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[wispfox]

Random thought about me and having some (but not all) overly sensitive senses.

Most easily stimulated (both positively and negatively) would be texture and scent. I am _ridiculously_ sensitive to both textures and scents, both positively and negatively.

It's actually rather annoying, because it makes me really _really_ picky about things like what clothing is made out of (and, generally, what I prefer is more expensive. Annoyingly. Might be why it took me so long to develop any sense of what kinds of clothing I actually like!), and whether or not people wear artificial scents (or strong scents, even if not artificial) near me.

This probably also affects how much I dislike sweat after it dries, at least partly because dried sweat will make me feel hot, even if I am actually cold (so I will feel both). Annoyingly sensitive skin... (but not, I note, in terms of contact dermatitis, thankfully. Which is what is often meant by that phrase)

I have to wonder if that annoyingly sensitive skin is why I dislike humidity combined with heat so very much. I _like_ heat, when not humid. Very much don't like humid, though.

Probably also has a lot to do (along with laziness) with my active dislike for basically all beauty care-type products (make-up, hair spray, etc). Unscented skin lotion is good, though, since my skin is frequently dry.

The sensitivity _is_ also good (I tend to know - and be comforted by - the scents of people with whom I am sufficiently close, for example, and touch is most definitely a strong positive as well!), mind.


And, in an entirely different train of thought, cadhla is a Pretty Pink Princess! (might also be helpful to read this and this explanation of that particular phrase. Which phrase, I note, seems to be trying to insinuate itself into my vocabulary. It's _scary_ when phrases from people I've never met manage that!)

Comments

[randysmith]

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This probably also affects how much I dislike sweat after it dries, at least partly because dried sweat will make me feel hot, even if I am actually cold (so I will feel both).

FWIW, I'm the same way, and I don't think of myself as overly sensitive to smell and touch (though I do like touch a lot).

I have to wonder if that annoyingly sensitive skin is why I dislike humidity combined with heat so very much. I _like_ heat, when not humid. Very much don't like humid, though.

*lightbulb* You've just made me realize why I don't mind humidity so much when I'm excercising. If the sweat stays wet, I'm much happier; I just stay warm as opposed to that stupid uncomfortable double state.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

don't think of myself as overly sensitive to smell and touch (though I do like touch a lot)

See... I don't think of the sweat thing as a touch thing, but a skin sensitivity thing. Vaguely texture, but not quite. Mostly, I don't like _anything_ drying on my skin that leaves residue. It only sorta relates to texture.

[deyo.livejournal.com]

I don't have any non-overly-sensitive senses. :)

I spent much of yesterday driving around in broad daylight without sunglasses. This will definitely teach me to keep them close at hand.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I don't have any non-overly-sensitive senses. :)

*blink*

Now _that_ sounds rough. Also interesting, but rough!

I spent much of yesterday driving around in broad daylight without sunglasses. This will definitely teach me to keep them close at hand.

Oof. Yeah, I know an awful lot of people with light sensitivity, actually.

ReL sensitive skin

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I'm quite familiar with this bit. I wear almost exclusively silk shirts or 100% cotton ones. There are some very cool shirts made from other petroleum based materials but I can't stand to wear them. Having bits of skin stick to bits of other skin from dried sweat is also much of the ickiness. Having sensitive skin is good but it can also be quite annoying...