@distilledscience: Replying to @Larissa Quiroga Do any of the 5 descriptions line up with your experience? If not, I want to hear about it! 👇 Describe where you are on the neurological spectrum, and how you respond to touch! NOTE: This is an oversimplification of some very complicated neuroscience-and some of these topics we still don't fully understand–but I hope it gives you some language to better discuss what you’re feeling, as well as tools to cope with it! For a more detailed article on this whole topic, check out my newsletter (it’ll be coming there once I finish my full deep dive) Here are the studies that I went through to make this video: 1. Altered somatosensory processing in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – Frost-Karlsson, 2024 2. Altered tactile sensitivity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder – Puts, 2017 3. Atypical Response to Affective Touch in Children with Autism – Bufo, 2022 4. Behavioural and neural markers of tactile sensory processing in infants at elevated likelihood of ASD and/or ADHD – [PubMed], 2020 5. Brain Mechanisms for Processing Affective (and Nonaffective) Touch Are Atypical in Autism – [PMC], 2016 6. Central sensitization: Implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain – [ScienceDirect], 2010 7. Defining pleasant touch stimuli: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Taneja, 2021 8. Differential diagnosis of SMD and ADHD: participation, sensation, and attention – Yochman, 2013 9. Disorder-specific alterations of tactile sensitivity in neurodevelopmental disorders – He, 2021 10. Early and Concurrent Features of ADHD and Sensory Over-Responsivity Symptom Clusters – Ben-Sasson, 2017 11. Proprioception, Emotion and Social Responsiveness in Children with Developmental Disorders – [PubMed], 2024 12. Sensory Processing in Individuals With ADHD Compared to Control Populations – Jurek, 2025 13. Sharpened self-other distinction in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – Boehme, 2020 14. Tactile perception in adults with autism: a multidimensional psychophysical study – Cascio, 2008 15. Tactile Sensory Dysfunction in Children with ADHD – Ghanizadeh, 2008 16. The perception of affective touch in anorexia nervosa – Crucianelli, 2016 17. The relation between human hair follicle density and touch perception – Jönsson, 2017 18. The relationship between ADHD traits and sensory sensitivity in the general population – Panagiotidi, 2018 19. The Touched Body and the Experience of Self – [SpringerLink], 2025 #science #health #psychology #oxytocin #EduTok #relationships
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threeRaccoons :
Gentle touch fills me with unspeakable rage, it’s so annoying. I’m like one of those cats that demands to be low-key walloped for pats.
2025-05-17 12:38:06
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whatsitdoodad :
just watching you doing it is making me feel ill 😅
2025-05-17 06:52:29
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user9410910478657 :
glad I saw this video, I always wondered why I could not stand being touched.
thank you for explaining
2025-07-15 21:21:24
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Maria :
Why is tiktok always telling me I have adhd or autism? 😌
2025-05-17 19:15:13
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Florian :
I'm AuDHD. Gentle touch is simultaneously too much AND confusing, but only some of the time. Usually when I'm already overstimulated.
2025-05-17 08:41:59
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Jay :
Even just watching you caress the wig makes me tense
2025-05-17 21:00:39
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mommyneedsadrink :
my autistic son really likes "squeezy hugs" when he is stressed.
2025-05-17 19:04:34
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✨Rosette✨ 🍉🏳️🌈🇨🇦 :
/cries in AuDHD with chronic pain, depression and anxiety. 😭
2025-06-20 05:51:37
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Mzlaki :
So if we don't like being touched, that means there's something wrong with us? 🤔
2025-07-05 11:44:28
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AGBH :
Can it change throughout the day? Like a mom that’s "touched out"
2025-06-26 23:37:50
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LauraUnBound :
“If you’re in one of these categories” bro I’m in all of them.
2025-06-15 08:27:11
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Dee :
Light touch makes my brain go ITS BUGS even tho im aware its not bugs lol.
2025-05-18 05:18:15
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Lenie Vf :
Ok but... why do I hate to be tickle and I'm stupidly sensitive to that, BUT I love when someone strokes my hair 👀
2025-06-17 16:24:56
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Zeds_Finest🌍 :
I hate my hair touching my face, ears, neck or back. High ponies all day
2025-06-13 17:50:41
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Axia Müller :
I love gentler and preasured touch, I was aghast when my partner said it wasn't normal, then again I'm autistic
2025-06-28 18:18:29
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Megan :
hands up who is in all 5 categories 🙋🏼♀️
2025-06-17 10:16:55
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Mira 🇦🇺 :
✅️all of the above
2025-07-03 12:04:17
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Sarah Maxwell :
My immediate thought was “is it because autism” and then…yep
2025-05-18 16:14:19
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Hpfan8807 :
I don’t like it when someone else touches me lightly but I love giving myself tingles from light touches
2025-05-17 14:06:02
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Sarah the squid :
I’m fine with either as long and it’s done symmetrically
2025-06-14 23:00:40
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Delaney Blair :
I have ADHD and anxiety. light touches always make me feel itchy.
2025-06-14 03:15:27
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Charlie :
actually killing me to watch you do it too lmao
2025-06-17 02:58:11
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ADHDmama Carina 🇦🇹 :
I thought it's because an autistic brain loses less neurons through pruning so more info for touch, light etc. will be processed which leads to overwhelm
2025-05-17 14:03:54
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iamSam :
I REALLY REALLY LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONTENT ❣️❣️❣️❤️❤️❤️
2025-06-17 03:17:08
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Helel :
I'm autistic and love light touches, but for too long at the same place they start feeling painful 😭
2025-05-19 13:33:57
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