Smells is like an opposite trigger for me! With some very strong exceptions, I’m extremely smell… oriented? Anything from “Amazing” to just “interesting”. Some smells trigger a flight response though, and my brain says I gotta get away ASAP. Fertilizer/doodoo/stomach acid/most rot/ammonia/the kitchen drain trap goo after they haven’t been cleaned for a long time/mold make me panic a little and I gotta get away from it.
That’s the “revulsion reflex”, it’s a “normal” urge. Useful in evolutionary terms, it instinctively keeps us away from disease vectors. It sounds like yours is… “Well developed” should we say? 💛
Smells is like an opposite trigger for me! With some very strong exceptions, I’m extremely smell… oriented? Anything from “Amazing” to just “interesting”. Some smells trigger a flight response though, and my brain says I gotta get away ASAP. Fertilizer/doodoo/stomach acid/most rot/ammonia/the kitchen drain trap goo after they haven’t been cleaned for a long time/mold make me panic a little and I gotta get away from it.
That’s the “revulsion reflex”, it’s a “normal” urge. Useful in evolutionary terms, it instinctively keeps us away from disease vectors. It sounds like yours is… “Well developed” should we say? 💛