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Hypersensitive to touch but want a hug from someone....

Emily001

Im really sensitive to being touched, it hurts and makes me feel uncomfortable, but I just feel so lonely I want someone to hug me. I don't really understand why.

Please, does anyone feel like this or understand at all? And, if anyone has felt like this, did hugging anyone make you feel better or did it just make it worse? 

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  • Thank you classic codger and Dan for your comments. Its sad to hear that you have had similar experiences to me classic codger. I think perhaps what you've both said is very true for me at the moment. I just want to feel connected to someone but trying to explain it to sounds so contradictory. I want a hug but I don't like being touched. I think I just need to feel the security that a hug provides and I need to feel in control. I told a support worker last night that I wanted a hug and she said it's because I need to comfort myself. It sounds pathetic but sometimes I wrap myself up in a quilt, close my eyes and pretend someone is there. It sort of helps until I realise I'm completely alone. This may be the kind of support a friend would provide. 

    Sorry, I'm not sure if that's too much information or not really. I'm not very good at the boundaries things.

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  • Thank you classic codger and Dan for your comments. Its sad to hear that you have had similar experiences to me classic codger. I think perhaps what you've both said is very true for me at the moment. I just want to feel connected to someone but trying to explain it to sounds so contradictory. I want a hug but I don't like being touched. I think I just need to feel the security that a hug provides and I need to feel in control. I told a support worker last night that I wanted a hug and she said it's because I need to comfort myself. It sounds pathetic but sometimes I wrap myself up in a quilt, close my eyes and pretend someone is there. It sort of helps until I realise I'm completely alone. This may be the kind of support a friend would provide. 

    Sorry, I'm not sure if that's too much information or not really. I'm not very good at the boundaries things.

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