Comments on: Haptodysphoria

By: nolan

nolan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:27 +0000

@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.

By: esi

esi — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:23:28 +0000

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!

By: Iceprincess009

Iceprincess009 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:01:04 +0000

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.

By: T-rent

T-rent — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:21:00 +0000

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.

By: bailey

bailey — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:55:24 +0000

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.

By: LMP

LMP — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:04:59 +0000

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.

By: Trevor Helm Campbell

Trevor Helm Campbell — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14:38 +0000

Maybe Haptodysphiliac?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:47:40 +0000

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.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:59:39 +0000

You guys are all weird!!!!

By: Kirari

Kirari — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:17:34 +0000

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

By: Maryanne

Maryanne — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:32:55 +0000

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”?)

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