How bad are your senses?

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I don't like bright sunlight when I am exiting the building, it causes physical pain in the eyes.
Socks do make me itchy, so I have to wear them low.
I can't stand when I am touched near ribs area, I have seen nightmares about that.
I can't wear shirts, sweaters etc that are tight around the neck, I can't breath.
Loud noises do make mild pain in my ears.

ImeldaJace, I´ve had the same thought and asked someone, who ought to know about those things. The answer was "No-no". "There is no way! It is all fluids"....but I´ll bet there can be a difference as to how the fibres recieve the dye.

That's my thoughts too...

So I ask everybody - do you feel your eardrums vibrate when you hear any sounds? (sometimes it is actually painful when the sound isn't very loud)...nope, it's 'only me'.

Does direct sunlight on one's skin feel like a million bees stinging every square inch? nope (and I have a really bad vitamin D deficiency).

Do flourescent lights feel like somebody has just come along and gauged your eyes out whilst drilling holes in your temples?

Eating curry? I just cannot get it past my nose anymore and gag on strong smells...

It is torture and for the amount of 'sensitivity' my senses actually have, trying to bypass the senses and embrace 'extra sensory perception' is like trying to tune into a radio station in Iceland when you live in Mexico.

My senses are irritatingly good. My sense of taste and texture have left me refusing almost everything I am offered foodwise. Jeans and chopping boards that make a noise make me cringe. My brother has problems with light but I am fine with light and screens unless it isn't HD, then I get headaches focusing on pixels. I hardly ever feel temperature.

However my sense of smell is quite terrible for some reason.

EDIT: Although I don't seem to be affected by light I do get eye strain quite often

Hello Ces! I just want to say welcome to Wrong Planet !

I have trouble with non HD screens as well, but I never thought about pixels being the cause. It makes a lot of sense that they would be.

My sense of smell easily overwhelms my cognitive capacity.

I've recently learned that many pregnant women have the exact same problem--super-smell senses that force them to stay away from food smells, perfumes, animal smells, etc., much the way an autistic person normally has to.

And for these ladies, it's a major problem to smell everything and notice it too strongly! And that's just one sense, not all of them the way we are. Haha, man, if they had our lives, they'd probably curl up and whimper.

Conclusion: Autistic people are badass.

My therapist has on multiple occasions told me that if she had to deal with sensory stuff like I do that she's pretty sure she'd never leave her house. My response is "its just how I am".

It'd take me too long to really describe my sensory issues, sensing things too much, not sensing them enough, needing more, needing to avoid it, getting false information, not being able to use my body "properly", its all just normal to me. I can have long conversations about my sensory issues, and its widespread enough that listing things I have problems with isn't reasonable. My therapist has asked me to do that before, I couldn't. Migraines, loss of effective vision, loss of speech, freezing in place and being unable to even move out of somewhere toxic to me, getting so overloaded that I can't do basic self care for weeks afterwards; these are things I'm used to.

But, that doesn't mean I don't go, and don't do things anyways. Because I don't want to hide away, despite having a sensory system that wants me to hide away (and still have issues then). I want to accommodate myself, my needs, and deal with the fact that I'm disabled, but want to do thing anyways. I want to learn, and volunteer, and play games with people. I want to go to Boston and get good ice cream instead of being afraid to go to the city.

Oh, sensory issues could mean you hide. But you don't need to. My therapist is wrong. When you have them you don't hide, because you want to live anyways, and find how to, and do it no matter how hard it is. You just also admit your limitations, and take them into account.

woud strongly recommend installing a free program called flux [or redshift,if use linux], its an incredible program-allows the user to use their computer for longer without eye problems and the resulting headaches because the screen has a warm glow that changes with the sun set/sun rise.

am very severely affected by all senses apart from smell which isnt to bad,if it wasnt for the medication am on woud be housebound, visual perception is very fractured and am mainly reliant on other senses; more so tactile to process what am seeing.

Not that bad.

I don't like tags and whatnot on my shirts, plus needing to wear smooth cotton only; sometimes I can't stand having my body touch things (it's like I can feel my bones, and it hurts).

I don't like people talking (more people and louder, the worst it is), but I think that's due to acoustic trauma and the associated hyperacusis. I can't recall that happening before damaging my hearing with a pistol shot indoors (.45 cal 1911).

All my senses are fine and intact barring common sense, I totally and utterly lack that.

I don't remember if you use a wheelchair (I remember one of the self identifying low functioning people does but not who), but if you don't, or only sometimes do, have you tried using some form of minimalist shoes? I I LOVE the change using minimalist shoes, and being able to feel the ground under my feet. It makes it so much easier to understand everything.

(I use both tactile and hearing to supplement the fact I don't process vision well frequently)

The dye can make it feel different. I've noticed when there is a choice of colors in something, gray is usually the softest and most comfortable.

Loud noises, bright lights, certain kinds of music, explosive foods, and the sun burns me every time I go outside.

"explosive foods"?

Cherry tomatoes! ICK! Explode in your mouth! So gross.