Which of your senses causes you the most problems?

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These are my worse:

Sunlight reflected off cemented pavement
people talking/yelling
cars idling/revving
city noise
people touching the back of my neck

Most of them (the senses) have something that really annoys me far in excess of what I’d call “normal” compared to other stimuli in its category.

Sound and smell!

Taste is my worst, there are only about 5 foods I can eat on a regular basis. After that, touch, but not like human touch, more like the way clothing feels or how comfortable my body feels.

Sight and touch mostly.

Sight because I feel physically sick when I look at pictures with too much contrast in them, usually around the edges... (hard to explain) I had to put post-it notes and sellotape on some of the pictures in my biology and physics textbooks.
Touch because I cannot stop running my fingers over my lips (it feels nice) and I always have to be touching something or playing with something in my hands.

not having any common sense has been my drawback

Sound and light for me.

Sound and light.

Sound and light. I've had to cover up the windows in my side of the house, and still, whenever there's a sunny day, I'm hit with a massive migraine.

You mean we have to choose?

I have the biggest problems with visual and auditory. I also don't like unexpected touch, but it doesn't happen as often so it doesn't present as much of a problem.

Sight and sound, in that order.

Taste, definitely. I like a few certain foods, I've always been picky. There is some foods I can eat, although I don't like them very much, but I eat them very slowly. The most foods I just loathe, and cannot eat them.

Sound by far, bright lights. I have a very poor sense of smell (some sort of genetic anomaly, my mother had it too), so I'm not sure about that one. I'm somewhat picky about foods, but I wouldn't say that taste is a problem for me, and touch isn't too bad either, except that I don't like my clothing too tight.

Touch!! It's a total disaster. I cannot stand light touch of any kind. This includes clothing, and it causes me a huge problem, especially because I find it very hard to find underwear I can tolerate. So when I finally find something I buy a heap... and then I dread the day when they can't be fixed any longer. Bras are the hardest to find. I tend to wear sports bras, they don't have strong seams, frills, wires etc. and they apply uniform pressure.

I also have some trouble remembering input in the auditory modality (I take detailed notes all the time), but I don't really have other auditory problems so I wouldn't list that. In fact I like loud aggressive music. So it's probably not a sensory thing, but a processing thing.

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The Game of Life? Heck it's a cellular automaton.

Hearing; I can't tolerate incessant noises. Certain noises are worse than others. I absolutely can't stand it when someone's making smacking noises when they eat or chew gum, and I hate it when someone's snoring or breathing loudly as well. If I'm sharing a room with someone else, I have to wear ear plugs or I can't sleep.

I used to feel guilty about it, like my sensitivity to noises made me a bad person. I don't feel as bad anymore, but it still embarasses me.

Sound, touch, and bright lights set me off. For safety reasons I can't wear tinted glasses at work.
Sometimes the bright daylight or glare from parking lot hits my eyes while working then I get a
nasty after image that can sometimes morph into a migraine aura. I can't stand people touching me.

For me its about everything, sound, taste, touch...