Touching Paper- Can You Do It?

I have trouble touching paper and other paper-based things, especially when my hands or skin is dry/without lotion. Not only do I have an issue with paper, but with fabric and other things too. I can't touch most towels with dry hands. If I am drying off a dish, I MUST get the hand that is touching the towel wet. If I walk on smooth concrete, my feel need to either be wet or have a heavy coat of greasy lotion. For a little while I'd wear gloves, and it helped, but then the problem just started happening despite the gloves and the gloves needed lotion on them too. I had a really difficult time this past Christmas opening up my gifts. All of the boxes, the wrapping paper..I even found it hard to have a wrapped gift sitting on my lap touching my clothes. It disgusts me, and it makes me feel so uncomfortable. I hold my hands in fists so they sweat, which can help, but not enough. I do my best to push past it. I still touch these things but it's never with ease.

From some brief research I have been doing it is called "Tactile Sensitivity", classified as a Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Interestingly, I am finding it can be a "soft" symptom of ADD/ADHD, which has been something I have wanted to discuss with my doctors. No doubt it can be a symptom of another disorder, or as just mentioned, one itself. Mental disorders are complex and the types seem endless. I often find it hard to find validity in what could either be deemed as a "real" problem, or maybe just a normal part of someone's personality and self. I'm working on that perspective because I know we can't be labeling everyone with their own disorders. I think it is important to remember that a disorder is something that disrupts someone's day-to-day, interferes with function and quality of life, whereas a simple personality quirk isn't going to have that impact. It's important to understand there is a difference so that we know where to draw the line between healthy and unhealthy, and to assure those who struggle, that their illness is real.

Do any of you Steemers suffer from something similar?