Poll: Do you have sensory issues?

[Aspychata]

Have a problem with things hanging crooked on walls. Not sure where this falls in the sensory category. First l will just casually stare at something on the wall, if super bored, l start to measure angles in the picture, the house looks smaller one one side, and that one line is straight. Then l am already looking at the frame thinking is this picture crooked, like should l stand up and fix it. Maybe this is OCD.

 

[Aspychata]

Have a problem with things hanging crooked on walls. Not sure where this falls in the sensory category. First l will just casually stare at something on the wall, if super bored, l start to measure angles in the picture, the house looks smaller one one side, and that one line is straight. Then l am already looking at the frame thinking is this picture crooked, like should l stand up and fix it. Maybe this is OCD.

 

[SolarPoweredNightOwl]

I am not bothered by normal sounds, but people talking for an extended period of time (30 minutes of more) gives me headaches. This is something I don't understand, because it depends of the situation; classrooms are fine, hearing other people talking is okayish, having someone talk to me is tolerable with effort, hearing the voice of some people in my family makes me want to take my brain out and chop it to pieces.

Not sure if I have sensory issues or a ****** family. Could be both.

It could just be an issue with processing speech. From what you said, your distress seems to increase the more direct attention you have to pay (background chatter, vs hearing others where it may not matter, vs conversing and HAVING to process it and respond), and increases with duration also (your brain getting tired from all the extra work). The voices of family thing, could be sensory, like a particular tonal quality or frequency you hate, or you may just associate the voices with people who can't shut up (overworking you).

 

[the_tortoise]

Have a problem with things hanging crooked on walls. Not sure where this falls in the sensory category. First l will just casually stare at something on the wall, if super bored, l start to measure angles in the picture, the house looks smaller one one side, and that one line is straight. Then l am already looking at the frame thinking is this picture crooked, like should l stand up and fix it. Maybe this is OCD.

That is not a sensory issue

 

[Adora]

I have some noises I can’t stand like popping noises, sudden noises and fireworks, though I do enjoy watching them from a distance. Also the noise of the vacuum can annoy me and my husband has
notice this.

Also my husband told me I’m more sensitive than what I am aware of and i didn’t know grinding teeth was sensory since I am a grinder. Also I will talk loudly and not be aware of it and get told my husband to “turn the volume down”

 

[IntoTheVoid]

I am not really sure how to vote...

I hate touching some fabrics. As a child, I hated even more than today. For example jeans. I used to hate wearing them and touching them in my childhood. Also I used to have a carpet in my room that was so horrible... only thinking about it gives me a goosebumps I took it, roll it and throw it away. My mum then asked me "where is your carpet?! and I replied "Well, it disappeared."

Also I've always had a better hearing. Like when my parents were talking in a different room, I can recognize what were are saying, but my brother told me he couldn't - what he heard was just a noise, some distant talking. I also used to hate some noises, but pretty much all people hate them, like squealing of a chalk when it was writing on a blackboard, so it makes sense. But still...

I remember my first concert - it almost killed me...

Also I hated bright lights. When we were talking a photo with our class, the photographer wanted us to stand facing the sun, so the photo won't be dark. However I couldn't stand and smile, because the sunlight forced me to close my eyes. Sometimes I am bothered by a light on the ceiling in my office at work - it right in front of my face... Lucky we moved to a different building.

And... okay, I gave up - I have sensory issues. I voted yes...

 

[SusanLR]

I have mixed.
Hearing is super, but, I like it since I can hear the slightest sounds that others don't.
Yet I enjoy loud music and concerts.
Smell and taste are hypo. Visual is hyper. Lights, esp. flashing/strobes, make me feel spaced
in my head. Surrealistic like.
Wear tinted glasses all the time.

Tactile is a big issue. From how foods feel when eating to the feel of what is touching my skin.
All clothes must be soft and stretchy. Love the feel of soft plush material and I can't sleep
without soft blankets, pillows and ambient sounds. Nature sound machine or soft music.
Too many sounds mixed up cause anxiety too. Multiple people all talking at the same time.
That's why shopping or gatherings where a lot of mixed voices are happening causes me to space out.

 

[Cosmus]

I have some mild sensory issues. I think I have very sensitive hearing, which is great for listening to music but scary when there are sudden sounds like workmen, road traffic, or metal clanging.
I can't stand clothing labels or uncomfortable clothes, so I just cut out the labels and wear comfortable clothes.
I think I have very weak taste (I'll eat anything, but I only really enjoy spicy food), and almost no sense of smell.
I don't think I am sensitive to light. In fact, I don't think I am very tuned into the visual world in general. I get the feeling I could close my eyes and not notice much difference, which seems a strange thing to say.
I also have very little sense of being "in" my own physical body unless I am moving it.

 

[Pats]

This has become a major issue for me. I tolerate sounds, but don't like many sounds - especially high pitched. And now I have tinnitus, which is a constant ringing in your ears and some days it gets so loud I feel like it's going to literally drive me crazy. Also, sounds tend to blend together with me and always have - why I could never follow a conversation in a noisy restaurant and stuff.
The other thing I've always had more of a problem with is sensory - touch. Hate anything itchy or out of place and can't focus on anything if a piece of clothing is out of place (can feel if my pant leg is not reaching my shoe or my jacket has ridden up a little in back) or if a tiny mosquito has landed on me or a piece of fuzz. And, now, with all the nerve problems in my neck - it causes many types of neuropathies. I will feel a large insect crawling up my arm and I look and nothing is there, but I still feel it. I know it's the nerves and I can't do anything about it. Some days I'm just sitting here swatting myself everywhere, because my arms, legs, back, face feels like things are crawling on me (sometimes it will be a bug, sometimes not). Oh, there's pain and numbness, too, but the crawly things have become pretty constant. I've said before - getting old is NOT fun.
Certain colors - grass green and canary yellow feels suffocating.

 

[Judge]

Sure. Sensitivities to light, and particularly sounds, both high and low frequencies. And screaming children. And on occasion the sense of touch as well.

But my worst remains being "morbidly allergic" to cigarette smoke which evokes a fight/flight response. An exposure that once made my life miserable for several years.

 

[dragonfire42]

I have some sensory sensitivities with every sense, I think, though primarily with hearing, followed by touch. Anything loud or things at certain pitches I can't stand and instinctively cover my ears against. Can't do things like vacuuming or mowing the lawn due to the noise. Late summer is brutal for me because of the cicadas, they annoy me in the house and deafen me if I step outside while they're active. I also have auditory processing issues and can't filter a voice out from "background noise" when someone is talking to me, like if someone is talking to me while the TV is on, the air conditioning is running, and cicadas are buzzing outside, I can't filter their voice out from the other noises so I can't understand what they're saying.

 

[Bronzelincolns]

yeah, I don't have these.

my fallout is social atrophy.

 

[SDRSpark]

I have hyper and hypo sensitivities (in SPD lingo, I'm both a seeker and an avoider) in different areas and at different times.

For example, light touch makes me want to tear my skin off, but I crave firm touch. I love music (not too loud though) but the sound of someone chewing 40 feet away ruins my lunch.