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daydreamer84
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28 Jun 2013, 12:18 pm

Joe90 wrote:
I know someone who is NT who is afraid of buttons. Just seeing them makes her want to heave, and she avoids wearing clothing with buttons on, except for those buttons you get on jeans. She would only wear clothing with buttons on if she really had to, but wouldn't feel too happy about it.


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28 Jun 2013, 12:30 pm

If anything, I'm less squeamish in a lot of situations NTs get worked up about, but I can't tolerate certain types of sound, certain lighting, certain common smells very well at all...

Also, I can't really tolerate blood/gore/death in real life, but that's probably just me, not the AS.

These posts remind me that even though we have AS, we are all still hard to lump together :)



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28 Jun 2013, 3:38 pm

I'm pretty squeamish about things.

I have a thing with smells like poop and vomit. I want to gag.

I also have a thing with textures like holes or ridges. They make me feel very gross and uncomfortable and it almost feels as if the holes or ridges are boring in to me. Yeecccchhhh!