Posted by Ritch on February 5, 2002, at 12:44:12
In reply to Touch , posted by Dinah on February 5, 2002, at 8:45:15
> I am touch averse. I just hate to be touched. A cuddling, non moving touch is fine shared with someone I care about. But other types of touch feel irritating and unpleasant to my skin. It's a problem right now more so than usual because I have been sleeping so badly which makes me overstimulated, but it's alway a problem to some extent. As you can imagine, it can get in the way of all types of relationships, although I almost always manage to override the aversion so that I behave well.
> And no, I have never been abused. My therapist always finds that hard to believe, but it's true.
> Does anyone else have this problem and is there any way other than just soldiering through to effectively deal with it?
> Thanks,
> DinahHi Dinah,
I have had social phob. problems all my life and one of them is recoiling when I am touched. It is instantaneous like I am being attacked or a poisonous insect or snake just landed on my shoulder, i.e.. I don't recall any abuse either. Strange thing-the tiny bit of Celexa I take-that almost goes away entirely. I even find myself slapping people on their back when I tell a joke now at times. Another thing I used to do as a kid was *poke* people in the arm repeatedly interrupting them, trying to get *their* attention, and driving them nuts. But, if someone touched me without me being aware of what they were about to do-I would nearly leap out of my skin!
Mitch
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