Sensory happiness (or otherwise)

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i am an adult with ADHD, with some of the sensory issues of autism. Do people with aspergers experience those issues too?

i am pretty sensitive to sounds, smells and taste. i hate the sound of clocks, it stresses me out a lot. i dislike a lot of people smells and spice tastes. yet i like a lot of other strong tastes (herbs and tea) that most people dislike.


let's have a happy thread talking about what makes you calm down and feel nice.

i like soft whirling sounds. like fans. and the fans in a CPU. they are comforting sounds. air-conditioning sounds are nice too.

Yes, very much so.

I experience extreme sensory happiness when I touch things that have a likeable texture, like some kind of wood ornamentations or some kinds of plastic. I love the smell of wood too, also the smell of paper, like books, magazines, some newspapers and pamphlets, I always smell them!
I like the sound of when a car or bus enters a tunnel, for me it is very soothing and I imagine I am entering a time tunnel or a new dimension. Just like the surface of water, looks like other dimension.

I hate: high-pitched and loud sounds, atriction sounds, sweet smells, smells of food cooking, textures that hurt my fingers (can't explain), creamy consistency, bright colors

I really like the 'refresh' noise when you scroll the page down far and let it refresh the feed on Twitter. Only works if you do it on tablet app or smartphone app.

I just sit there scrolling my finger over and over, it's so weird. Has this nice slurp-POP sound.

I love to experience natural smells and sounds, birds singing softly, fresh mown hay, wild flowers, a day after rain

Things that give me sensory happiness are cuddling/touching soft plushies, being wrapped up in nice warm blankets, rocking and riding in cars/buses, and lying down while being gently "squished." When I was a little kid, I had one of those "nail art" toys and I loved to gently press my face into it and feel the cool, dulled nails conform to the shape of my face.

That gives me sensory happiness too. Specifically I like to rub my nose back and forth in the fur of one of my plushies and feel certain parts of her fur. Twirling something long and tapering like some kinds of string or the end of a piece of paper in front of my eyes makes me happy, if the string or paper end has the right feel (it's hard to describe what that is).

I get sensory happy from having my skin scratched. It feels like I leave my body. Also being wrapped in a fleecy blanket, feeling it on my skin is very calming. I also like listening to the same songs over and over on my ipod very loud. Its like it creates my own 'safe space' around me no matter where I am.

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I like to scratch my own skin. It feels really good. Unfortunately I do it too hard sometimes, until I bleed and get wounds and then I pick at the wounds. Picking at my skin (at acne and wounds ect) also feels satifying to me, unfortunately. I also like to listen to the same song over and over again on my smart phone. Right now I'm playing Somewhere Beyond the Sea by Frank Sinatra on repeat.

Me too!

this too! especially old books with brown pages, and sometimes with rain flavouring. the new book with light yellow pages and printer smell is nice too! and then there are artbook with the matte paper and colour printer smell. (colour ink and black/white ink smell different.)

speaking of rain, rain on pavements smells nice too.

Weighted pressure that is heavy enough, (which is my absolute favorite), hand flapping, rocking, rubbing fleece or soft items, getting my hand pushed by my feline companion's head and petting him, new book pages, sucking on things.

warmth

Old book smell! Just smelled an old thesaurus with a rich, nice, gritty smell (that immediately called to my mind the Hobbit, my copy of which smells the same– does this happen to anyone else, or is it just normal? Like if I listen to a certain song a few times while reading a book, when I listen to the song alone later, I'm immediately reminded of the book, scene, mood, etc. ...)

Most of my sensory peculiarities are tactile related. When I was a kid I used to love to rub the soft tag on my baby doll, and later, teddy bear (being a kid, sucking my thumb at the same time obviously ). Even now if I see my teddy is brings back fond memories and I'm tempted... I still have a tendency to want to pick things up and turn them over and feel them, I guess....

I hate light touch: after a minute or so, if my girlfriend was stroking my arm gently it would get irritated... Same with bright lights, especially on book pages. It's not irritating, it just seems to bright to relax and enjoy reading...
(Unfortunately, most of my sensory issues seem to be subtle and few in between, but almost all negative...)