Are you more sensitive to the heat or the cold?

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I chose both. Before, I loved the cold and wasn't comfortable until the temperature dropped down to at least 40 degrees. Now I have fibromyalgia and the slightest chill caused my muscles to tighten painfully. I still think that extreme, humid heat has the edge over cold, in terms of disliking it. I hate having to stay indoors and sweat even with the A/C running constantly. I am seriously tempted to move back to the Northeast and get away from the freaking South!

For tactile reasons, I hate cold weather. When the temperature is around 85F I feel great. I think it's because I can't feel my skin when I move around (no feeling of air passing over/past limbs/body) compared to when it's cold. (And there's probably some other factor too, but I'm not sure what it is.)

OTOH, dysautonomia + hot weather totally sucks. I get near to fainting a lot faster, and end up spending a lot of time lying down.

But weirdly, I still would rather be too hot than too cold. It's been a cool summer where I live, and I'm kind of ticked off about it.

I am far more sensitive to heat. I have difficulty thinking clearly in high temperatures. I much prefer temperatures from 6 to below 0 in celcius.

I'm more sensitive to the heat than I am the cold. The summer heat can really get to me and it could be hard on my lungs.

Room temperature is comfortable, everything else isn't.

I hate the heat, too much sun and summertime. Of course I like the sun a little. Don't want to be as cold as dry ice. I don't like any weather that's above 85 degrees fahrenheit but I don't start complaining until it reaches 95 or above.

The cold. It literally hurts and makes me close to tears if I get too cold, and even when others are warm to the touch, I seem to be cold. Been like that since quite young.

Very sensitive to cold, but it may be because of a fast metabolism where my body seems to burn off calories quickly to the point where I have little fat on my body. No fat = always freezing. I live in Canada, too, and so winter is bothersome for me...I can never seem to get warm, even wearing layers and with blankets over me.

As a kid, I remember being either intensely warm or cold with no grey area in between. I'm unsure if I had problems regulating temperature or I had a very black/white, or hot/cold mind.

I almost never feel "just right" as far as temperature goes. I frequently take off and put back on garments trying. In the winter, I'm too cold and build a fire. Then it's too hot. In summer it's too hot during the day. At night it cools down and I easily feel a chill but as soon as I put on a shirt, I'm too hot again. And on and on it goes...

I prefer the heat. The heat doesn't really bother me. I don't really like cold weather.

I'm not really sensitive to temperature but humidity just kills me. When it's hot and humid it's like an envelope of my own body heat follows me around and when it's cold and humid it feels like there's no jacket on earth that will keep the bite away.
I guess I prefer the cold to the heat. I'm lucky though, it doesn't usually get extremely hot or cold here and its almost never humid.

Definitely heat. When its about 18 degrees celcius, I start getting hot and when the tempreture rises I can't do anything and get very I'll if I do anything strenous.

Cold on the other hand I do not seem to be too troubled with. I usually walk around in winter with a shirt on and people ask me if I am cold, which I am not.

Not sure if this is related to aspergers or just my own habits and family traits.

I'm more sensitive to the cold, but I enjoy the cold more, if that makes sense. I often wear jumpers when others are wearing t-shirts, but I still think I'd enjoy the climate of Iceland.

I can't stand the heat, so living in Florida stinks. Also, I think the cold reflects my personality.

I can't take the heat (I also live in Florida), but I love the cold!

Now that I think on it, I do enjoy things that go with the cold (like snow and naked trees), but more than anything I like being able to wear jackets and sweaters all the time. And boots.

I don't understand how anyone drinks hot tea or coffee as fast as they do. I have to wait for a good five or ten minutes before I can take a sip without burning myself. Whenever I hear someone say "It's fine, it's not very hot at all" I end up cursing myself for believing them after ending up burned.

Heat in general makes me very irritable. In the summer I am probably not so enjoyable to be around (not that I claim to be the most fun person in the winter).