Re: Any one else have other sensory abnormalities?

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Oh my gosh- I feel the need to wash my feet before bed too! I didn't know anyone else did that. Probably not related but who knows! To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012

12:27 PM Subject: Re: Any one else have other sensory abnormalities?

This sparked something else I hate. I can't stand someone covering me, like with a sheet or blanket, in such a sway that it produces a wave of air. I feel as though I'm suffocating, and I always anticipate it and either grab the edge with my hand or move my face away. And I do insist on washing my feet before bedtime, but I'm not sure that's necessarily related.

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> > Hmmm...the sounds and visual triggers common to misophonia are def the most pronounced, but i also have a deep aversion to other sensory things such as nails snagging on blankets (always carry a nail clipper because the thought of being stranded in public with a jagged nail is HORRIFYING), i hate when my legs get hairy (like a few days after shaving and beyond) it makes me irritable and i will even lose sleep due to the discomfort, i have a hard time playing with chalk, dont like the residue on my hands, would love to go barefoot like the hippie i am at heart, but hate hate hate the sensation of dirty feet, even walking out for a short time on the sidewalk i come in and feel the need to wash my feet. (seriously writing this out makes me sound much crazier than i am! Lol. Or does it??) If i feel like my hands are dirty it is distracting and my anxiety level is slightly increased. On the flip side i LOOOVE loud music and long hot baths, showers.

I am creative and enjoy vivid and colorful things. While i love loud music, i often feel bombarded if too many things are going on at once, or if i am trying to think/work and the tv is on etc. Especially if it isnt in my control.

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> > This all sounds somewhat OCD but i have never gone to a professional. Maybe i should. Nothing as uncomfortable or debilitating as the miso symptoms by far though. Before i found the world of like minded sufferers i wondered if my miso was a form of ocd. Im still not convinced its not, or at least a similar affliction.

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> > Also my son has autism, and i can relate on the sensory issues he has, knowing how my own affect me and arent something in my control, even if to others it seems a strange thing to be bothered by.

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> > So in all i have experienced and read and heard...i feel autism/sensory processing disorders/ocd/misophonia all have some shared similarities worth looking at. I believe it is wired in the brain, and interesting that most of us remember this starting around 9 years give or take. Are there major brain changes at that age and in what area???

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> > Kaci McCall (Livonia, Mi) 33yrs

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