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Sensory Issues Around Collarbone (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Slugcat@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Sometimes I become hyper-aware of the area around my collarbone and it gets very distracting. It is most noticeable when reading and sometimes when trying to sleep. It can get to a point where I have to stop reading because of how distracting it is, and also makes it harder fall asleep.

Has anyone had anything like this and/or know of any ways to alleviate it?

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[–] buffalobuffalo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Whoah, I have this, except it also extends to my jaw area and under the chin, maybe even back of neck. People touching there will make me gag, but clothing, hair, and even air can trigger a gag response from me. I usually associate this with being anxious, particularly used to be bad with travel anxiety or test anxiety or public speaking. In rare cases, I've associated it with eating something bad or sickening (including junk food or food poisoning or eating too much).

Sorry, I don't have a cure. But it did start happening less often after I hit my 20s. maybe since I got more used to travel and graduated and stopped needing to take tests. Still happens a few times a year.

Since mine is related to gag reflex, actually gagging/retching kinda resets it for me, and often makes me feel slightly better after a bit.