You are welcome, wandering soul.

(06-23-2013, 05:25 AM)wandering soul Wrote: I do think that the sight of these bugs me more compared to the touch as i will have goosebumps even when just picturing them in mind. Also the goosebumps are triggered at the very sight of these..

as for clothing tags, yes. they irritates hence i will always remove them before wearing. Woolen and knitted clothes also irritates and makes my skin super itchy...

touches... i dont have any issues with light or firm touches. i dont mind being touched or touching others.

i hate crowds and loud musics. prefering quiet places. dont take routine changes well. will get super frustrated when pre-made plans are changed at the last minute but am able to change my own plans at the last minute. can be rather fickle minded at times.

Yeah, I would say that definitely sounds like SPD to me. Maybe not a particularly major case of it, but I would say it probably impacts you enough to warrant a diagnosis.

When it comes to the sight versus touch issue, well, if you always have a bad sensory reaction when you touch a certain object, it makes sense that even the sight or thought of it could lead to having the same reaction. It's called classical conditioning, and it's there to help protect you from things your nervous system believes to be threatening. Whatever it is about these things, your body believes they are dangerous, so touching, looking at, or thinking about them could easily trigger the same feeling through memory.

Of course, it could also be the sight of them really does irritate you unrelated to the touch, but I get the feeling this is probably more of a touch issue in particular. I think the wilbarger brushing and deep pressure protocol could be useful and helpful for you. You don't even have to have a diagnosis of SPD for it to possibly help a person. You do, however, want to speak to an OT who is trained to do and teach it that can show you how.

Finding and OT might be difficult where you are. I don't really know where you live, after all. I hope that one of the OTs who you work around will be willing to give it a try and talk to you about this stuff. A lot of what works for kids can work for adults, too. It does sound like you have a cool work environment, though.