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The smell of the rain
My new city smells just like my old city when it starts to rain. I love it. The warm dusty smell of the streets when the first layer of raindrops fall. Everything about this place feels right, or just about so. I think I'm home.
I have a really hard time with the smells of cooking causing a meltdown with me and I've tried just about everything to avoid it from happening by using smells I like to plugging my nose. But the place I go to escape (my room) the smells of cooking always get in there. I open my windows, spray smells I like. I just can't handle it though. Then my mom gets angry at me when I have a meltdown that I can't control. I'm so lost as to what to do anymore. B(
@twistymints asked: I get sensory overload thru smell Alot But theres not much i can do about that Like beyond a gas mask?
Putting these asks together because they are similar!
I’m really sorry your mum is treating you this way. It’s not okay for her to get angry at you for having a meltdown. I hope you are able to get away from here to somewhere safe.
Smells are a super tough area when it comes to sensory regulation, as they really do permeate everything and can’t be avoided or escaped from in the way light, noise and touch can.
Coffee beans are often used to cancel out scents, so you may find it useful to carry coffee beans around with you in a small cloth pouch. You can smell it/hold it up to your nose whenever you need to get rid of a scent that’s bothering you.
If there are certain scents that you find soothing rather than overwhelming, it may be helpful to keep something with that scent on it with you. We have some ideas for things like this in our aromatherapy tag[x]. You could also use a scent diffuser in your room to try to override the unpleasant scents.
There’s also a guide here[x] for making your own aromatherapy jewellery that you can put whatever scents you like into.
I hope this is helpful! If anyone else has any advice, please feel free to reblog with it!
Liesel, Mod.
Scented play sand. Great for olfactory stimming.
Miriam, Mod.
I just discovered these things called aromatherapy shower discs! You put them at the bottom of the shower, in the water, and they release the scent of essential oils in them. These sound like they could be very relaxing, for those of us who can stand showers.
Liesel, Mod.
A nice, not-very-long article with information on aromatherapy and how it can be used in a sensory diet.
Liesel, Mod.
A chart on different aromatherapy scents and what they do for the body. Great reference when making doughs and infusers.
Miriam, Mod.
Aromatherapy pendents that you can put essential oil on and wear! So a great olfactory stim diy! I find certain scents super relaxing and calming after a meltdown or sensory overload.
Miriam, Mod.
Fun, clean, olfactory stimming.
Miriam, Mod.
