Tactile Sensitivity?

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I have a sensitivity to touch, I hate it when people touch me, and every little amount of pain hurts a lot. I am also highly ticklish, and am very picky about what clothing I wear because many textiles are too hard, make me too sweaty, and are too uncomfortable. And I constantly have to fix my underwear as they are too uncomfortable, and don't make it feel right down there.

But from reading a lot about "tactile sensitivity" I always hear of people who need to wash their hands all the time, or cried when being picked up as a child, and otherwise negative impulses about touch. I am not like that. I enjoy touch as well as hate it. I'd dig my hands into sand, uproot grass and plants and feel them all over, I have a pillow that I feel all over as well. I place my hand against the walls in the hallway when I walk down it. When I was little, I used to sit on the carpet, and rub my hands back and forth on it, as it was so calming, I loved it! I am VERY touchy-feely, like a raccoon.

So I am curious, does tactile sensitivity only refer to touch that one does not like? Or can tactile sensitivity also refer to the love of touch as well?

I don't like it when people touch me yet I'm constantly touching things.

It refers as much to positive touch as negative. Sure if your tactile senses are on overdrive then any touch could still be too much for you, but equally it may make nicer touch all the nicer.

I'm like you in that I have strong touch sensitivity - sometimes being touched by another person is unpleasant, the wrong textures in clothing are uncomfortable, I like to wear tight clothing and can't stand clothing covering my arms or chest, I dislike certain textures like rubber, and dear lord do I hate underwear, lol. But then there are nice sensations too, during menstruation or during arousal when my skin is all the more sensitive to touch then my skin being stroked can feel especially nice, I like touching certain clothing in shops like furs, I like certain sensations like the feeling of a pea pod popping between my fingers, etc.

I hate being touched by people too, yet I love having my feet rubbed as it makes me so calm.
Also love stroking my animals, and the feeling of silk.
I used to, and still sometimes do, rub my hands back and forth on carpet until i get that weird feeling in them and it feels all smooth.
I hate wearing clothes too, i prefer baggy stuff rather than something that is tight and touches me too much.