Sensory issues?

[Gymohithoughtyousaidgin]

So for as long as I can possibly remember I have been very particular about certain things or don't like certain things - there are alot but here are a few examples:
*I HATE my feet getting wet and have to stand on a towel and dry them as soon as I get out of the water. I can't stand on the floor or bathmat as it just feels funny.

*I absolutely can not touch clothes that have not been tumble dried as they feel a funny texture, almost like rough. I have to use fabric conditioner and tumble dry everything. Even looking at them if I know they feel funny bothers me as I keep thinking about it

*getting wet washing out of the washing machine makes me gag due to the texture of the clothes. It's actually made me gag so bad I have thrown up a few times.

*I hate the feeling of having my nails filed

*I hate wearing tight clothing I prefer things that are baggy or stretchy.

*can't stand the texture of peaches or apricots

*absolutely can not stand the feel of velvet.

There are many more examples but i won't bore you.

Is anyone else like this? To me this is just normal but my other half thinks it's abit unusual. I find it unusual that things like this don't bother him 😅

Is he odd or am I odd?? Is there anything you are weird about or can't stand? 🤔🤣

It is unusual

You are describing tactile sensitivity

It can be stand alone issue but sometimes comes with SPD - sensory processing disorders - diagnosed where person is markedly oversensitive to things in environment - touch aversion and tactile sensitivity, being uncoordinated , difficult to engage in play or conversation and finding it hard to tell where their limbs are in space - due to how their brain processes sensory information

Like all conditions, they can lay on a spectrum from mild to more severe abs get diagnosed when they interfere significantly in day to day functioning

SPD is commonly seen in autism spectrum disorder .

As above. I think everyone has the odd thing that makes their teeth itch but my DD for example is similar to you, although not quite as extreme as I am considering taking her to the GP to seek assessment for ADD/ADHD. I've also got multiple sensory issues although not quite as severe as yours. I am awaiting an assessment too.

Ohh thank you both! That's actually really interesting and I will do some more research. We did have suspected autism and adhd in the family with an older relative although never diagnosed officially. Maybe I will look into it further! Thank you. (still going to tell dp he's the strange one tho 😉)

So... OP ... if it's not interfering significantly with your life, then you're 'oversensitive to the touch and feel of things' and it may be because your brain is wired in that area a little bit differently to average person to react strongly to sensation/ touch

When they become so extreme they interfere in daily lives- that's when it becomes diagnosable at a clinical point from mild to more marked levels and tech bodied as a disorder or condition

Brains are wonderfully complex things

It's not that unusual. Certainly not enough to warrant self diagnosis of neurodiversity.

Not " tech bodied" I probably meant to type categorised !

Glad it helps

I'm really sensitive to touch, environmental noise & visual noise so I get a bit overloaded when too much sensory information is going on - we have ADHD in our family

I have loads too.
I never wear jeans only soft jeggings or trousers.
I can't put my bare feet on the floor as a DC I wouldn't wear socks or shoes.
My DC are worse, I've had more heartbreak over socks and materials it isn't funny.
DS won't eat in school due to sensory issues he has to leave the class at lunch watching the other DC eating makes him vomit too, only eats dry food and will only drink water.

I hate the sound of
Scraping anything plates, chalk, nail files
Teeth on forks 😱😱😱 pestle and mortars, people chewing, sludgy sucking slime sounds

Hate the touch of
Velvet
Synthetic materials nylon especially

But I wouldn't say I had any neuro problems that need diagnostic assessment!
As a lot of these things I discovered in childhood, or bring back bad memories from childhood.

But I would say I'm

I had this as a child and it manifested itself in ways such as causing me to have tics. Other things as well, such as couldn't stand one of my shoe laces being tighter than the other otherwise I didn't feel balanced. Was constantly retying my shoes to ensure they were the same 'tightness' on each foot. Another thing being that I hated long sleeves not feeling like they were 'the same length' down my arm. Can't stand metal on teeth or the sound of metal on metal. I can't explain myself properly but really struggled with it as a child and whilst I think it eventually subsided I still think there are some aspects of it that have followed me into adulthood. I thought I was strange having this and never occurred to me it was a sensory issue.