Socks and toe seams, or clothing tags annoy you?

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Toe seams and bumps in sox drive my 7yr old son to meltdown.

I don't remember a time when he hasn't had sock/shoe issues, I purchase tight fitting socks with minimal seams which are on the outside of the sock and sit on top of the toes, most mornings his socks have to be refitted 4-5 times and when I get them right and put his shoes on it may cause a bump and he just can't hold it together.
Also the shoe laces are not to be too tight and the same tension in each shoe so they feel the same. The socks he is supposed to wear for school are to bulky so he has permission to not wear the school socks.

Pleased to read that some of you are more tolerable to the sensitivity with age, I hope this applies to my son.

Socks have always been my enemy. They must be long socks (at least up to my shins) and they have to be pulled all the way up.

Clothing tags are a definite issue as well. I've gotten better about them but they still nag me a bit.

The worst sensitivity offender of all, for me, is wool. My god what a wretched material.

I can tolerate it those nuisances and discomforts for various periods of time depending on my mood and how I control it with focus.

But yes, those all little things annoy me. Especially if those things had gone into friction it either itches or aches.

Clothing tags? I remove all the loose ones immediately. If I didn't, and end up having one on me, I could bare it an hour at most. If the tag isn't too lose or too sharp, I could ignore it completely.
Toe seams doesn't bother me much. Unless if the said sock seam is too big or seemingly wrong. I could bare it for several hours at most.
If the sock has a hole or is too short/thin, my foot is going to have a blister due to friction because I walk a lot. I could bare it for few hours at most and I have to finish it off as soon as possible or otherwise. Whenever I wear shoes, I always need socks that could endure my habit.

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Clothing tags on tops annoy me they're scratchy and make me itch.

one reason why I like skivvies as the tags on them don't bother me as I have a spencer on underneath and they don't have tags.

I'm fine with wool, but hate that fake polyester feel.

Toe seams? Hate them. I found a brand of sock where there's one right sock and one left, with no toe seams. Bought a whole bunch of them .

Don't like clothes tags either, generally it's fine if it's in the neck, but if they're in the side next to my ribs I have to cut them out.

I'm conflicted. I don't like tags. They don't freak me out or drive me to distraction just really annoying. As a matter of fact, it bothers me to have that missing also. How do I wash it? What is it's composition? I still can't tell fabrics apart for the most part, etc. Kinda boned on that one.
Someone mentioned socks being up on shin. Definitely there. Can't stand shorties..really bugs me with that border about the ankle area.
Can't stand for my t-shirts or buttoned collar shirts to touch the throat area on my neck.

Can't stand bunching and wrinklies in the undergarments at all.

Have to wear my pants low on the hips because it bugs me to have that restriction anywhere but right above the hip bone.

Can't stand anything like a wool or itchy clothes. It it ain't soft or slick, I ain't wearing it. Polyester and other synthetics would be the exception there. Can't stand them. REALLY suffered in the 70's. Leisure suits anyone?

Always preferred billowy clothes. Can't stand to be 'stitched up'.

Yes, those and itchy, fussy and/or binding clothing or jewelry. It's why I will not wear underwear, nylons, tights, or most socks. And don't get me started on *holes* in socks where one or more toes is poking through and strangling.

These problems that we have described in this thread are hyper-sensitivities as compared to the general population.

Have any of you ever 'asked' a Doctor WHY and HOW do we have these hyper-sensitivities?

We just put up with the cursed irritation, but do any of us know what is even happening?

Neck tags are usually ok. But I can't stand tags sewn into the side seam of shirts

I'm NT (pretty close to ASD however) and those tags that are located on the inside collar of a shirt are annoying to no end. I always cut them off. I don't even think one has to have a hypersensitivity to tactile sensations to think that those are annoying!

As for socks and toe seams, sometimes that depends on the particular sock. Some socks have a thicker, more noticable seam. I don't really notice it much on any of my socks, unless I put the sock on sideways or something.

Sometimes the seams on the toes of socks are very uncomfortable. It feels like the seem is trying to get itself under the nails of my big toes and I can't stop wiggling them around even though that makes it feel even worse. Most of the tops and underwear I have now have labels printed on the inside of them instead of tags. Sometimes I used to have the tag on the back of my top sticking out without knowing and then someone would just come up from behind me and tuck it back in. I hate it when they do that!

When I was a little girl my mom once got me a dress with metallic thread sewn into it. When I wore it to a relative's party it was like tiny razors were slicing into my skin and it stung, burned and itched. My mother said the thread would soften up after being washed but I don't think I ever wore it again.