You did mention people with ASPD having weird sense of smell, and that's something I've seen quite a lot recently (probably i haven't paid much attention it much till now) but is there another way this specific thing shows up in your personal experience, than the smell of decay/rot?
I can't smell a lot of chemicals! Which is actually really dangerous haha. I also have a hard time smelling blood. Things have to be really strong and like right in my face for me to smell them. I don't tend to smell food unless I'm right in front of it, even if it's being cooked and everyone else can smell it all over the house, and even then I may not smell it. I can't tell if something has gone bad in food either (this has given me food poisoning multiple times). I have a hard time smelling things like uh cat piss, or shit, things that need to be cleaned up if your pet has an accident. This can also be an issue in depressive episodes too where I'm just bed rotting for days on end because I can't tell how badly my hygiene is slipping. Thankfully I don't have that issue when I live with other people, because they'll notice before I do.
I really like the smell of baked goods! I can smell vanilla really easily, it's one of my favorite smells! I also like the smell of oranges.
I can smell drinking alcohol really easily, and I know before tasting if something has even a little bit of alcoholic content even when everyone else insists it's not something that can be smelled. I have a hard time with weird smells like gasoline, sometimes I can smell it sometimes I can't.
I think everyone's experiences with ASPD and smells are different, and I have heard things about other cluster B disorders too, it's just not as prevalent? Or maybe I'm just not looking in the right places haha! A big part of it is the that smells are tied into our fear and pleasure responses, which are really fucked up in ASPD, and so sometimes I have really weird reactions to things that I can smell, like rot haha! I've never been bothered by the smell of rotting animals or disease, I actually think it's a really sweet smell! It reminds me of cotton candy, but not in a smell way in a like. . . vibes way haha.
