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Same problem here! I've been doing my own self discovery via introspection. I started a list on my phone literally called "shit I don't like" and have built it up from there.
I started with "windy days" and put it in my phone. Mulled it over a few more days and I could expand and reflect. I connected the dots, so to speak, about other things I don't like...hair dryers, fans pointing directly at me, vacuums, hair in my face, blenders. The grouping of these things can be given broader labels that are more overarching such as "loud bursts of noises" (too much audio stimuli), and "wind propulsion at/near me" (too much physical stimuli).
Took me a few months to build up a substantial list; and I'm still adding things every few weeks as I experience the world around me now more aware of "me" in the world.