Does anyone else have this problem?

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I can't take showers. My touch sensitivity is too bad. I constantly have to keep moving which body part is held under the water and I end up spinning round and round and feeling dizzy it's because of the water- when the water comes down onto one part of my skin, after about ten seconds it starts to hurt, then afterwards it feels numb for about a minute. Does anyone else have this problem? And also, do any NT's get this?

My daughter has described something like this regarding showers. She therefore prefers baths. She is diagnosed with Aspergers.

If you are able to get a hand-held shower attachment, so that you could exercise more control where the water hits and how hard, it might make things easier on you. Another suggestion is simply to take a small bucket into the shower with you, and give yourself a "sponge bath" using a washcloth to lather yourself and then pour water in a stream (from the bucket) to rinse yourself.

Showers give me sensory overload too, and I end up feeling dizzy and sick afterward. Baths are definitely better, but I don't have a bath tub. I've tried sponge baths, but don't like the feeling of things rubbing against my skin. Still, in some ways it beats dizziness. I guess it's just a matter of trying everything, and choosing the least painful option.

I prefer a bath over a shower, but it's not anything to do with sensory issues. I just enjoy relaxing in the bath.

Just a thought, how powerful is your shower?
I had to have a shower at a friends house once and he must have had such a powerful pump that it was painful, I asked him why he had to have such a powerful shower as it must waste so much hot water.
My own shower is ok, like standing in warm rain.

VERY common in the autistic community. I don't know if NT's do feel this way but the dizziness could be due to Sensory Sensitivity or low blood sugar.

For me at first i didn't like showers but since i bathed with my sister i became desensitized to it because when SHE wanted to shower we had to shower. The sound showers make still hurts.

My shower nozzle is very gentle. My dad set it up that way.

I like strong shower heads--because then I don't have to stay in the shower a long time!

When I was a kid, I really only could take baths; I had trouble with showers.

Fortunately LOL....those were the days when prepubescent boys only had a take a bath once a week!

LOL...it really wasn't that long ago. You were a kid in the 70s and 80s. What part of the US did you live?

My wife used to have to haul water from a stream a half mile away from her home. This was during the 1950s in Trinidad and Tobago.

Yeah...it does build character. And it helps you endure during hard times when you do have these conveniences.

Were you in northern Maine--like around Caribou? Winters are cold there! You could get Minus 40 in the rural areas quite easily when there's an arctic outbreak.

I understand how the sound of the shower and the sensation of the water can be overwhelming, but it doesn't bother me too much. I tend to get distracted with my thoughts in the shower and take a long time getting clean. I have to consciously make myself take a shorter shower when I have/want to.

It's weird - the water from the shower "drums" into my skin, and it literally feels numb if I stay in one spot. It's such a weird sensation, quite unpleasant. I prefer baths for that very reason too.