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Neurodivergent 3w
Is it just me or does water (from a faucet) sometimes have a weird, strong (chemically) smell? I was always sensitive to stimuli but it got enhanced post covid.
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Anonymous 3w

I’ve read that people with ADHD have enhanced smell and taste and such, because the scent that neurotypicals adjust to, and eventually find normal so they block out. We DONT. Hence the overstimulation.

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Anonymous 3w

I had parosmia (EVERYTHING tasted and smelled like chemicals) for like 6 months after having covid cause it damaged my olfactory bulb and now I’m SO sensitive to the way everything tastes and smells

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Hmm. Idk abt this. I’d research it more, it’s probably just a sensory thing.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Weirdly enough it’s a thing with the trigeminal nerve (I did some googling), was just curious if anyone else experienced this

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