Physical sensitivity?

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Don't really know what else to call this so that was the best title I could come up with. Anyways as of now I got a new bicycle but the seat is very small and uncomfortable so I am looking for a more comfortable seat. But this is not the first time Ive found major discomfort in things that dont seem to bother most people. Like I cannot wear half the clothes females my age wear because they are uncomfortable, I can't do high heeled shoes not that it would be my style anyways but I cant even walk in them. Sometimes with my fairly soft desk chair I still have to sit on a pillow to be comfortable. I also think part of why I have lower back pain a lot of times is having to sit on those hard plastic chairs all through public school.

Does anyone else feel extra sensitive to things like this?

Yeah, I find clothes very uncomfortable.
I just like to wear soft cotton shirts, baggy jeans, comfortable sports shoes, and I put pillows on my chairs.

I always seem to be complaining about things related to touch, and my whole life the response I received almost every time was to 'man up'. The most basic example is that I could never wear the same clothes everyone else did, and my mum would constantly nag me to wear uncomfortable clothes (i.e. jeans) to certain events. That didn't work, I ended up raging every time and went in the same tracksuit pants that I always wore.

Aside from clothes, I always had issues getting into pools/baths, I prefer to sit on the floor than most chairs, I hate wearing wet clothes, I hate feeling sticky/dirty, and like you I hate most bicycle seats. There's more but it would require a TL;DR.

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I was very uncomfortable on the seat that came with my bike, I now use this one, it is gel cushioned and has some springiness in the mounting,

Planet Bike 5018 Women's ARS Spring Anatomic Relief Saddle with Gel and Elastomer Springs
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015R ... UTF8&psc=1

strong blunt, or dull pains and discomforts dont phase me at all, infact im oblivious to it 50% of the time.

but small scratchy feelings on my ankles, neck, stomach, chest and lower back can drive me nuts and ruin my entire day.

In the beginning I used to think I didn't have my sensory difficulties, but here are some I've realized I've forgotten about, thinking them to be normal in the past...:

Certain cloth materials I can't sleep with– at my grandma's house the blanket I always use keeps me up all night. I think its a type of velvet. It's not painful, per se, but I simply can't ignore it, and I haaate it.
I've always rolled up my sleeves (even went as far as to roll up my brother's sleeves for him as a little kid). Again, not painful, but just something I've always done and 'like doing that way'. It's hard to explain why.
I hate fancy clothes (aka suits and pants and nice [uncomfortable] shoes). I hate the feel of such thin clothes and tight ties and weird pants [weird from normal]. I guess this is part of not getting social stuff, too, or at least not giving a damn about them. Most days I just wear whatever is comfortable and don't care to dress up ever.
Also... haha... in little league baseball (forced to play!) I always refused to wear an athletic cup. I guess it might be a combination of some sort of sensory thing + oblivious to society/common sense. Luckily I was never hit! I can't remember why I hated it though...

Also, I don't wear underwear or socks or jewlery, or even my glasses though these days I'm fairly near-sighted, my jeans are a few sizes too big in the waist, and I only wear a belt & shoes when I go out.
Just yesterday I cut the tag out of a shirt.

When I cut my nails I have to do it in the shower so I can run water over my fingers to desensitize the skin that was under the nails, or touching anything with those fingers feels like a charlie-horse, usually for a day or two, sometimes more.
Desensitizing them helps so long as I don't touch the skin directly.
They stay fairly sensitive for a day or two after, but I can touch stuff without major discomfort most of the time, at least.

I can't have anything between my toes: no flip-flops.
Hell, I get uncomfortable looking at peoples' toes if they have something visibly between them.

I'm extremely ticklish, in a bad way, it's like torture for me.

Man, if all I had to deal with was the touch sensitivities, things would still be a straight pita 24/7, but at least I can avoid bad touches a lot of the time.

I do with several areas.

try memory foam on it



i hate pepole touching me



i wear realy big clothes so they are loose

Oh I forgot how hard and uncomfortable bicycle seats can be. I always hated riding a bike anyway. Sitting in a hard chair really hurts my back.

I can't wear high heels either, not that I would ever want to but I can't walk in them either. I wear really soft clothing, loose fitting or stretchy, nothing that is tight or binding. I can't stand anything tight around my waist, so I mostly wear skirts and/or leggings, and only very loose or stretchy pants. I can't wear jeans unless they have a really stretchy waist. Can't stand to feel most types of polyester against my skin. Seams in socks drive me crazy.

In general I feel like my body is sensitive to every little thing, except when I really have my mind on doing something then I can become totally oblivious to my body and only later realize I have worked so hard that I hurt myself in some way.

I can only wear cotton or mostly cotton blends.

Belts bug me endlessly, can't wait to take them off.

Can't stand jewelry or even wearing a watch.

I am obsessed with getting my hands dirty, I wash them like a gazillion times.

Don't really like being touched

Tags on clothes but that is real common I hear