Where are the hyposensitive autistic people?

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I had a swing in the garden at my old house when I was younger. Unfortunately I got a bit too big for it, but I really enjoyed it. Maybe I should get an adult sized swing .

swings are fantastic. used to go to parks daily just so i could swing for a bit.

they remind me of my Muse.

would kiss the man who invented them.

back and forth.....back and forth...skipping and prancing is fun too

Sight - Hypersensitive+High Tolerance
Smell - Hyposensitive*Factors
Taste - Hypersensitive+Low Tolerance
Touch - Hypersensitive+High Tolerance
Hearing - Hypersensitive*Distorted

Vestibular - Hypersensitive+High Tolerance*Factors
Proprioception - Hypersensitive*Constant
Pain - Neither+High Tolerance
Introception - Hypersensitive+Low Tolerance
Thermoception - Both (Cold-Low Tolerance//Hot-High Tolerance)


I can only behaviorally and psychologically relate to most hyposensitivities.
While stimuli and experience-wise with most hypersensitivities.


So heck yes -- I'd be the kind who can spend outside under the high noon sun for hours, but I'd notice being burned and yet unfazed by it.

I'd be also the kind who'd bounce on trampolines or swing all day, but I'd be also the kind who'd notice that my body can't take that much -- at the same time knowing how to handle past my body's threshold.

Taste though?? Sure I'd overdo flavors that I desire, but I'm still picky which flavor I'd overdo with.



What I'd be curious would be those who are hyposensitive with low tolerance to everything and reacts like a hypersensitive person.

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Sight - Hypo - Once hypersensitive, but enjoyed staring at sun and light bulbs as stimulation, so hypo.
Audio - Hypo - Counteracted hypersensitivity with sensory seeking, loved sitting near train track to hear the train, due to sensitivity to noise.
Smell - Both. Used to be more predominant. I can remember the smells of the river and musty grass (dead grass) running through my senses, but not in hospitals where they spray anti-bacterial spray, I could not enjoy that.
Touch - Both.
Taste - Hypo, always enjoyed chillies and lemons due to under sensitivity. Sensations and tingles. Still do.
Vestibular (balance) - I do not know.
Proprioceptive (the body’s ability to sense its location, movements, and actions.) - I have moderate to hyper aware body awareness most the time.
Heat - Both. Sun makes me sweaty and anxious, but I thrive of that nervous energy.

My ASD-like BFF is hyposensitive to most of the five physical senses. It's confusing to me that she does not feel physical pleasure, yet admits she does all she can to avoid physical discomfort (like takes a million medicines at the hint of a headache).

I am hypersensitive to most things, yet I am sensation seeking in a big way... so where does that leave me? (asides constantly trying new things and perpetually agitated)

I think I might be a bit touch/pain hyposensitive? I always have to ask people to press harder for shoulder massages or they are honestly tickly and unpleasant, and my spouse is convinced I will cook myself in my bathwater it is so much hotter than he can handle. I also find out after the fact that I powered through things that most people would have gotten medication to handle. But unless you compare notes with others, like my husband reacting to my bath temperature, it is difficult to know something "should" bother you when it doesn't.

When I am hyposensitive I put spice and flavor on all my food, energy drinks and coffee never seem to have enough caffeine, techno music doesn't have enough bass, and I could spend a whole day outside and exercise and not feel tired. I get really anxious if I can't find a way to feel fulfill my need for sensory input. While working in this state I need to watch TV or listen to music and have caffeinated drinks nearby otherwise I will eventually fall asleep.

I'm really hypersensitive to certain noises, lights, clothing, and cool temperatures. During times of extreme hypersensitivity I will eat bland food, work in silence, and limit my caffeine. I will eventually burn-out or become moody if I can't avoid my hypersensitivities.