Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello,
I’m newly diagnosed (2 weeks ago) and still navigating my way through things but overall am content with my diagnosis.
I am super sensory when it comes to smell. I smell everything and either gravitate towards them (been known to sniff people in the past) or feel physically unwell by them or cry if I can’t find the source of a smell. This can make it quite challenging to be out and about at times.
I’ve read lots of tips for people managing noise aversions but I have never come across anything to deal with smells. Does anyone experience the same thing and have any wisdom to pass along?
I’m not sure if I should just start carrying around a small spritz bottle or aroma ball of a scent I like and place it on my wrists or something like that.
Any tips welcome! Thanks
My partner is extremely smelly to me after exercise so we’ve now bought a Neals Yard Calming room spray bottle which really helps me with coping. At work I tend to wear a strong Tom Ford scent that I can smell on my wrists if I need to mask another unwanted scent in my vicinity. Not sure this is the best advice as I realise I’m using things to mask.