous mother from a Disney movie), but the whole time, I’m counting the seconds until it ends.
On the flip side, I can cuddle up with my cats indefinitely. 🤷♀️
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u/waterlily_the_potato Mar 03 '25
Yesss exactly! My husband's love language is mostly touch and it makes me feel like such an ass if I ask him to not ever touch me.
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u/Infernalsummer ADHD-C Mar 03 '25
I hate being touched and my love language is touch lolsob
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u/BitterSplatter Mar 03 '25
I'm hug and touch averse, broadly but once that barrier is broken it's actually comforting. It's a tough barrier though. Usually only my wife and fur babies allowed.
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u/duskbun Mar 03 '25
I hate feeling clothing on my legs while i’m under blankets already. doesn’t matter how cold it is i can only sleep in gowns/shorts/just underwear. long pajama bottoms are still fine when i’m up, just not when Im trying to sleep under blankets.
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u/tufflepuff Mar 03 '25
I can’t stand wooden spoons / popsicle sticks, I’m getting goosebumps just writing about them lol
Also I hate my hands being sticky or dirty, if I’m eating chicken wings or something I end up with a huge pile of napkins from wiping my hands every few seconds!
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u/WhichAddition862 Mar 03 '25
My husband bought these little sets that have a fork, knife, spoon and straw in them. He carries them in his car, when we travel he has them in his carry on and daypack. Since I will never remember to have one on hand. Busts it out when there are paper straws or wooden (eco) utensils somewhere. Been together over 20 years and the dude is fully aligned with my quirks 😂❤️
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u/SeaworthinessKey549 Mar 03 '25
I have to wrap my popsicle wrapper around the stick to hold it. And even that moment it takes me to get it into place when I have to touch the stick...my heebies are absolutely jeebied
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u/sloppyvegansalami Mar 03 '25
I’m a compulsive finger wiper- like after every piece of popcorn/ chip/ whatever. My gf immediately caught on and within like two weeks of us dating, she would always bring me a little piece of paper towel whenever she brought me a snack 🥲🥲 honestly feel so seen and cared for with just that little thing
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u/pwr-bttm59 Mar 03 '25
I also tend to use a dozen tissues and wet wipes whenever im eating anything with my hands and I also hate eating those things in public because so many things have to be just right and prepared for me to not go crazy I also hate how whenever I’m eating my nose is running like crazy even when it’s not spicy at all and I just use so many tissues whenever I sit down for a meal
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u/dragonlady_11 Mar 03 '25
I have the runny nose while eating, too ! It's something to do with a nerve that's normally stimulated by spicy or temperature hot foods, but for some people, just eating can set it off. I get it if I have hot drinks as well . It's very irritating.
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u/Strange_One1199 Mar 03 '25
Interesting. I try to minimize the area of contact to one hand only and eat as cleanly as possible close to the plate and after I eat finger food or good that is messy in the order I like one by one. I wipe my fingers and am happy because I didn't make a mess and I kept the stickiness to a minimum. I always wished to use those disposable plastic chicken gloves like the Koreans tho.
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u/mememere Mar 03 '25
I though it was just me. My teeth hurt when I even think of wooden spoons and popsicle sticks. It’s a very weird ick.
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u/Livid_Upstairs8725 Mar 03 '25
Sticky hands just sends me in a bad way. Can’t stand it.
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u/sutkurak Mar 03 '25
Not helpful for wings and the like but I eat all snacks with chopsticks bc I hate the feeling of grease/crumbs on my fingers
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u/arabrab12 Mar 03 '25
I have the same issue with wooden sticks. It carries over to paper.
One of the kindest thing someone did for me once is they bought popsicles as a treat for co workers and I was like "no thank you, I don't like the wooden stick" and they brought me a bowl with the popsicle stick removed. It always seems so silly and for someone to take it seriously was so nice.
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u/Sick_Bubbl3gum Mar 03 '25
That’s very interesting, my dad and brother hate the feeling of raw wood, whether it is a wooden spoon or ice cream stick. It also gives them a physical reaction and they get goosebumps, they say it makes their teeth hurt. Never heard of anyone else with this same issue.
I also hate sticky or wet hands, they always have to be dry. I don’t even like hand cream.
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u/alico127 Mar 03 '25
I seem to have an unusually heightened sense of smell. Recently, on a work trip, I was the only person out of a table of 20 who could smell the difference between the still and sparkling water at dinner. For me, the two waters smelt completely different. Everyone else thought they smelt exactly the same 🤷🏻♀️
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u/TheZoodler Mar 03 '25
I'm convinced my heightened sense of smell has saved me from food poisoning multiple times in my life. I grew up in a house that routinely has spoiled food around and I think it was a training ground for my olfactory system.
Sometimes I wonder if, especially post-COVID, I should pursue being something like a sommelier.
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u/chefrachhh Mar 03 '25
Lol I'm the same way. I caught a fire at my neighboring apartment before it spread. I was inside my apartment, the doors and windows were closed.
Also my 9 yo son has autism. He used to get into stuff a lot for the sensory experiences, one time I was fully asleep in a room that was 3 rooms away from him. I smelled nail polish and woke up. He hadn't even had enough time to paint it on anything, I smelled it as soon as it was opened.
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u/Twosome_in_Taylor Mar 03 '25
When I was little, tight clothing around my neck and waist. Now it's mostly my neck. The TV has to be at a volume that is divisible by 5. I can hear the difference. When my husband moves his dry ass feet against the sheets.. makes me want to throw up. If I'm in a meeting at work and stressed, everyone sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher.
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u/Chemical_Ad9069 Mar 03 '25
Me and one of my kiddos have to have even numbered volumes. 🤭
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u/AppropriateSolid9124 Mar 03 '25
if my hands are dry i will go insane. i put on lotion after i wash my hands. every time
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u/yaskweens Mar 03 '25
My nose is my superpower/kryptonite. It's mostly good. I helped someone find a gas leak they didn't know they had, I can tell when electronics have been fried, etc. However, some smells can make me uncomfortable and sometimes physically ill.
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u/PuzzleheadedFly Mar 03 '25
Do you ever get in a taxi or uber with an air freshener and it makes you physically ill? I don’t understand how anyone can exist in that small of a space with that strong of a smell
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u/ever_thought Mar 03 '25
oh my god, i quickly get sick in a car regardless, especially when it's in the morning and i haven't had enough sleep, but recently my partner and i took a taxi to an appointment and the air freshener was so bad, from the first breath it felt like all i have in my lungs is heavy perfume and i was so nauseous during the drive and struggled to breathe. what's funny is that my partner has allergies and some lung problems but when i asked them how they feel after we got out of the car, they said they didn't really notice anything lol
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u/didntwantaname Mar 03 '25
I've had neighbors keep me up because they're cooking at night. It doesn't smell bad, it just smells. And I can't sleep because of it 😭
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u/strokeofcrazy Mar 03 '25
I swear, I'm like a hound dog. It can be both a blessing and a curse. I have detected mold issues in several homes but I am unable to take the bins out, especially in summer. I literally hold my breath when I have to walk past a dumpster. Funny thing is that my sense of smell becomes even more heightened a week before my period.
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u/ever_thought Mar 03 '25
this is it for me. my sense of smell got fucked after covid in 2020, a lot of cosmetic fragrances started to smell the same and mostly awful, and we switched to mostly fragrance-free stuff around the house (we also learned around that time that my cat has asthma and my partner has allergies so it was better to use something more hypoallergenic anyway). like i could smell the dishwashing liquid on the pots and all... i got so, so used to my world smelling of nothing or barely nothing or something mild and pleasant in the following years, it became unbearable to stand someone wearing a perfume or clothes smelling of laundry detergent. it's so distracting, i can't focus on anything else. i go to a concert, wash my hands with the soap they have in the bathroom, and every time i fix my hair or my glasses i get overwhelmed with the unpleasant smell of soap on my hands and miss the music. i tend to switch a subway car if there's someone wearing a lot of perfume, or eating something. i used to have a small collection of perfumes and smells were always important to me, but i haven't used them in five years
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u/Moon_Sister_ Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
Vibrations from mechanical/electrical equipment (╬▔皿▔)╯
Idling vehicles are the WORST!! I can't even hear them because they're half a block away but I have this stupid spidey-sense about them and I just feel eerily discomfited until it stops and relief washes over me. Then I'm like..."oh...must've been the neighbors obnoxiously large truck." Like...drive away already!!!!
I also used to struggle sleeping at my old house if the central air was on...but I overheat easily...twas a nightmare.
Just remembered a time when I was at a restaurant and there was some kind of large power cable running under the floor where I was sitting...the way I was irritated that whole hour. Sorry for all the examples, they just keep jumping out of my memory xDDD
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u/Surroundedbygoalies Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Omg!! I have a very vivid memory of trying to explain to my mom when I was three about the noise coming out of the plugs (the electrical outlets). We lived near a train yard and as I got older I realized I was “hearing” the vibrations of the diesel train engines idling. But to three year old me it might as well have been aliens coming through the walls to kidnap us all!
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u/amalthea108 Mar 03 '25
You are my people (though, I haven't been tested for ADHD, so maybe this is just something else).
I could hear the red/full bin light on my Roomba flashing. And thus couldn't sleep.
White noise/fans/HVAC system? Nails on a chalkboard.
When I was a kid (tube TV era) I could hear a TV on anywhere in the house even if there was no sound. I had a physics class give me a migraine from the soundless TV. Fun times.
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u/strokeofcrazy Mar 03 '25
Reminds me when I "diagnosed" busted bearings in a roof vent. Nobody else could hear a thing, the technician thought I was crazy when I described the rattling vibrations.
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u/nigellissima Mar 03 '25
The feeling of a head hair on my body thats fallen down a t shirt or towel after a shower. I can't rest until I've removed it.
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u/golden_ember Mar 03 '25
Whatever the fuck magic erasers are made of make my skin crawl. Can’t touch them or hear them being used.
Styrofoam is the same.
Certain fabrics like velvet and their cheaper equivalents I can’t stand touching.
I can feel it just thinking about it.
Absolutely hate being wet, especially with clothes on. It’s fine for a shower but giving my kiddo a bath is a sensory nightmare when he wants to hug me while he’s wet. Don’t like swimming for the same reason.
When you’re driving and someone in the back rolls down the window partially - whatever that sound is is terrible.
As far as sensory needs - I need ALL the light. I had 34 ceiling lights installed in my house and it’s still not enough. I want light this place up like Time Square.
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u/Ok-Profession4545 Mar 03 '25
Ugh those magic erasers things are so gross!! And having to break up styrofoam to put in the garbage is one of the worst household chores. Especially if it doesn’t break ‘cleanly’ and you get little fly away bits everywhere 🥴
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u/wildcarrots2 Mar 03 '25
Orange liquid dial soap.
Also being jabbed with pointy elbows
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u/Anonymous_crow_36 Mar 03 '25
That soap though… I agree. Idk what it is. It’s got a bad energy.
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u/niccheersk Mar 03 '25
I absolutely hate touching microfiber towels. Normal towels cool, microfiber ugh!
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u/Biscuit_or_biscotti Mar 03 '25
I have to wear socks all off the time but I hate wearing them sitting under a blanket. I usually end up having a couple pairs in my purse bc of it lol I have to take them off then put them back on it’s crazy.
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u/socialmediaignorant Mar 03 '25
Gosh I feel so normal here. I have socks by the couch and bed and in my purse bc I hate the floor without them…but I do not like them under covers.
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u/Mixedupmay Mar 03 '25
Maybe not super weird, but I hate scratchy clothing and any kind of wool (even 10% cashmere in a cotton blend sets me off - I'm a real princess and the pea about that) but for some reason if it's a blanket (so I'm not wearing it) then the scratchier the better. My grandma had this woolly throw on the guest bed and it was old fashioned levels of itchy and I loved that thing. Basically I generally gravitate towards blankets that double as a loofah. I also am incredibly sensitive to nails on chalkboard situations or biting into ice-lollies (I get goosebumps just thinking about it and won't touch my stove because I'm scared my nails might graze it) but I will full on chew on popsicle sticks like a golden retriever.
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u/pwr-bttm59 Mar 03 '25
Whaaat that’s so interesting! I wonder if it’s because one is uncontrollable all over scratchiness and the other is almost controlled and chosen? So interesting tho since I hate scratchy sweaters and scratchy blankets equally and avoid them at all costs
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u/Formal_Coyote_5004 Mar 03 '25
Eating/drinking things with tannins because they make my mouth feel squeaky
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u/Distinct-Key7337 Mar 03 '25
I’m super duper sensitive to smells! Cologne, perfume, laundry detergent (I have to hold my nose in the laundry aisle at the store) but the BAIN OF MY EXISTENCE: glade plug-ins. I hate those things with a burning passion and the heat of 1000 suns.
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u/ystavallinen ADHD likely AuDHD | agender Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
My body noises are very distracting, especially joints. I don't mean particularly loud noises either... I mean the tiniest little tiny sounds.
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u/kelsobjammin Mar 03 '25
Oh god forbid I have a slight whistle in my nose I can’t get rid of…. The horror
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u/glitt3r_brain Mar 03 '25
the amplification of this when I have headphones in is beyond horrid.
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u/darling_moishe Mar 03 '25
I used to love taking baths, but hate beyond words getting the shrivelled fingertips. It really makes me feel ill to think about it.
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u/pwr-bttm59 Mar 03 '25
I absolutely hate touching shriveled hands with shriveled hands!! Could not take a shower or bath with my partner due to this! Also I hate touching towels with these shriveled fingers and procrastinate getting out of the tub for ages due to this
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u/gentle_dove Mar 03 '25
The sound of running water irritates me like crazy when I stand in front of the faucet, even this seems too loud. And also the noise of an electric kettle, even if I am not in the kitchen. And the worst thing is other people's sneezing and coughing, these sounds make me inexplicably angry. I have to turn on music in my headphones when this happens.
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u/Ok-Profession4545 Mar 03 '25
Anytime my socks get wet or damp through my shoes. I have to get home as quickly as possible to change them. Or when I get wet sleeves from washing my hands or dishes, I have to just change my top. Same as when I get a wet top from washing my face or even brushing my teeth. Which is unfortunate because I often somehow splash myself with water even when I’m trying not to.
And anytime I’ve got a shoulder bag/tote bag that keeps slipping off my shoulders. Or even a bra strap slipping. Truly drives me insane. I end up holding the bag on my shoulder until my fingers/hands cramp up. I can really only do cross body bags now.
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u/Away_Gur6840 Mar 03 '25
Hearing people eat/ chew 🤢 Tags in shirts I saw someone mention turtle necks… yes! Even tho I like them. After a while I have to get out of them lol And my hair touching my neck/shoulders/back.
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u/kittyNinjasCouch Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Styrofoam. Especially the old school coolers. The squeaks. Ick
Edit to add: if we unbox anything that’s packaged with styrofoam, like a tv or instant pot or light bulbs, I have to leave the room, husband has to do it without me.
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u/whereswalda Mar 03 '25
Not as weird: brooms/rakes on concrete, knives being sharpened. The sound is just horrific, I can't even watch people do it if I have headphones on.
Weird: blue Christmas lights. There's this deep blue color that's popular in holiday lights and something about it just feels like it's reaching into my brain and scratching. It literally sends shivers down my spine when I see it. If I'm driving, I try to avert my eyes. I can feel this sensation just creep from my eyes to my back and I fucking hate them. It is very, very specifically this one color of light - the color itself is fine, but as a light, it makes me physically uncomfortable.
I've asked my other ND/spicy friends and family about it, and no one else feels this way about the light lol.
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u/trancematik Mar 03 '25
Technology Connections has an ENTIRE SAGA of his pursuit to irradicate the harsh blue in modern Christmas Lights.
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u/manatee313 Mar 03 '25
The blue light thing is so interesting. I don’t get physically uncomfortable but I can feel my eyes and brain trying much harder to see it. I guess that’s a kind of discomfort. My eyes are flexing/straining just thinking about looking at those lights.
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u/Sick_Bubbl3gum Mar 03 '25
I also hate ASMR, I don’t understand why it’s so popular. It makes me skin crawl. Especially like someone whispering in your ear, whether it’s IRL or ASMR, I want to run away lol
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u/New_Peanut_9924 Mar 03 '25
Stickers on my fingers. I’m good with stickers right? Like they’re cool. But those paper ones that tear into small pieces? Nope. If I can’t get those sticky bits off my fingers, I have about 3 Minutes before a full blown meltdown. I wish I was being dramatic 😭
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u/seeeingstarz Mar 03 '25
I Can't STAND the sound of something clanking on a thermos or metal portable coffee/water container.
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u/Milabial Mar 03 '25
I cloth diaper my baby because there is something in modern disposable diapers that absolutely stinks as soon as pee hits it.
It is so much work and most people think I do it for some kind of environmental reason. Nope, just can’t stand the smell.
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u/CarlaJamesx Mar 03 '25
When someone touches or rubs my arm in one specific spot for too long and it’s like all the nerves in the skin start screaming to be left alone. Sensory overload.
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u/emmejm Mar 03 '25
Tiny little physical irritations, like a SINGLE cat hair on the inside of my bra. I almost stripped in a room full of 100+ people trying to get rid of one.
A crew neck shirt. Something about the way the collar sits on my clavicles makes me feel like I’m suffocating.
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u/Basic_Bird_ Mar 03 '25
Oh my god or a tiny eyelash or something stuck in the fabric inside my bra. It feels like it’s stabbing me and I can’t think about anything else until I’ve removed it
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u/candid84asoulm8bled Mar 03 '25
If I’m in a room with music, it’s difficult to focus on anything except the music. Even if the room is so full of conversation that all I can hear is the rumble of the bass, my ears will try everything they can to focus on the rumble of the bass instead of the person I’m supposed to be listening to.
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u/AmuHav Mar 03 '25
Certain cotton fabrics. Not the soft kind that underwear or anything soft is made of, I think it's the cheaper kind, like that's in most bedsheets. Sort of... starchy? It makes my teeth itch if my nails so much as graze anything like it. I always used to complain it was "scratchy", which isn't really the right word because it's actually often somewhat smooth fabric, like my school blouses when they were first new were a common one. It's not even like my nails catch on it like rough fabric would, but it makes a certain sound, kind of like a *shhhhik* sound, or when it rubs against itself and makes the sound. People would think I'm crazy but I literally can't touch the stuff without being on edge. Somethings get better being washed, some after many washes, some keep that texture though.
Strangely enough, my six year old daughter (who we suspect also has ADHD) has started to complain of something similar. She hates the feel of her bedsheets, particularly her bare toes. She has the more typical basic cotton bedsheets because they were bought by family members, whereas ours are a softer blend I had to choose myself to make sure it wouldn't "trigger" this response, and I have always hated the feel of hers but I'm not the one sleeping in them lol. I only found out because I asked her why she kept wrapping her bare feet in a blanket under her duvet, and she told me she didn't want her socks on because they were getting hot, but hates the feel of the sheets. I used to actually put a fleecey blanket over my duvet and tuck it under at the top so I wouldn't feel the fabric against my face or arms too. Crazy genetics lmao.
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u/LuminalDjinn11 Mar 03 '25
Try “jersey cotton” sheets with your daughter—they are like big slightly stretchy t-shirts for your mattress. She might like them.
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u/Illustrious-Radish19 Mar 03 '25
I don’t bite into things with my front teeth if I can help it, everything gets bitten with side teeth or torn/cut info smaller sized bits. I DETEST the feeling of food in between my teeth, would rather not eat than have to eat corn straight from the cob without slicing the kernels off.
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u/Ciuva Mar 03 '25
When you're cutting fabric, and the scissors are not quite sharp enough to cut through so instead, the fabric gets sort of wedged between the blades with a fwoomp sound and a very particular sensation. I can't quite describe it and honestly just imagining it gives me chills. I have to mute the sound whenever someone is cutting fabric on the TV, haha! And if I'm not sure my scissors are sharp enough I have to use them like a knife just to be sure.
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u/a_tangara Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
The sound of my dogs licking each other. My brain goes to overdrive, I feel completely overwhelmed and need to leave the room immediately. It really feels like that guy in clockwork orange when he gets trapped in the attic with Beethoven playing.
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u/inshort53 Mar 03 '25
Nails scratching fabric is the worst, i can feel it shiver in my teeth
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u/PuzzleheadedFly Mar 03 '25
My nails touching each other. Simply cannot be done. Undersides are even worse. Keep my nails nice and short to prevent there even being an underside to risk touching 😅 also can’t handle the sight of other people touching the underside of their nails with their nails
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u/lokipukki Mar 03 '25
When I had long hair, it had to up 24/7, especially if it was hot out. I can’t stand my hair touching my neck. Coincidently I hate having my neck touched unless it’s a blanket at night, then it has to be up snuggled up against my neck to keep from being touched by anything else.
Also I don’t like being touched in general. Never diagnosed as ASD, but I’m pretty sure I’m on the spectrum.
I also don’t like people invading my personal space bubble which is like 2 feet around me. I make exceptions for my husband, but even then I have my limits. It really aggravates me when people are all up in my shit in public. It amazes me I can withstand being in a crowd at a metal show.
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u/Free-Tea-3012 Mar 03 '25
Idk how unique, but these are mine:
The fucking. Sun. I hate hate hate those extremely sunny days that everyone else just seems to love. Always “The weather is great! Let’s go for a walk!” Nope, nope, nope. I feel somehow exposed whenever I go out on days like that. Curtains also must be shut, or I feel this too. I often joke that it’s because I can feel God watching me.
Trash, or more specifically compost. Despise it. I can’t do it. I can’t take out the trash. I can take paper, I can take plastic, I don’t fuck with the compost. It makes me seize, it’s so disgusting. The smell, the textures… oh god.
Cold meat. Similar to the trash. The smell and texture are fucking vile. If it’s raw, it’s legit handling a corpse. If it’s not, it’s just gross, I dunno how to explain it. That smell sticks to everything. My dad used to eat sausages out the fridge as a snack, and I still find it revolting. Even if I handle some to add to something, or feed a dog, that fucking smell stays on my hands no matter how much I scrub them. Hate that shit.
Run of the mill auditory issues. If I don’t like someone’s voice, the whole song or podcast is ruined. If the music in the car is too loud, I can literally feel it piercing my ear. Certain songs and noises make me absolutely, physically cringe (ex. Polish disco). One time I put my ear plugs in just because the guy next to me had the most obnoxious laugh I’ve ever heard, while this vile music blasted in the background.
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u/Important_Key_7220 Mar 03 '25
I just want to thank OP and everyone else that has commented. Recovering 44yr old perfectionist over here who has always felt unworthy and I’m only now realizing that some of that is due to the many “weird” things that I do inside and out of my head that never made sense.
This post has done more for me than most of my attempts via therapy to feel worthy of existing because y’all have made me feel like I’m not alone. Diagnosed during COVID but only really getting the right help now. Thank you, y’all are the best!
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u/charlottekeery Mar 03 '25
Velvet, or any kind of material that can be touched the “wrong way”. I literally have intrusive thoughts daily about me rubbing the wrong way on velvet with my foot because it’s so unbearable. I literally get goosebumps all over my entire body.
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u/Chryslin888 Mar 03 '25
Can’t wear nail polish. The only way I can describe it is that it makes my fingertips sweat.
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u/TheZoodler Mar 03 '25
I struggle with this, too. My sensation is that my fingernails feel "heavy" and dirty when I have polish on. Same for the nail sticker things that are popular. Also, my nails are always ridiculously thin as a result of poor mineral absorption so any nail products are just bad news for me, so I stay away.
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u/Ouroborus13 Mar 03 '25
Soggy paper. Anything soggy really.
Gloves or winter jackets made out of that material that is waterproof and thin but very loud when it rubs together.
Chalk in all of its forms.
Velvet (shudders).
The sound of someone writing in pencil.
Lipstick. Hate having stuff on my mouth.
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u/SparklePrincess33 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
My bed must be perfectly made before i go to sleep. I am bothered AF by any wrinkles in my sheets. but it can be messy in the morning, idgaf.
I'm also super bothered if the top sheet (yes i use one) is longer than my comforter. if i get in bed and pull up the blanket and the sheet is longer, I either have to get out of bed to fix it, or I've tried folding the top sheet under the comforter to fake it (it only sometimes works).
my final bed issue is the distribution of weight across my body from the weight if the blankets must be equal and not too tight i can't have my toes tucked in so I have to fluff out the part around my toes. why are they so sensitive to pressure?
no lie, bedtime is stressful to me. oh I'm also the princess and the pea. I can feel any speck of anything on the sheet like it's a boulder.
my other one is I'd rather peel off my skin befire touching chalk or sand with dry skin. that chalky dry feeling is so so icky!
i must use lotion after washing my hands befire i can touch paper. i feel like hurling just thinking about it.
loose wet hair, like a random strand just chilling where it shouldn't be? oh I saw one in my dishwasher and it was...well I'm still thinking about it and it happened over 5 years ago.
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u/LurkyLoo888 Mar 03 '25
TIL I have many more sensory issues than I ever realized. Maybe it is due to late diagnosis and maybe this explains my exhaustion growing up trying to function like these things weren't screaming at me
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u/MotherNeedleworker60 Mar 03 '25
An unexpected touch. Its not THAT weird I guess but the feeling I get from it is like... Makes me feel so odd:') It's all I can feel on my skin and I have to wipe/rub it off vigorously. Then I also feel almost "betrayed" by the person so I also need to deal with calming that down. As I'm typing this I realize it's like when you touch/pet a cat while they're laying/sleeping, they look at you with so much disgust then immediately lick at the spot you touched to clean it.
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u/Agreeable-Rock-7736 Mar 03 '25
Mine is so weird lol.
There is one Persian word (I’m Persian) that makes me physically recoil, literally. I cannot even imagine uttering it, and my close family members know not to use it when I’m around. It’s the Persian word for ‘mucus’. For some reason, I don’t recoil at the English one, but the Persian one, I can’t even type. Or even think of without recoiling!
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u/geminischmemini Mar 03 '25
Food texture-I can't stand applesauce because it's vaguely chunky but not. Makes me gag.
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u/TrueEnthusiasm6 Mar 03 '25
Spinach on my teeth. Not only does cooked/blanched spinach have the consistency of solid snot, the little layer it leaves in my mouth is SO vile. I can handle it chopped up and a la crème or whatever, I love it even, but whole leaves? No
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u/armageddonFatale Mar 03 '25
Those damn holographic covers they put on kids' notebooks. You know, the ones that look like they move when you tilt them. Just thinking about them makes me uncomfortable, but if I hear them rubbed the wrong way, I want to throw up and crawl out of my skin.
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u/Previous_Project4581 Mar 03 '25
Idk how unique this is but nothing gets me more than a wet bathroom. If I touch my foot to a puddle I will absolutely curl up and die
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u/gardentwined Mar 03 '25
Mines not very unique, but its opposite of what most people like. I like my beach towels rough in texture, and I use them as everyday towels. I haattttee Terry cloth towels and robes. Or thin or soft and plus towels. It doesn't feel like it pulls the wet off my skin and it feels like...Styrofoam? Like the resistance is somehow similar. Not like the actual texture. Don't like getting dressed wet or damp. I always air dry off before. I don't care who sees me in my massive towel going into my room.
I have a sort of Terry cloth robe that's like a fuzzy loose open sweater sort of deal? With big pockets that stop at the hips. I have a normal jacket in a similar pattern like that one. But this one I wear just to stay cozy and make sure I'm wearing long sleeves under it. (My mom got it for me Dx, she kept buying me robes with that texture for some reason even though she knows I never wear them and I say I don't like them. In a blanket person, never liked robes)
The other similar thing is Sherpa. Hate it. Dont understand why people are obsessed. I get the Terry cloth thing, but this I seriously don't understand. It's so coarse.
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u/Etoiaster Mar 03 '25
Fabrics as well. And fats on my skin. I mean, anything sticky is hell, but especially fats.
But also I’m driven crazy if my hands are dry 😂 as a kid I’d lick them just to make the icky dry feeling go away
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u/shorty_12 Mar 03 '25
for me it’s things touching my neck/chest area (chokers are a no from me), my bare feet touching the ground, and filing my nails 😅
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u/MariFlux Mar 03 '25
Whenever I get myself clothes, I would walk down the store, touching them while listening to music, completely immersed in the sensation of the fabric, the dopamine hits overwhelming me when it's plush, soft and soothing.
The moment my hands touch a fabric that I can't stand? The immersion is immediately lost to me, that blissful moment is violently disrupted with that sandpaper sensation that feels like it's scraping and burning my skin. My reaction says it all, I repulse and cower away at the fabric.
I thought I was just picky, nah, I just have ADHD.
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u/Silent_Medicine1798 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25
The sound of a knife dragging across a fork.
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u/siorez Mar 03 '25
The sound of ceramics, that little grinding noise. Instant goosebumps.
I also enjoy how my skin feels when it's dry.
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u/Ok-Anywhere-6693 Mar 03 '25
My most unique sensory issue…well I seem to smell things more intensely than some people. When I was a kid, I would go to a friends house every st patricks day because the smell of my mom cooking corned beef and cabbage in the home would make me wildly nauseous. The same reaction happens with all kinds of stuff. The smell of someone’s breath, strong cologne or perfume, even some smells that I usually enjoy become completely overstimulating at certain times.
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