Sensory-Friendly Clothing

With this horrible, burning pain, my clothing really hurts. I wonder if this is what kids with autism feel like when they complain that their clothing hurts. Many of them cannot stand seams or tags.

Seams are painful, and most textures are torturous. Any degree of pressure or binding is out. Thank goodness for my Life Is Good creamy shirts, which are extra soft. Pants are tough, because they all have seams. I do have one pair of dress pants with silk lining, so I have been wearing them, but they still create pressure lines. I bought new sweatpants, because I had nothing to wear around the house. One pair of thin pajamas do not hurt. And I had no jacket that did not hurt my shoulders, so I bought a new one--amazingly, I found a peacoat-cut sweatshirt. I never thought clothing could be this complicated!

So... I remembered that some kids I took care of many years ago had comfortable pajamas from a Scandinavian brand. After some googling, I found the name: hanna andersson. And they have women's pajamas with flatlock seams. Score!

Finding sensory-friendly clothing is hard and expensive. But with soft, comfortable clothing, my pain level is sometimes sub-suicidal. And so I close my eyes and hand over my credit card.