Nov
19
Haptodysphoria
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It relates to the uncomfortable sensation one gets when touching soft things, like cotton balls or peach fuzz. I just love that a word exists for such a feeling; also, I often experience haptodysphoria, and it’s nice to have a word to describe it.
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There’s a word for it! Oh my god!! I can’t stand velvet/peaches/suede/microfibre… anything with tiny soft fuzz. It just makes my blood run cold.
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i never knew there was a word for that. now im glad i know whats it called i hate that feeling.
Is there a similar word for the unpleasant sensation I get from touching bread crust and certain fabrics with similar textures?
Does this apply to really dry snow too? I hate the feeling of dry snow under foot… it gives me the creeps…
I am 60 years old and cannot touch peaches or kiwi. I
would buy them for my family by placing several plastic
bags over my hands and placing the fruit in the bags then
finally turn them inside out. At home I would dip the
peaches into boiling water to get the fuzzies off then
peel (always with rubber gloves on) and hold the kiwi and
peel them fast.. again with gloves. My grandson was given a money bank that had the most wicked fuzzy stuff
on it when he was little. He loved it. It freaked me out!
Now I will tell my green-grocer that I would like him to choose these items for me and to bag them because I have ‘ haptodysphoria’–He’ll go ” What???” I will look at
him pitifully and say ” you shouldn’t really ask…..”
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To touch peaches,cotton (or esp. wool) doesn’t bother me; with me it’s visual. If I focus on any of these, My teeth feel creeped out, so I guess I qualify as visually “Haptodysphoric” (or a quasi-”Haptodysphoron”?)
Yay!
Im glad to of found a word to describe ehat happens when i touch tissues or cotton wool eeep it makes me go crazy and feels so weired
You guys are all weird!!!!
Is there a word for those of us who absolutely love the feel of the fuzz. Those of us who want to keep something fuzzy in our pockets to rub, who wear socks made of the stuff? It’s a sick addiction, but I have found others out there- most of us love to spin wool into yarn- and make items of clothing from it so that we can get that fuzzy fix throughout our day. I get that feelingin my teeth too, but I like it.
Maybe Haptodysphiliac?
Errr… not quite.
“An unpleasant sensation derived from touching certain objects”
It’s not just peaches or fuzzy objects, it’s any class of objects – some of y’all hate fuzz… some of us can’t stand dry stuff like chalk dust or dirt.
OMG! Finally found out what I hate! Oh, and sometimes haptodysphoria can also mean more than just peach skin, in some dictionaries it says “an odd sensation felt by people who are afraid of touching types of surfaces” which is me. I’m not exactly afraid of touching fuzzy stuff, but I started to be afraid of fuzzy fruits after I got a splinter from a fuzzy cucumber. (Sounds weird, I know!) The thing I hate most though is touching certain rough surfaces. I really can’t explain it, it’s weird. Maybe if I touch a rock surface it won’t bother me at all, but if I touch somethinge like the edge of cardboard paper, I start getting this weird feeling, and I shiver all the way down to my toes.
I feel vindicated, my wife always gives me crap about this. Is there a support group? I know a handful of people who have this, perhaps we should get together once a week and we can all wear canvas socks and gloves.
Hm. I guess that explains the feeling I get that I can’t breathe when I touch very fine dust or powder such as flour, or fuzziness.
Ive always thought my favorite words were poppysmic and juxtapose, until i met this one. I love how english has a word for every situation and feeling- especially haptodysphoria!
@Maryanne: I HAVE THAT TOO!! like when people suck on their cotton shirts, it just gives me the most unpleasant feeling like “gritty” or “fibery” grinding between someones teeth.. idk just nasty.. oh and when people serve sno cones in that soggy paper cone.. when the soggy paper touches my teeth, i just flip. its nauseating.