Autism and Tactile Sensory Issue

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See something you like

pick it up

Try it on

Easy, Peasy, right?

But it isn’t at all…

Velvet and nylon

Make piercing shivers run down my spine

Woven wool, brushes against my skin

And slowly, but Surely

I pull further and further away from the racks

As t-shirts, dresses and jackets all grab at my nerve endings

And tug ruthlessly

Pulling, pushing, snapping and grating

Until I can no longer see the sky blue dress, which once pleased my eyes with calming swirls of Cerulean

I can only feel

Feel the shivers running through my veins

The zaps of electricity as one sleeve of each woollen jumper manages to brush against me

The mere sight of nylon place a frog in throat; wiggling, jumping and lurching

But velvet, oh velvet is my kryptonite

I see it and immediately want to run

So I do

It’s been all of fifteen minutes

I think…

And already I’m squeezing my mom hand

A silent signal we devised when i was a child

A signal that says so much, but equates to four simple words

Too much, must leave…