Jewellery

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Anyone wear jewellery? I never did, but decided to start wearing an autism medical alert bracelet again recently and had sensory problems wearing jewellery. I can't stand pressure so obviously it can't be too tight, but if it's too loose, it rides up my arm and sticks up there, and just creates pressure higher up. It also constantly flipped the plate under my wrist which sort of defeats the purpose, and annoyed me as I kept having to adjust it all the time and twist the plate back onto the top of my wrist.
Am in the process of making another bracelet myself which is tailored to all this sensory-ness. I'm also keen on it being water resistant and something that doesn't stay wet (like a chain rather than a watchband style) so I don't have to worry about keeping it dry.
Also wanted to make a necklace up for being a year sober soon, but no idea how that will work as I never wore jewellery before. Rings are just too uncomfortable and I never wear them, and earrings are soft rubber stretches.
For those who wear jewellery - what do you wear? Why? Have you had any sensory difficulties with it? How did you accommodate?

I go through jewelry phases. A few years back I was really into elastic, beaded bracelets and made about 100 of them. I would wear them about five inches thick on each arm, every day, all day long. I prefer things I wear to be tight, so making them myself was a nice option so I could custom fit them to my wrists and arms to be nice and snug... I have small wrists, so it is impossible for me to get snug fitting bracelets from stores. Those things were fun, and I thought they were pretty. I liked fussing around with the beads to.

I never got so much into wearing necklaces, though I find them pretty enough. The only necklace I have that I can currently tolerate is a store bought one and it's flat and smooth metal that does not hang too low or high (it sits where the neck on a t-shirt would), so it kinda stays put without feeling like I am being strangled by it. It also ends up being the same temp as my body so after a bit it is like I am not wearing it at all. I do not like long necklaces because they move around too much and end up sitting high on the back of my neck and it bothers both my skin and hair.

I can't stand any kind of metal jewelry. They tried getting me to wear a medic alert bracelet, and then necklace, but I would keep tearing them off. I'm sorta okay with soft lightweight wristbands. But even those tend to irritate me after a while.

I can have problems with some necklaces, but I love wearing rings and earrings. I've always loved rings and wear four of them. I do need them all to be turned the right way because I become too aware of the sensation when they slip around and stick into the next finger. But I like them more than want to remove them.

I have pierced ears, one in one ear, four in the other, and I like earrings -- but because I get stuck in a rut with clothing and jewelry, I tend to wear the same earrings every day even though I've collected a whole array of nice ones for different outfits. (I don't wear my outfits either )

The only jewelry I have issues with are necklaces. I have several but they irritate and bother and distract me after a while. I especially cannot wear anything that touches my collarbone or rests in that place at the base of the neck. I can't stand anything, clothing too, touching that part of my neck, and will keep pulling things away.

I seldom wear rings both because I tend to get a rash under them, and because I don't consider my hands very graceful and don't want to call attention to them. I do have a wedding ring, but seldom wear it.

My problem with bracelets is that they tend to catch on things. I had a charm bracelet and it caught on clothing and furniture all the time, so I took the charms off and made a charm necklace out of it. That's better but it needs polishing and I haven't worn it in quite a while.

Earrings are my favorite piece of jewelry, I have pierced ears and the earrings stay out of the way, mostly. I have to avoid any that might catch on clothing, because ouch.

I like colorful necklaces and wear strings of mix-and-match beads. I'm less likely to wear a pendant, it doesn't suit me. One nice thing about necklaces is you can stim on them without it looking too weird - for instance, rub a particular bead.

So I guess it comes down to the individual and what works for you.

I never wore rings until my wedding ring. I still fiddle with it and push it further down my finger on a fairly regular basis but I'm finding it tolerable. I wear a watch but can't wear bracelets. Earrings are studs or nothing.

I have my ears pierced and almost always have earrings in them, but only little studs. I have sensory issues with hoops and dangly earrings. I sometimes will wear rubber wristbands or choker necklaces, but only ones that are stretchy. I can't wear anything too tight around my neck if it doesn't stretch. I can wear turtlenecks without any issue but metal chokers and stiff ones bother me.

I will sometimes wear loose necklaces but it bothers me when they ding when I bend so I don't wear them too often.

I hate rings - they make me anxious one of my finger got "cut off". Its the same feeling as the one I get when my lag dings over bed end as I sleep - both legs must be on bed or I get anxious the leg is "cut off". It's probably more mental thing than physical thing.

I don't mind bracelets, especially rubber ones but I rarely wear them. If I wear one chances are I will take it off and start fidgeting(maybe even chewing), then just leave it wherever and forget. But I have to keep my watch over a blouse/sweater - it feels too cold against my wrist and it bothers me how it won't stay in proper position.

I don't have my ears pierced but if I had I would probably play with the earnings - I often play with my earlobes. As a kid I used to try on my grandma clips. It was pretty fun at first but after a few minutes it was getting painful - I don't know how grandma could wear them. They pressed the ear too strongly.

I only wear one necklace which has a small amulet of a silver portcullis. It came from the UK and was given to me by my male carer.

I have never been able to ignore it, so guess it must be a spiritual or meaningful thing, that gives you comfort, to dwell on it.

I have liked different rocks, not necessarily, because of their monetary value, and would like to find the piece of meteorite (now, in a box) which I saw strike the ground.

If I understand this correctly then I agree - the necklace idea was actually the bottlecap from the last drink I ever had. I kept it as a momento, as a symbol of the last drink I ever will have. It'll be a year soon and I wanted to do something symbolic with it in celebration. I'm glad I'm still sober a year later - I almost didn't live this time.
As for the bracelet also - my varied "functioning level" means I should really be wearing one anyway, but its also tentatively there for advocacy reasons - I am intending to be employed in the disability services sector as someone with a disability, and this is a nonverbal indicator of this.
I wouldn't bother tolerating anything that was just "pretty" as I'm not really interested in decorating myself in that way, and my stimming doesn't involve jewellery or toys. They'd have to be meaningful items.