Dotsie, I read an article in Reader's Digest in a doctor's waiting room many years ago (and have wished many times since that I had photocopied it) that talked about "super-senser" people, particularly people with heightened tactile senses. As I was reading the article, I became quite excited, because it could have been written about me. It was the very first time in my life (and I had to be in my 30's by that time) that anyone anywhere understood that sock seams DO hurt to the point of almost not being able to walk, and bedsheets DO rub the skin raw, and some materials DO scratch me to the point of bleeding. It was such a relief to see someone finally validate my super-sensitivity as being real and not (as I was constantly accused of being) symptomatic of a hypochondriac.

But I haven't read anything about it since that article. "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine Aron deals with the same sort of thing, but I remember that the RD article particularly hit home.