Clothes

 I have started buying all my clothes a size to big, just for the comfort.

I get strange looks but I am so sore and tired at present the idea of tght clothes makes me shudder.

I only wear soft clothes cotten is a favorite but I find anything just brings on sharp pain.

Anything tight around my waist feels like I am being cut in two, and bras well don't get me started on that subject.

Kathy

FMS,CFS,MIGRAINE, MENOPAUSE

All of my slacks, capris and shorts have an elastic waistband.  No way could I wear a regular waistband.  My clothes are all cotten and very soft.  Even my blankets are like that.  I can't stand anything "scratchy" on me.  I also cut out tags if they bother me at all.  Some of those tags are really stiff and that is quite painful for me.

 

Bras?  That's the first thing to come off me when I enter the house and the last thing I put on when leaving the house.  I hate them with a passion! 

 

I really don't care what others think, either.  I'm the one that has to deal with the pain so I do what I have to in order to have some comfort in my life.  So, you are definitely not alone with this.

 

Sherrine

 I'm a tag cutter too...don't know why they have to put a scratchy label into clothing. Still can wear my Levi jeans but wear the mid rise... don't like anything around my waist. My tops are always made of super soft fabrics and in the winter, I always layer...a cotton knit with a sweater.

Comfy casual is my style...if it isn't comfy...I'm not wearing it, no matter how good it looks. I'm real particular to shoes feeling good too.

When just hanging around the house, I like wearing yoga pants, t-shirt, sweatshirt and my slippers.

Kathy, being fibromites...comfort rules!!!

Hugs, Robin

I wear only yoga pants, soft t-shirts and hoodies unless I absolutely have to wear "regular" clothes. I just bought a bunch of pairs of really really fluffy pajama pants that I absolutely love because they're so soft, light and warm. I don't have a whole lot of issues with sensation other than rough textures (like fleece that's become nubby) but I stay away from clothes that are at all binding if possible. It seems to accumulate so by the end of the day I feel bruised when I take off bras and jeans. My underwear have to have a covered waist band, no bare elastic, and I go without if I can.

So glad we're all family. I hate my bras, but I only wear them cuz well, I'm a 44 DD . I gotta wear it, or all notice. It hurts, but the best thing about pain it lets you know you are alive

I havent gotten to the point where clothes hurt TOO much. I cut out tags because they drive me nuts, and I did get away from my tight skinny jeans--they made me feel claustrophobic, and I put on weight as well. But I agree about the bra--I only wear it because I have to, but it is the first thing that I take off after my shoes. Some days it feels like the stupid thing is compressing my lungs, or cutting me in half.

I think my biggest issue with clothes is that sometimes I feel like Im all tied up, trapped. Does anyone else get that way? Like your clothes are trapping you?

Reading this post made me realize I have a big problem! I live in soft knit shorts and Ts. I'm going to a Memorial service for a good friend Sat. There will be people from other countries there. I have nothing decent to wear!!!! I haven't worn dresses oe skirts in years! Ugh. Dress pants, nada. I guess I'll think of something.

Think I'd look silly in knit pants and a sorta dressy knit top? A lot of people will be in kilts.

SpookiesMom,

I could have written your post! My family laughs at me because when I have to go to a memorial servcie, or any formal event, I have nothing to wear! Can't wear heels (and I have strangely-shaped feet, so it's catalog shoes for me) can't wear drapey fabrics because they make my skin crawl. It has to be soft, like cotton, as so many are saying. Not heavy, weight-wise, not itchy wool, not electricity-attracting acrylic, oh what an ordeal!

Debbie

I'm a tag cutter too! I have this thing with tags, they rub and become painful, and i agree, some of them are hard. I'm also one to go braless if I can help it, and i'm a 36 DD, but I really don't care, if I don't HAVE TO wear it, i'm not going to. I will walk around my house all day in a tank top or a t-shirt, without a bra on until I have to go somewhere, then i'll put it on, or else i'll put a big sweatshirt over my shirt so you can't really tell i'm not wearing one.

The bra and the jeans are the first thing to come off as soon as I walk in the door, well after I take my shoes off of course. And then I put on a pair of either sweat pants or the fuzzy pajama pants, and a pair of slippers.

OH speaking of slippers.... I bought myself two pairs of Bearpaw boots for when I have to go out. They are amazing, it feels like you are wearing slippers because they are lined with sheepskin.

I buy my jeans from Old Navy, and Levi's, they are the only ones that are long enough for me in the first place, and second because they are the stretch denim, so it's not too bad. I also buy the low rise. They are more comfortable for me. I also buy bras with underwire in them, but I cut the wire out as soon as I get them home. Hey, at least i'm wearing one right! LOL!

Post Edited (Fox7) : 2/5/2012 10:09:52 PM (GMT-7)

Maybe try sports bras