Do you have weather or climate sensitivities?

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Just wondering what the general trend is for people on the spectrum here.

I know that I'm very sensitive to humid weather - whether cold or hot, but definitely, very sensitive to hot and humid weather. It just saps the energy right out of me.

Are climate or weather sensitivities an issue for you?

I am not bothered too much by temperature; I live in a fairly mild part of the world, but I seem to handle both warm weather and cool weather better than a lot of other people who live in my area. This morning, for instance, was cool and foggy, and I was comfortable without a sweatshirt or jacket, while most other people had some sort of outerwear on. I can get anxious in a warm, stuffy room that lacks air circulation, though.

Heat just sucks the life out of me. Coldness and overcast makes me feel more alive, and I am happy.

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The combination of heat & humidity can, if I'm out in it for too long doing anything physical, and will, make me sick. Knocks me out for a whole day at a time then.

I'm sensitive to changes in barometric pressure, they're a migraine trigger. I can tell when storms are coming in, and sometimes just when its going to rain just by the headache pain.

By now, I do not believe that extreme weather condition affect me more than they affect most people but that it only appears so.

Participating in (social) life as an autistic person, my regular base level of stress is somewhat higher than that of someone without autism or another disorder. In combination with experiencing a lot of those sensory stimuli more intensely (which also contribute greatly to the level of "normal" stress) and not as filtered out as other people, extreme weather conditions add to that as they'd add to almost every other person's physical stress level. The body's got to do more work to adjust to and enable both physical and neurological/mental processes to continue effectively.

And if there's another major thing for me to adjust to such as extreme heat or having to walk down the street while literally drenched from head to toe, then that would most likely result in that I'd feel really uncomfortable and stressed/overwhelmed from the overload of noticing more than other people, noticing it more intensely and having to process that in order to function for something I want to do.

Edit: though, come to think of it, humidity is definitely affecting me more than the average person. Makes it hard to breathe.

Exactly the same here. I love winter, and rain, and wind, and storms, and night.

I hate the daytime, bright sun, heat, humidity, summer, lack of wind (except in the winter, wind is not good in winter)

I also used to get barometric headaches, very intense and crippling ones, prior to storms. They would be relieved as soon as the storm actually came. I don't get them anymore but I'm still very conditioned to feel a sense of elation and relief when a storm comes.

Me too! I have never met or heard of another! Yay. Do people also think you're kidding when you tell them to take an umbrella? Have a good soaking

It's called a barometric headache (they can be migraines, I'm not sure if mine were when I used to get them, but they were excruciating)

http://www.barometricpressureheadache.com/

Rain = migraine. Wish I was in San Diego right now. Sort of.

I know of others too. Most of my boyfriend's family (if not all) falls into this category.

As for if people think I'm kidding - well mostly I interact with people who also get these headaches though me and my boyfriend's sister are the most sensitive ones.

I totally sympathize because I'm much the same. I've tried to explain this to some people I know, but I don't think they get it, or believe me when I tell them that I am so affected.

Technically, yes. But it's a light hypersensitivity thing.

Yes, climate affects me. I can't stand hot or warm humid weather. Also, even indoors, going from one room to another or even going from sitting to standing or standing to sitting changes the climate enough to make my nose run. It's the same for going from in to out or out to inside. I keep tissues in every room. I even have two boxes in the living room--one by the phone, and one by my recliner. I'm glad I don't live with my sister. She can't stand to have boxes of tissue in every room. She seems to think that they don't look nice, so she doesn't want them in every room. That's a stupid attitude in my opinion, but at least in my own home I can keep them handy in every room. I also, carry packs in my pocket and car when I go out.

Probably no more than the average person, I just react to different weather than they do. I like it cool and rainy, can't handle hot weather and bright sun.