Anyone else feel pain when writing with a pencil?

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First up, sorry if this is the wrong place, I don't know where else to post it. I've had this problem since 2014, and this year I met someone else who has it, he's also on the spectrum. If you do have that problem, any idea why it happens?

I get that pain too. I hadn't realised it was a common thing for us to have poor hand muscle tone. I wrote a book once but I did it all on a laptop. Handwriting takes me ages and I can only do so much.

OP, did you mean to say that the pain is only when using pencils, but not pens? It seems that if it were a muscle-tone problem it would be painful regardless of the instrument. I do know people on the spectrum who can't stand using pencils from a sensory standpoint. They dislike the rough, scratchy dragging feeling. Then again, maybe that drag/friction is also more fatiguing and leads to pain.

It was the smell of pencils which I couldn't stand, particularly when they were being sharpened, but also the feeling of them scratching on the paper was unpleasant. I was always using blunt pencils in school until I was allowed to use a biro.

I do due to dysparxia and juvenile arthritis.

Yes. I tend to grip them too firmly.

No pain for me , but I prefer to use pencils than pens , I associate pens with pain from my school days (from writing)

I rarely use pencils so I don't know but I experience pain when I am using a pen or paintbrush for too long.
I consider it lack of exercise though - I don't recall it happening back when I were at school and was writing everyday.

By pain, you mean the cramping feeling on your fingers and hand? Yes I get that but that used to not happen because I always wrote with a pencil. Then I got out of high school and only typed and didn't do writing anymore and all my bills were done online to save on checks. Now when I write, it hurts because my hand has gotten so lazy it's not used to it anymore. it's like once you stop using a skill, you lose it nor does it come natural anymore.

I had an extreme problem with using pencils on paper many years ago and I've learned to disassociate the extreme irritation I get when scratching pencils on paper but the negative sensation still exists I'm afraid for me.

Something about rubbing a rough surface on top of another rough surface and then the first rough surface's volume decreases thus reducing its mass giving the sensation that I'm hurting something or someone or "killing" it?

Does that make any sense?

As I think about it now it quite irks me actually.

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Yeah I always have pain and trouble writing. I'd much rather type.
(P.s I like your name. Protoman is cool.)

Huh, I always attributed it to my double jointed thumb, but yeah, I get pain when I write. Didn't realize it was an Aspie thing.

It's called dysgraphia and is very common with pretty much all neurological disorders. I've got pretty bad handwriting too.

For me, it was a constant issue, both with pens and pencils, during school.