Sensory Issues - Blog Posts
I cut my own hair for the first time and sensory issues went on vacation!!!
Before
After
For any other trans people (or people who can’t shower some days for any other reason) here is my “if I take of these underwear/clothes I will literally have a meltdown” hygiene routine
1- wet hair completely with spray bottle: I have very curly hair so it’s easiest to style when wet. I wet my hair using a spray bottle and brush it out
2- style hair: once my hair is wet I like to put my product in. On days like this it’s not feasible for me to wash my hair so I go straight to styling
3- wash body: I use a two face cloth method. One with soap which is to clean any sweat producing areas (armpits, underboob, behind knees, etc.) then one with cold water to wipe off the soap and clean the rest of my body
4- deodorant: I already use deodorant at night and in the morning but when I don’t shower it’s extremely important. Try to find one that says like “72 hour protection” our “long lasting” for at night.
5- wash feet: I tend to walk bear foot as often as possible so my feet get pretty dirty so I like to wash them as well with soap
6- moisturizer: I use various moisturizers in order to help my skin and body after such rough treatment. Vaseline anywhere that was already dry before and lips, Nivea cream on hands (and my knees if they feel dry), a facial moisturizer on my face, hand lotion on any other part of my body that I feel needs it
7- dental hygiene: I have worked my dental hygiene into my routine with my showers so I do it after I’m done cleaning my body.
Do you ever just,
Me, chilling:
*The sudden bug crawling on me 🐞*
Me: oh hi bug *removes bug off me*
*5 mins later*
Me: bugs, bugs everywhere, they are crawling on my skin everywhere oh my god where are they
Explain.
✨Guess who was going to shoplift at the mall but had to leave early due to sensory issues✨
do you have sensory issues and hate forks? me too!
** I did include some cultures I am not a part of, if I am spreading misinformation or anything wrong please tell me and I will correct it **
everything is under the cut :)
• this one is always a hit or miss but just use your hands !! now this obviously won't work for everyone, or for every food you eat, but it works for more things than you expect! I personally also do not care if I get messy hands while eating, but I know a lot of people do. almost all snack food I eat with my hands, of something has like bread or lettuce with what I'm eating I'll pick it up with that and eat, etc
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• chopsticks !! now I know not everyone knows how to use them or can learn how to use them but they make these things called chopstick helpers, you can get the basic plastic one or ones shaped like animals, then they are basically just an extension of your fingers. once you get used to them it becomes pretty easy to use and quite effective
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• something I recently started using is Japanese soup spoons, they have a big handle so easy to old and a bigger "basin" for food and liquid so it doesn't spill as easy as normal spoons. they come in SO MANY designs and colors they also have a BUNCH of like designs and shapes, some have a deeper or more shallow spoon part, different shaped handles, and they aren't super expensive to buy a set of them either
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• another type of spoon is a spoon from Russia! I am not entirely sure of their origin other than they are functional art pieces, from just an observing point of view they also can serve as the same function as Japanese soup spoons. I've heard a few names for them and I'm not sure which is the correct one so I'll just list what I found :') (khokhloma, lozhka, melchior, cherkassky) these also tend to be on the more pricey side. remember! they are also art and part of a culture, same with Japanese soup spoons
do you have sensory issues and hate forks? me too!
** I did include some cultures I am not a part of, if I am spreading misinformation or anything wrong please tell me and I will correct it **
everything is under the cut :)
• this one is always a hit or miss but just use your hands !! now this obviously won't work for everyone, or for every food you eat, but it works for more things than you expect! I personally also do not care if I get messy hands while eating, but I know a lot of people do. almost all snack food I eat with my hands, of something has like bread or lettuce with what I'm eating I'll pick it up with that and eat, etc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• chopsticks !! now I know not everyone knows how to use them or can learn how to use them but they make these things called chopstick helpers, you can get the basic plastic one or ones shaped like animals, then they are basically just an extension of your fingers. once you get used to them it becomes pretty easy to use and quite effective
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• something I recently started using is Japanese soup spoons, they have a big handle so easy to old and a bigger "basin" for food and liquid so it doesn't spill as easy as normal spoons. they come in SO MANY designs and colors they also have a BUNCH of like designs and shapes, some have a deeper or more shallow spoon part, different shaped handles, and they aren't super expensive to buy a set of them either
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• another type of spoon is a spoon from Russia! I am not entirely sure of their origin other than they are functional art pieces, from just an observing point of view they also can serve as the same function as Japanese soup spoons. I've heard a few names for them and I'm not sure which is the correct one so I'll just list what I found :') (khokhloma, lozhka, melchior, cherkassky) these also tend to be on the more pricey side. remember! they are also art and part of a culture, same with Japanese soup spoons
That's it, I'm reframing my anxiety, burnout and brainfog as magical exhaustion.