Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else have trouble regulating their body temperature? I get so hot sometimes I have to walk around the house in my underwear whilst others don't seem to feel it . But I also go the other way and can be really really cold and other people aren't. Am I just super sensitive to heat ?
I don't know about regulating my internal temps, but I do know that I HATE being too hot. It makes me feel sick, and sweaty, and considering that it doesn't take a lot to make me sweat, this past summer has made me want to melt into a disgusting puddle in the corner.
Being over-sensitive to ANY of your senses, internal or external, is a very common ASD trait. I deal with mine by having a fan in my room and spending some time in my back garden.
I hope you can figure out a way to deal with it
For me, the winter means no bugs, which I am extremely sensitive to. My body hates extreme cold or heat and requires time to adjust to either temperature. I have found the only exception to this is when I am trying to regulate a newborn or small infants temperature, which I find odd, but helpful
Yep, I do - I'm always cold, especially in winter. In summer I get too hot. My hands are permanently freezing because I have poor circulation.
i'm not sure --- you could have ancestors who survived the cold maybe. Wear multi-layer clothes so you can adjust your insulation.
I Have the same issue i can feel hot all of a sudden when im walking around but I can also feel cold when others dont is this just me or is it due to autism
I often feel colder than seems proportionate to the temperature. If I feel pressure, stress, anxiety, anger or irritation this response seems to become more elevated. I'll often sit with a hot water bottle on my lap on a mild day (I live in South Africa so it doesn't get extremely cold here, even in winter.) It is currently springtime and I have a hot water bottle on my lap today while it is 19° Celsius outside and I'm wearing a warm sweater. As a child, I was never cold and would go to school without shoes or a sweater, until the teacher told my mom I HAVE to wear shoes because my feet are turning blue from the cold. Sometimes, I don't seem to feel the temperature at all either. I'm not sure if there's a pattern to that with me or if it is random.
A cabin by a fjord too!
Summer in the city is the worst. The concrete holds the heat!
A snowy mountain somewhere would be nice!
DuckBread I am with you. I run hot and don't like anything above 19 Degrees. If global warming is going to result in longer hotter summers I am going to have to move north.
I can't stand hot temperatures! Summer is a nightmare for me - I just feel so uncomfortable and trapped in the heat. Nobody at work believes me when I say I'm looking forward to winter. I need my loose, comfy jumpers and cooler temperatures back! Do you tend to find your sensory sensitivities are heightened in summer? I'm really struggling with that at the moment.
I think it could be related to humidity because i don't like the UK summer, but I lived in Australia for a while and I never found it too hot, it was just a lovely warm temperature all the time
Yeah! It feels easier to breath too, and less sunlight. Summer doesn't agree with me at all. My senses are cranked up to 10!
If you are anything like me you prefer the winter when its frosty?
I'm very sensitive to heat. It's driven me to some dark places. Last summer was a nightmare. If I'm alone I'm pretty much the same with what I wear. It feels like I'm covered in plaster rash when I'm too hot, and my other senses are more sensitive.
On the plus side I don't feel cold, it's not good in a way, because I don't notice when I'm dangerously cold, but it's helpful on a coldish day.
I usually wear layers and I'm constantly taking them off or putting them back on, even when the temperature doesn't actually change.As soon as I put another layer on, I get too hot, and when I take it off I get too cold.
Thanks for asking this question its one I have been meaning to ask myself.
Yes... I have had this all my life, way over sensitive to cold and way too sensitive to heat, extreme temperatures are unbearable for me, if I am too hot I have to have a fan on full blast at night if I am too cold I have the electric blanket on full blast and multiple layers. The strange thing is if I say I am really cold and you check my temperature I usually am around 35 degrees, which is cold when others are 36-37 degrees and the temperature, to them, isn't that cold.
I am totally sensitive to cold. I have to wear layers so I can alternate and not catch a chill.
yep. people are always mocking me for having the wrong clothes on for the temperature.