What are your most hated sensations

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I dislike:
hot
itchy
stiff (like my arthritis acting up)
bright
loud

Hi, I'm new to posting on this forum, though i've been following it for a while.

There are many things that make me think i may be an aspie and one of them is i'm disturbed by loud noises: especially loud bumping noises (like when they are constructing/ repairing something in the building nearby or in the building i live). I am also irritated of people talking / laughing loud loud . I also noticed that i am more sensitive to noises when i'm at home than when i'm outside, I'm not sure i understand why. I sometimes listen to loud metal but this doesn't disturb me, probably because it's not noise but music

I also hate to be touched, especially if it's unexpected, but i learnt how to "mask" the terrible sensation, otherwise i would be react strangely to people only for touching me.

Other sensations / noises i find annoying:
- someone whispering in my ear.
- strong smells - of any kind, even pleasant ones.
- the scraching sound made by objects on a metal board.
- strong light - especially neon light.
- barking dogs.

In this order:

1 - Tickling. My wife used to love tickling me when we were dating and she never understood why I would suddenly withdraw and get angry when she did it. In fact, at the time I didn't understand it either. All I know is, tickling has always been painful to me and I absolutely cannot stand the feeling.

2 - Dryness. When my hands are dry, it bothers me a lot. I keep a bottle of lotion nearby, but I am very specific about that kind of lotion I like. I normally have to try a few different brands before I find one that feels right on my skin.

3 - While I do not like dryness in general, when it comes to toilet paper and Kleenex, I cannot stand the ones that have moisturizers built into them. That oily feeling on my skin is similar to what I dislike about many different lotions and I cannot stand it. I also am extremely particular about the type of toilet paper I will use. It has to feel just right or I cannot use it unless I am in a major bind.

4 - Sudden and/or loud noises. Doorbells, motorcycles, loud car engines, smoke detectors, alarm clocks, telephone ringers, airplanes etc all spook me. I grew up next to an Air Force base and the huge planes flew really low over my house all the time. I never did get used to that. If I was outside, it was the worst and I would cover my ears and scream at the top of my lungs.

5 - Extreme sunlight. When I was a teenager I loved the summertime and swimming, but I never have really been a fan of the sun. I have noticed all my life that even when people around me are not squinting, I usually am.

Add any of my most hated sensations together and you have a recipe for disaster. Too many people talking at once, or voices on top of music, on top of bright lights, on top of dry skin, and I will go off on you in a split second with absolutely no warning.

Also what sets me off is if I am in the middle of something and someone begins talking to me. I cannot multitask, so my head begins to hurt really badly and I just snap.

playing playdough with my hands

kids talking non stop and scream

crowd

holding hands

looking people into their eyes

having emotions

being in a place alone but also not bothering you all the time

dirty hands

the smell of detergent

sleeping without covering my waist with a blanket or pillow.

feel isolated.

people finding accuses just bcoz of they dun have the answer that you want.

talking to strangers passionly

being too polite =.="

feeling of authorities when not needed

Things I don't like:
1)Public Places
2)Pencils

Things I really don't like:
1)Teenagers
2)Wooden popsicle sticks

Things I can't be in the same room with:
1)Children (especially if they are drooling or otherwise moist/sticky)
2)Any object made out of Pewter (it makes my teeth hurt and my mouth contort just thinking about it. If it touches me I freak out)

When people sing! It drives me round the bend, the only time I want to hear singing is on a proper song.

Nausea
Pressure from peers or myself
Strong smells
Finger nail scraping against a leather chair - makes me feel really nauseous.
Change and sudden change
Feeling anxious and upset if I have a change of routine at school or I'm asked to go to a room in the school even if I know where it is.
Eye contact
Hugging unless I offer to hug
Holding hands
Sticky or dirty hands
Sunlight - I squint when others don't.
Crowds or crowdy places
Grease
Dry hands or feet
Sudden or loud noises
All make-up - especially lipgloss
Being talked to by strangers
People not doing what they said they'd do
Loads of noise...

Many people talking at the same time (Incredibly annoying and distracting, sometimes painful to listen to)
Babies crying (Painful to listen to)
Dogs barking (Incredibly annoying, distracting and sometimes painful to listen to)
People touching me without permission (Frightening and annoying)
The sound of motorbikes (Incredibly frightening and painful to listen to)
Crowds (Frightening)
Sticky things (Disgusting)
The smell of freshly cut grass (Disgusting)
Hot weather (Uncomfortable)
Bright sunlight (Painful and annoying)
Being forced to make eye contact (Annoying and frightening)
Sand (Uncomfortable and annoying)
Being tickled (Painful)
Loud music (Painful to listen to)
Beeping (Painful to listen to)
Sudden noises (Frightening)
People shouting (Frightening and painful to listen to)

The horrible scraping nose made by:nails on a blackboard, cutlery on a plate, and some pens (the most horrible twenty minuets of my life, sitting next to someone in class with such a pen), also the feeling you get when you rub your finger on the edge of a glass. However one of the most annoying is when your hands are really dry and it's hard to hold a pen, yet the contrast to that (very sticky) is also horrible. And with either conditions I can only use computers or the X-box. Oh, and A flat (this is actually the pitch of a scream/shout when it seems to "fill your ears" (playing a organ on very loud hailed this slightly pointless discovery)) the other "hated sensation" Is that of the dentist drill when giving me a filling (A pain I have had to endure annoyingly often) It's like the A flat of dentistry!

Water going up my nose
Walking in the rain
Hangovers
Listening to people you wanna kill
Getting up early
Having no cigarettes(i'm a chain smoker, its so bad i usualy need to buy tobacco to make sure)
NEDS (oh wait there not a sensation, still annoying anyway)

The sound of a certain person's voice.


There is a crossing guard near my kids' school, and I HATE crossing the street when he's there, because his voice is HORRIBLE. He's a tall, nice-looking older man, who looks like he ought to have a deep voice, but instead he sounds like a agitated Don Knotts. He shouts, "COME ON!! !! LET'S GO!! !" when people are making their way across the street. His voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard, and it's especially irritating because there is no reason for him to shout like that. When you have 40 people crossing at once, they aren't all going to at the other side instantaneously, so he should just shut the heck up and let people cross.

Walking on carpet while wearing socks

Wearing socks without shoes

Crying babies

Teenage girls who use the word "like" 200 times in each sentence.

Really bright lights

The sound of someone eating or drinking (which is why I like to play music while I eat or while someone else is eating. And that's one reason I usually don't go to movie theatres. Everyone has to get the crunchiest foods to eat while watching a movie. I never understood that.)

My feet are so ticklish, I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH THEM! Its that bad.

Cold weather

Air conditioning that is too excessive (Example.. it's 60 degrees outside, and inside, the damned AC is on full blast)

Anything at the Dentist's!
The sound of the drill
The texture and smell of latex gloves
The smells
All the touching
The bright light overhead, so they can see what they're doing

Hugs. I just cannot understand the reason somebody would want to engage in that kind of tactile contact. Most of my friends now realise this and know not to touch me casually.
Also, seat belts. There is someting about the texture of seatbelts which I find uncomfortable. One of my earliest memories is the extreme discomfort of trying to chew on a seatbelt.

1.) I don't like the smell of the morning in my house and outside. Not just my house, ANY house. It's been like that for my entire life.
2.) I remember back in school and I didn't like the smell of school and the kids in school.
3.) Again back in school, I hated the smell of the cafeteria when they were cooking.

All of the above would often cause me nausea.

Earlier in this thread, I made a post about the things that I intensely dislike and one of them was certain material upsets me. Just to give you an idea how much I hate certain materials: I opened a package today, a dress I had won on ebay. For some reason I thought it was supposed to be a cotton dress but it was this one kind of polyester that is rough but yet slick, which totally freaked me out, and since I didn't want it, I had to fold it up to put it back in the package it came in. As I handled the dress, my heart rate got fast and by the time I got all the dress back in the package and laid the package down, my chest started hurting.

I have a bad heart valve and am on heart medicine... and different things can cause me to have chest pain. Like reaching over my head and exercising too much too fast, etc. But who would think that handling a certain kind of fabric would cause enough distress to cause chest pain? I feel so silly.