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Smells that give you a headache

I'm done with Christmas Cards

Anyone else get this? Is it more prevalent in ASD than non-ASD?

I have a particular problem with those plug-in room scent things that have three alternating smells, and some of the oil-based things that are glass jars with wooden diffuser sticks. One of the smells smells very "volatile" to me, a bit like vick / ethanol / acetone (how do you describe an un-natural smell in words???) and it gives me an almost instant headache behind the eyes / nose.

As an aside, I find that discarded orange-peel quickly stops smelling of oranges and within minutes starts to smell like a full & stale cigarette ashtray? Weird!

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  • I got some mini candles for christmas a few years ago. I had to throw them out as i couldnt concentrate on anything other than the smell.

    I have a good memory for smells too. I can still conjire the smell of the cate home my grabdna was in last year. It was a smell unlike snything ive ever smelled before or since. I think i read somewhere that smell is the strongest sense for bringing back memories. 

    I often find myself identifying random smells and likening them to things for example "ooo it smells spicy" or "it smells like pencils" when out and sbout.

    When i was a child strong smells used to make me heave. I couldnt eat certain branded bread as i didnt like the smell. I think my parents put this down to a quirk. I havent discussed my self identifying  ASC with them yet but plan to this weekend if i dont chicken out.

    One of my favourite words is OLFACTORY.

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  • I got some mini candles for christmas a few years ago. I had to throw them out as i couldnt concentrate on anything other than the smell.

    I have a good memory for smells too. I can still conjire the smell of the cate home my grabdna was in last year. It was a smell unlike snything ive ever smelled before or since. I think i read somewhere that smell is the strongest sense for bringing back memories. 

    I often find myself identifying random smells and likening them to things for example "ooo it smells spicy" or "it smells like pencils" when out and sbout.

    When i was a child strong smells used to make me heave. I couldnt eat certain branded bread as i didnt like the smell. I think my parents put this down to a quirk. I havent discussed my self identifying  ASC with them yet but plan to this weekend if i dont chicken out.

    One of my favourite words is OLFACTORY.

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