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Originally Posted by fijiisland
Does anyone know what it is like to have a strong sense of smell???
Everything smells bad!
The worst is older women with perfume and cheap make up on. It got worse as I got older. I can't go near perfumes at stores. And then I made to be a nutcase because I can't stand it.
My parents have some kind of light that you plug in and it is filled with some sort of perfumy stuff. with all the doors closed I can still smell it. so I removed it from their bedroom. I put it in 4 trash bags all tied together and I can still smell it. I got yelled at and told I am thrown out again!! I have to watch everything I do around them. I told them I am allergic to it (no other way to put it) and they shook their heads and said i am thrown out and treat me like I am a pshychiatric patient. So I said how would you like to smell bleach all day right in your face, because that is what it is like for me!
My parents only think about themselves and don't care about others unless it is someone that they like.
Smells also make me feel violent. Can anyone relate? I also work with the public and can't stand to be around older women. It is completely disgusting to me!!!
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I've just recently joined. I was on many years ago. Anyhow, I have had to smell disorder for a lot of years....I was walking through a grocery store around Halloween time. Just ten feet away I smelled the strong smell of the cinnamon and within walking down one aisle away I got an instant migraine. Strong perfumes, men's cologne, gasoline fumes, smoke from fires. Any smell I usually get a migraine. I try to cover my nose, try doing this in a church as you are greeting people. Not a good thing. I do use a cologne called Charlie the original kind. I have used it for 20 + years and I do not smell it and it doesn't bother me. why? don't know. But while driving in the car I have to have air conditioner on so no outside air along with smells come into car. It's terrible...I used to smoke...I stopped...it got to the point I would get a migraine every time I smoked a cigarette. The pain was unbearable so I quit cold turkey after 30 years of smoking. I haven't looked back. I can't be around anyone who smokes. Even some candles or I should say most candles. I can't go into a store selling candles, anything with smells that even permeates into the area around the store like in a mall. It is a real...too real, but it's been a while since my last migraine. Worth it to control my environment without the smells. Pain is a good incentive to stop doing that what is giving you pain.
I hope your family understands. Have you tried to show them articles on google, psych central, any other means that explain the problem. Tell your doctor have him explain to your family. My family is very considerate they know the problem it causes me. Good luck.
