That’s a question for your doctor. I’m a diagnosed Aspie and I get sensory overload. Stimming helps. I know that it is common for people with only SZ/SZa to get overwhelmed easily, too. We don’t process incoming input as well as those without the illness.
I doubt that. Sounds like you are having a problem with delusional thinking.
I had it with a bus. I said the bus will come when I finish my cigarette. As soon as I threw it the bus was there. I get this all the time with things, but I try to zone it out or reality gets a bit weird.
Sounds are my nemesis. They’re the absolute villain in my life. I wondered if I was on the autism spectrum at one point, but I didn’t want to be diagnosed with yet another issue. I once read noise sensitivity is common in those who suffer from SZ audio hallucinations.
There’s no way I could tolerate living in the downtown without my meds. I’m not too bad with the sense of smell. Since being put on Abilify years ago, I can tolerate perfume (but I only wear it in my apartment once in a while out of respect for those with allergies). Smell is my favourite sense. Or, at least it used to be. Now there’s the smell of pot on almost every street corner. Dog’s poop a lot downtown and people don’t always pick it up. People walk by smelling like pot, or cigarettes, and there are so many homeless that I can smell bad BO often.
The sense of touch is fine. I pick up objects. Clothes aren’t irritating or anything. But before my meds, I hated having to sit beside people on the bus who were wearing t-shirts. The skin contact would just freak me out, and I’d scoot as close to the window as I could get.
