#olfactory sensitivity

[trashcanniballecter]

I like the idea of perfume but so many just smell like chemicals and pain

[sensorysurvival]

Tip for other taste sensitive spoonies: natural charcoal tooth and gum powder! It has almost no flavor, just light mint enough to cover the charcoal taste. I got mine from inVitamin on Amazon for only $13

This is in our inbox but Im not sure if it’s been published!!

Thanks for the tip!!!

-Rowan

[sensorysurvival]

Tip for other taste sensitive spoonies: natural charcoal tooth and gum powder! It has almost no taste at all, only a light mint flavor to cover the taste of charcoal. I got mine from inVitamin for $13 on Amazon and one small tub has lasted both my sister and I for almost a year! Bonus: my teeth are even whiter than when I was using whitening toothpaste but without the offensively strong mint flavor of normal toothpaste!

Wow, thank you so much for the tip! :)

-Rowan

[sensorysurvival]

Oral Defensiveness: 15 of the Best Oral Defensiveness Tools and Resources

Oral Defensiveness: 15 of the Best Oral Defensiveness Tools and Resources As we discussed previously in “Oral Sensitivities: Why My Child Chews on Pencils and Sucks on Clothing,” there are many children who struggle with oral defensiveness. This causes them to chew on objects like pencils, toys and clothing. When a child has oral defensiveness they often need items to stimulate and “awaken” the oral... Read More

[dragonflea]

Having sensory issues with food is like

This roast chicken smell makes me wanna puke but I know I'm gonna love the taste of it so I must endure

"I like this food" = I can eat it fine at certain times of the day as long as I don't think about it too much

I can smell what you had for breakfast 3 days ago. No don't worry I'm pretty sure I'm the only one

No I'm not pregnant I just have the nose of a very picky cat

"I really like this food" = I actually enjoy either the taste or texture at certain times of the day with other foods to contrast so that it doesn't get Too Much

Can track a person wearing perfume like a bloodhound

Adding hot spices to all your food so the nausea gets replaced by heat / slight pain

*sniff* nope, put it back in the microwave it's still cold.

Laundry pile out of hand because you can't put the clothes back on after they smell like the meal you had yesterday

"I love this food" = at certain times of the day, I can actually fully enjoy this food without wanting to puke

Nothing tastes good in the morning even if you're starving

Bad days where everything makes you wanna puke

Safe food = food that never makes you wanna puke, ever. Do you enjoy it? If you're lucky, sure. Otherwise ... Eh, it's fine ig

Tragic: this taste is DIVINE but the texture is Big Nope

Reading / scrolling / dissociating during meals becomes a regular coping mechanism

Cannot enter Lush or Sephora without leaving your entire soul outside

Can't eat the last spoon of soup for some reason even if it hasn't cooled down yet.

No that is a cold food how dare you serve it hot??

Not hot enough, I need it to burn my tongue

The rare ecstasy of finding a food so delicious in every way that it yanks you back into your body so you can enjoy it properly

Getting someone else to check whether this chicken is off bc it smells bad to you even when it's not

The urge to try new foods bc they might be your new favorite vs the fear of them being gross and having to throw them out

Never ever being able to finish your plate

Nom nom nom no- *gags* oh. Guess we're done now.

I don't like that any more. No I know I used to love it, but that was last week. No I don't know why any better than you do.

"you're so picky" fucking tell me about it, who do think has to cook for me

[pet-diary]

So, as I mentioned earlier I have had a bad headache/migraine for a couple of days now... Well we just got new downstairs neighbors, and I guess they were using their stove or something (which is somehow connected with our vents as well?) because there was an awful burning smell coming into the house (we tried to trace it back to something but couldn’t find anything wrong), and so I lit some candles to try to mask the smell and now it just smells like burning and too strong candle smells gross fragrance all mixed together (’cos I used 3 different candles which was a mistake) and it’s making my headache SOOOO MUCH WORSE. I cannot stand how sensitive I am to smells. They are so inescapable... My headache is just going to continue on to another day at this rate... ;’(

[sensorypeople]

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.

[sensorysurvival]

So im in the process of trying to figure out what the heck my sensory system is doing, and i was wondering about some things. 1. Basically if anyone else can taste the spice in a food, its too much for me. Could that be a sensory thing? 2. Mint Toothpaste and mouthwash physically hurt my mouth, could that be a sensory thing? 3. Great blog, have a lovely day/night/decade

1. Yes, it could be! Many overresponsive people are really sensitive to spicy foods (myself included), especially if they’re taste/smell defensive.

2. This too! (and seconding the myself included :P ) 

Both of those could very well be sensory things!

Have a great day/night/decade as well ;) hope this helps!

-mod Rowan