This thread made me think seriously about nail trimming. I grew up and mothered children to adulthood never knowing "what was wrong" with me. Every topic I read on this forum is like a tiny door opening up to why I am who I am.

Many of my neuro-typical friends are very attached to their regular manicures and pedicures. Their eyes-lids droop dreamily whenever they mention it. The thought of someone coming at me with an emery board rouses a vision of the ball of my foot planted squarely,if reflexively,in their solar plexus. That minute vibrating feeling –like an electric current on the ends of my fingers or toes is practically unbearable.

So,the truth is revealed: Nail filing is one of many sensations I can tolerate only if I personally control it.

You can read the entire article, on my blog:
http://sensorina.com/2011/06/nail-trimmi...otherhood/

There is no way I will ever do a manicure or pedicure. Shudder. I just thought people were masocists for doing them.