I’m also a super-picky eater. A lot of foods just taste horrible to me. Anything with tomatoes, vinegar, basically any sauce except chocolate, spices, garlic, etc. I eat hamburgers plain, basically everything plain.

For example, perfumes are designed to be volatile, persistent and affect other people by causing a response in their olfactory receptors.

Unfortunately, the response I have is not “nice perfume!”; it’s an allergic inflammatory response. For some scents (e.g. artificial Freesia) I can taste it, get sinus inflammation and a nasty claw-out-my-sinuses headache within five minutes. Look up “chemically sensitive”. For the artificial Freesia scent, look up “nerve gas”.

Then, because the wearer can’t smell the scent any more after wearing it for a long time, they apparently bathe in it.

I carry an inconspicuous pocket charcoal filter mask from ICanBreathe.com (my only connection is happy customer) so I can e.g. stay at plays or other public events.

Thanks for your help.

Loud noises also bother me a lot…I live in New York City. So I’m always wearing my noise canceling headphones without sound on most of the time to muffle the noise of the trains and people.

Sunglasses are a must.

Becca,
👕I also have the same feeling with having clothes, scarves, turtlenecks aroud my neck. I cannot handle it. Feels like someone is literally choking me. T-shirts, sweaters or blouses must be a cotton or rayon blend, button down or v-neck. I cannot wear wool or synthetic fabrics (nylon, acrylic).

👖Hey, at least you do skinny jeans. I could never, my legs and bum would be claustrophobic. I don’t wear form fitting clothes anymore. I find pictures, flowing skirts and blouses and then have my seamstress who makes them for me.👗

My Mom said when I was little I didn’t like clothes. She would put them on, I would take them off. It was challenging for her when we’d go to the department store and I’d wander off, she’d find me in a corner, all my clothes off and I’d be taking a nap on them.

🚨🚥I also cannot be in a room very long with flourescent lighting. I get a headache and irritated with people and noises. Must leave and take breaks, go outside for the natural light.

📈📉📊🖊Sometimes in meetings, people repeatedly click their pen tops, drives me nuts.

🐕I need to walk my dog on side streets, not the 4 or 6 lane streets. Too much noise to break through. The noise is irritating and I get anxiety.

Rarely take the elevator, always the stairs. Not so many people so close to me.

Can’t handle perfume, men’s colognes or those stupid fragrance wall plugs.

I’m not a fan of any make up around my eyes, eye shadow, mascara, eye liner, brows. Feels like cement.

My hubbie says I’m the Idiosyricies Queen. Yes, I am.😃

Since I was a small child I haven’t been able to stand anything round my neck. I used to grab at my clothing saying ‘too tight, too tight,’ and get undressed. My Mum said I’d drive her to distraction trying to dress me. I still now can’t have anything resting on my windpipe.

My parents tv speakers at a certain level make a buzzing noise. I seem to be the only one who notices it, but it drives me crazy. It’s as if it’s reverberating in my ears. Also loud noises hurt my ears, or many loud noises at once are overwhelming.

Light makes my eyes water, bright days or even light days I have to wear sunglasses or all I do is squint the whole time.

Sometimes touch, especially a surprise touch or when I’m trying to concentrate is really irritating. My Mum will sometimes go to kiss me out of the blue and I’ll move away, or she’ll go to touch me or my hair and it feels really weird. But I’m a very touchy feely person on my own terms, I love hugs.