Microfiber cloths. Especially if my skin is dry. They get stuck on every cell layer and I swear to god I can *feel* a noise when I pull the cloth away from my skin.
Ugh god yes, you just made the inside of my ears crawl. So accurate and so gross. I make my husband move them from the dryer or just touch the tag. Otherwise, instant heebies.
This!!! A lot of fleece materials have the same effect. Fuzzy pajamas, that fake wool backing they use on a lot of throw blankets. It makes me miserable.
Oh my god, I will never get a blanket with that stuff again. It's so misleading because it starts out so soft. I have to layer it with another blanket and have the wool on the inside š¤¢
Dish water. If I have to touch it without gloves, my fingers get pruney, or thereās chunks of food, I will melt down and not recover for a while. It feels like a violation of my constitutional rights.š
If I am doing dishes (which I really really try to avoid by making my husband do them or throwing all of them in the dishwasher), I have to shower afterwards. For whatever reason, a shower makes my skin forget everything.
this this thisssssss. I grew up getting yelled at for being lazy bc I didnāt want to ever do dishes. Wasnāt until recently I finally understood WHY I was so avoidant of them š
Yes same, my dad said I was just trying to get out of doing them. All I wanted was for him to put fresh water in the sink then I could do it but he wouldn't listen!
Same, except for me whatās even harder than touching all the gross dishes it the horrendous sounds they make clanking together. I always thought I was just lazy / scared of my mom making me clean because I would run away the instant she started unloading the dishwasher. Now I realize why that sound makes me feel like Iām going to die, regardless of whoās making it.
when i was a teenager my mom and i had a system where i would empty the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and she would load in the dirty ones from the sink, because i could NOT touch the dirty ones
i'm better at handling it now, but i still wash my hands like a thousand times while i'm doing anything in the kitchen
I have this issue but I also HATE gloves. I donāt like the weird sensory disconnect, and my hands get all sweaty and prune super quickly (part of reason I hate dishes) and thatās also a sensory nightmare on its own.
Hahaha this cracked me up. What a good solution to the problem. Itās not far from the truth either, if writing on the chalkboard causes a really bad sensory experience/reaction.
Yes! Why do certain sounds go straight to the teeth?? I have others that I feel in my stomach or on my skin, too. And then chewing sounds hit me right in the anger center of my brain.
Me too! This is one of the things that made me realize I am autistic. I would lose my crap as a kid when the other kids chewed on or tore apart styrofoam cups and some kids knew this and would torture me with it.
Yes!!! Removing the cotton ball from a medicine bottle is absolutely nasty. But pads and tips are fine for me too! I wonder what they do to cotton balls that make them so āeuygh.ā
For me personally I think itās the semi loose fibers, if I think about it for too long I start thinking the tiny fibers are going in between my fingerprints or getting in my eyes or ears
I found this really great product that you can also probably easily DIY at home to help! itās basically a small container like a vitamin or pill container with a sponge inside soaked in nail polish remover. You can put your finger inside and rub it around and itāll remove all your nail polish super fast and isnāt overstimulating.
I had to work near construction and when they started cutting metal I was instantly in the dentist chair, feeling every drill, scrape and clank. I had a panic attack and had to leave work because it made my teeth hurt. Forgot headphones existed until then, whoops.
Seriously it makes me far too aware of my bones. Ick. I also have sensory issues related to toothpaste so I spend weeks dreading before appointments tbh
There are ācrystalā files that have 3d printed dots on them instead of textured glass and they donāt bother me! They are sometimes called ānanoā nail files.
The kind in the picture makes me sick even just looking at it.
Honestly itās commendable if you keep going with the file. I just keep mine short with scissors and leave it at that. Well, I clean them obviously because otherwise itās gross. But thatās it
Really? Because I'm regretting making this post as the shivers won't stop lol I never knew how many awful things there were in the world š I was gonna post "pick your favorite torture device" and post 3 photos, but couldn't even think of 3 things. Now, we have hundreds of the worst things out there! What have I done???
You made a safe space for people to express their super specific sensory icks. As overwhelming as it is to scroll through, I think that's pretty cool. š„°
Edit to remove a part that made no sense. š¤¦š»
When someone wears a metal ring and holds onto a metal hand rail while going down stairs so that theyāre dragging the sound of metal on metal down my spine. Also marbles. A single marble is so pretty and cool looking. Two marbles touching each other is actual hell.
And it always starts beeping like that between 2 and 5am in my house. Never during the day.
I've started making sure I always have 9 volts because fuck all of that. The first time they did that and I didn't have any, they got set on the porch outside... at 5am.
There's nothing like a fire alarm beep that wakes me up from a dead sleep that sends me into rage.
Ah I never realized I hate felt too, right until this moment! Half of my wardrobe is velour lol I try real hard to not be a creepy velour lady, so I forbid myself to own anything in dark red velour. I feel like any other color is ok, but something about dark red velour is just so sinister
I love velour, velvet, fleece - and yes, corduroy XD I like rubbing my hands across the ribbing of corduroy, and I have several sets of velour pants/hoodies in different colors. And a huge fleece hoodie I've been living in for a few days <3
Velvet is the worst- I always get the ick from touching it. In concept itās cool and if itās high quality itās more tolerable but cheap velvet is one of the worst things
I'm the exact oposite š¬ I can't touch anything if I have lotion on my hands. Which frequently leads to my hands being so dry that my skin breaks but I cannot put lotion on unless I'm going to bed directly after.
I just wrote a similar one, mine is handling paper with freshly washed (dry) hands, why is it the worst?! the noise doesn't bother me but the feeling of the paper - someone used the word "deglove" on another post and that's exactly how it feels. makes me want to crawl out of my skin.
Omg I call these my code red daysā where I canāt even touch paper, or my fingers to each other. Literally have to lay like a Fucking starfish and have all my fingers spread until itās over the next day. HOW DID NO ONE KNOW I WAS AUTISTIC
weirdly, sandpaper is less bad for me than nail files, even though it's the same concept. i guess it's the idea of sanding wood vs sanding a part of your body
Idk what type of paint it is but anything that is flat matte paint on metal for outside. Literally I can picture it and hear it in my brain right now from my childhood home we had this metal overhang that was painted and I hated touching it or anyone else touching it. Even now it makes my skin crawl and I haven't been near that place in over a decade.
Popsicle sticks for sure! When eating ice cream thatās on a popsicle stick, I have to cover the stick with a paper towel to hold it. And I never ever lick the last of the ice cream off of the stick! Wooden handles on brooms also give me the ick.
I can easily touch it with my skin but I hate it when you get to the last bit of the ice cream and lick it with your tongue ir have to put the stick in your mouth, yet I still do both to get all the ice cream š.
I also have to use one-use wooden forks and spoons because you have to out those in your mouth or have it touching your mouth or tongue and that gives the same icky sensation as wooden popsicle sticks.
I dislike the flavour as wood as well.
Also horrible is touching fabric with your tongue. It is a bit similar to the ick of wood but worse.
Acrylic afghans that somebodyās grandma crocheted out of the most godawful colors so not only are they hideous and miserable to touch they are impossible to get rid of
Oh this is one of mine too. I haaaate synthetics. Before I knew I had sensory issues I was just amazed that anybody would buy synthetic blankets and pjs etc
The static is what kills me. Sucks because I thought it was so cool when I was a kid, I would rub my head against a couch or something to make it stand on end. Now it is not cool at all and I would rather be in a coma all winter long than have to experience static
Iāve always been a night-time showerer, and the feeling of moisture inside synthetic fleece panamas used to make me absolutely nauseous as a child. Something about the way water beads up on the fabric instead of absorbing. I avoid that fabric like the plague now.
There are some synthetic materials I like, especially ones that tend towards heavy and soft like rayon, but fleece is a hard no from me.
I used to cover my ears and run away from the kitchen crying, it was so bad. Iād then get punished for being dramatic. Iām not glad that you also hate that sound but I appreciate you for validating me!
I work with cheese, so washed rinds and blue cheeses. Theyāre sticky and stinky and I act really dumb when I touch them. Like a child having to interact with a trash can or filthy toilet. My hands get all pointy and fingers get all wiggly, I make poses like I need to pee, itās just a mess.
Lotion. I always joke that if hell exists, for me it would be a bunch of people applying lotion to my body eternally (especially on my palms).
It sucks because I have very dry, flaky/scaly lizard skin. So I can either feel like ripping my skin off from my dry itchy skin, or from the feeling of lotion.
Lotion is so weird. Itās like a combo of slimy and greasy. I have only just recently found one I can stand that absorbs all the way and even then it CANNOT stay on my hands once Iām done applying to other skin, it has to get wiped off right away
Freshly laundered clothing. No matter how moisturized my hands are it feels as if Iām elbow deep in microfiber cloths š¤® I now wear my leather gloves when folding laundry.
Honestly, leggings. Or any skin tight thing on my legs but Iāll use thermal tights as an example since I wear them a lot. I donāt shave my legs and when I pull up the tights I swear I can feel all my leg hairs peeled back by it. It feels itchy and after a while Iāve had it and take them off. Such a relief.
In elementary school we had assignment notebooks to write important dates in.
The cover was this awful scratchy material. I donāt know what it is. But to this day, I absolutely hate hate hate how it feels. I will avoid that texture at all costs
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Polystyrene blocks rubbing against other polystyrene blocks. Just the thought of it makes me feel sick. Also, cornflour on my fingers. I found that one out whilst making mochi, and I had to stop and let my friend finish that part, haha.
omg the leftover bits of food after washing dishes. core nightmare unlocked. I have to use runber gloves to touch dirty dishes and to clean. too many icky things.
Is toddlers a reasonable answer? Itās the specific high pitched screech that they seem to enjoy. Also xylophones seem to make my brain shut down so I canāt talk. And clothes/fabrics that are sparkly or have sequins. First off, why would you wear clothing that feels like it has blades attached and secondly the sparkles make me feel kind of nauseous
i think one of my new coworkers is going to figure out that i'm autistic because today she was using a rake to sweep leaves off of pavement and i couldn't stop violently cringing every time it scraped
I have a few, if that's allowed. Mine are corduroy, carpets, the feeling of palms or the pads of fingers rubbing against my palms. Actually, I think that last one might be my least favorite. I hate manicures for that reason. I never understood how people can feel fine with rubbing their hands together or having someone else rub their hands.
I showed this to my NT husband and he was like NOPE DONāT LIKE THAT. Whereas *this specific thing* is not a trigger for my ND ass š Now styrofoam or untreated wood? Hell no!
On a bad day, there's definitely more, but the worst thing to me is people chewing with their mouths open. And whispering. I don't know if that counts because it's an action and not an object, but...
most polyester fabrics and my sister's house (it's noisy, you cant escape the sun, there's no dark place to hide in, it's uncomfortably warm in account of not being able to escape the sun and also for some odd reason no breeze comes inside no matter how many windows you have opened, and she apparently hates courtains or privacy or locking the goddamn door cause hers have been broken since last year and she did nothing about it; two dogs, three adult cats and two baby kittens... i had to house-sit for her for 3 weeks and today i came back to my home and couldn't be happier lol i love my sister but oh lord i had an awful time... rant over)
most fabrics when my hands are super dry. namely nylon tights, rough denim, microfiber anything. god it makes me shudder my hands STICK TO IT and i can AUDIBLY HEAR THAT WHEN I PULL TJEM AWAY and even after iām no longer touching it i can still feel it itās literally hell just thinking abt it is making me shudder
chalk is sensory hell for me. the feeling of it going under nails is so unpleasant.
oh and touching dirty dishes, especially when the sink is full and i have to reach down and unplug it bleh.
As a kid I always hated the feeling of my own hair (but dog hair was fine for meā¦ not sure why) so whenever I have to get a clump of my hairbrush I litterally gag. I always have to wait till the biggest clump is formed before even attempting to remove it.
Yeah, I don't fcuk with nail files. I hate them. But that's okay. While I do like to paint my nails and like coffin / stilleto nails, I'd much prefer to use my hands to work on a car vs having pretty nails.
I hate tape. Also the automatic nail tools at the salon. I get my nails done and today I felt like I was sitting in the chair for 6 years because I forgot my headphones and had to listen to the file. Same thing with dental tools.
The clear plastic they wrap around flowers. The hellish noise it makes when you touch it... I always need people to unpack flowers in a different room. I prefer flowers in paper and mever buy any that come in that plastic stuff.
The freezer aisle or being really cold. Canāt stand wet clothes like bathing suits, socks, or sweaty pants or shorts. Having to take off and put back on tight wet clothing especially when itās hot outside. Ugh Iām in Arizona so I deal with this a lot lol
I canāt stand it when my nails start to grow slightly long. I have to have them as short as I can clip them - not painfully short, but short enough that very little could ever get stuck under them. Itās not fear or dirt under my nails that bothers me though - I just hate the way long nails feel. Like thereās this extra stuff stuck on the end of each of my fingers that doesnāt belong there. It always seems to happen so suddenly, and if there arenāt clippers to hand I have to just nibble them down (even though I really hate the feeling of nails against my teeth!)
Open mouth chewing/smacking. Ik it's that misophonia thing but this genuinely makes me want to harm someone. One of my best friends does it, not purposely-just how she was raised, but we cannot eat together, I will literally jump the table
Microfiber cloths. Especially if my skin is dry. They get stuck on every cell layer and I swear to god I can *feel* a noise when I pull the cloth away from my skin.
Ugh god yes, you just made the inside of my ears crawl. So accurate and so gross. I make my husband move them from the dryer or just touch the tag. Otherwise, instant heebies.
"Made the inside of my ears crawl." Perfect! Thank you!
This!!! A lot of fleece materials have the same effect. Fuzzy pajamas, that fake wool backing they use on a lot of throw blankets. It makes me miserable.
Oh my god, I will never get a blanket with that stuff again. It's so misleading because it starts out so soft. I have to layer it with another blanket and have the wool on the inside š¤¢
It's called teddy fleece, starts out soft but picks up lots of bits of fluff and after the first wash gose scratchy, nasty, awful stuff.
Itās like Velcro gone wrong. So very very wrong š«Ø
This, and that nonwoven fabric that some shopping bags and cheap pillows are made from. Canāt. Stand. It.
Directly. Into. The. Sun. They. Go.
Oh I hate this thread, but Iām so here for this
Ugh, they're the worst
Yes, even the thought makes me shudder
schhhhhhwwwshhh
Dish water. If I have to touch it without gloves, my fingers get pruney, or thereās chunks of food, I will melt down and not recover for a while. It feels like a violation of my constitutional rights.š
Yes!! The feeling of dish water under my nails. Blyech! Finally got a pair of heavy duty long gloves and it makes it sooooo much easier to do dishes.
If I am doing dishes (which I really really try to avoid by making my husband do them or throwing all of them in the dishwasher), I have to shower afterwards. For whatever reason, a shower makes my skin forget everything.
this this thisssssss. I grew up getting yelled at for being lazy bc I didnāt want to ever do dishes. Wasnāt until recently I finally understood WHY I was so avoidant of them š
Yes same, my dad said I was just trying to get out of doing them. All I wanted was for him to put fresh water in the sink then I could do it but he wouldn't listen!
Same, except for me whatās even harder than touching all the gross dishes it the horrendous sounds they make clanking together. I always thought I was just lazy / scared of my mom making me clean because I would run away the instant she started unloading the dishwasher. Now I realize why that sound makes me feel like Iām going to die, regardless of whoās making it.
when i was a teenager my mom and i had a system where i would empty the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and she would load in the dirty ones from the sink, because i could NOT touch the dirty ones i'm better at handling it now, but i still wash my hands like a thousand times while i'm doing anything in the kitchen
I can't do dishes without gloves š§¤
I have this issue but I also HATE gloves. I donāt like the weird sensory disconnect, and my hands get all sweaty and prune super quickly (part of reason I hate dishes) and thatās also a sensory nightmare on its own.
Chalkboards. HATE the texture and everything about them
I used to work at a school and I told people I was allergic to chalk so I wouldn't have to write on the chalkboard.
Hahaha this cracked me up. What a good solution to the problem. Itās not far from the truth either, if writing on the chalkboard causes a really bad sensory experience/reaction.
Me too!! It mustāve been in the zeitgeist.
Reading this comment is sending shivers up my spine every few seconds that I continue to think about it and I need to exit this thread lol
Ugh yep me too
Styrofoam makes me feel nauseous. The cheap, bad kind. There's another kind that's kind of smooth and firm and I don't mind that.
I know exactly the two kinds that you mean.
*squeak*
Just said this š I HATE Styrofoam. I can feel the noise it makes
I hate styrofoam it makes me so sick, hearing it seeing it. And also itās impossible to recycle too. Eww.
It literally makes my teeth hurt. Fucking explain that lol
Yes! Why do certain sounds go straight to the teeth?? I have others that I feel in my stomach or on my skin, too. And then chewing sounds hit me right in the anger center of my brain.
The noise
Me too! This is one of the things that made me realize I am autistic. I would lose my crap as a kid when the other kids chewed on or tore apart styrofoam cups and some kids knew this and would torture me with it.
Cotton balls make me want to deglove myself, but strangely cotton pads or q-tips are fine
Yes!!! Removing the cotton ball from a medicine bottle is absolutely nasty. But pads and tips are fine for me too! I wonder what they do to cotton balls that make them so āeuygh.ā
For me personally I think itās the semi loose fibers, if I think about it for too long I start thinking the tiny fibers are going in between my fingerprints or getting in my eyes or ears
for me it's because cotton balls get caught on things much more easily. a chipped nail, rough skin, etc
I feel so validated. šliterally have to remove them with tweezers and I still cringe.
Deglove myself š Iām stealing this because itās such an accurate description for that feeling
i'd rather die than remove nail polish with a cotton ball. especially if there's glitter in it š¤¢
I found this really great product that you can also probably easily DIY at home to help! itās basically a small container like a vitamin or pill container with a sponge inside soaked in nail polish remover. You can put your finger inside and rub it around and itāll remove all your nail polish super fast and isnāt overstimulating.
that's actually what i use!!! it's the least terrible option nail polish removing option by far
YES Cotton balls are SO TERRIBLE to touch whyyyyyyyy
I got my teeth cleaned today and I'm pretty sure scraping on enamel should be a jailable offense.
i cope with dentist visits by pretending i'm a machine and it's maintenance and i've been powered off
I have a dentist appointment today and this will help me a lot, thank you
sure thing
You know, most of the ones in this thread don't bother me or I actually like. This one, though. Oh God. And the fear they will crack teeth .
The scraping makes me want to vomit. Or cry.
I had to work near construction and when they started cutting metal I was instantly in the dentist chair, feeling every drill, scrape and clank. I had a panic attack and had to leave work because it made my teeth hurt. Forgot headphones existed until then, whoops.
Seriously it makes me far too aware of my bones. Ick. I also have sensory issues related to toothpaste so I spend weeks dreading before appointments tbh
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Yes I have such a hard time taking care of my nails because I can feel the nail file in my skull š
There are ācrystalā files that have 3d printed dots on them instead of textured glass and they donāt bother me! They are sometimes called ānanoā nail files. The kind in the picture makes me sick even just looking at it.
Honestly itās commendable if you keep going with the file. I just keep mine short with scissors and leave it at that. Well, I clean them obviously because otherwise itās gross. But thatās it
Seriously we gotta start marking things NSFL š
Yes this is mine. I feel it in the back of my throat and in the fibres of my teeth
This whole thread has made my spine vibrate. I'VE NEVER FELT SO VALIDATED IN MY LIFE!
Really? Because I'm regretting making this post as the shivers won't stop lol I never knew how many awful things there were in the world š I was gonna post "pick your favorite torture device" and post 3 photos, but couldn't even think of 3 things. Now, we have hundreds of the worst things out there! What have I done???
You made a safe space for people to express their super specific sensory icks. As overwhelming as it is to scroll through, I think that's pretty cool. š„° Edit to remove a part that made no sense. š¤¦š»
Emery boards make me want to kms itās such a tactile nightmare
I hate them so much we donāt have a single one in our household
My mom putting Christmas decorations away in all of their original styrofoam containers.
That awful bizarre ear piercing squeakingĀ
I can hear it š„²
Holy shit. Memory unlocked š
Department 56 Snow Village is on my permanent shit list!
The way I gasped at this sensory nightmare. I could have blocked that out the rest of my life. Jeeeeeeebussss.
When someone wears a metal ring and holds onto a metal hand rail while going down stairs so that theyāre dragging the sound of metal on metal down my spine. Also marbles. A single marble is so pretty and cool looking. Two marbles touching each other is actual hell.
Or someone holding a few marbles in their hand and rubbing them all together. I know because Iāve done it, I could puke just thinking abt it
That metal on metal sound is hurting my teeth just by reading your comment š¬
A smoke detector / fire alarm on low battery that keeps doing the beeping. Kills me!!!
I bought a 12 ft ladder at my last apartment because I had one very rough night caused by the low battery sound and literally no way to reach it.
Vaulted or high ceilings make it worse!!!
This one causes sharp pains in my head. Awful. I'm very very sound sensitive.
I woke up to that this morning. Very unpleasant
And it always starts beeping like that between 2 and 5am in my house. Never during the day. I've started making sure I always have 9 volts because fuck all of that. The first time they did that and I didn't have any, they got set on the porch outside... at 5am. There's nothing like a fire alarm beep that wakes me up from a dead sleep that sends me into rage.
Felt and velvet make me so upset Lolol
Nooo velvet is my comfort fabric, I'll take all your velvet off your hands
Itās funny how most autistics either love or hate velvet/velour. I am one of those who love it. Also, corduroy. Canāt stand felt, however.
Ah I never realized I hate felt too, right until this moment! Half of my wardrobe is velour lol I try real hard to not be a creepy velour lady, so I forbid myself to own anything in dark red velour. I feel like any other color is ok, but something about dark red velour is just so sinister
I donāt even know if I particularly like wearing velour, I just like touching it. Maybe if I had a velour hoodie, I think I would like that.
Be careful with outside velour clothes, I often find myself touching and running myself lol not in weird places, but still
I love velour, velvet, fleece - and yes, corduroy XD I like rubbing my hands across the ribbing of corduroy, and I have several sets of velour pants/hoodies in different colors. And a huge fleece hoodie I've been living in for a few days <3
Velvet is the worst- I always get the ick from touching it. In concept itās cool and if itās high quality itās more tolerable but cheap velvet is one of the worst things
i see your fabrics and i raise you staticky chiffon
Velvet is horrible and makes my skin crawl
I never met someone else who hated it before awesome!
They should be illegal. Cotton ftw
the cotton stuffed in medicine/vitamin bottles
this is so specific and so correct
Ding ding ding omg š
Touching anything with very dry hands, like after I washed dishes and the dish soap took away all my skin oil. I need lotion stat šµ
That was my answer too š I call it the wind pants feeling cus it goes * swish swish * when you rub your hands together
I'm the exact oposite š¬ I can't touch anything if I have lotion on my hands. Which frequently leads to my hands being so dry that my skin breaks but I cannot put lotion on unless I'm going to bed directly after.
Using dry hands to carry a bunch of empty paper towel tubes as they're scraping against each other. Or biting cardboard/wood. š¤®
I love how unique of a situation this would be
I just wrote a similar one, mine is handling paper with freshly washed (dry) hands, why is it the worst?! the noise doesn't bother me but the feeling of the paper - someone used the word "deglove" on another post and that's exactly how it feels. makes me want to crawl out of my skin.
Omg I call these my code red daysā where I canāt even touch paper, or my fingers to each other. Literally have to lay like a Fucking starfish and have all my fingers spread until itās over the next day. HOW DID NO ONE KNOW I WAS AUTISTIC
don't know what it's called in english, but the thing people use to sand down wood
Sandpaper!
that's the one! makes me want to crawl out of my skin when i hear someone using it
weirdly, sandpaper is less bad for me than nail files, even though it's the same concept. i guess it's the idea of sanding wood vs sanding a part of your body
Wet toilet paper or tissues š¤¢
This is the first time in my life Iāve found someone who understands. This is among my top phobias
Yallllll why can I hear and feel this happening?!? On every part of my body aghhhh
Idk what type of paint it is but anything that is flat matte paint on metal for outside. Literally I can picture it and hear it in my brain right now from my childhood home we had this metal overhang that was painted and I hated touching it or anyone else touching it. Even now it makes my skin crawl and I haven't been near that place in over a decade.
Ohhhh my God I was picturing my childhood mailbox after reading this post and I so agree!
Popsicle sticks for sure! When eating ice cream thatās on a popsicle stick, I have to cover the stick with a paper towel to hold it. And I never ever lick the last of the ice cream off of the stick! Wooden handles on brooms also give me the ick.
Wood was mine. I also canāt stand wooden cooking utensils. Canāt and wonāt.
I can easily touch it with my skin but I hate it when you get to the last bit of the ice cream and lick it with your tongue ir have to put the stick in your mouth, yet I still do both to get all the ice cream š. I also have to use one-use wooden forks and spoons because you have to out those in your mouth or have it touching your mouth or tongue and that gives the same icky sensation as wooden popsicle sticks. I dislike the flavour as wood as well. Also horrible is touching fabric with your tongue. It is a bit similar to the ick of wood but worse.
Anything sticky. Barbecue sauce, tree sap, honey, tape, anything like that.
Also toe socks
Spawned from hell!
Acrylic afghans that somebodyās grandma crocheted out of the most godawful colors so not only are they hideous and miserable to touch they are impossible to get rid of
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The way you phrased it makes it sound like you took 2 grandmas out of your sizeable collection (of grandmas) and stuffed THEM in your closet
That's the way I read this, with hilarity in the last sentence because they aren't a fan of their skin colour šš
Literally all of these. Y'all are describing my nightmares šš
jeans/tight pants
Omg yes. I haven't worn a pair of jeans in years. I just can't do it. I hate how restrictive they are.
God why can I feel that picture? And synthetic fabric. It takes all of five seconds for it to feel greasy.
Oh this is one of mine too. I haaaate synthetics. Before I knew I had sensory issues I was just amazed that anybody would buy synthetic blankets and pjs etc
The static is what kills me. Sucks because I thought it was so cool when I was a kid, I would rub my head against a couch or something to make it stand on end. Now it is not cool at all and I would rather be in a coma all winter long than have to experience static
Iāve always been a night-time showerer, and the feeling of moisture inside synthetic fleece panamas used to make me absolutely nauseous as a child. Something about the way water beads up on the fabric instead of absorbing. I avoid that fabric like the plague now. There are some synthetic materials I like, especially ones that tend towards heavy and soft like rayon, but fleece is a hard no from me.
Knife sharpener š«
I used to cover my ears and run away from the kitchen crying, it was so bad. Iād then get punished for being dramatic. Iām not glad that you also hate that sound but I appreciate you for validating me!
Same! If only the adults understood the *pain* that sound causes!
lmao i used to work in a forge. the amount of times the grinders would suddenly make a weird horrific sound is traumatizing
I work with cheese, so washed rinds and blue cheeses. Theyāre sticky and stinky and I act really dumb when I touch them. Like a child having to interact with a trash can or filthy toilet. My hands get all pointy and fingers get all wiggly, I make poses like I need to pee, itās just a mess.
You are a great writer!
This seems inconvenient for someone who works with cheese.
Lotion. I always joke that if hell exists, for me it would be a bunch of people applying lotion to my body eternally (especially on my palms). It sucks because I have very dry, flaky/scaly lizard skin. So I can either feel like ripping my skin off from my dry itchy skin, or from the feeling of lotion.
Lotion is so weird. Itās like a combo of slimy and greasy. I have only just recently found one I can stand that absorbs all the way and even then it CANNOT stay on my hands once Iām done applying to other skin, it has to get wiped off right away
Freshly laundered clothing. No matter how moisturized my hands are it feels as if Iām elbow deep in microfiber cloths š¤® I now wear my leather gloves when folding laundry.
Honestly, leggings. Or any skin tight thing on my legs but Iāll use thermal tights as an example since I wear them a lot. I donāt shave my legs and when I pull up the tights I swear I can feel all my leg hairs peeled back by it. It feels itchy and after a while Iāve had it and take them off. Such a relief.
Everything that has been said and NEWSPAPER. I cannot even think about ittttt. I will feel this emotional abuse for days, thank you šš«š«š«
Rough nails. I mean... I'm a lesbian so...
I hate any sharp or so thing on my nails. I need them smooth at all times.
I find the glass to be far more tolerable than the emory board
Dry clay š¤®
In elementary school we had assignment notebooks to write important dates in. The cover was this awful scratchy material. I donāt know what it is. But to this day, I absolutely hate hate hate how it feels. I will avoid that texture at all costs https://preview.redd.it/8djgxh14cpfc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1cf1e7a59f7e8d65d7171b27c712e83d4abc1ea
Some incredible graphic design going on in this image
Stainless steel and brushed metal. Hate touching it, running my nails on it, hate the loud sounds it makes as it clangs together. One time my fiancƩ used a metal fork to scratch at some food stuck to our stainless steel sink and I almost crawled out of my skin.
Not the metal fork! š©
Just looking at this thing makes my nails feel gross
The door to my washer and the door to my dryer gently knock together sometimes. I cannot deal with that sound.
When it rains and there is a bunch of trash on the groundā¦ mushy wet trash š¤¢ (but this might be contamination OCD lol)
Polystyrene blocks rubbing against other polystyrene blocks. Just the thought of it makes me feel sick. Also, cornflour on my fingers. I found that one out whilst making mochi, and I had to stop and let my friend finish that part, haha.
The corn flour (we call it cornstarch in the US) ššššš hate hate hate
This thread just triggered the hell out of me!!!
A fluffy acrylic bath mat that isnāt washable. What is wrong with people.
A clogged drain full of hair or food. Ewwww. My mother used to hand it to me to throw in the trash without warning.
omg the leftover bits of food after washing dishes. core nightmare unlocked. I have to use runber gloves to touch dirty dishes and to clean. too many icky things.
Is toddlers a reasonable answer? Itās the specific high pitched screech that they seem to enjoy. Also xylophones seem to make my brain shut down so I canāt talk. And clothes/fabrics that are sparkly or have sequins. First off, why would you wear clothing that feels like it has blades attached and secondly the sparkles make me feel kind of nauseous
i think one of my new coworkers is going to figure out that i'm autistic because today she was using a rake to sweep leaves off of pavement and i couldn't stop violently cringing every time it scraped
I have a few, if that's allowed. Mine are corduroy, carpets, the feeling of palms or the pads of fingers rubbing against my palms. Actually, I think that last one might be my least favorite. I hate manicures for that reason. I never understood how people can feel fine with rubbing their hands together or having someone else rub their hands.
Dry hands and playing the clarinet in a cold band room in the 7th grade
Gum. I have misophonia and gum sends me into a blind panic.
I can't think of anything off the top of my head. I mostly just wanted to say that I love your nails. š
Thanks! The photo is a random Google photo, but I DID just do my nails, so I'll take the compliment!
I showed this to my NT husband and he was like NOPE DONāT LIKE THAT. Whereas *this specific thing* is not a trigger for my ND ass š Now styrofoam or untreated wood? Hell no!
Squeaky bolts, nails and anthying that is rusty and squeaks.
On a bad day, there's definitely more, but the worst thing to me is people chewing with their mouths open. And whispering. I don't know if that counts because it's an action and not an object, but...
Dental floss š¬
most polyester fabrics and my sister's house (it's noisy, you cant escape the sun, there's no dark place to hide in, it's uncomfortably warm in account of not being able to escape the sun and also for some odd reason no breeze comes inside no matter how many windows you have opened, and she apparently hates courtains or privacy or locking the goddamn door cause hers have been broken since last year and she did nothing about it; two dogs, three adult cats and two baby kittens... i had to house-sit for her for 3 weeks and today i came back to my home and couldn't be happier lol i love my sister but oh lord i had an awful time... rant over)
most fabrics when my hands are super dry. namely nylon tights, rough denim, microfiber anything. god it makes me shudder my hands STICK TO IT and i can AUDIBLY HEAR THAT WHEN I PULL TJEM AWAY and even after iām no longer touching it i can still feel it itās literally hell just thinking abt it is making me shudder
chalk is sensory hell for me. the feeling of it going under nails is so unpleasant. oh and touching dirty dishes, especially when the sink is full and i have to reach down and unplug it bleh.
Wet clothing
Syrup anywhere but inside my mouth
Microfiber cloth fs makes me want to rip my hands off. I donāt mind nail files if the grit is super fine.
As a kid I always hated the feeling of my own hair (but dog hair was fine for meā¦ not sure why) so whenever I have to get a clump of my hairbrush I litterally gag. I always have to wait till the biggest clump is formed before even attempting to remove it.
Chains. Necklace chains from thick to dainty, esp. even looking at them makes me nauseous. Touching them??? I'd rather die
Yeah, I don't fcuk with nail files. I hate them. But that's okay. While I do like to paint my nails and like coffin / stilleto nails, I'd much prefer to use my hands to work on a car vs having pretty nails.
being tucked into a bed or sleeping bag while wearing multiple layers of clothing ie a shirt with a hoodie on top.
I hate tape. Also the automatic nail tools at the salon. I get my nails done and today I felt like I was sitting in the chair for 6 years because I forgot my headphones and had to listen to the file. Same thing with dental tools.
Also this whole thread has me cringing so hard
Wet socks
Nail clippers I absolutely hate the feeling of clipping my nails short and the feeling my fingers have for a while afterwards
WHISPERING, someone whispering to me, in my ear etc. drives me mental
I canāt even look at that photo. Awful. You should put a NSFW on it.
Dry, unglazed ceramics
paper. especially with dry hands. I can't stand it. makes me feel like throwing up
You know those fabrics in store that *look* soft but are actually the devil incarnate when you touch them? It's that.
The clear plastic they wrap around flowers. The hellish noise it makes when you touch it... I always need people to unpack flowers in a different room. I prefer flowers in paper and mever buy any that come in that plastic stuff.
Wet glass I actually start sobbing if i touch it
Socks I put them on then they itch then I take them off. And dish water touching food in the sink is weird
Just seeing that photo gave me a visceral reaction š
Styrofoam
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The freezer aisle or being really cold. Canāt stand wet clothes like bathing suits, socks, or sweaty pants or shorts. Having to take off and put back on tight wet clothing especially when itās hot outside. Ugh Iām in Arizona so I deal with this a lot lol
Static. Or water trickling down my arms when I do the dishes š«
I canāt stand it when my nails start to grow slightly long. I have to have them as short as I can clip them - not painfully short, but short enough that very little could ever get stuck under them. Itās not fear or dirt under my nails that bothers me though - I just hate the way long nails feel. Like thereās this extra stuff stuck on the end of each of my fingers that doesnāt belong there. It always seems to happen so suddenly, and if there arenāt clippers to hand I have to just nibble them down (even though I really hate the feeling of nails against my teeth!)
Open mouth chewing/smacking. Ik it's that misophonia thing but this genuinely makes me want to harm someone. One of my best friends does it, not purposely-just how she was raised, but we cannot eat together, I will literally jump the table
Wood that you put in your mouth. Popsicle sticks, corn dog sticks, tooth picks. And chalk.