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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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[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For me it's from the collarbone up to the chin, especially the front. I can't stand having t-shirts with collars that sit anywhere in this zone. I remember as a kid the collars on my t-shirts would be soaking wet because I would hold them in my mouth to keep from touching my neck. My solution is to wear low cut or V-neck tops. I sleep on my side on two pillows, this means most of my neck isn't touching the pillow very directly, just the upper part and on the side. Also don't like the 'double chin' touching my neck when I look down so I have been 'mewing' for decades to avoid it. I only learned it's called mewing recently, and no it doesn't tone your jaw (not what I was doing it for anyway)

[–] Slugcat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah everything you described is exactly how it is for me. I even held shirt collars in my mouth as a kid too.