Hi all, please help advise! Yesterday my
13 y/o daughter came to me complaining
that she cannot stand touching
'tea-spoons', she is quite happy to touch
and handle knives, forks and dessert
spoons but not the small tea-spoons.
After a long conversation with her she
also mentioned that she has a strong
dislike for the following which she says
bother her and make her cringe with
shivers up her spine. :-
1/ touching the small tea spoons, wet or
dry.
2/ drying her hands on bathroom towels.
3/ touching our younger 5 y/o daughters
spoon which has a plastic handle.
4/ touching her hands when her skin is
wrinkley after prolonged baths etc.
5/ touching and washing her hair when her
hands are wrinkley.
6/ the sound the hover makes. (which is
how all this came about)
i had the side of the computer off and was
hoovering out the dust from inside, I
noticed our 13y/o get up and leave the
room when I switched the hover on. Hours
later I was shaving in the bathroom when
our daughter came in and said, "daddy
something is wrong, when you switched the
hover on the noise really bothered me."
and then she began to describe the other
things that have really started to bother
her. She says this has been happening
for about a year. She knows it does not
make any sense but cant understand why its
happening. The 'cringe' feeling she gets
is similar to a person with long
fingernails dragging them down a
blackboard, the noise made by the nails
makes most people cringe. I personally
feel the same way about the sound of snow
crunching under foot, and cotton wool
being crunched up in the hand. Our 13y/o
girl is otherwise a bright and happy girl
with no health problems. We moved house
about a year ago after eight years in the
same location, I wonder did this
contribute to this strange symptoms? If
any one out there has any ideas about what
this could be, I would be grateful for any
replies. Many thanks. A worried dad.
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Alex
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 8
I Had Somewhat the Same Thing Posted: 12-02-03 23:44pm
When I was about your daughters age and my
mom dried my hair, I used to get so
stressed that I cried. The noise and
feeling of the hair dryer was really
irritating, I tried to refuse the hair
dryer but my mom didnt let me. Same thing
goes to the shaver, my dads shaver is
really annoying, I have to close the door
in my room. Also, styrofoam bothered me
when I was young, very irritating and made
an annoying sound. My best guess would
be that when your that young your senses
are still growing or you're just more
sensitive than others. Right now im 19
yrs old and I can use the hair dryer,
shaver and I can touch styrofoam with no
problems.
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Ken Garrett
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Northants
Nerves, Disorder? Posted: 02-03-04 03:16am
Many thanks goes out to alex for his
reply! This has helped my young daughter
come to terms with whats going on with
her. Cheers alex. Stay healthy.
