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Originally Posted by LiteraryLark
People who aren't mentally ill are sensitive to smells. There can be many reasons for it.
For example, my grandmother gave me the okay to smoke my E-cig in their house, but when I came up last week, my Papa had my grandmother tell me that the smell made him nauseous even when it did not bother my grandma at all.
My mom is also hypersensitive to smell. She gets all P.O'd after I smoke cigarettes (I smoke both, trying to quit cigs) and she will febreeze the entire house.
Personally, when I quit smoking, I could smell so many things I couldn't smell before.
So who knows why you are sensitive smells, but it may have nothing to do with mental illness. Some people are more aware than others.
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Thanks, @LiteraryLark . Previously, I thought this was leftover from being psychotic in 2009, but then I realized that it wasn't a problem until the last year or two. Last summer, I started being tired all the time and having food intolerances to things that I was able to eat before. I believe the sensitivity to smell began before the tiredness, but I can't remember for certain. I am seeing my therapist today, so I will see what she thinks about CFS. Last time, she said she thought I was burned-out and needed to take breaks from work. I work in a family business that is struggling. I keep working harder and harder, but the piles on my desk keep getting taller and scarier. If it wasn't a family business, I would close it down and get a job that worries me less. The smell thing is embarrassing, because the people that work with me think I am weird. I have told them that perfumes and deodorants bother me, and then I feel like people are spraying perfume all over the place to upset me. Yesterday, I discovered it was only an energy drink that somebody was drinking.