I have an intolerance to salicyates and amines, chemicals naturally occuring in rich foods, most fragrances, hairsprays, cleaning products etc. Because my doctor has ordered me to cut all foods containing these chemicals out of my diet for a while, I react really badly to the same chemicals in the air, I get nausea, headaches, asthma and basically want to die. This is supposedly going to last six months or so. Despite my mother knowing this, and knowing that I have agreed to drive her an hour across town and knowing I feel ill enough already she has used so much hairspray that the entire house reeks. Why now? If I wasn't always doing things for her I would understand, but its going to be hell to sit in the car with her. Its 3 degrees and the only choice I have is to rug up in a beanie and blanket, leave the car window open and listen to her whine about the cold. God family pisses me off sometimes.
that's an awful feeling. i used to work at victoria's secret, and the sheer smell alone made my life hell. walking by a body shop makes me want to puke. it sucks when you smell something and it makes your back ache like you have the flu. i get that way with italian sausage. the smell is painful
Whiner. Take action. Someone is trying to sell their mother on one of the forums. I forget which. Put yours up for sale. BTW, the first question you will get is whether she is dead or alive, but with most people who post it won't make any difference. Italian's sausages rule.
Awww. You'd think she'd take that more seriously since you had to quit your job over it. Is there any medication you can take to help build your body's tolerance or are you just going to have to make your body get used to it the hard way?
aw husband, i will kill her if you want me to and i'll just leave the blood stains so as not to bother you with bleach i miss my family annoying me
ugh, i was in the mall the other day with my cousin and we walked past that store... over 2 meters away from the entrance and i still got a killer headache... she wanted to go in, i went to the fine jewelry store while she went to the stinky place (this was just before i got proposed to)
i'm SUPER scent sensitive. it's getting worse as things get along. i just can't deal with most fragrences; so far "clean" scents like peppermint oil and tea tree oil and such don't bother me, but who knows. i'm in massage school, and have had to leave early because i threw up because someone was using a scented oil on another student in a different room. *sigh* you have my sympathies... i know it sucks sometimes. most of the world is NOT very kind to those of us who have scent sensitivities, thinking that the more scent they spray, the more we'll "just get over it." riiiiight. and everyone freaks out so much about natural scent of bodies, that they have to spray fake crap to cover the much more pleasant smell of real crap. and fake body odor such as spring breeze or some shit, to cover up the real body smell. ugh.
I work at a promotional advertising company with roughly 130 employees...maybe 120 of those are women. Middle aged to elderly women. The smell of multitudes of body wash, sprays, perfumes, douche and laxative will put you on your knees. I want to throttle most of them. "I know Lilly of the Alley is your favorite scent Wanda but...Goddamn!!!...I can smell you when you aren't even around!" The most atrocious one though may be the lady who only half dries her clothes and therefore smells like fucking mold. The smell lingers long after she's gone. Pony up a few more quarters and dry that shit right bitch!
