I'm starting a new thread because I didn't want to derail fuzzymel's thread about children crying.
I was talking about how I have sensitivities to many things, and that's one of the main reasons I don't want to have children. I mentioned:
Then snoochface said:
And now I'm replying:
Yeah, I'm the same way. And oddly, if I try to plug my nose and breathe through my mouth, if an odor is particularly strong, I will still smell it... through my mouth! Is that crazy or what? Am I the only person on earth this happens to? Judging by the reactions I've gotten when I've told people this, I'm guessing I am.
Also, if I try to hold my breath for any reason, I feel like I'm being choked and I will start to gag and then vomit.
So I can't just not smell a strong odor. If I am in the vicinity of a strong odor, I'm in trouble.
I have very little control over it. I have tried using mind-over-matter techniques, but more often than not they don't work. I have this thing that I do where I start singing "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens," (you know, that song from The Sound of Music... yeah, I know I'm a dork ) to get my mind off the bad smell and my body's reaction to it, and sometimes that will work until I can physically remove myself from the vicinity of the bad smell, but if for whatever reason I am unable to physically get away, sooner or later the odor will win and I will vomit.
Since I notice that many of us childfrees here often seem to have a lot of unusual things in common, I was wondering if anyone else has any odd sensitivities like this. To smells, or to anything else.
I was talking about how I have sensitivities to many things, and that's one of the main reasons I don't want to have children. I mentioned:
Smells is a big one too. I cannot change a diaper without vomiting. My mother says, "It's different when it's your own baby." But I have a good reason to believe it wouldn't be different. (It would be too much information if I told you why, so just trust me on that. )
Then snoochface said:
Smells get me too. Even smells most people consider to be "good" smells, if they are too strong I can't stand it. I complain to my husband sometimes because he smells like soap -- isn't that supposed to be pleasant? But I can't stand it. I can't walk down the detergent aisle of the grocery store, either. Perfume literally makes me gag.
And now I'm replying:
Yeah, I'm the same way. And oddly, if I try to plug my nose and breathe through my mouth, if an odor is particularly strong, I will still smell it... through my mouth! Is that crazy or what? Am I the only person on earth this happens to? Judging by the reactions I've gotten when I've told people this, I'm guessing I am.
Also, if I try to hold my breath for any reason, I feel like I'm being choked and I will start to gag and then vomit.
So I can't just not smell a strong odor. If I am in the vicinity of a strong odor, I'm in trouble.
I have very little control over it. I have tried using mind-over-matter techniques, but more often than not they don't work. I have this thing that I do where I start singing "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens," (you know, that song from The Sound of Music... yeah, I know I'm a dork ) to get my mind off the bad smell and my body's reaction to it, and sometimes that will work until I can physically remove myself from the vicinity of the bad smell, but if for whatever reason I am unable to physically get away, sooner or later the odor will win and I will vomit.
Since I notice that many of us childfrees here often seem to have a lot of unusual things in common, I was wondering if anyone else has any odd sensitivities like this. To smells, or to anything else.