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Clothing Issues

cloudfire

Hi all,

Been struggling a lot recently and the cogs in my brain have seized completely making work impossible. This in turn has triggered my extreme discomfort with rough clothing, wristbands, wristbands and bra straps cutting in and generally wanting to scratch my skin off. I notice in alot of posts where kids are having meltdowns clothing often comes up as a problem - so I was wondering if it continued to adulthood as it seems to have done with me?

Not being able to just get on with work has put me in a vicious cycle of despair. I've gone from seeing my autism diagnosis as a relief to it just being another label for failure....and I'm doubting pretty much everything I thought I'd learned about it.

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  • i'm only now coming to terms with the multitude of sensitivies that may come with asd... one of which is textures, etc., as you are having problems with. aren't there clothes you have that you are comfortable in? maybe you can start from there - like, maybe, no wrist band clothes? or altering the wrist bands... if you're asking if you'll out grow it ---- i don't no if anyone really knows. aspects of my asd are much more pronounced for me, more so than when i was young (and totally oblivious to my sensitivities, btw). i think if you listen to and accept your sensitivities, you can decrease the stress in your life...

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  • i'm only now coming to terms with the multitude of sensitivies that may come with asd... one of which is textures, etc., as you are having problems with. aren't there clothes you have that you are comfortable in? maybe you can start from there - like, maybe, no wrist band clothes? or altering the wrist bands... if you're asking if you'll out grow it ---- i don't no if anyone really knows. aspects of my asd are much more pronounced for me, more so than when i was young (and totally oblivious to my sensitivities, btw). i think if you listen to and accept your sensitivities, you can decrease the stress in your life...

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