Which of your sense(s) are most severe?

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for me, hearing and touch have been more acute then my other senses. my vision is impaired, i have to wear glasses.

touch is the worse one though. when i buy new shirts, i always rip off the tag on the back of the collar, it drives me nuts otherwise.
also i'm really sensitive to my hair. it's very thick, and when i have recently taken a shower and it gets dry and frizzy, i just put on a beanie or hat. the way it feels when i run my hand though it, and wind blows on it. this is why i prefer it to be a bit greasy.

hearing...it might have been acute at one point...but i think earphones/earbuds have nullified that

Hearing and smell. I don't know which is worse. They seem equally bad.

Taste for me is probably the worst.

Hearing fluctuates. Sometimes it's really sensitive and sometimes it isn't.

Touch can be bad, especially when pain is involved. I'm very sensitive to pain. But touch isn't super sensitive normally. It's probably a bit under-sensitive actually. I like tight hugs.

My sense of smell is so oversensitive. I have taken to putting a baby wipe over my nose to try and filter all the smells out to help me breathe. It doesn't work.

My hearing is hypersensitive. Often need to use earplugs or noise cancelling earphones, otherwise can't concentrate or sleep.

Can also get visual overload in crowded shops. Too much movement and bright fluorescent lighting triggers overload.

Tried playing squash a couple of times, only to get a migraine from trying to follow the fast moving ball.

I'll say sound because it gets upset the most and easiest. Even something like sirens way off in the distance when in my room can bother me a lot. Vision when it comes to brightness is next. Smell and touch and taste don't get as upset as often....but all are really sensitive.

Touch, taste/texture and hearing.
My sense of smell and temperature seem to be below average. Especially temperature.

I've always been hypersensitive to loud noises. I have a memory of walking near the railroad tracks with my father when I was very young as a train rumbled by. I felt like I was going to have a breakdown!

Of course, that's an extreme situation that I suspect would bother a lot of people. But I can't take very much auditory overload. Walking in cities can be very stressful to me.

In descending order of severity:

Touch (slightest pressure = severe pain)
Smell
Taste
Hearing (I cannot blame environmental sounds and then be able to listen to Rammstein on full volume simultaneously). :p
Sight

Vision and hearing.
Bright lights can cause me pain and noises that I do not like, will cause anger in me. When I hear sudden loud noise, I "disable" myself for few seconds and feel fear. Sometimes my brain "registers" something that does not exist.

Sound, smell, and taste.

I'm a very picky eater because the taste of most things makes me gag. I also gag when I smell cat food, the dishwasher, the sink next to the dishwasher, tomatoes, other foods, etc.

But I suppose sound is what usually triggers sensory overload.

I would guess touch. It's hard to tell because usually I do not know what most people are not sensitive to that I am. I only know my reaction is unusual when others react perplexed to my negative reactions. I also think that some of my issues issue might be sensory sensitivities masking themselves. And there is hypo sensory sensitives which I would not know about for obvious reasons.

Hearing and touch. I hear everything. In every place I've lived, I've been able to hear people talking from any room in the house/apartment. I sleep with earplugs, but it doesn't block enough. So I still hear things going on outside my room. Plus, then I hear the blood pumping through my veins, and then hearing it makes me feel it, and it's really bothersome and keeps me awake.

Touch I notice every object my body is in contact with at any given time, and feel the movement of nearly every hair on my body. So when I try to sleep, I'm far too aware to how the blanket is sitting on me. And if the air conditioning or something is blowing, it will move some of the hairs on my arms and legs and make it feel like there are bugs crawling on me.

I also can't sleep very well with a lot of light in the room. Or changes in light. Any charger or display that has a pulsating or blinking light needs to be covered before I sleep.

As you can guess, I don't sleep very well. I don't even know if it's my senses being that good so much as I am hyper aware of what it going on around me at all times. In any given room I'll be aware of everything. Light sources, exits, ceiling height, distances from each piece of furniture, most efficient path to xyz, etc. If it's somewhere I live, or have been frequently, I'll typically be aware of all the creaky spots on the floor and other areas I don't like stepping on for whatever reason. I wake up for sound differences as slight as my computer's fan lowering its speed, so I usually wake up at least 5 or 6 times a night.

I really wish I could turn it off sometimes. At least so I wouldn't be perpetually exhausted. When I have the money I want to buy a coffin or something and sleep in that.

Hearing is pretty bad, but I consider touch worse. I hate when certain substances touch me and I hate how they feel and when people touch me, I feel like I'm being overwhelmed instantly. Unless it's my siblings, but they don't hug me anymore...

Hearing. I tend to hear some sounds (particularly the ones I have negative associations to) as physical sensations. Water dripping for example feels like my nerve ends are on edge. Sudden noises can be unpleasant too.

Mine is hearing. I think the second to hearing is touch.