This month, for the
Sensory Blog Hop, I thought I’d keep it light. Well, at least as light as it is
possible to be when certain things that
other people barely notice can make you completely nuts. Those tiny crumbs of
cheese or vegetable dust from eating any sort of snack food that has a tasty
coating (my favorites are Pirate’s or Veggie Booty; this category also includes
Smartfood, Cheetos, Cheez Doodles…) that get on my hands make me CRAZY.
Here are some
similar things I am actively choosing NOT to write about, or even think about,
beyond this paragraph: unidentified particles on bare feet (there’s a long-told
story in my family of how I stepped into a small puddle of water in the kitchen
once and screamed. Well…yeah. Right?); seeing Booty Crumbs on someone else’s
hands (shudder). This latter is a particular issue as my son falls on the
strongly not-noticing Booty Crumbs
(or any schmutz, anywhere) end of the Spectrum.
I imagine – the
operative word being imagine – that a
“normal” response to Booty Crumbs would be to notice a mild dust on your digits
and brush it off or calmly wait until you have a chance to wash your hands. As
in, not be completely consumed by the awareness thereof?
Figure I – Booty
Crumbs, Typical
That’s not an
option for me. The surface of the skin is an information-rich field. When I
have Booty Crumbs, I can feel them (whispery, tickly, dirty), smell them
(cheesysour), see them (ew! Scandalous!), taste them (still in my mouth, but
also from smelling), even hear them (that oily-dusty
sound)…Consequently, if I have Booty Crumbs, I cannot stop thinking about
said Booty Crumbs.
Figure II – Booty
Crumbs, Sensory Sensitive
Like anyone, I like
to eat a nice snack of cheesy or vegetal goodness. The various Booty snack
foods are a common part of our family snacking habits. Yet how can I function
when there are Booty Crumbs? I cannot.
But! I have the
answer! Being a bit slow on the uptake, largely because I am often overwhelmed
by feelings and environment, it has taken me, ohhhh, 45 years to, first,
realize why I felt so discombobulated every time I had a snack of this sort,
and, then, to come up with a solution: “drink” my snacks out of a cup.
Happy snacking –
and please do check out the links below.
Coming up next: THE
COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT!!!!
Love,
Full Spectrum Mama
P.S. I didn't
receive any compensation or incentive from the snack company that makes
Pirate’s and Veggie Booty, I just thought Booty Crumbs sounded better than
Cheez Doodle Crumbs as a title – AND this is the snack food I actually eat, because I am crunchy.
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