Zephyr
February 4th, 2008, 01:37 AM
Does anybody else here have it, or am I the only one?
For those who do not know that it is: It's a sensory disorder in which the microscopic receptors that are all over your skin are either underresponsive OR overresponsive, which can cause difficulty performing everyday tasks.
For Example: I'm overresponsive, which means that my tactile (or touch) sense is too active. This causes me to be extremely tickelish (you can hardly touch me and I'll start laughing), I absolutely cannot stand the feel of the bumps in my socks, the touch receptors in my fingers are overly sensitive so I shudder and feel like screaming when I touch certain things such as putting wet clothes in the dryer, touching clothes that just came out of the dryer, getting dressed while I'm all wet, or just random spams that happen when I get this indescribable tingling sensation in my hands that drive me bonkers that causes my fingers to bend into strange ways that I cannot control, and it makes me irritable unless I have something of the right texture that causes this 'inflamation' to go away.
I'm not too knowledgable in the underresponsive area though.
If you do have it, what kinds of 'remedies' do you use to get the feeling to go away?
I use: flour, the dusting flour that we have at work, I get some shortening and cove my hadns with it and play with the greasy texture, I run my hands through a bowl of assorted textured beans, smooth surfaces such as my steering wheel or the kitchen counter, etc.
For those who do not know that it is: It's a sensory disorder in which the microscopic receptors that are all over your skin are either underresponsive OR overresponsive, which can cause difficulty performing everyday tasks.
For Example: I'm overresponsive, which means that my tactile (or touch) sense is too active. This causes me to be extremely tickelish (you can hardly touch me and I'll start laughing), I absolutely cannot stand the feel of the bumps in my socks, the touch receptors in my fingers are overly sensitive so I shudder and feel like screaming when I touch certain things such as putting wet clothes in the dryer, touching clothes that just came out of the dryer, getting dressed while I'm all wet, or just random spams that happen when I get this indescribable tingling sensation in my hands that drive me bonkers that causes my fingers to bend into strange ways that I cannot control, and it makes me irritable unless I have something of the right texture that causes this 'inflamation' to go away.
I'm not too knowledgable in the underresponsive area though.
If you do have it, what kinds of 'remedies' do you use to get the feeling to go away?
I use: flour, the dusting flour that we have at work, I get some shortening and cove my hadns with it and play with the greasy texture, I run my hands through a bowl of assorted textured beans, smooth surfaces such as my steering wheel or the kitchen counter, etc.