I'm realizing something about myself. I'm both sensitive and intense. Sensitive in the sense that the world's sounds, sights, and feelings impact me strongly. My internal equilibrium is disturbed easily by sensory inputs, perhaps because my nervous system is especially sensitive to any changes in my external environment ( Read more... )

The kind of writing I enjoy is that which takes feelings and conveys them in words. It's a way of bringing the deep facets of my inner experience to light. Once manifested outwardly, I can observe my experience and compare it with that of others. This process helps me to understand myself and others better. It's a form of journaling but it doesn' ( Read more... )

This article on Scholarpedia is a really neat overview of different types of touch receptors in living organisms. Did you know that the antenna of crustaceans, seal whiskers, the lateral line in sharks, and the mole's nose are some ways that animals sense touch? Also, animals use their sense of touch to pick up tactile, vibrational, electric, ( Read more... )

People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often more or less sensitive to sensory stimuli than the general population. This can include the sense of touch. In my case, I am hypersensitive to touch ( Read more... )

I've been reading about the human sense of touch and the receptors in our skin that detect touch, vibration, and pressure. There are actually four types of mechanoreceptors in human skin. Here's a summary of them with some quotes from Wikipedia:

Lamellar corpuscles (Pacinian corpuscles) - vibration ( Read more... )

I noticed a theme in some of my posts and wanted to note them.

9/18/2017 - "the idea of passing through the world and encountering these things, bumping into them like geometric shapes on a mathematical plane - that's how life can feel to me oftentimes. Even if the people and things are not physically touching me, I still feel jostled, pushed, and ( Read more... )

From what I understand, those with Aspergers often experience atypical sensory sensitivity. Their sensory experience may be heightened (hypersensitive) or lessened (hyposensitivity) compared to others. Hypersensitivity means that sensory input feels more than what it really is. Noises sound louder, touches have more impact. Hyposensitivity means ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!

I hope you are all having a blessed start to the new year <3 ( Read more... )

In 6th grade, our teacher gave us a fun exercise. We had to describe abstract things in a sensory way. For example, what does the color white taste like? What does nothing feel like? What does happiness smell like? I was reminded of this when I was thinking about observation yesterday, so I did a little digging in the basement and found them :) I ( Read more... )

My preference is to observe. To quietly watch and take everything in ( Read more... )