Touch sensory issues - what bugs you the MOST?

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Ditto.

Tactile:

Any meat product with fatty, chewy bits repulses me.

Some types of pasta that have a particulary slimy consistency while in the mouth. I used to hate macaroni and cheese, although I'm okay with eating it now.

Socks and clothing tags are also a nuisance.

Water anywhere on my face and in my eyes.

Non-tactile:

The sound of chalk on a blackboard.

The sound of a plastic kid's trike scraping against concrete drives me nuts, too.

The sound of a throat being cleared, sniffing, coughing, sneezing, etc.

That is a pet peeve of mine too. People who just sit there and over and over and over again clear their throat. Does it not occur to them that they keep doing the same stupid stuff that ISN'T helping them? Go spit it out in the bathroom or something and get it out of your throat. Whatever it takes just stop the annoying noises. Same with sniffling / people who refuse to blow their nose.

Sneezing I'm okay with because people can't really help that, other than to hold it in, but that's horrible to suppress a natural reflex. Just don't sneeze on me, and we're okay.

For me, the feeling I get from being touched is as if I'm being touched by something disgusting/revolting or dangerous. If I'm touched I usually must wipe or rub my hand over the area. There are some people who can touch me, in certain situations, but that list has had very few people on it. The feeling of being touched has a little more to it than disgust/danger - it has a strong feeling of hate with it.

Good to see that someone else hates opening cans - cat food cans also bother me, as well as metal cans of any type.

Sticky things, wire wool, tinfoil... D:

As for food, mushy peas, beans, and other stuff like that makes me vomit. Like, ACTUALLY hurl. Tomatoes, too.

Sticky things,tight clothes,some synthetic fabrics the feel of pastels on my fingers,the feel of the papers texture when coloring with pastels or chalk,water on my face,people trying to massage my shoulders-it hurts!

I hate tight clothes if they're only tight in one area, like the waistband or shoulders, but I don't know if it's pathological. I don't think I have tactile sensory issues. I hate noise and bright light... but most people do, don't they? I guess most people don't get overloaded and zone out halfway to muteness when they're in a noisy store. These things don't make me freak out or puke though. I guess I freaked out in Wal-Mart last Christmas though. ...ramble ramble

The smell on opening food packaging/cans of food such as ham or soup
Sand on feet
Dried out fingers from touching too much paper, especially newspaper
Styrofoam - the sound and texture,
Writing with chalk or charcoal, anything powdery
Someone suddenly touching me - the touch lingers for hours
The smell of other peoples food
The smell of fastfood restaurants especially Subway
Mayonaise - everything about this substance is repulsive
Wet clothing, especially jeans
Peanuts - smell, taste, texture, although I am allergic
Mushrooms - smell + taste + texture = 100% vile
Used to have aversion to touching raw meat - not as bad now

Slimy stuff
Gooey stuff
Creepy crawlies such as Silverfish and centipedes
Certain kinds of fabric. Got rid of 2 blouses because I hated the feel of the material.
Nasty computer keyboards that is used by everyone.
Grocery basket handles
Panties that bunch up in the crotch
pants that aren't made of stretchy material.
Satin and cotton sheets that isn't flannel. Use only flannel sheets.
Door handles in public places or anything that everyone else has their hands on.
Don't like others to hug me let alone touch me.


But what really cause me to go into sensory overload is loud bassy music. Even when it isn't loud, not only can I hear the drum beats and guitars I can feel them through my body. People tell me to wear ear plugs but these low frequency sounds go right through them and besides I can still feel these low frequency sounds.

But, I have a problem with all of my senses, even taste.

You'd lose your mind in my neighborhood. Often the windows start rattling a bit before the sound actually becomes audible. I've fantasized about a remote device that could disable someone's car stereo from two blocks away. Or just lobbing a grenade...

Cold fabric always feels wet to me. Up here, towels, sheets, and clothes are always cold, I have to hold them for a moment to see if it's just cold rather than wet.

Sitting in a "hot" seat someone else just sat in. I have to wait for it to cool down to room temperature before i can sit in it.

When I step in a puddle, and the back of my pants get wet.
The sound and feel of paper towels on porcelain plates
Nails on paper makes me cringe
Certain powders
Dry hands drive me insane. MUST have lotion
Nails on walls or car paint
Anything touching car paint
Anything sticky on my hands
Certain wetness. I HATE kissing, wetness is bad enough, let alone someones drool on me

Rubbing against super smooth objects (like paint on a car or a vase)
the scratching, rubbing or cutting of polystyrene, we need a new word for how bad that is.
cutting certain woods with a knife in a sawing motion
high pitched sounds

I completely forgot about this one. But, yes I also hate sitting in a "hot" seat that someone else just sat in. If the seat is hot as the result of the car being hot on the inside that don't bother me since it was caused by the temperature of the air and not some human sitting there. It really makes me cringe if a human sat in a seat covered with plastic.

Dirtdigger: I forgot about that one too! I can't stand sitting in a human butt-warmed chair! It just feels so dirty to me. It's like being intimate with the filth of a stranger. Some of my other issues:
Noise: Any loud or high pitched noise is torture.
Shrieking babies at restaurants...the sound is utter pain to my ears and brain
Loud, raucous laughing crowds
Even certain low sounds annoy me, like someone eating chips and the sound of someone swallowing...disgusting

Tactile/visual: someone mentioned loose hairs stuck on clothing or anywhere it does not belong, like on the floor...this absolutely drives me crazy. If I see someone else with a hair stuck to their clothes I think "God, doesn't she clean off her shirt after she brushes her hair...how lazy and sloppy."
Bell peppers and water chestnuts: the texture of these are so repulsive to me
Meat gristle...If I eat a piece of meat and there is any gristly part that you can't chew, I will almost barf (texture again). Whereas bones are OK
Many more...too many to list on one little post