Published on 12, July, 2020
Does any one else suffer from this? I find all my senses are highly tuned, there are some fabrics and surfaces I can't touch, I can't use most cosmetics, laundry and household products, I fond them overwhelming and they either make me wheeze or give me contact dermatitis. Going out is a poroblem because of noise and smells, everybody seems to stink of various laundry products, cosmetics and febreeze, that stuff really takes my breath away.
Another big one is light, I can control it in the house, with curtains, lamps etc, but not outside, I dont' find sunglasses that helpful as they're usually not dark enough, I tried asking an optitian for help and they didn' tunderstand and got shitty with me for asking for reactions lenses with plain glass.
Dear TheCatWomen,
You may like to have a look at our sensory differences page on our website which gives some useful information in regards to examples of sensory differences, hear autistic people's experiences, and offer strategies to help:
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/physical-health
Kind Regards,
Rosie Mod
Hi Rosie. I'm happy to write an article about Sensory related threads such as this one. The link you've provided doesn't address the issues the OP has asked about. There's a great deal of research on how our Salience Network works, why autistics (and others on the 'spectrum') do not desensitise like our non-autistic peers. Cheers!