Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else feel affected by the clothes they wear? I find like different ways of dressing trigger me and affect my personality.
Like if I dress a certain way I feel like I will behave a certain way or that I should behave a certain way. If I wear a different sort of outfit I feel I need to behave differently or act differently
I also get quite stressed if I feel my clothes dont go together. Like normal casual clothes on top and sportier clothes on bottom for instance
Haircuts are quite a stressful trigger for me as well
Just wondered whether clothes can be a trigger for anyone else or is it just me?
Yep. From 1979, when I started work, to 1986, I was in a job (journalism) which in those days was all jeans, jackets and open necked shirts.
From 1986 until 2012 I was in full 'corporate battle dress', suits, cufflinks, silk ties, blah.
From 2012 to the present I've been in jeans again.
So I've been thro the full spectrum and agree totally, what you wear affects your mood. I don't find it happens on a day-to-day basis but when your working dress code changes for years, it definitely affects your outlook and attitudes. Not sure that's exclusively for people on the spectrum, tho!
Thats exactly true it does affect your mood and your attitudes, especially if you have to wear the same stuff for a long time