Strange feelings when I look at certain things?

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I don't know why, I just get these horrible feelings when I look at something that doesn't look "right". I'm talking about things like specific patterns of clouds or patterns of clothing or objects. I can't really explain the feeling either, it's like fear, anger, and uncomfortableness all at the same time. I know how strange this sounds, but does anyone know what I mean?

I get this too, OP. If something doesn't look "right" I get a bad feeling, and the overwhelming need to correct it. Sometimes these things are completely out of my control and I cannot correct the patterns. I also get this with music as well, I feel uncomfortable when I cannot correct the song - if I had the skills I would re-write the song to make it right.

I had this as a child, but maybe not so much now. I once felt so ill and disturbed by just the sight of some orange and yellow drapes at an event hall, that my mother had to take me home early because I couldn't stand being in that room with those drapes and the way the color was filtering the daylight. I actually felt physically ill, nauseous and headache and I was fine again once we got out of there.

I got the same ill effects from looking at a similar colored translucent plastic wrapper that was on a brand of bottled beverage. Just looking at it did things to me.

There used to be a bright pink booklet on my desk at work, and every time I saw it, I would feel angry. I was under a strain at the time, and I think the booklet in some strange way came to represent that stress. I didn't like the colour pink in those days, but it didn't normally make me angry.

There's something about seeing English country fields that can invoke a great sense of sorrow in me, it's something about childhood, loneliness, and the loss of somebody dearly loved. I've never been able to work out what the link is.

Interesting phenomena, my only explanation is that maybe there's something unconscious going on.

That mention of English fields causing sorrow reminded me of something similar I forgot to include. I can get super depressed looking at tatty urban areas in London. I started noticing this reaction when I was in my early teens, that if I was looking at ugly, run-down buildings with lots of dingy brickwork, it affected my mood negatively and I'd be hard pushed not to feel overwhelmed with depression. Ugliness in my surroundings is depressing to me, and I'm drawn to beauty in my environment. Away from the tourist spots there is a lot of ugly dismal unprettiness to London.

Similarly, dark and dull colors depress me and I need a lot of bright cheerful and light colors around me. I don't understand why winter clothes are all in shades of grey, black, dark red, dark everything. I refuse to buy those clothes -- I always seek out colorful things especially in winter when the lack of long daylight itself is depressing. Why do people make it worse by wearing dismal colors? You would think everyone would try to lift their spirits by doing the opposite.

My levels of depression -- to which I'm prone to always some degree -- are very affected by what I see with my eyes.

One would think it is, in general, yes. But I notice other people not seeming like they even notice how ugly some of these places are. I know you can't tell what people are thinking inside, but they don't seem bothered, they seem accepting. I've never heard friends or acquaintances complain. I've had times where just taking a bus ride and staring at these dismal places really affected me and I'd have to work hard at trying to get back to a normal level.