Your sensory integration nightmare?

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Being surrounded by car tires. When I walk into Sam's club, all their tires are right at the doors, and dear Lord the smell is unbearable. Oh and those candleshops in the mall. ::shudders::

Being tapped is one. Another is paper napkins. Oh yes and those damn brown paper towels. Tags in clothing. And anything sticky and wet.

if I accidentally touch this stuff in the store its instant sensory overload and I am capable of rubbing my hands red to get away from the sensation.

also, anything anomalous in my mouth (swollen gum)

My sensory integration nightmare?

The worst for me is people who don't bathe and feel they have to impose their bodily putridness upon others. I drove taxi for some time and had to put up with quite a bit of that.

The classic example for me was when I was in a post office line-up behind a fellow who smelled like he would have vanished upon stepping into the shower. I felt like slipping on a medical glove, then smack him good in the back of the head, and say: "go home, take a shower, scrub every orifice with a steel brush, change your clothes, and then come back here" I had to keep at least a car length of space between myself and him. That's how bad he stank.

PhoenixKitten wrote:
[* Don't bite me, but I seriously have issues with not having my butt perfectly clean after going to the toilet. I used to go through rolls at a time, but now I 'freshen up' with baby wipes and it saves me the stress of 'not getting it all'.]
- I would have liked to take a mop full of disinfectant to that slob in the line-up.

Last edited by Papillon on 04 Dec 2005, 12:32 pm, edited 2 times in total.

The other night, I actually had a nightmare that was kind of like I was experiencing some type of sensory overload. I remember I was at a party. Then I went home because I wasn't feeling well. I sat in a dark corner on the wooden floor in the kitchen, drank some tea and heard really high-pitched, intense ringing in my ears. I covered my ears and screamed, hoping it would go away. It only got worse. I started bouncing up and down (in a squatting position) on my toes, but this didn't help either. That was pretty much my dream. And then I woke up.

this used to be a nightmare until I found out where the sounds originated: incandescent bulbs, flourescent bulbs (even the new compact ones), the dvd player, dc converters (like phone chargers) and almost anything electric. I can usually manage if I put in earplugs or have some music or the TV on.

Thick liquids. Yuck

Also when I run the dishwasher without jetdry.....there is some sort of a film left on the glasses. I HATE touching the glasses at all with that film on there. Ick.

I hate light touches like a loose hair on my arm but am OK with play fighting with my BF and him punching me on my arms, as long as it is not TOO hard of course.

I hate lables in clothes and not keen on jewelry other than a light chain round my neck.

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I am not answering your quote, but I just have to ask you....
..... Why does the rabbit have what looks like scotch pancakes on its head!? I wonder if it felt any sensory issues from it!! !

dorm room... wait I live in one.

I honestly don't know why the pancakes are on his head.
As far as sensory issues.....he's probably scard of them. I'd be scared if I found pancakes on my head.

Oh my God, a lot of you have the same problems as me... Erasing a chalkboard, popsicle sticks (-vomits.-), light touch...

- Shirt tags
- Most clothes, actually
- The sound of paper being folded, erased on, or turned (as in a book)
- Nail files


skjkajdkajskdjask I HATE BEING OVERLY SENSITIVE

cigarette smoke. If someone drives by my yard at 40 MPH smoking withthe window down, I get a twinge of naseau.

Solvents, like in sealants.

Any artifical scent , including most incense. Air fresheners are horrible.

Scents in soaps(except from essential oils) or shampoos, or laundry detergents. If clothes are washed with scents, I usually end up rewashing them. I was complaining about one laundry soap and my wife insisted it was unscented and it did say that on the box 'Unscented". I read the ingredients and sure enough there wa an ingredient that said "masking scent" in it. Even without a smell I could tell it was there.

If I go into a store that has high hung powerful flourescent lights, I have to shop quickly because I start getting like a pressure on my brain. Funny tho, like a desk flourescent doesn't bother me, or the kinds you screw into incandescent fixtures.

The popsicle stick thing. Not only can't I eat them, but if someone else is eating one I get goose bumps jsut watching and have to turn away.

I dislike being sticky, immediately have to wash, tho I like honey, as long as it doesn't get on my skin.

Loud TV or music. Actually painful.

My step dad smokes a lot and he makes the house smell so bad I almost got knocked out. I hate cigarettes.

Socks. I am still wearing sandles. It isn't that cold.

cotton balls from a jar.
shiver, oh s**t, nooooooo.

when i was a child anytime i had an owie, my mom would have to rub some crap on it that burned like hell. That part i liked.
But whenever she told me to get her a cotton ball from the jar it was way, way too much to handle, i still hate that crap and avoid it like the plague.