Feeling cold

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In the winter I wear only t-shirt in the school when other students feel cold. Outdoor I wear only t-shirt under the jacket. Do Aspies feel cold differently?

Don't think so. Everyone, whether AS or NT feels weather and temperature differently.

I don't feel the cold or heat much either. I wear a fleece type jacket thing most of the year. But only because I like it, so if friends are complaining of the cold then I sometimes lend it to them. Also I normally keep it on even in the summer when it is hot.

So i think Aspies do feel the heat differently.

When I was younger, around 8-12 and even now still(though i've gotten weaker I guess!) cold has never really bothered me as much, not untill it's considerably cold(we're talking single digits and below). I did the same thing, it would be like 40 degrees out but I also knew from being up early enough to hear my mothers radio that it was going to reach 62 which was a perfect temperature to me, so I just didnt pay attention to the cold knowing it would be warm later. I kinda blocked it out I guess, but I also never really felt cold. Aspies do have a tendency to either be Hyper or Hypo sensitive to weather, stimuli, and senses. Its not a rule but it is very commonly attributed to being an aspie.

People used to moan at me to take my jacket off in the house. apparently, the heat never bothered me.

i think its part of the hypo/hyper-sensitive thing.

yes aspies dfinetly have sensitivity issues to heat and cold.
it is variable but i personally and extremely sensitive to hot and cold, this is the maoin reason why i cant drink a cup of tea, when i have waited for it to cool down to finallyl drink..some one tops it up again!!
also i am sensitive to cold water and will only immerse under a shower wehn it is luke warm
so it is an aspie thing to have sensitivity issiues with regard to temperature, either ambient or direct.

My best so far is ~27 degrees F, T-shirt and gym shorts. Oddly, I react very badly to heat. I get overheated very easily. As for cold, it seems to be something I have developed.

No, everyone feels different temperatures.

I need the temperature closely regulated (mid 70s)


My (very likely aspie) dad can't stand temperatures over 80, but is content with being very cold. The tolerance to cold was always an issue of much debate when I was growing up.

(Yeah, dad. I know you like being cold and all, but when I repeatedly wake up in the middle of the night because one of my limbs is completely numb because of the temperature (and the resulting lack of circulation), something's wrong! Screw the powerbill.)

personally, I am weird about the cold. I am already paranoid about winter coming.

sometimes I wear a huge padded coat in summer, and everyone is looking at me, and I can't work out why, till later... and my mum has always told me to take my jumper off on a hot summer day, but I don't want to...

I don't know if this is an Aspie trait or just me being weird!

Cold, heat, whatever--I hate it all, and my temperature changes about as constantly as that of a woman in menopause. (I really hope this doesn't tick anyone off--my mom is in menopause and it doesn't bother her that I compare my own excessive temperature-sensitivity to that of what women face in menopause, but whatever.) I'm always taking off and putting on jackets, sweaters, socks, blankets, etc. It's so horribly constant.

I'm very sensitive to temperatures. I'm always the one freezing while my friends look on in amusement as I whine--or on the flip side, so hot I feel like I'm going to be sick when almost everyone else is fine. My dad is so cold-sensitive that if he stays out in winter or swims too long (say, more than about half an hour) he passes out and has seizures. He's the only person I've ever met with that particular allergy.