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I'm having a bit of mental stress here, because feeling is stressful. Not mental feeling; happiness and sadness and the like, I can deal with that currently. I mean the physical side of things: Pain (not very bad), the feeling of having your body degrade, even minutely (So much worse), the gravity of BEING, certain sounds and scents, any feeling of impact, just all sorts of things. Now, all of these things are offset by the good side of feeling, good tastes and music and textures and whatnot, and yet I can't say whether or not they come out even or not. I'm not having any serious problems with it I guess, the whole affair is just a bit grating, you know? Anyone else feel something similar?

sure. i put on music and run a bath and put my ears under the water line. especially if its dark, sensory deprivation is key to coping with daily life with me. sometimes i wear ear plugs when driving with the windows down as i find the wind battering my face in silence soothing.

While those do sound like excellent tips, they don't block out certain sensations, like the state of being. While not a wholly unpleasant feeling, it can wear you down.

Yeah. I have that issue. I've found that both wrapping up in blankets and being held by someone who cares loves me helps it go down and lets me cope longer. I'm currently in the process of getting a weighted blanket (okay, getting my insurance to cover it), because deep pressure makes it so much better. Have you tried deep pressure?

The other thing I do to help is take showers that are hot enough to almost burn me. It changes the sensation and helps calm my body down.

But I hate having to deal with the feeling of my skin wanting to be ripped off.

The other suggestion I have is if your body is starting to feel like its falling apart and tensing up, do a little yoga every day, you don't want to let your body get to the point where you're fighting chronic pain from muscle tension - my body has gotten to that point. A half hour of stretches and yoga every day is a necessity for me now, I'm needing physical therapy to deal with the muscle tension and chronic headaches caused by it.

Hello, LordGin. It says on your profile you have Aspergers. You might be having extrasensory issues. What you describe sounds a lot like it. Usually, it is caused by being in a certain environment.

Is there a particular place you go to where you feel those feelings or do they come randomly?

If it is random, there is nothing much you can do physically but you can improve your emotional and mental state so it is not so overbearing. Even coloring out of a coloring book could help because it puts your concentration elsewhere.