Anyone here sensitive to extreme temperatures outside?

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19 Dec 2022, 4:22 pm

I don't like the snowy weather that is in my area that I can't even walk a couple a blocks so I stay indoors. And I didn't like it when my area had a heatwave that came a summer a year and half ago. I prefer in between temperatures. Is it common for people with autism to be sensitive to extreme temperatures outside?



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19 Dec 2022, 4:54 pm

I imagine it varies from person to person.

I am very sensitive to heat. Not so much to cold.


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19 Dec 2022, 6:13 pm

being careful about how we dress for bad weather can help a whole lot! Having the right clothing, boots or shoes, layers of clothing and the right outerwear can make all the difference. I live where it can be super humid and over 90 degrees f. to 35 below zero and more with wind chills. I learned to dress for the weather early because I had a special interest that kept me outside several times a day every day in all weather. Careful planning and good choices for what you wear when you have to go out can help so much!


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19 Dec 2022, 7:15 pm

Western coastal Canada is experiencing unusual Arctic cold and snow.

Usually, in this area, it's above zero Celsius, and it rains a lot.



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19 Dec 2022, 7:26 pm

Everyone I think is sensitive to extreme temperatures. It's a survival reflex. Having sensitivity to less extreme temperatures is more of a sensory issue.


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19 Dec 2022, 7:26 pm

Where I live the temp can range from about -30, to about 40C with humidity (105F).

I spend most of my time indoors in temperature controlled environments with AC and heat.
I don't like either extreme but I have a much harder time with heat / humidity than cold.
I have meltdowns in humidity because there's no escape and I feel smothered.
At least with cold, extra blankets etc. kind of help.

I go barefoot indoors year-round even when it's cold.
I go outside in the snow barefoot sometimes to put out the trash.
I don't wear gloves, winter hats, or scarves.
I rarely wear a coat.
Actually, I don't even own any socks.
I keep bare feet inside my winter boots now that I'm not working.

I don't think my temperature receptors work very well.

I drive my car with the seat-heater and the AC on at the same time. :jester:



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19 Dec 2022, 10:49 pm

Where I live, it goes from around 30 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It rains about once a week in the winter. Not nearly as hot and cold as other parts of the solar system

The past couple of weeks, five shirts and a jacket and space heater and shivering

Paws feel like they are losing circulation and sensation

The older I get the colder I get

I don't like hot weather either but it is not as bad as cold weather

It doesn't snow where I live



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29 Jan 2023, 9:12 am

I'm much more comfortable being out in cooler weather than I am in warmer weather. Unfortunately, I'm living in an area where it's more tropical, so it tends to get REALLY hot during the summer.



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29 Jan 2023, 9:37 am

Only that I'm more vulnerable to cold than an average person from the tropics.

Sure, autism can explain sensory issues in a sense around intensity and lack of filtering. And yeah, upbringing can simply explain that one might not be good around cold.

But my issues around cold is also mainly physical, not just neurological.
I can try and take the cold with my mind, and ignore every alarms my body makes -- but my body would still have physical symptoms, alarms in my head or not.

Unlike most people, my body doesn't radiate as much heat that sometimes, that a typical store's temperature checker would fail to check me.


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30 Jan 2023, 10:49 pm

I love the cold, but I can't really handle it now that I've lost a lot of weight. I also used to not mind it when it was really hot when I was a kid, but it's probably better that I have a very low limit for it now because I almost got heat stroke a few times.



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31 Jan 2023, 2:27 pm

catpiecakebutter wrote:
I don't like the snowy weather that is in my area that I can't even walk a couple a blocks so I stay indoors. And I didn't like it when my area had a heatwave that came a summer a year and half ago. I prefer in between temperatures. Is it common for people with autism to be sensitive to extreme temperatures outside?

Why would it matter whether it is common or not.
If you are sensitive then you are, righr?

Are you asking if some of us also have this thing?

It is -1.2c where I live.
The issue I have is not the temperature but the darkness outside on the winter.



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31 Jan 2023, 7:06 pm

Not so much outside, as inside a place. It's always too cold in buildings with air conditioning and when it's too hot I can't focus and feel gross. I'm only really comfortable at my home, where the temperature is "normal" and if it's too hot or cold I could always strip down or huddle in blankets.


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02 Feb 2023, 10:09 am

I don't really sense cold that well to the point that I'm fine in shorts and a t-shirt in -5 F weather.
Heat, however, I don't do well with. Anything above 90 F and I'm having a rough go.