Joe90 wrote:
I am sensitive to the cold. I hate winter. It's August now, and summer is almost coming to an end, which is depressing me because I am NOT looking forwards to the cold weather. Even in the height of summer I feel cold. It's rare that I get etremely hot. Some say it must be low blood pressure.
I think this doesn't just occur in Aspies. A lot of people either hate the cold or hate the heat. Others aren't too bothered. Most people I know seem to hate the heat. But I get so hypersensitive to the cold, and I don't think it's low blood pressure. I think it's my body size, which is very skinny.
It doesn't just happen with autistic people, there are a lot of reasons for people to be
hypersensitive to heat and/or cold (beyond just "hating" it). It can happen with fibromyalgia as well, for example.
I want to distinguish sensitivity vs. disliking it. Someone can dislike hot weather and be no more sensitive to the heat than anyone else. Someone else can be hypersensitive and react to heat at much lower temperatures than other people (I react to 75 degrees more like other people react to 85-90).
Your sensitivity to cold may simply be a sensory issue, like my sensitivity to heat and my mother's sensitivity to cold. Not just a matter of body size, but a matter of what signals your nervous system picks up.