Communicating pain and discomfort - sensory abnormality

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I have read recently that hypermobile joints are associated with autism. You might be interested in reading about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

Hypo or hyper-sensitivity to pain are common in autism, as is hypo-sensitive interoception. It's part of the sensory processing disorder many of us have.

My interoception was so weak, I worked with an occupational therapist to learn basics like knowing when I was hungry or full, when I was tired or wakeful, knowing when to go to the loo, distinguishing flavours and tastes (salty / sweet / bitter), and knowing when I'm hot or cold so that I dress appropriately.

I've always been hypo-sensitive to pain unless it's dental pain or a migraine. Surgery and broken bones haven't caused me much discomfort except if I get an infection and fever.

It's very hard to get proper medical care without knowing our own bodies or our sensations, and being able to communicate changes in real time as needed.

this is a very enlightening thread to me , can almost identify in one way or another with almost every single posting here. Was taught to not complain when little so ,ifigured noone cared to hear about it.
Have broken a clavicle when much younger , in a bicycle crash . Rode home. Mom did not care to take me to the hospital . Many years after in a second motorcycle crash had broken left leg and arm
Had to thinkwhy i was not feeling any pain . Or soreness. So while ilaid in the road . decided , i better visually examine myself. Before trying to move myself. Then visual saw my limbs were not in a spropriate position for how they normally would be. 5 hours later after being at the hospital for a while , i decided that i probably needed pain killers. Whereas then i decided to ask for them.
About a year ago i realized the pain from a dental injection to numb the teeth was more painful than having a filling drilled. Unless it is a root canal . Then i use common sense and suffer the injection.
Thank you for all these postings , i feel much less weird now.

This entire thread has given me a enlightenment as to my own physical situations
i posted here yesterday quite a bit more indepth , and noticed my previous
posting has disappeared. With no explanation .

Thank you , think my WP on the post i wanted to look at was out of date.

I just realised I've had a UTI for about two months.

That's how bad my interoception is. I didn't have a clue.

usually takes me a few weeks before i realize about my uti s are creating problems. only recently
have been able to recognize them.

this is kinda fantastic ,,, a home test kit. much less from Amazon yahooo.. wish more of my doctors had 21 st century knowledge .