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Nydcat
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02 Aug 2019, 8:57 am

I have this weird thing with touch. I'm not sure that it's sensory, because I tend to be underresponsive to pain, but light touch will make me jump.

When someone touch me, emotionally, it feels a lot like the discomfort I feel when I make eye contact. Which is uncomfortably and extremely too intimate.



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02 Aug 2019, 6:18 pm

Likewise



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02 Aug 2019, 6:24 pm

For me;
Eye contact hurts
Touch also hurts


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02 Aug 2019, 10:49 pm

I would almost always like a hug. I have worked as a masseur because people wanted me to. I don't like eye contact most of the time because it is too intense, but it can be OK with a friend.