Rose_in_Winter wrote:
- Cold -- cold weather, cold water, cold feet, whatever. Being cold makes me miserable, although I love being hot! Anything less than 80 degrees is long-sleeve weather for me.
- Tight clothing -- I wear almost exclusively skirts and dresses that drift away from my body when it's warm enough, and wide-leg trousers or loose jeans when it's cold. (My husband wishes I would wear tight clothing, but that's never going to happen.)
- Filing my nails. I clip them (and sometimes bite them).
- Dry skin; I keep lotion all over the house (both bathrooms, the kitchen, my bedside table, my study, and the living room all have lotion in them; I also keep two small tubes in my purse along with hand sanitizer).
- Grocery stores. Too loud, too bright, too crowded, too many things to process. Very anxiety-inducing. I do my shopping at a farmer's market -- far away, but going to the butcher, the baker, the greengrocer, etc. is very pleasant for me.
- Wool...but I am allergic to it, so that's probably a large part of why it feels so unpleasant to me
- Eye contact
- Being touched by people I do not know...I somehow seem to have fallen in with a very touchy-feely group out here and have to concetrate on not flinching when people hug me.
I'm with you on cold, tight clothing, grocery stores, eye contact, and being touched by people.
I'm already wearing long johns and it's just October. In the summer it can be 100 degrees and I love to be outside in it, while everyone else is inside in front of the air conditioner. I also hate fans blowing on me.
Elastic in clothing is my enemy!
I have a real hard time making eye contact when someone is talking to me. It's weird though, I don't have a problem making eye contact if that person isn't talking to me. I've been told though, by some NTs, that it is kinda creepy to do that.
I have people that I've worked with that come up behind me while I'm working at my desk and feel it necessary to put a hand on my shoulder while they talk to me. If they leave their hand there too long, I become physically ill.
PS-Rose in Winter, I'm in KC too. Well, a suburb of KC anyway.
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