How can people do this!?

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Things I have contemplated throughout my life:

How can all of my classmates just sit still and focus?
I listened to the seconds tick on the clock, flicked my fingers repeatedly, asked to go to the restroom every class period to keep myself from going insane and fidgeted endlessly because I could feel every seam and fiber in my clothing.

How can people wear their hair in a ponytail and not constantly need to adjust it for the correct tightness?
Mine had to be just so. Not too tight, not too lose. If I moved too much and it loosened, it was hours before it was "right" again.

How can people just put on a pair of shoes, tie them haphazardly and go?
I struggled to keep my sanity over feeling that one shoe was ever so slightly tighter than the other, no matter how many times I re-tied them. My mother eventually banned tie shoes from my wardrobe.

How can people wear underwear and not give it a second thought?
I fidgeted to the point of meltdown until finally just refusing to wear them entirely when I was little. To be honest, I still can't do this and I'm almost 30.

How can people touch paper and think nothing of it?
I have extreme tactile issues with paper. Even smelling it or hearing it rub together or seeing someone else touch it totally freaks me out. It actually causes such sensory overload that I get pain in my teeth and cringe involuntarily.

How can people touch, work with and/or walk on bare/unfinished wood and think nothing of it?
AAAHHH!! !! ! *cringe/scream*

How can people scrape their teeth across metal silverware? How can people deal with other people doing it?
This is sensory hell for me. Imagine how I feel in a restaurant...the silverware is wrapped in paper napkins and there are always sounds of metal forks scraping plates and other silverware. And when people are cutting their food and the metal fork and knife connect? It hurts my teeth thinking about it.

How can people wear layers of tight clothing?
I don't like anything closely touching my skin, except leggings. Leggings are a staple of my wardrobe because I really have a difficult time wearing anything bulky, heavy or binding.

How can people deal with their homes in complete chaos?
I don't know why, but if my home is a mess, my whole world feels chaotic and disorganized. I'll even clean other peoples' homes if they're messy. People I babysat for used to love me - they'd come home and their VHS tapes would be alphabetized and the dishes would no longer be in the sink lol

How can people deal with Wal Mart during regular shopping hours?
The sounds, the crowds, the smells, the brutal lighting, the various beeping noises, the booming voices over the loudspeakers, the godawful canny pop music filtering through static crackled speakers...

How can people deal with northern winters?
The most clothing I am comfortable in is shorts, t-shirt, flip flops and - if necessary, a hoodie.

I'm sure there are more. I'll add them as I remember. Feel free to add yours and/or comment.

Mikomi,
have ever tried mens boxer shorts for underwear?
am female,but have always worn these as cannot tolerate any other kind,used to steal dads,until got own.

I've never been able to stand the feel and sound of satin or taffeta. shudder

How can people hate video games?

I'm obsessed with video games, and I can't understand how people don't like them. I'm like IdahoRose - she can't live without anime, and I can't live without video games!

WOW, this brings back memories!

Focus? I generally daydreamed!
Shoes? Luckily I am not quite so sensitive, but I tie knots twice.
Underwear? I had problems before say 11, and now they're back a bit.
Paper? I HATE it! I hate even MONEY.
floors? Teeth? people? YIKES!
As for northern winters, do you mean like alaska? I am in Boston, and the winters here don't seem that bad. Of course, I wouldn't wear flip flops in the cold winter snow/icerain.

As for the hair, you sound JUST like violett on lemony snickets!

Why didn't anyone answer mine?

Hail and well met, Mikomi:

How can all of my classmates just sit still and focus?
Because, at least in the earlier grades, I was promised that whenever I finished my in-class assignment early, that I would be rewarded with using the extra time to read anything I wished.

How can people wear their hair in a ponytail and not constantly need to adjust it for the correct tightness?
Mom would never allow me to have a ponytail. My hair got cut so short that I was once mistaken for a boy. Anyways, those ponytail boondoggles looked painful so I was glad never to wear them, although my childhood friend who wore a ponytail always looked beautiful.

How can people just put on a pair of shoes, tie them haphazardly and go?
This reminds me of an old Peanuts cartoon. First panel, Linus has his tongue hanging out while his shoelaces lay limp on the ground. Second panel, Linus is clutching his throat gasping for air while his laces are utterly tight. Third panel, Linus is smiling normally and explains, "When my shoes aren't tied right, I can't breathe."

How can people wear underwear and not give it a second thought?
I was lucky enough to find a style that's comfortable.

How can people touch paper and think nothing of it?
Only times it bothers me is when the paper is wet, or if I get a paper cut.

How can people touch, work with and/or walk on bare/unfinished wood and think nothing of it?
Actually, I love the feel of bare wood, but it has to be finished and smooth. A hardwood floor is okay.

How can people scrape their teeth across metal silverware? How can people deal with other people doing it?
This bothers me even when I happen to do it. It bothers me even thinking about it.

How can people wear layers of tight clothing?
Only times I can manage with some level of comfort are when it's necessary for work, or in winter to keep warm.

How can people deal with their homes in complete chaos?
My apartment is currently complete chaos. This needs to change. I'm going to start this week.

How can people deal with Wal Mart during regular shopping hours?
I can handle it although of course fewer people make shopping more convenient.

How can people deal with northern winters?
Am an exception in that I LOVE winter to the point where I've teasingly hinted at some resemblance between myself and the Queen of Narnia. Survived the Blizzard of '77 in the Buffalo, NY area, and am a landscape photographer who loves snow scenes!

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I live in Sweden. I hate winter. Snow gets in your eyes, cold air makes my lungs hurt... I should move.