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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've always had big issues with smells.  I can't stand any kind of chemical smell, I get such bad headaches and can feel ill for days.  Perfumes, candles, air fresheners, deodorants, body creams etc.  I genuinely don't know how people can sit in their house with chemical smells surrounding them and their windows closed.  In my last job I had to speak to our Senior Managers about people spraying solvents in the office.  I was going home ill at the end of each day.  

    It doesn't give me a head, just makes me incredibly angry, chewing gum - I can't stand the sound, sight or smell of chewing gum either.  I don't understand how people are taught not to talk with their mouth full and to eat politely etc, will then stand then chomping gum sharing their chewing and saliva with the world, and that disgusting mint smell that goes with it.  

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  • I've always had big issues with smells.  I can't stand any kind of chemical smell, I get such bad headaches and can feel ill for days.  Perfumes, candles, air fresheners, deodorants, body creams etc.  I genuinely don't know how people can sit in their house with chemical smells surrounding them and their windows closed.  In my last job I had to speak to our Senior Managers about people spraying solvents in the office.  I was going home ill at the end of each day.  

    It doesn't give me a head, just makes me incredibly angry, chewing gum - I can't stand the sound, sight or smell of chewing gum either.  I don't understand how people are taught not to talk with their mouth full and to eat politely etc, will then stand then chomping gum sharing their chewing and saliva with the world, and that disgusting mint smell that goes with it.  

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