Smelling problem

[Faris]

try picking it, more fun.

[Dimmauk]

As long as we're on the topic of sensory dysfunctions, I've always smelled poorly. I also have a very bland sense of taste, and the texture of food matters more to me than the taste. I can taste fatty and salty foods, but finer tastes from spices and such make no difference to me.

I can't seem to smell strong scents, such as smelling a flower or a litter box, and have trouble picking up the smell of cowpies in a pasture or yeast at a brewery, or other strong ambient aromas. It's a mixed blessing. But it annoys my friends that I can't smell (or taste) the things they do.

But once in a while I might catch a faint waft of something that even my friends have trouble picking up. Usually its when I'm not even trying to smell anything, it just wafts by very faintly and I pick it up.

I have no known allergies, although I do blow my nose a lot and am perpetually stuffy. There's no difference indoors, outdoors, summer, winter, spring, summer, wet, dry, moldy, fresh, pollen/no pollen, whatever, it's always the same.

Am I going to die?

How do you know you dont have allergies? Did you ever have a head injury? I messed around with this girl that got electrocuted when she was a kid, and she lost the ability to taste. She was hot, but she had bad breath. I always had to give her gum.

[Diamicles]

First question should have been: Do you smoke?

edit: Probably should see a ear, throat and nose doctor, my sister had a similar problem which was caused by polyps in her nasal cavity. After she stopped smoking it became much less of a problem.

[Thayil]

I've had the same problem detecting scents for as long as I can remember. However, I do have allergies and asthma. If you have a perpetually stuffy nose, it could very well be due to a slight allergy. You can see an allergist about this, and if you're lucky you'll get to sit through some agonizing scratch tests!

Skin allergy test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The test is no big deal if you have no allergies, but, if you're like me, you'll leave the doctor's office with forearms resembling those of Popeye.

[Day]

It could be worse, you could have a licking problem:

[Roranora]

I always felt like I had a poor sense of smell too; however, since I broke my face in a wreck, (obviously nasal/septal fractures) I think it's improved. So break it all and get it rebuilt. I dunno, some people just suck at smelling--I think it's more often a blessing than a hindrance. The world smells; you should enjoy your smelling ineptitude.

[SubzeroDiabolos]

I'm exactly like you and it never bothered me, since just like you food texture matters most and usually I still get a bit of flavor when I swallow.

[Azalee]

Holy shit, Day haha. I have pugs and that video totally cracked me up.

Khamsin, you could just have a shitty sense of smell. Maybe bring it up at your next doctor's appointment.