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Sensory Stimulation Late Development ?

Aaron
Over the last year My senses have been changing or something like that in the following ways.
I bought a packet of plastic ballpoint pens they were transparent. They glistened and were beautiful. It took my breath away.  I held about 10 of them in one hand and squeezed them together. I can’t find words for the beauty, long stretchy objects, multiples.  I so wanted to chew and crunch them. Excitement in lower torso and want to cry.
I became obsessed with household containers and bought too many. Just wanting to touch them was wonderful. Just stroking one produced an almost transcendent feeling and taste around the stomach. The flap locks wow!
A hair cream tube while washing it out. The round outlet was wonderful. It’s a circle, wanted to chew it. Beauty affected breath.
Bought a detangle hair brush. The texture and type of what are they? the strands, they are wonderful, wanted to cry at their thinness and multiplicity and softness, bendiness  and noise. 
I bought some large metal sew on snap buttons. I took them out of the box and loved them wanting to push them into my excited gasping heart area and when I stroke them with my thumb, my thumb can taste them. They are heart jewels.
As well, other things with strong effects have been: stroking plastic biscuit box, plastic on envelopes, waving sink hole brushes, rhythmically snapping scissors, smelling tables, stroking wire shelves, mesh, bars of fences, sound of pushing a basket on ground in shop.
OK I am 64 and all this only started last year in lock down.  I am diagnosed as Dyspraxic, not sure about Autism.  Can this have another explanation or could it be my ND in some way? can this develop later on I life? Did lock down open up an aspect of this?
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  • Ummm - certain classes of medication can produce these experiences, as can some brain changes....

  • in reply to JJ

    Hi Thanks.  I was prescribed Sertraline just before lock down. Have not taken meds for decades. I will look it up.

    “brain changes” nothing serious I hope lol!  I have been enjoying the experiences and embracing them.

  • in reply to Aaron

    I know it's a different experience for everyone, but I've been on Sertraline before and never had these kinds of intense reactions to objects. Perhaps it has something to do with the lockdown? You may find that you've had more thinking time than you used to and it's simply made you more aware of things? As for chewing, best to resist. You can get things that are safe to chew. I've heard of a company that does a good range called Chewigem... just had a look and it looks like they are now under these guys. Sensory Processing Difficulty Products - Shop for the best SPD products (sensooli.com). Most are aimed at kids, but doesn't mean you can't find something for yourself. 

  • in reply to Mark J

    Hi Mark J

    I am with a local support group for mental health. However I also join zoom meetings with an organisation called Frazzle which was started by Ruby Wax. There are several sessions a day and anyone can join. It is not a specific support group but people with different issues join in.  I have grown to like it. There are people from the UK and America and it is easy going. 

  • in reply to Loz

    Hi there for years I thought all of my problems were to do with multiple early childhood trauma. But I was encouraged to get an assessment and diagnosed with Dyspraxia. As well learning difficulties/disabilities run in the family together with other indicators.  It was explained to me by a Professor of Dypraxia how if things combined then there can be combined effects.

    So sorry you have PTSD and wish you all the best. Yes I have had various therapies.  Some unravelling and now another stage of all that.

  • in reply to Aaron

    I also have PTSD. That could also be part of your answer as tactile things can be part of how you ground yourself. It's a far more complex topic than it sounds on the surface. If you aren't speaking to someone professional, it might be worth it. I learned quite a lot through my PTSD treatment. You could tease out a lot of information by talking about it to a counsellor.

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  • in reply to Aaron

    I also have PTSD. That could also be part of your answer as tactile things can be part of how you ground yourself. It's a far more complex topic than it sounds on the surface. If you aren't speaking to someone professional, it might be worth it. I learned quite a lot through my PTSD treatment. You could tease out a lot of information by talking about it to a counsellor.

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  • in reply to Loz

    Hi there for years I thought all of my problems were to do with multiple early childhood trauma. But I was encouraged to get an assessment and diagnosed with Dyspraxia. As well learning difficulties/disabilities run in the family together with other indicators.  It was explained to me by a Professor of Dypraxia how if things combined then there can be combined effects.

    So sorry you have PTSD and wish you all the best. Yes I have had various therapies.  Some unravelling and now another stage of all that.