My sensory issues are mostly smell and “human” noises. It drives me fucking crazy hearing someone with a whistle in their nose, or loud breathing, or smacking their lips, etc.
This specific thing even has a name, but I forgot what it’s called right now. It’s annoying because, well, it makes me irrationally irritated firsr of all, but second it’s not like I can ask someone to just… not be human. No matter how politely I phrase it.
And above all that: It’s triggered by a lot of “stimming” activities, which I even have myself with bouncing my legs. So I even irritate my own damn self.
This is less ADHD and more autism, right?
I have both and experience sensory issues differently. The autistic sensory issues are definitely more significant and impactful. Like my brain just cannot process things once it gets overwhelmed, sometimes it’s painful and feels like my head is going to burst. ADHD sensory issues are more attention based, so I don’t get overwhelmed in the same way, just frustrated and less able to control my executive function. I can also get hyperfixated on a specific thing, whereas with autism it just becomes all one big overwhelming stream of data that I can’t process.
But they need to stim!
Yuh, that’s partially cause those noises (music) are pleasurable, I’ve been getting into Waterparks recently and some of their songs give me the tingling feeling all around my shoulders and head that I’ve been missing from Deathcore bands (my most recent obsession) recently.
The clicking of pens on the other hand…
They don’t make me cry, but they do trigger my fight-or-fight response. The joys of misophonia…
