Is this a sensory problem?

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For some reason looking at certain things makes me so happy, and I can't look away. I get a feeling which is basically like an orgasm staring at certain things (textures, colors, etc). But is this a symptom of autism? Or sensory issues? But it kind of seems the opposite of sensory issues if I enjoy it so much...

You get an orgasm looking at certain textures? o.O

Look-up synesthesia, see if that is of any help.

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Synesthesia is common in autism, far as I know. I can get a rush/chill feeling from looking at certain things. Usually things that are in motion.

Could as well be a sign of the artist in you.

LOL...I have sensory problems--especially when more than two things come to me at once.

How I long to possess Ryan's "Art"

Remember the soap opera known as "Ryan's Hope?" Well....maybe Ryan has that Hope!

If it´s as pleasurable, as Ryan describes it, I wouldn´t actually call it a problem, but rather a sensitivity combined with synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is common in artists.

I don't think it's synaethesia: synaesthesia is the crossing over of two sensory modalities (e.g sound and colour, letters and colour, sound and taste, etc.) so that when one stimulus is experienced, (e.g a letter) a second entirely internal perception (e.g colour) is triggered, and the synaesthete sees the letter as inherently coloured automatically whenever they look at it. I have grapheme (letter) colour synaesthesia, but it never triggers an inherent emotional response.

What the OP is describing sounds like the sensory differences which occur in autism; Ryan, it sounds like you are hyposensitive to specific stimuli, and crave more of it or at higher intensities than normal people, and experiencing said stimuli causes a pleasant or euphoric feeling. I get the same feeling when I look at rapidly flashing coloured lights, like Christmas lights, or those flashing bouncy balls which light up when dropped. I also get hooked on certain textures, and find myself stuck in clothing stores, unable to stop stroking specific clothing items, compelled to feel them with my face as well as my hands, as the face is more sensitive to touch.