Sensory issues

They can change over time or suddenly flick on out of nowhere for sure.

For instance; having had to wean me with in weeks of being born because I would not tolerate a bottle, my mother said, I ate anything put in front of me until my first school dinner and thereafter had major issues with food until adolescence and still have a fair few now.  From my perspective I still remember the utterly vile stench and nauseating texture of that school lunch even now, with the dinner ladies demanding that I eat it.  Basically, I think if something gives you a sensory shock, it can flip these things into being and they can take years or decades to dissipate again.

Others of my senses flit about all over the place.  I have been known to experience no physical pain when others seem to think I should be experiencing quite a bit, and conversely be in agony, when others think I am making a fuss about nothing.  There must be something other than simple touch/pain at play in my sensory system at that point.  But then I'm also a synesthete; another sense triggering something it shouldn't???  Who knows.

But yes, these things can suddenly pop up.  I don't think it's exactly age dependant, although I got better at tolerating somethings as I moved out of childhood.  As I am now middle aged I am finding it actually harder to tolerate others, which I used to manage. 

Thank you. Recently more ASD traits are appearing more full on than they did before. My Son doesn’t like the heat much so that could be a factor. I know or I guess that some people with ASD can be more effected by sensory issues than others? 

Yes, the heat bothers me disproportionately and lowers my tolerance to other sensory input, I'm guessing because my inadequate temperature control already has me that tad nearer overload.

Yes, the heat bothers me disproportionately and lowers my tolerance to other sensory input, I'm guessing because my inadequate temperature control already has me that tad nearer overload.