I hate to say it but pants.
I know they matter. I wear them. But man I can't stand it sometimes
I'm with you. Jeans are the worst for me. They're heavy and stiff, and depending on how intense my sensitization is that day, the waistband can feel like anything from rough cardboard to sandpaper against my skin. Adding a belt makes it even worse.
I'm grateful my employer lets me wear loose-fitting athletic pants in the office. A coworker and I were talking about it recently, and he couldn't understand why I dislike jeans because they're his favorite pants. Clothing that feels perfectly comfortable to most people usually feels restrictive, heavy, and abrasive to me. If robes were culturally acceptable as everyday wear in the west, I'd wear them constantly.
Gritty feelings, like dried dirt on a garden hose or the feeling of dust on my hands.
Cooked raisins.
Anything that squeaks. Squeaking hair when its clean, green beans that aren't cooked enough.
Plasticy "canvas", that stuff that cheap suit bags are made of.
As well as anything gritty.
I won't go out of my way to eat a pear. They taste ok so it's not the flavor that I find off putting.
Finely brushed metal. I am fine with silverware on ceramic but please, for the love of Cthulhu, no brushed metal
Most napkins but especially the 'posh' super absorbent make me want to tear my fingernails off.
Fatty grissle in meat for me.gag
Really soft fake small hairs on fabric
Felt fabric
Wet paper. Just being around it makes me want to vomit, but not vomit, it's hard to describe, I just feel ill.
When someone drags their feet on thin carpet. Horrifying….
Peach fuzz
My hair touching my face
I hate styrofoam
overlapping sequin fabric. it gets me with sensory intolerance AND trypophobia
Brushed steel
My parents have blue plates that are older than me, and there's no glaze on them at all. Any time I had to empty the dishwasher, I'd wet my hands before picking them up. Even thinking about the dry squeaking of them against my skin makes me shudder
Polyester
car ceiling fabric.
Velvet, corduroy, some microfleece, crushed velvet, suede
I can feel the fiber in my fingerprints and it wigs me out.
Neurodiversity is so weird. I have very string texture requirements, but they're apparently the opposite of yours. The feeling of corduroy grooves in harmony with my fingerprint grooves is recently satisfying to me. And velvet -- omg heaven is literally made of velvet.
My issues are with inconstancy -- a space of smooth fabric is ruined if there's a tiny bit of grit somewhere. Crumbs in the bed? I'll sleep on the couch. (Interestingly, both velvet and corduroy can obscure such inconsistencies, maybe that's why I like them?)
Paper tissies, ah I got a chill and I am so miserable right now!
Wet bread as a texture can make me puke, even the thought of it makes me queasy. Also I hate socks, hate how they grip, hate how they get wet, hate them all around. I know there are few other textures I recoil from, but I encounter them so rarely that I can't remember what they are associated with off the top of my head.
Sweet potato and avocado.
Sand and wet trash, respectively. That's how my brain rewires it
Corn starch.
Rubbing my hand on carpets, thankfully I don't have to experience it very often. I don't mind walking barefoot.
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