Feralucce wrote:
That is an interesting take on it... I had not thought about it in those terms... I am an odd bird in the sensory department... Light sensitive, but love my sounds loud and embracing... Don't like being touched, except by those special few... and then I want it all...
You have given me something to think about.
Ya in some ways I was hypersexual as a teen in that I liked all that lead up to sex, even craved it, but did not like "the main event" at all. I was often called a tease. Then one day, In my early 20's, I announced to my LTR boyfriend that I wanted to join a nunnery so I dont have to have sex anymore. It was like the pendulum swang the opposite direction. He could not understand that I just didn't want to have sex or be touched and when we first met, we were in the bed at least 3-4 times a week. Of course my shift wrecked havok on the relationship. He started presuring me alot for sex, and I would give in just to shut him up, which only drove me further into disliking sex. After I left him, I have not been sexually active since and quite content about that. It was almost like my libido just quit.
Our sensory issues change, they are not stagnant, kinda like how your tastebuds change. Interestingly enough back when I was more demi-sexual, I liked loud music...the louder the better. Now loud sounds make me scream in pain.
If anything my sensory issues have grown worse as I grown older.
Thanks for saying I gave you something think about...probably the highest aspie compliment there is
Jojo
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