Published on 12, July, 2020
I have been diagnosed as autistic/Aspergers
I don't seem to feel pain the same as most people. I am a beekeeper and regularly get stung and although I does hurt it doesn't seem to bother me. I once got stung over 100 times at once. I also cycle competitively and have suffered various injuries whilst racing including broken ribs where I have carried on regardless
When I was a kid I was always falling into stinging nettles or getting scratched on barbed wire
I also like extreme tasting foods - espresso coffee, vindaloo curry, extra hot chilli sauce, grapefruit juice etc
I thought that autistic people had sensory issues and are extra sensitive to pain which is the opposite to me
Are these autistic traits? when I had my diagnosis my assessor didn't think so but I'm not so sure
With sensory issues you can either be hypersensitive or hyposensitive. Hyper mean extra sensitive. Hypo means less sensitive. So yes that is an autistic trait and the assessor really should know that.