Question About Touching Sensory Issues Making You Feel Sick

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Just wanted to know if anyone with ASD has a sensory issue while touching 'x' and it makes you retch or physically sick , does the thought of touching 'x' almost make you feel queasy . Is this rare with a sensory issue or does it sound more like a phobia?
Is being extremely ticklish a sensory issue , tickling can be torturous for me and sometimes just someone reaching for me can make me lose my s**t as if I have been tickled.

Not nauseous but I feel intense pain if someone touches or even dares brush my hair other than me.

I wouldn't be surprised if you felt sick over something though. Usually minecraft knocks me sick but I think thats more of a motion sickness thing.

Tickling is horrible, agreed. Usually my sensory problems are light or smell. I can't cope with some peoples perfume, it knocks me sick. Especially elderflower & old spice. Vom.

I get similar reactions to a few things; not all of them tactile. Cold sauce (or really any cold semi-viscous liquids) make me want to throw up when I touch them. I don't cook for other people for that reason. It seems like every dish involves the potential of handling some sauce that's been in the fridge.

Foods give me this reaction too. My diet is limited because of this as you could have guessed. Mashed potatoes, red meat, chunky soup, and everything in between is hell to eat. I still remember being super young (and pre-diagnosis) and my dad making me eat whatever my mom made that night. Honestly, I would rather have gone hungry any day rather than eat certain foods. I have distinct memories of having to choke down a porkchop; all the while flapping and crying because it was so repulsive. Dinner time was usually followed by a meltdown in those days.

And finally there's the sound sensitivities. I don't mean overload sensitivities, I mean having a negative biological reaction (getting sick) to certain sounds. The noises other people make when they eat is one. My personal sensitivity though is to the sound of joints popping. Just thinking about that makes me feel nauseated and makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I don't know why that is, but I'll tell you it's terrible. And people crack their knuckles all the freaking time. If I'm covering my ears you can be sure it's because someone somewhere in that room is cracking their knuckles.

Sorry if that was a bit ranty. Hope you can relate though!

I know many people who retch when touching X, so it is not uncommon.

I am just extremely ticklish. Even holding someone's hand can seem ticklish to me. According to some people, I completely flip out when they touch me unexpectantly. But I don't feel sick, I just get a fight or flight response. Because of my hate for tickling, my parents have tried to use tickling before as a way to get me to obey.

Like OP, usually smells and lights make me feel sick.

If someone or something touches my knees or elbows when they are unbent, I IMMEDIATELY feel like I will faint on the spot until I can get away or tell the person to let go. EVERY doctor I have ever asked about this (aside from chiropractors and alternative medicine people) was always like, "It's because the autism! Derpy derp!"