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Phantom smells?

Mark

I’m not sure if this is something connected with austic people.
But today all I can smell is feces. Before I’ve smelt urine and got panicked that it was me. The smell follows me and I’m not sure what do it. Is it just in my head? 

im already paranoid about smells and how I smell. I’ve taken two showers today because I feel like it’s me when it’s not. 

Last week I could smell burning and checked all the plugs in the house and it wasn’t coming from outside so I’m not sure where it came from?

does anyone else have this problem?

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  • I got phantom smells in 2021. I suspected I had covid but tested negative. Nonetheless, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I've always been hyper-sensitive to smells and this was non-stop. Everything smelt bad, including the air around me. I went for walks trying to get away from it, but it was everywhere. Eventually I came to the conclusion that the entire world didn't smell terrible, it was something wrong with my nose.

    Thankfully it did go away and hasn't happened since. It probably was caused by some kind of virus in the naval cavity.

    With autism I do smell things others can't and smell them before others because I'm hyper-sensitive. So sometimes it's possible you really are smelling something.

    Smelling things that don't exist is also a sign of brain injuries, tumours, schizophrenia, but I wouldn't want to worry you. If you are hyper-sensitive to smells already then your brain might be inventing things when you are on edge. Give it a few weeks and see if it goes away by itself and you readjust. If it's still happening in a few months then it could warrant further investigation.

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  • I got phantom smells in 2021. I suspected I had covid but tested negative. Nonetheless, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I've always been hyper-sensitive to smells and this was non-stop. Everything smelt bad, including the air around me. I went for walks trying to get away from it, but it was everywhere. Eventually I came to the conclusion that the entire world didn't smell terrible, it was something wrong with my nose.

    Thankfully it did go away and hasn't happened since. It probably was caused by some kind of virus in the naval cavity.

    With autism I do smell things others can't and smell them before others because I'm hyper-sensitive. So sometimes it's possible you really are smelling something.

    Smelling things that don't exist is also a sign of brain injuries, tumours, schizophrenia, but I wouldn't want to worry you. If you are hyper-sensitive to smells already then your brain might be inventing things when you are on edge. Give it a few weeks and see if it goes away by itself and you readjust. If it's still happening in a few months then it could warrant further investigation.

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