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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!)

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[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.