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
I think I am the same. I must be hyposensitive. I have a high pain tolerance, I've had multiple injuries throughout my life and I've always just carried on with things regardless of how bad the injury was. I only ever seem to seek help or treatment when a family member or doctor has forced me to.
Yet something annoying like a label in my clothes, too hot or too cold weather or a hair clip slightly digging in to my scalp would bother me so much more.
I agree sensory issues are a weird thing for me.
I've had a few issues with this. One example, I went to the doctor with something "you can't possibly have *said condition* or you'd be in so much pain you couldn't walk" so I didnt get the medication and then ended up in hospital (where the same thing happened twice more "you'd be screaming in pain if you had *said condition*" ) I've also had injuries which I hadn't really noticed and I've got quite a few tattoos which I would describe being tattooed as similar to tickling - unpleasant but not too bad. But similar to you, I can't stand labels in clothes etc or annoying clothes
I've too hurt myself and carried on and it turned out to be really bad. Fell at work and hurt my back....carried on best I could didnt even log it! Another job I tore the ligaments in my knee and carried on until my knee got stuck in a bent position and hospital asked didnt it hurt you