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Is this an autistic thing or do I potentially have something else going on? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by kirakira666@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I swear I wasn't always like this but I've noticed that I've become very sensitive to perfumes and colognes...or anything that's sprayed or aerosolized. I don't feel like I was always this sensitive to these odors, but like, now I can be walking behind people who are more than 10 feet away from me and the wind will bring the smell of perfume and cologne which always reeks of acidic chemicals and hurts to inhale to the point where I have to keep like 20 feet distance from anyone who seems to be wearing it. Are more people just bathing in perfume or cologne these days or is this a hypersensitivity? Is it something other people experience? It just feels like it might not just be an autism thing because I swear I wasn't always this sensitive to smells but i've been like this for a few years now...

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[–] jimmux@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

I've always had it, but I get more sensitive if general inflammation is activated.

Yesterday I was on a plane and someone was painting their nails or something. I couldn't even see who it was but I'm still feeling it.