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50 Things People Thought Were ‘Normal’ About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren’t
Human beings have a lot in common, from the need for meaningful relationships to the innate drive for creativity. Even our biology is similar. Or is it? Sure, our hair and eye color might differ, just like our height and build. But sometimes the differences go far deeper—and unnoticed for a very long time.
Redditor u/amistakewasmadehere turned to their fellow internet users with an intriguing question. They asked everyone about the things about their body that they thought were completely normal but turned out to be quite the opposite. We’ve collected the most interesting tales to share with you, Pandas. Scroll down to have a read.
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#1
I have bad ankles. I once asked my mom if bad ankles run in our family. She told me that nothing runs in our family. I asked her “because of the bad ankles?”
Danielle 2 years ago
I found out I had weird ankles when an osteopath pushed my feet forward so they were touching my shins. She did this whilst looking at my (clearly unbothered) face and said 'you know that's not normal, right'. Suddenly the many times that I've just fallen over for no reason made sense.
the harbinger of doom (she/he) 2 years ago
hey me too! almost sprained my ankle from turning a little too fast lol
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#2
I thought everyone had the same hearing I did. Then the pandemic hit and suddenly my hearing got worse. Turns out I needed hearing aids and the reason my hearing "got worse" was because I could no longer read people's lips due to the masks.
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
Yep. I really struggle to hear people if I can’t see their lips moving as they talk
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Fat Harry 2 years ago
My hearing is OK, but I didn't realise just how much I do lip read until masks were a thing.
Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
COVID has been the absolute worst thing to come along for hard of hearing people. I wear hearing aids and also depend on peoples'' mouths to understand what they are saying. With a mask, not only can the mouth not be seen but also facial expressions. Not to mention how everyone's voice is garbled by the mask.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
When I was in 4th grade our school was renovated and switched from chalkboard to whiteboard. I couldn't read the markers and thought it was because of the colors but turns out I needed glasses badly
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I can hear anything under the sun except human speech. I cannot understand what people are saying. Not necessarily a bad thing....
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
My hearing’s fine but I didn’t realize how much I relied on looking at people’s mouths to understand them until everyone was wearing a mask.
Jackie Lulu 2 years ago
I already had hearing aids before the Covid, but still had a terrible time because of the masks. Hearing aids are a life saver, but aren't perfect.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
There was a time after I got out of the Army that I couldn't understand someone unless I could see their face. It turned out I was reading their lips to add to the garbled sound I was hearing. After a few years, my hearing cleared up (no idea what the issue was as I wasn't around excessive noise while serving), but I still prefer people to look at me when talking.
#3
The first year of menstruating I had intensely painful periods and severe constipation. The periods would last two weeks, with two weeks in between each one. Everyone told me things would calm down and even out. Then one night, at a friend’s sleepover, I was in so much pain that I was sobbing on the bathroom floor. My parents rushed me to the hospital. Everything I was describing, pain-wise, made it sound like I was in labour. But I was 14 and still very much a virgin.
After a week of tests and painkillers, they finally figured out the issue; I then had surgery to open up my second uterus and cervix, which had been sealed shut by a membrane. I had been having periods for a year and had built up like 2 liters worth old blood in my sealed second uterus. So once that was drained out and I was put on major antibiotics, I got to go home and tell all my friends that I had two uteruses.
I was also born with one kidney. Not sure if that’s related, but I sure am a mess down there lmao
The Seb of Monte Cristo 2 years ago
Somebody needs to invent chocolate-covered painkillers. Complete with a stick or something to brandish at those who say things like, "it's all in your head."
Load More Replies... Lolly 2 years ago
I only have one kidney. Didn't know until I was in my 30s when a scan for an unrelated issue found, or did not find, that I only had one
Mouse 2 years ago (edited)
I have 4! Found out when I had to have surgery to move the tubes from the bottom of the bladder to the top. Before the surgery urine kept backing up to them & causing infections. Doctor told us it's sometimes found in autopsy that people had different number than 2 yet never knew.
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Pan Narrans 2 years ago
And then this: About one in 25,000 women with uterus didelphys gets pregnant with twins, one to each uterus.
Lady P 2 years ago
Wow, hope your ok, had diagnosis of two uteruses with Adenomyosis, Endometriosis and fibroids effecting both, one kidney too, help, support and understanding soo minimal
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
More common than you think. Mrs. TriSec has this two - we found out during fertility treatments after years of failed attempts at baby-making.
Alicia M 2 years ago
My mom had this happen to her but she only had one uterus. A membrane sealed her uterus off and since she was getting older she thought her periods had just stopped but she had horrific pain. Couple of years in and out of the hospital and they kept telling her she was constipated but the pain never stopped. It ended up being the same exact thing. After surgery and antibiotics she was fine again.
Lydsylou 2 years ago
Never even noticed that! Yep that rugs gonna have a nice red tie dye effect to it shortly
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robin aldrich 2 years ago
I bet part of the problem getting answers... was.... and still is when women speak to their doctors about their issues. There are just shrugged off. Like, oh, don't be silly. You're just being a silly woman.
Biological oddities occur due to random mutations. Some of them can be responses to a particular environment, increasing an individual’s chances of surviving and thriving there. Other abnormalities, however, offer no clear advantage over anyone else. However, a few can be quite a disadvantage if they cause pain or make the person constantly feel uncomfortable. There’s also the fact that others can ostracize you due to these differences to consider.
For instance, having 16 wisdom teeth instead of the standard set of 4 might make someone extremely uncomfortable due to growing pains. Meanwhile, the person’s peers might think that this is immensely weird and might even bully them. On the flip side, they find it super cool and take an even bigger liking to them. You can’t always control how people react to you and your body.
#4
That your brain never stopping is not normal. It’s actually a sign of hyperactivity.
The first time I took meds and I only thought of one thing at a time? Overwhelming.
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago (edited)
I get this but I'm not hyperactive, my mind just thinks alot edit: forgot to add that I probably have ADD
VonBlade 2 years ago
But brains don't stop. All of our thought patterns are "salad, iceberg lettuce, the titanic, roses, cadburys chocolate, god I'm fat", in two seconds aren't they?
LillieMean 2 years ago (edited)
If only my brain were that organized. My train of thought goes to salad, metal salad tongs, what does electricity taste like, do squirrels dream, if orange were a feeling, what would it be. Random fact, a song I heard a week ago. Dance steps. Frog in a blender. Stupid meme. More music.And somewhere in between I think about the shopping list, bus schedules and the inevitability of death.
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Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
I still can't imagine people being able to just... not think. That their internal dialog shuts up sometimes. (I have ADHD)
January Tempis 2 years ago
Yeah, I'm very sceptical! Maybe they're are people who can only think of one thing at a time, I can believe that's possible. But that people's brains just go quiet sometimes, nope. Yogis devote their entire lives to meditation to try and get there.
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SlothyK8 2 years ago
I've been wondering about this. I've spent my whole adult life with frenetically-racing thoughts and it drives me nuts. I have to write things down the moment I think of them because they'll be buried under the next deluge of thoughts I have. I feel like this is just not normal.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I find it difficult to do only one thing at a time. But the doctors told me I was just easily distracted.
YetAnotherSarah 2 years ago
Just in case you're not joking... I have non-hyperactive ADHD (which is a truly stupid term). Didn't bother getting diagnosed until adulthood, therefore did not undergo the full battery of tests. Was doing a software install (I work IT); it was one of the ADHD diagnostic exams, so I took it for kicks. Analysis was "Easily Distracted". This is considered the "primary" symptom of my ADHD.
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I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I'm not hyperactive, my brain refuses to slow down as a result of anxiety and severe OCD. Trycjophobia. I have a fear of hair.. mostly after it leaves the body.
#5
Aphantasia or the absence of a mind’s eye. When I found out that people can picture stuff in their head I was amazed.
I was also 45.
Melody Shanahan-Kluth 2 years ago
I have aphantasia and yes, I dream - no idea how it works at all
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Martha Goodridge-Kelly 2 years ago
When I was in my mid 30s I shared an office with a guy who had just discovered he had this. Listening to him describe the traits it so reminded me of my husband, so I went home and asked him to “picture a triangle” , then asked if he was seeing a triangle in his mind. He snorted like I was being ridiculous. Yep husband has it too, and thought when people said they were picturing things they were being completely figurative.
Ru Bee 2 years ago
I found out about this from the other side! Mind blowing, also a lot of people have no inner monologue, can't remember faces and the one that really stunned me was some people can't control their dreams and don't even know they're asleep.
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
I remember people’s faces if I’ve met them ten / twenty times. It always amazes me in crime shows when witnesses can describe somebody.
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Just learned that an in-law of mine has it. He says that if you mention a chair, for instance, he cannot picture one in his mind. My question is, what is his thinking process? It sounds like a blank.
Ru Bee 2 years ago
My friend has it he can't picture people in his mind at all, he has massively detailed descriptions of people he's memorised. He's confessed to me that he doesn't even know what his wife looks like until he sees her each time.
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LillieMean 2 years ago (edited)
Same. A few lines from the book and I'm already there and I automatically add colors, scents, etc. and the whole scene comes alive. Not a nice skill when reading the news.
Load More Replies... Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
Apparently, there are also degrees. When I read a book, I don't even remember reading it sometimes, just the movie that played out in my head.
Kristal 2 years ago
... but that's how it is with all books ... right? Ones with plots, or attempted plots, at least
Load More Replies... Emma Schumann 2 years ago
I was 55 when I learned this. I can't believe other people can actually see pictures.
Desiree Meredith 2 years ago
Do you read for pleasure? When I read a novel, I see a very vivid, detailed picture (like watching a movie) in my head. I don't think it would be as pleasurable if I couldn't see the words moving through my brain.
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I can picture things but weirdly, I can't hold it like a constant image. It blinks in and out if I try.
#6
Since I was kid I was aware of the running commentary in my head. My mind is consistently thinking about one thing and then bouncing off to something else, "talking" over something that happened last week or running through an interaction I expect to have tomorrow. I will zone out mid-conversation and have even been in meetings where I miss chunks of things because my mind has gone off on what I need to do when I get home.
I asked some friends and family if they experience the same and they gave me a side eye. Apparently an inner voice narrating your day is not normal. I can't imagine what it is like to have a quiet mind when people say they can just sit there and have nothing going on inside.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
What OP describes in the last sentence would terrify me! I hear about people with no internal dialogue and it sounds like a waking coma.
majandess 2 years ago
My husband and son don't have constant commentary in their heads, and I always marvel at the thought of it being dead quiet in there. I have such a sonic landscape constantly active in my brain. I think I'd go nuts.
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Zedrapazia 2 years ago
This article starts to concern me, the more I read the more issues I seem to have.
Brainmas 2 years ago
Yeah mine goes nonstop too. I have to read to fall asleep or I will lay awake thinking all night. Like figuring out what I have to do the next day, stressing about some bs made up situation, replaying 20 year old conversations. When it's really bad, even reading doesn't help. I'll zone out and my brain will make up the story, or I'll have to go back and read pages because I was thinking about something else.
Lydsylou 2 years ago
I read a chapter of a book and then have to restart because I've got no idea what's been going on or I read the same line 17 times without realising
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The Seb of Monte Cristo 2 years ago
I don't have an internal dialogue, I have two squirrels in my mind that constantly blurt the most random things at each other and they do not shut up.
the harbinger of doom (she/he) 2 years ago
raise your hand if you have an inner narrator*raises hand*
However, what you can do is change how you react to how people treat you. A large part of thriving in society comes down to emotional resilience. It’s about loving yourself, knowing your worth, and loving yourself independently of whether the rest of the world adores or abhors you.
You ought to strive to accept the things about yourself that you cannot change and then focus on cultivating healthy habits. Not to sound too cheesy, but you have to be your biggest cheerleader and supporter. Far too often, we give into negative self-talk. This saps our confidence and leaves us doubting ourselves. The world’s far too big and diverse for us to be doubting ourselves just due to a handful of genetic quirks.
#7
The way that my eyes see car headlights at night. I thought everyone saw it that way, but apparently it's not normal, and is due to astigmatism. Check [this](https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/health/2019/4/1/1_4360754.html) out to see what I mean.
SquiddoDiddo 2 years ago
Yep I have astigmatism (slight but it still happens) and this is what I see at night! A little less bad tho…
Shark Lady 2 years ago
I knew I had astigmatism but until a few years ago I thought everyone saw car lights like I did, driving in the dark always gives me a headache if the journey is over an hour.
Channeil Brown 2 years ago
That's exactly how I see lights in the dark too. Found out a couple of years ago that I too have astigmatism.
Cate 2 years ago
Fun fact. If you have astigmatism you are more likely to have the retina pull away from the back of the eye. This may create a tear that can be repaired by laser. I found out because I saw pretty flashing lights in the corner of my eye and then had a whole flock of floaters appear. I called my opticians and the next thing I lnow I have to go to Oxford Eye Hospital. For those in the UK, there is a whole network of eye departments working long hours around the clock to sort out eye problems on the spot. I wish I had known about this risk earlier. So now I have flared lights when driving at night AND floaters beetling across my vision. Annoying, but not serious. Apparently they will sink in time. One year later, I am still waiting.
Jen 2 years ago
Yes, this, although there are several 'lines' for me, in different directions. Everything is like a giant asterisk of light. I hate it, sometimes all I see is glare and I literally can't see the road. It's those LED ones that are the worst.
tracey sero 2 years ago
I recently learned that due to a freckle on my eye caused by sun damage I have extra sun sensitivity. If you wear glasses or contacts inquire about transitions lenses.
#8
When I'm around a large group of people, I have a hard time remembering everything that happened when I get home and I'm alone. This is without drinking. Thought that was normal. But I mentioned it to my friend.
Turns out I have horrible social anxiety and essentially, I mentally check out in settings where I'm uncomfortable.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
That's me and names. I'm often very clueless in groups and miss a lot of social queues. In my 20's I was always called stuck up much to my shock and horror. The nerve of these peasants. I got in the habit of repeating names while painfully attempting eye contact.
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Yep. The introversion becomes so overwhelming you can't pay attention to anything that's being said. Too busy hyperventilating in your mind. If it's bad enough, it can leave you deeply unsettled and poorly focused a full day or two after. Totally sucks. I do not miss it.
January Tempis 2 years ago
Yep, I totally go on autopilot when I'm in social situations that stress me out. And no one can even tell, which is actually kind of weird. I've lost supposed friends over it. Then when I see that person in a social situation later, the anxiety is so so so much worse. Fun!
#9
Feeling the compulsion to sneeze when seeing the sun.
Chocolate llama 2 years ago
Oh one of my colleagues has that. We call it his superpower because in principle this makes him a solar-powered bio-weapon
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
As someone who is also allergic to the sun, I'm gonna steal this lol
Load More Replies... lenka 2 years ago
Wait... what? Is this not normal? I thought this was for everyone? When we were kids if a sneeze was threatening our mum used to say look at the sun because it would help you sneeze.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
I’m with you lenka. I’m just now learning not everyone sneezes when they look at the sun?????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
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Cathy 2 years ago
Omg did you know that this is also known as Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) syndrom!
Gavin Brebner 2 years ago
Fairly common - up to around 1/3 of the population (with a strong ethnic link). Photic sneeze.
Mat Hall 2 years ago
It affects somewhere around 20-30% of people (including me).
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Mr. Nurse Man 2 years ago
Photic Sneeze Reflex or an autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst (ACHOO). I have this almost every single time.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
But I always sneeze when I look at the sun. And lately (past decade) I can't swallow for 5 minutes after sneezing or I will sneeze again and again and again. One time I sneezed 40 times. Thought I was going to die
Hseed 2 years ago
57 times here, mate. Mínimum 3. Not once have I ever sneezed once only.
Load More Replies... Violet Smith 2 years ago
About a third of people have this. It's kinda handy - if I feel a sneeze coming but just can't get there, I can look at a bright light and usually complete the sneeze.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
My dad has that lol he’s now my measurement tool for when I need sun block
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Horses actually get this too! They will sneeze or shake their head. Unfortunately they are pretty much always outside. :)
Body image coach Jessie Barnes told Forbes that body confidence is the ability to “feel at home in your body,” no matter your size or shape. “It's the understanding that your appearance is simply not the most important feature of who you are as a person and that there is no such thing as a 'perfect' body,” she explained.
“When you live with body confidence, you free up a tremendous amount of energy that you can then focus on your goals, your mental health, and on connecting with the people you love. On the surface, it may seem like it’s about wearing a bikini confidently (and that part is fun!) but the real benefit comes in allowing you to live a life aligned with your true values.”
Cultivating this body confidence might take some effort. For one, you have to separate your idea of self-worth from your appearance. You have to begin seeing yourself and others as people who have a lot more going on in their lives and far more to offer than just how they look at this particular moment.
#10
I thought I was bad at running because my throat would seize up and get painful whenever I ran for more than a minute. I mentioned this to my doctor when I was 30. Turns out I have asthma.
Sandy D 2 years ago
I agree. At least they have way better meds now than when I was diagnosed in thy 70s, 11 years old. But ever with better meds, asthma still sucks
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Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
Wait…THAT’S what asthma is? I thought I was just out of shape…
Crescent 3 2 years ago
I thought that my difficulty breathing, especially when exerting myself when it's cold was just me being out of shape (although I had been an athlete all my life). During a routine physical when I was in college, I finally described my symptoms to a doctor, and he told me that I have "Exercise-induced asthma", which is also triggered by allergic reactions, especially to duct and cat dander. I now carry a rescue inhaler and keep asthma meds available.
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Cold is bad, humid is bad, hot is bad, illness is bad, exercise is bad, it’s all bad.
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Crissy Newbury 2 years ago
I suffered terribly all through my childhood and never really knew I had asthma until I was 50. Covid made it ten times worse having to wear a mask.
Glen Ellyn 2 years ago
It's the tightness in the chest, the wheezing, and shortness of breath. Thankfully, I grew out of the worst of it. It still crops up in very cold weather, though.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
I have very slight asthma, nothing like this, but if i'm to active, I will need to take an inhaler.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Several doctors said asthma to me, turned out it was Hiatal hernia. Maby asthma to, who knows?
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
I have a hiatal hernia. My only symptom is excessive burping. I’m such a lady.
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NetworkNate 2 years ago
If anyone can answer this: is a cool burn in my throat after a run considered asthmatic?
Chihuahua Mama 2 years ago
For me it was coughing fits that would lead to me tasting blood. I thought I was just really out of shape in high school gym class
Richard Michael 2 years ago
I have asthma and I can run for an hour+ straight. It is harder for us, but entirely possible for most.
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Good for you. I’m asthmatic, and for a year I was running an incredibly painful mile every day, and then suddenly I couldn’t run a third of that before being close to fainting. My asthma is mild, but even with my inhaler I’m bad at cardio/exercise, and my inhaler is a pain in the neck to remember, so I just suffer instead.
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Had an online friend who seen a IRL photo of me and messaged me asking if I had a speech impediment. When I asked why, he said I have a weird shaped chin/jaw (obviously less bluntly, didn’t come across as offensive). He then randomly asked me to send him a pic with my tongue sticking out.
That’s how I found out I’m tongue tied. Nobody in my family/life ever acknowledged my speech impediment or extra short tongue until some random guy on the internet said I have a weird chin and diagnosed me. Wtf.
Judy Reynolds 2 years ago
My daughter is tongue tied - not enough to have a speech impediment, though. The doctors noticed when she was very young, and said that if she wanted to have the tie cut when she was older and wanted to stick her tongue out like other kids, then it was easy. She never has, and she is an adult now.
sonofabass 2 years ago
Why does everyone act like they know what tongue tied means. TIL that's a real thing!
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Connie Hirsch 2 years ago
And a very minor surgery can free up the tongue -- it would be a little weird as an adult, but a baby/toddler is just learning to talk
Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 2 years ago
Noticed my son was tongue-tied right off the bat as a newborn. He had trouble nursing. I asked for a breast feeding consult thinking it was me, not him, and it was him. They wouldn't snip until he was 3mo. Nursing was hell. The minute they clipped his tongue...ahhhh, bliss for Mama!
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xWILTED_ROSEx 2 years ago
I had this at birth- I think they cut it a few months or years later? I can't remember but I still shudder at the thought of that.
WindySwede 2 years ago
is this why I have a short tongue even with lots of tongue left in mouth..?
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Charles II of Spain, the last Habsburg to rule Spain, had a severe underbite and a large tongue, making it difficult for him to speak or eat properly.
Linden 2 years ago
It can impact posture too if the tie is really tight, causing hunching. Mine is tied, it was released when I was young but not all the way. No real impacts, but I can't make that trilled rolled R sound "rrrrrrr" that Spanish speakers can (apico-alveolar trill). Tongue tie is called ankyloglossia. The part that ties is the lingual frenulum.
mysterious(all pronouns) 2 years ago
I've got this, but this was the first time I've ever heard the proper name for it. For me, it's not bad, and while I struggle a little bit with pronouncing the letter r, my speech is more or less normal.
#12
For a long time I figured that everyone felt horrible after every meal, and that I was just a huge baby for complaining about how badly my stomach hurt all the time.
Turns out, I was just a severely lactose-intolerant child born into a very credulous family at the height of the 90's "kids must have a giant glass of cow milk with EVERY SINGLE MEAL or they'll die of rickets or end up in a gang" craze. To this day my mom forgets (or "forgets", I'm not sure) about this every time I go back home to visit, and will make some dairy-heavy meal/dessert and then act like I'm choosing not to eat it just to hurt her feelings. Like, no, sorry, I already spent a dozen years medically underweight due to being violently ill after every meal, I don't feel any urge to return to that state of affairs now.
Mobey Drunk 2 years ago
Sounds like your mom is a toxic family member that needs to be cut out of your life
Kirsten Kerkhof 2 years ago (edited)
I'm not sure that's not a bit harsh. My grandma was raised to believe milk was nature's most perfect food. We could talk about lactose intolerance till the cows came home (hah), but she insisted on everyone having at least a pint of dairy because it was healthy. I ended up just taking two lactase/lactaid tablets and not upset my otherwise very kind granny.
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Crissy Newbury 2 years ago
Lactose intolerance + IBS. Not funny. Fortunately I’m now vegan and problem solved.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
A friend had a similar problem. She started wearing a t-shirt to dinners that said something like "I can not have dairy, forget at your own risk"
Deborah Clark 2 years ago (edited)
Gotta love that 80s 90s parent logic. Grew up with a gall bladder that was basically on it's last legs by the time I was ten and completely dead inside of me by twenty four. Every single meal my mother made was loaded with fat. I basically lived in my restroom. Told me until I was forced to get it out that I just had a nervous stomach. We had insurance.
Carolyn Lively 2 years ago
Try those lactaid pills. They contain the enzyme needed to break down milk products that your body doesn't produce. I've had great success with them.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
Depends on the person and how much dairy they've had recently. Person I know can use them if she's behaved herself lately. But if she's had several meals in a week with dairy the pills aren't going to help
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#13
Dermatographia. I have really sensitive skin with an overactive histamine response. When I’m gently scratched with a blunt object, I get a hive in the shape of the scratch. I can write my name in hives on my forearm.
Alethea Fletcher 2 years ago
I have that.. less easy these days as I take strong daily steroids and antihistamines due to asthma and anaphylaxis.
Crescent 3 2 years ago
My wife has this. She now takes a daily anti-histamine and it has cleared up considerably, but for years I lived in fear that one day she was going to have a welt from scratching an itch and I'd get accused of abusing her.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
This happens to me, and it always freaks out everyone near me.
Karen Hickson 2 years ago
I have this but an uncommon presentation. I don't get the hives very badly at all but I can get the anaphylaxis if I scratch too much. Try explaining to a paramedic that I'm having an anaphylactic reaction without being allergic to anything. Took an immunologist to work out what was happening. It's made worse if I take NSAID medications like ibuprofen. Since I stopped taking them I haven't had a reaction in two years.
#14
That I had 8 wisdom teeth grow into the extra space in the back of my jaw (two for each side, top and bottom) that all grew in just fine after 20... Only to find out on my last trip to the dentist that I have 8 more growing in sideways...
The normal amount of wisdom teeth is 4. Not 16.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
My baby teeth were very stubborn about coming out. They would be worn down to the gums but refused to fall out naturally. I had to have one pulled by a dentist.
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farbenzirkel 2 years ago
In my milk dentition I had two teeth too many. That's why I have very small teeth. Or at least it didn't bother me because of that. In my adult dentition, however, the total number of teeth is correct. But: I have one "kind" of tooth too few and one too many. I sometimes ask my mother if she got me from IKEA...
Phoenix the Frog 2 years ago
My mom had eight but she got the other 4 later in life after the other pair had already been removed. She also had an extra pair of canine teeth and they were like vampire teeth.
SuperChicken 2 years ago
Lucky you and your brother. I had one of my wisdom teeth extracted last year (I still have three), and I'm in my late 50s.
Load More Replies... MS 2 years ago
I have none. I was 19, getting a dental exam when the dentist looked at my X-ray and ask, "How old were you when you had your wisdom teeth removed?" I said, "Wisdom teeth?" Apparently I won the genetic lottery on that one. All things being equal though, I'd really much rather have avoided the T1 Diabetes gene.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
My wisdom teeth were all impacted. The pain medication made me throw up and I got dry sockets. I had to go back to the oral surgeon every afternoon after school and have medicated gauze packs shoved down into the incisions then pulled out and replaced the next day. Dry sockets are no joke. Hell
#15
Cataplexy, I lose the ability to grip/hold things, chew, sometimes even stand when laughing. Basically, my muscles s**t the bed whenever I start laughing too hard. Me, my sister, and my dad have it. My sister has even dropped her children because of it (don’t worry more of a gradual release than a full blown drop and no one was hurt) I grew up thinking it was entirely normal, and my mind was blown when I found out it was not. I asked the next 10 people I saw, friends, coworkers, drug dealer if they got weak while they were laughing and they looked at me like I was crazy.
Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 2 years ago
Polls get more accurate results when you broaden the pool of people, lol.
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usernamenotfound 2 years ago
My friend when I was a teenager used to just slowly sink to the ground and lay there. Like, she physically couldn't stand if she was laughing. Didn't matter where we were either. Sidewalk, shopping mall, at school 😄. And I'd be dying laughing trying to pick her up lol
Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
Yep you can have narcolepsy without cataplexy, but you can’t have cataplexy without narcolepsy. I have narcolepsy with cataplexy
Load More Replies... Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
It’s unfortunate that they have a good sense of humour and laugh a lot. I very rarely laugh out loud. Usually I just think, “that’s very funny.” I guess from years of my parents saying, “children should be seen and not heard.” I’m very quiet
January Tempis 2 years ago
Maybe belligerent laughter therapy is in order!
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Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
It’s very similar. I have narcolepsy with cataplexy and my specialist also believes it runs in my family.
Load More Replies... Sleepy Panda 2 years ago (edited)
I have this, they treat it with antidepressants. It can be brought on by lots of things like getting a fright or sudden shock, orgasms or laughing. There’s a big culture of scaring each other at my work, I didn’t initially tell anyone and boy did they get a shock when I dropped to the floor having a cataplexy 😂
Tiffany Wilson 2 years ago
I lose all strength when I'm truly laughing at something but that's about it.
#16
I can taste words.
For example, if someone says three, an image of a cupcake immediately comes to mind and I sometimes will start salivating.
The same word has always had the same food association. It’s called [Lexical–gustatory synesthesia](https://www.livescience.com/1141-insight-people-taste-words.html)
Amy S 2 years ago
I have this but with only a few words, I dislike the number 2 because it taste like a balloon.
this guy 2 years ago
Now im curious... how do you know what a balloon tastes like?
Load More Replies... Lydsylou 2 years ago
I have it with numbers where every number is a colour. E.g. 2 is a pastel pink and 12 is red. It is the same with every number up to 15 which is blue and also randomly 90 which is a dark purple
Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
Yes yes yes!!! But my colors are different from yours. For me, 5 is yellow, 3 is spring green while 6 is teal. 8 is brown. I'll fight anyone on this, lol! They have personalities, too. I hate 6, 6 is a stuck-up Chad.
Load More Replies... ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago (edited)
Similar. I have chromestesia (a form of synesthesia) I see sound. Color, shape, texture, intensity, duration. It’s been a real challenge to manage throughout my life.
LocalLizard 2 years ago
I might have this- I kinda just thought it was normal but guess not...
Shannon Mallory 2 years ago
Thank you for putting a particular name on my daughter's synesthesia. All her life I've heard things like "Mayonnaise tastes like gloves. Apple tastes like spiders. Oxalis tastes like angels."
Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
I see numbers in specific colors. They haven't changed all my life. It helps me remember phone numbers.
#17
I have a double uvula. That little hangy thing in the back of your throat... Mine looks like a ballsack. I thought that's just what they looked like cuz like, how often do you look in people's throats? I remember seeing cartoons as a kid where they'd zoom in on a character's mouth when they are screaming or something... And I just thought the artists were lazy, drawing a simple droopy line. But no, that's what most people's look like.
When I was in my 20s I went to the doctor for something unrelated and she checked my throat and just said "huh you have a double uvula. Neat!" I went home and told my roommates and they all had to look in my mouth. I thought they would think the doctor was the weirdo but they were all shocked... I'll never forget one saying "you've got balls in your throat!"
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
To be honest, I misread that and my interest really peaked especially if there was a picture.
Samsquatch & Monko 2 years ago
Unrelated, but I can bend my tongue backward and touch my uvula
Rainstorm 2 years ago
I thought that thing was your gag reflex? Or according to Full House, your courage
Lydsylou 2 years ago
Your gag reflex is when you gag after you put something down your throat. It's not a physical thing
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Karen Grace 2 years ago
That's an incomplete cleft palate called a submucous cleft palate. That's why the tissue between the uvula looks translucent.
#18
“Sharp” poops. (This got lengthy. TL;DR at the bottom.)
I’d never had regular daily bowel movements. At best, a couple times a week, but not multiple times every day, and when I would go, I was in and out in under 2 minutes. When I was younger, I just thought everyone else was weird. By the time I was a teenager, I thought I was just odd or chronically constipated. Went to the pediatrician, and they found nothing wrong. “Eat more fiber, drink more water.”
In my 20s, I’d gone to a new doctor to see about it, and they’d always suggest increasing fiber, trying a stool softener, and drinking more water.
Mid 20s, I started having “sharp” poops. I’d feel a sharp, almost dragging sensation and would eventually have a bowel movement later in the day or the next day. I figured they were just hard turds or I was dehydrated again.
Over time, I’d started to notice blood on the tissue. I brought it up to another doctor again and was told more of the same, and after a small exam (finger and glove), it was suggested I might have internal hemorrhoids or be pushing too hard. More fiber, more water, stool softeners.
Late 20s I’d developed the unique talent to know whether the overwhelming urge to go after the sharp poops would actually be a real poop or just on-the-toilet meditation. Asked a doctor, same story.
By my early 30s, instead of meditation there’d be blood floating in the toilet; sometimes liquid, sometimes sort of like collagen. (It actually describes as similar to red currant jelly)
I went to the doctor for what I thought was intestinal blockage and mentioned I thought I had ibs-c or something and she referred me to a gastroenterologist.
He thought things were weird enough to schedule a colonoscopy which was early for my age but they got my insurance to cover it, so I went.
Turns out, I had stage 1 colon cancer. There was a huge, pedunculated (attached to a stalk, like a mushroom), polyp that would dip into my r****m and retract back up into my sigmoid colon. It was bleeding at the head and had caused my intestine to telescope in on itself. They found it and removed it while I was under for the colonoscopy. Apparently the cancer started at the top of the polyp and was working its way down the stalk. It was about 1 cm away from the base when they found its and removed it. It probably wouldn’t have been the same if it wasn’t found then.
TL;DR- it was colon cancer.
Alaskatgal 2 years ago
Omg that is terrifying! You are very fortunate it was found. For decades you had lazy, irresponsible doctors! So glad you are all right.
Kaye 2 years ago
My dad was 49 when he died from colon cancer. It's genetic. I have a yearly colonoscopy. My daughter is 39 and has rectal bleeding, but insurance won't cover the procedure until she's 50. Good ol' USA.
RafaelSoni 2 years ago
I'm sorry. My mom had stage 4 colon cancer but survived miraculously when I was in my 30s. Because of that me & my sister's GI drs started us getting colonoscopies immediately-ins paid. We've been getting them every 10 yrs, then when we turned 50 they changed to every 5 years. Your dr can fight for that since it's medically necessary & have ins approve it. Good luck
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nancy 2 years ago
The very first time i complained of similar issues, I was sent for a colonoscopy ... I wonder why it took so long for them to refer him to a specialist?
HolyDiver 2 years ago
Consider yourself lucky. They did not diagnose mine until it was stage 3 and had begun to prolapse outside the sphincter. I ended up losing the end of my digestive tract and have a permanent ostomy. Coming up on 4 years cancer free though!
SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
I understand the sentiment, but it's very difficult to tell someone who briefly had cancer to consider themselves lucky. Also congratulations to that!
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I get itchy as soon as I get overheated. Like an all over body itch. There's no rash that pops up, I just get very very itchy.
Sandy D 2 years ago
I get that. When I'm hot my neck itches uncontrollably , and occasionally it spread to other areas. I sometimes get nice, too
J Aislynn d'Merricksson 2 years ago
From experience with intense itching all over after becoming overheated, and popping mad benedryl at it's worst, I went to Dr finally and after explaining how the itchiness progressed over my body. It was 'pruritis indicative of a liver condition' and she had me tested for all kinds of liver issues, including, alarmingly, all types of hepatitis. There was no way I've had those or most of the other things i was tested for. It is what today is called NASH, or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. No idea how I got it, though it should be noted my right side is kinda kronked in general. That eye was removed, right ear has meniere's, right hip is messed up. Allergic reactions cause only that side's sinuses to stuff up and that 'eye' to run like crazy. That foot has desensitization across the ball, and part of heel. Two molars had to be removed from that side. I swear, give me a Borgified right side and I'd be ecstatic.
Vermonta 2 years ago
My Dr. tells me every thing happens on the right side of body
Load More Replies... I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
During the summer, any part of my body that has been exposed to Sun will start itching and get little water blisters. Sometimes when I overheat too..doc said it's just a skin allergy to the sun but sometimes the blisters can get intense if I stay out too long. Then they itch and hurt.
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
I get itchy (arms & legs) showering with "hard" water. Scratching sometimes till it bleeds
#20
I guess regular people don’t practice facial expressions for specific emotions in the mirror? How they didn’t diagnose my autism until I was 36 is a mystery.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
I was thankfully diagnosed when I was very young, but yeah, I feel ya'. It's not that I (or many others like this) don't feel the emotions we emulate, I spontaneously laugh, cry, etc. when those emotions are warrented, but sometimes nt people emote when (in my mind) it doesn't seem logically necessary as part of "normal" social interaction. I've often had to be reminded to make my face match my feelings. Sometimes I wish I could just tap my head and make emojis pop out .
Austin L 2 years ago
I have that confusing interaction with people all the time about seemingly illogical facial expressions. Animals are often easier for me to "read" though....
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Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I had the opposite problem growing up. Always wore my 'heart on my sleeves' so I practiced resting b***h face and now I have to make sure I'm actually smiling when I'm smiling.
DotC 2 years ago
Same!! I have no poker face. Now I have to make myself laugh in picture ms otherwise it doesn’t look like I’m laughing. All from hiding it!
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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 2 years ago
I feel you! I practiced how to say stuff when you want to show a certain emotion or get people to listen to you, what to do to comfort people, etc etc. It's like learning a foreign language. I have emotions but if I don't express them like people expect - it sucks when people you care about think you're cold and bored.
Mam cymraeg 2 years ago
My daughter is autistic and has been doing this since she was a toddler didn't even realise it was a thing
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
I spent 13 years thinking that was normal, until I got my diagnosis results around a month ago.
#21
I have perfect pitch. Somehow, a discussion about it never happened so I went through 2.5 years of band learning notes and tuning the way I thought everyone else did.
To make a long story short, I found out when my dad was trying to play a tune by ear, kept missing a note, and I finally yelled at him that he should be playing X note, which led to my parents freaking out & quizzing me, and me freaking out because I thought they were playing dumb. It took months and coming across a National Geographic article before it fully sank in that I had an entirely different relationship with sound than anyone in my social circle.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 years ago
I also have what is termed "perfect or absolute pitch." This is actually how I've learned to speak so many languages. I've always been able to hear music, and then play it back pretty immediately, but oddly I've never had much interest in making music. I can, however, learn languages and speak as accurately as a native in much the same way. I am fascinated by how words sound, especially in different languages and dialects. I am also great at emulating voices. When I was a kid, people outside my family used to act like my perfect pitch was some sort of Rain Man thing because I'm autistic, but I've met a few nt people who share the ability, and I'm sure there are many more out there. Elton John comes to mind, so that's not such bad company to be in 😉
Karl 2 years ago
I have perfect pitch and can replicate a song instantly. I can also tune a guitar with completely slackened strings to concert pitch within an eighth of a tone accuracy. Guess it's just come from playing music all my life. I thought that everyone could do this but my mate who's a brilliant sight reader thinks it's amazing as I can't even read music.
Load More Replies... Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
I can’t do that thing where you play a note and be like “yep that’s an E,” but I can play a tune by ear really easily (I just kind of know in my head what feels right), I can figure out how to play simple tunes on instruments I’ve never played before, I can tell if something’s too sharp or flat when someone’s playing a song. I also sight-read really easily (this could be due to learning it really young and so it’s kind of a second language to me), and can learn songs really quickly.
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
My sister has perfect pitch (she is also a gifted piano player). Mi pitch is not perfect enough to name a tone, but I always hear it when someone is playing or singing even a bit off. And I'm good at languages. Not only learning to speak them like a native, but also recognizing a language by its sound and rhythm. Languages are like music to me. My family took it as normal, because we all have musical genes and are good at speaking languages :)
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
My mom had perfect pitch. Played piano, trumpet and sang in the chorus of the opera. One Christmas 3 church choirs were going to come together to perform Handel’s Messiah. The audition was to go in and they’d hand you a piece of music you’ve never seen before. Ok, sing it. No time to review it, just sing it. Of course she could. Mom never realized I also have perfect pitch. She and I watching a musical performance on TV, she realized that both of us absolutely can’t stand it if whoever is singing, or playing an instrument is the teeny tiniest off key. It’s like tiger claws on a chalk board. We’d stand about 30 seconds of hearing it and it’s almost painful to our ears. Oh what fun in music class. I was in the strings class. Spent a lot of time trying to keep my head from exploding. Ticked off the other kids that the teacher could put a piece of music in front of me & I could play it. No mistakes. Just like mom singing a piece she’d never seen before.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
Jealous!!!! As a musician, this would make my life SO much easier
UpQuarkDownQuark (he/hey you) 2 years ago
Same. I don’t even have relative pitch, but I make it work!
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ЛеснойКороль(they/he)🇺🇦🇷🇺 2 years ago
I have perfect pitch, play four instruments, and speak six languages. I don’t know if it’s related but i quite enjoy it lmao
Annabel Again 2 years ago
Me too it vibrates a very specific way/location in inside of my skull, especially when I sing but also when I hear it, also synesthetic
keyboardtek 2 years ago
Perfect pitch to what tuning? The 12 notes in an octave are not perfect. They are equal temperament to make the12 pitch fit the octave. A piano is not perfect either. They are stretch tuned. Most musicians have relative pitch and they mentally remember a recording is in a certain key and that is how their brain remembers the pitch.
Jesha 2 years ago
I can't usually immediately SAY what note is being played, but I can tell when it's off even by a little. Just my recall is kinda c**p and the rest of my brain doesn't catch up fast enough for it to be true 'perfect pitch'. Probably if I'd learned more about music instead of matching melodies I'd have an easier time.
#22
I’ve got ‘alternating exo’ the eye doctor called it. I can choose which eye I can see out of and can switch as I please, which ever eye is not “picked” “turns off” and I don’t see out of it since I chose the other eye. Since i've been able to do it all my life both of my eyes can operate alone so if I lose one it won’t be as bad adjusting. Pretty nice actually but the ‘exo’ makes me hate selfies cuz whichever eye isn’t picked drifts outward which is noticeable to me at least :( That’s not the only one I can think of to lol edit; Yes I know there’s surgeries to fix the drift but my eye doc said that it might cause more problems and it’s minimal enough that I can live comfortably. I don’t have any issues with bumping into things I couldn’t see or dealing with small things
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
My vision allows me to see the tiny capillaries within my eyes, even the blood cells rushing through them like wee frantic cars in tunnels. It happens when I'm relaxed and viewing a light-colored background. My eye doctor says it's normal for some people, but if I talk about it most folks think I'm making it up.
primeline31 2 years ago
Same here, however, I can only see them when looking at a light or bright single color background, like the blue sky. I can't see them when looking at anything else because the brain focuses attention on whatever I'm seeing. What you and I are actually seeing are the traces of capillaries in the cornea which are so thin that we notice the individual, nearly transparent blood cells traveling through the virtually transparent capillaries. By the way, I also wear distance eyeglasses and have astigmatism in both eyes. This may be the reason I see them.
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RedPanda 2 years ago
I can do this!! One of my eyes are severely near-sighted and the other one is almost perfect (slightly far-sighted). So my brain naturally relied more on the better eye. So when I got an eye contact for the bad eye (glasses don’t work due to the difference) the only way I was able to put it in was by stop seeing through that eye. It’s annoying now tho cuz I have a lazy eye when I take off my contact and my brain reverts to good eye only. Sorry bout the rant.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago (edited)
Wouldn't not seeing out of one eye stop depth perception?
Astrophile 2 years ago
Yep :) I have this due to strabismus as a kid (but I had the surgery for eye-wandering that OP mentioned). I have monovision (rather than stereo) and I’m quite clumsy a my brain has learned tricks to get around it and I can still, say, drive a car, but there are definitely moments where it’s pretty obvious that I don’t see in 3D. Like when someone tries to hand me something and I don’t reach far enough/reach too far lol
Load More Replies... Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago
So I suppose it's not possible to choose using both for stereo vision?
Kaedyn Walsh 2 years ago
I'm the SAME way. I grew up with ppl asking me "who are you looking at?" when I'd be talking to them when others were close by. Wouldn't know if I'm looking at them or the other person. So today I'll point to my dominant eye and say, "This one is the active eye. The other one is off hunting birds and squirrels. Just ignore it."
Claire Bartlett 2 years ago
I have that. My eyes simply don`t work together - it`s one or the other. As a visual artist I have to be aware when sketching as the POV changes slightly but otherwise it`s fine. Except that I can`t judge distance accurately, so can`t drive.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
If I close my eyes, I get a light show almost every time. It doesn't matter if it's dark. I wonder if that's a thing.
#23
Pain in your stomach and esophagus when you're hungry. Apparently that's acid reflux, not hunger.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I had acid reflux once I started putting on weight. It got to the point where I couldn't swallow without feeling like I was choking. My aunt had me take Omeprazole from the pharmacy and have been on it for years without issue. I
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Month or two ago I was having horrible reflux. Started off a few times a month, but then it was near-constant and awful to the point where Tums did nothing. Doctor gave me Prilosec for two weeks and I’ve been fine since. Odd.
Sandra Morison 2 years ago
For years as a child I told my parents I was being sick , after investigations as an adult it turns out I only have a partially formed valve in my oesophagus
Crystal Wasche 8 months ago
I went years without knowing if I was really hungry because of advanced GERD. It also hurt me to eat practically anything so I often went long periods without eating.
Catharina Geerts 11 months ago
Already at a young age, my stomach ached when I was very hungry. So even if that's "just" the acid of the stomach, to me that's still a sign of hunger, because that's the only time it happens, at least in my case.
#24
Apparently most people don't have much in the way of toe dexterity, I am monke down there.
Cloakred_Is_Bored 2 years ago (edited)
I can flip people off with my toes, as a plus, they find it disgusting!
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Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
As a kid, our mother taught us to pick up a towel with our toes, as a part of some daily gymnastics excercise.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
My nicknames have been “changito,” “mowgli” and “bonobo” cos not only could I be a foot model and hate wearing foot prisons, I’ve practically opposing big toes. But I think this was learned or developed because of environment. I grew up running around the Nigiris Hills without owning shoes.
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
I can move my big toe slightly outwards. Only knew it was odd when a podiatrist was wrapping my big toe after a nail injury and I held it separate for her.
AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
I have hypermobility. My bloke thinks it's gross when I use my toes to point to the ceiling,with my foot flat on the floor. It appears my 3 year old has inherited it also!
#25
In my late 30s, I was diagnosed with a minor Arnold Chiari Malformation. It is a genetic condition from birth which causes increased pressure on the brain stem which can lead to a lot of weird things. My wife was reading up on the condition and asked if I had any problems sneezing. I thought this was an odd question because I have a lot of allergies, so I said no. She asked what it felt like when I sneezed. I said, you know...your vision goes white and you get dizzy, worried about falling down, sometimes an instant headache...but it passes in a second or two. Her eyes got wide like saucers and her mouth dropped a little. I remember saying, "Now that I say that out loud, I'm guessing that is not normal?" Her reply was "Not normal at all!"
LillieMean 2 years ago (edited)
Interesting. Tell me more, please. You certainly feel the same itching and other physical symptoms, but the other symptoms sound interesting.I don't have the same problem, but sometimes before I sneeze, I feel like everything looks like an ant noise on an old TV, and a sneeze looks like a flash of lightning. it takes a while before you can see properly again.
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Cooter McCoughlin 2 years ago
Sometimes when I sneeze I get a terrible pain that shoots down my arms and hurts really bad for a few minutes. Every doctor I've asked about it just shrugs it off but I would love to know what's actually causing it. I'm afraid to sneeze because of it
#26
Nobody told me this…I ended up learning this on my own in my early 20’s.
I have a third nipple. I always thought it was a mole on my rib cage and I actually used to like it and kinda thought it was cute. As soon as I discovered the truth, I immediately started to dislike it.
And it’s funny but it actually does make me feel exposed when I’m wearing a bra or bikini and one of my nipples is showing. Lol.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Wonderd how that looked, searched for it - with 'safty search off', maby not the best way to start the morning. To much strange pörn (for me).
SuperChicken 2 years ago (edited)
I had to search for it, too, and saw one picture that a woman had a nipple grow on her foot.
Load More Replies... Phil Nolan 2 years ago
I've got 2 extras, just looks like a mole but I realized what it was because there's 2 and they're symmetrical, same spot on both sides a couple inches below the normal ones.
Steve Hall 2 years ago
That runs in my family, from my Mother's side. My Dad's side have webbed feet.
#27
Thought I had great vision - until I tried glasses and found that everything was so much sharper and more vivid! Apparently my left eye has a vision defect but my right eye learned to compensate so I never realized!
Penguin Panda Pop 2 years ago
I have this but with opposite eyes. I was in my mid-thirties before I realised the vision in my right eye is blurry. Put up with headaches for an entire year before going to an optician.
The Seb of Monte Cristo 2 years ago
Same here. I remember driving home from the optometrist with my first pair of glasses, I kept taking them on and off because I was amazed at the trees not being blurry anymore.
Hphizzle 2 years ago
My sister’s friend had such poor vision that she didn’t realize trees had individual leaves until she went to elementary school and got an eye test done.
Vermonta 2 years ago
same for me. Seeing clear was and still is amazing. I thought everyone saw like that
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Princeofdarkness 2 years ago
I had this same issue for a while I was getting severe migraines than I checked out my eyes and they told me my right eye is stronger than the left that's why I never knew that I needed glasses. After the glasses small letters and the headaches went away.
Black Garbage 2 years ago
I actually had this. Turns out my left eye has a degree of around 150 while my right eye has no issues at all. I only found this out when I took an eye test and we had to close each individual eye.
P C 2 years ago
Exactly same for me! Mine is apparently called Keratoconus.
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Have this or something similar but they (parents/ photographer) saw one of my eyes looking another way on a photo when I was very little. Got prescribed glasses by my doctor and had to wear an eye patch for a couple years. Thankfully children get everything for free. My eyes are still not equal but the bad one has gotten better. I still wear glasses with different thickness but no patch and I needed a special eye test for my drivers license.
#28
I once took part in a study as a paid participant. The doctors used ultrasound probes to examine the blood vessels on my face. They commented on how strange my face's blood vessels were, they struggled and puzzled a little while examining my face. Then they handed me more cash and asked whether I would be willing to donate my body after I died to a medical study. (They were polite and respectful throughout the whole process, just seemed excited?)
Edit: They didn't tell me what's wrong, so idk either. And my face looks perfectly normal, at least from the outside.
OhnoI’vebeencensored 2 years ago
*gently fingering face* Give up your secretsssssssss!
Load More Replies... Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
If there really was something wrong, I suppose they'd told you. It's probably just different, enough to get them puzzled
Amused panda 2 years ago
That request would worry me. 'You want to study my body after I've died? You, personally? How long have a got, doc?'
#29
I was blowing up balloons with someone once and silently judging them for not being able to do it in a single breath. Turns out I’m the freak who just has mental lung capacity for some reason.
OhnoI’vebeencensored 2 years ago
If you do a lot of aerobic exercise that would explain it. I cycle 125+km weekly and used to run for hours each week (before kids). I was one of the fastest in my running club, a bit of a lucky ‘natural athlete’ and I would notice on cold nights after hard runs my visible plume of breath was much bigger than everyone else’s. I also had an ECG for a medical for work and the doctor told me he could tell I have a big heart… awww ❤️
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I used to do that when I was skinny. Turns out I was breathing with full lung capacity and that helps with that sort of thing. Getting old helps.
Barbara Skolly 2 years ago
I used to be able to blow up air mattresses when i was a kid. Discovered this wasn't normal when camping and the pump broke and i was the only one who could do it.
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
I can’t blow up a balloon lmao. Never have been able to. Sometimes I get a little bit, but never even close to full.
#30
I thought feeling your heart beating was normal, even in a sedentary state. Turns out, I had a heart murmur (patent ductus arteriosis) and didn’t find out until I was 30. All those years of multiple doctors listening to my heart and finally a doctor detected it. After I had the procedure to close it, I told my dad I feel great, I don’t feel my heart beating in my chest. He was shocked I lived like that for so long. I thought it meant I was alive and well. ETA: I didn’t mean to freak y’all out. To clarify, I could feel my heart pounding lying down or just sitting and could hear it too. Think of how you can feel and hear it while working out or when you’re anxious. Mine was like that 24/7 (at a normal heart rate) and I thought it was normal. Many can see and feel it if you focus. I more mean it was always noticeable even when I wasn’t focusing on it
Subtlelikeawreckingball 2 years ago
I have this. Diagnosed at 39 with a murmur after my brother died suddenly from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 36. Went in to see if I had it too (it's genetic) and found the murmur. It's mild enough to obviously been missed for 39 years but now I'm to be monitored for it probably the rest of my life. But I have this- thought it was totally normal to hear/feel my heart beating while resting. Got really intense while I was pregnant too.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
My brother just had his 2nd open heart surgery to repair a valve - the problem started as a murmur he was born with. He's now got a defibrillator/pacemaker and a mechanical valve. He's Robo Heart. :) The hardest part of the 2nd surgery was that the new valve is noisy and tends to keep him awake. I can't imagine having to deal with that - it's not like earplugs will work!
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Crissy Newbury 2 years ago
I have a slight murmur. I can hear my blood pulsing all the time. I never realised this is not the norm.
Momo Skarsgård 2 years ago
I have this since I was born, I'm having issues and no doctor can find what it is. My heart will probably stop beating by the time they figure out what else is wrong.
Patrick 2 years ago
Heart murmur here, too. Bicuspid Aortic Valve with regurgitation. Diagnosed at 16 and was obviously serious enough to need a waiver to enlist at 18. Was very stressful not knowing if the military doctors would clear me or not. No issues yet, but it'll probably kill me in the end. C'est la vie!
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
I don’t have this but my pulse is visible in my stomach when I lie down or suck in a little or work out.
#31
My jaw pops whenever I open my mouth. I thought it was normal for your jaw to just "unhinge" because how else could you open your mouth wide? Turns out, nope.
KT 2 years ago
I have tmj. I can make my ears pop by flexing my tongue muscles
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I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I have TMJ and mine pops also. It got stuck open once and it hurt like hell to get it closed. Now I'm just more careful.
Karen Grace 2 years ago
I'm hypermobile and that includes my jaw. One doctor asked about the tmj so I rocked my jaw from side to side. His eyes got big as he said "that's a yes".
Midoribird Aoi 2 years ago
I learned to control this after bringing it up to my dentist. Fortunately, it wasn't painful. It was because of my current stressful situation and my clenching my jaws in my sleep. I taught myself to unclench my jaws when lying down to sleep and to lay there with my lips closed but my mouth relaxed. This takes a LOT of self control, which fortunately, I am used to. After a few weeks (along with a few TMJ jaw exercises) this cured the problem. It has resurfaced a few times over the years during stressful periods, but I know how to control it. PS, this worked for me. Everyone is different. See your doctor or dentist for this stuff.
#32
Not me but a friend. She said “you know how sometimes you’re exercising and your whole body goes completely numb and you can’t breathe?” I was like “no?!?!”
Yeah. She was in heart failure. Luckily she was able to get treated in time.
#33
My tongue has a bunch of cracks and craters in it and is not smooth.
Sherri Steinert-brown 2 years ago
I have the same tongue the doctors called it geographic tongue . I'm the only one who has it in my family and there were 8 of us then I had 6 kids and none of them have it. So not sure where it all started. The only thing that hurts it is mouthwash. But I love show my tongue at party's freaks everyone out l
MisGra 2 years ago
One of my friends had a geographic tongue, but not as bad as this picture. She couldn't eat citrus because it burned in her mouth. Also had zero tolerance for spice.
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RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago (edited)
This picture is giving me anxiety for some reason...
Emma Schumann 2 years ago
I have this as well. Sometimes I also have white rings like a geographic tongue
#34
Period pain that doubles me over. I thought every woman just dealt with this much pain until my doc told me it was in fact, not normal.
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 2 years ago
Keep that doctor! Unfortunately, still way too many times it's the other way around - woman in pain knows something is not normal, doctor doesn't take her pain seriously
Sky Render 2 years ago
It's even worse when you're intersex. Doctors are already wary of you for being physically atypical, and are far more willing to dismiss concerns because they don't want to deal with whatever anomalous traits you have.
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Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
My cousin had this problem. Every doctor (even women) told her she needed to suck it up because some people 'are just that way'. After her 2nd kid, she got a hysterectomy.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I was told the exact same thing. Turns out I'm riddled with endometriosis and fibroids. Thankfully I found a medication last year that keeps it at bay. But before that I ended up in the ER 4 times in a few months because it got so bad. I've had surgery twice too but it always grows back.
Load More Replies... Cate 2 years ago
Adenomyosis. Not as rare as you would think. Absolutely agonising condition and woefully under diagnosed. I have a friend and colleague with it. She is getting a hysterectomy in two weeks and she cannot wait. Her life has been hell every 4 weeks for 12 days solid for 30 years.
Tee 2 years ago
I had this. It felt like labor pains every month. I am so thankful for my hysterectomy! It was the worst pain of my life!
Load More Replies... Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
When I first started to get my period I had doubling over cramps, now they’re more easy to deal with. It’s kind of different for each person. But like really severe cramps that you can’t function while having them should be checked out.
Brainmas 2 years ago
Yeah same here. Like pain so bad I would drop and hug my knees until it passed. There was never any obvious medical reason anyone could find and birth control didn't help. Labor pains were worse, but honestly not by much. Now I just don't have a uterus so it's all good. I was so thrilled when I found an obgyn that was not only willing to do the hysterectomy, but highly recommended it and argued with my insurance that it was in fact necessary due to the amount of scar tissue I had tangled up in there with my other organs.
Never Snarky 2 years ago
I had a Dr tell me it WAS normal. Also that two ten days periods a month was normal. I changed drs, got a D&C. Problem solved.
Rens 2 years ago
I discovered, after 25 years of being tortured by my periods, that I have a condition called Adenomyosis. It is a gynecologic condition that causes endometrial tissue in the lining of the uterus to grow into the muscular wall of the uterus. No doctors ever took me seriously, always told me I needed to exercise and lose weight (I also have PCOS and uterine fibroids).
Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
Mine was fibroids. I was diagnosed so late I decided to wait for menopause for it to resolve.
Kim Rychwa (remy978_gmail_com) 1 month ago
I was like that and my mom said it was normal because for her it was normal. Turns out I had fibroids! By the time I found this out she'd had her last baby and had her tubes tied.
#35
I have bones in the bottom of my mouth — mandibular torii. I was in my 20s before a dentist commented on them being uncommon! Finally explained why x-rays of my teeth were always so painful!
Judy Reynolds 2 years ago
Same here! But how often do you look inside other people's mouths, so you think what you have is normal, and everyone has pain when getting dental xrays.
Connie Hirsch 2 years ago
Same here -- I have to tell the techs to get out the child-sized brace for the negative. They also don't believe me when I say that I =physically= can't bite down. i'm trying - so painful that tears are running down my face - but there's only so much room.
Jennifer Brown 2 years ago
I have pain too but not nearly as bad as your's by the sound of it. I had NO idea that this condition was the cause of it. Next time I have x-rays, I'll ask for the child size and hope they believe me.
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Babs McGurk 2 years ago
I don't have pain from it, but I was in my early 60s before a hygienist pointed it out to me. I thought it was normal.
Nikki Haines 2 years ago
Until I realized I had the Tori, I couldn't understand why the bitewings were so poorly designed!
Sherribobbins 2 years ago
I got mine at 16 when I had a root canal. You're not born with them. Anything can trigger them appearing. The day after my root canal I couldn't lay my tongue in the bottom of my mouth properly and I looked in my mouth and saw these very large bumps in my jaw (I wish I could upload a photo because I have pictures!). Apparently mine are of very impressive size and every time I've gone to a new dentist, they will grab the other dentists/ hygienists yo come look at the "huge Tori" in my bottom jaw.
#36
Sometimes I can feel and hear my spinal fluid moving in my neck and the base of my head. It sounds like a rain stick.
Jan Rosier 2 years ago (edited)
Me too, same as my dear wife. She describes it as silver beads rolling down her spine, I more like the 'drops of mercury'-analogy.
NetworkNate 2 years ago
I call mine 'sprites'. Sounds like the sound of a carbonated beverage sprinting up your neck, can slightly feel it as well!
Kaedyn Walsh 2 years ago
Wait. Does it sound like small pop rocks? If so.... IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?! I always figured it was just like knuckle popping but a tiny head/neck version.
NJJenn1673 2 years ago
It's called crepitus. It's nothing more than the release of gas bubbles from the fluid surrounding the joints in the neck and spine. Very harmless
Load More Replies... Satan Laughs 2 years ago
MY TRIBE!!!!! I am 42 and just had another person say they experienced it!!! Wtf! My whole life. Total rain stick sound. I noticed that it happens more when I’m starving. Wow!!!
Shishal Asaurus 2 years ago
I have the same issue and then some pseudo tumor cerebra/cerebri. I can tell when its gonna rain the next day because of the different feelings/sounds/pressure in my head and neck. Diagnosed in 2007
#37
My tolerance for alcohol. I went years of heavy alcoholic drinking with no one realizing I was doing it. I just didn’t get sloppy or slurry or unable to do normal tasks. I was drinking 8 - 10 drinks a day. It was easy to lie to myself and think I had no problem because I was excelling at my job, getting certifications and licenses, and generally being a good member of society. I never understood why some folks had three or four drinks and were out of it. It all finally catches up to you though. I always kind of knew it wasn’t normal but I didn’t realize how bad it was until I finally went to rehab and experienced withdrawal that included auditory and visual hallucinations and shakes that even the meds didn’t fully control. To this day I have acquaintances that have no idea I was blasted every time I talked with them. A lot of alcoholics say this but their friends and family say “we knew something was wrong but never said anything.” My friends and family were almost doubtful when I told them I had a problem. My wife figured it out first. But not because of how I acted, because she saw the evidence in the form of empty vodka handles hidden before I could toss them. I truly flew under the radar for maybe years of being constantly drunk day to night. In those three years I had a kid. Got promoted at my job twice. Had hobbies. Got licensed for my profession in two different states without anyone knowing I was drinking morning to night. Like I said, easy to lie to yourself that way.
Javelina Poppers 2 years ago
Morphine has zero affect on me when given as a pain killer, I could overdose from the amount of the opioid and still be in pain. Found out when I had my gall bladder removed and the doctors said there are some individuals that this happens to, but it's extremely rare.
Satan Laughs 2 years ago
Question: SAME thing happened with my gall bladder surgery!! I woke up and was in the most intense pain in my… gallbladder region. I wailed so loudly my husband fainted and the nurses left me to attend to him. I was in so much pain I wonder what happened. This happens?!? What the heck?
Load More Replies... MisGra 2 years ago
Outside of my family nobody recognized my drinking problem. Did great at work - raises and promotions as well. I wound up getting sober to prove to my mother that I didn't have a problem. When I got the DTs after less than 24 hours I knew I had a problem. The auditory and visual hallucinations I was not prepared for because I did not sober up in a facility, so I thought there were people living in my ceiling and making plans to kill me. Neighbors, also planning to kill me. Family, plotting against me in many ways...it was the scariest time in my life, and those stuck around for almost two weeks - likely so long because I was not sleeping or eating (I was going to get murdered, I wasn't going to make it easy for them) which just exacerbated the problem.
Karl 2 years ago
I come from a family rife with alcoholism on one side and an amazing ability to hold my drink on the other. My brother and father were alcoholics in the worst possible way. However I can easily drink a whole litre of spirits in one sitting and still act completely normally (just like my mother). I have to keep an eye on my drinking as I never know if I'm drinking too much.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Alcoholism must be in the DNA. My father's father's mother was a lush. My paternal grandfather saw what booze did to his mom, and though he liked the taste of alcohol he managed to limit his intake. My father loves booze, but I rarely saw him pickled. And I LOVE alcohol - but I have learned my limits, and if I am going to do some serious drinking I rely on MARTA (Atlanta public transit) or Lyft.
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I was telling my sister in law ( a nurse that used to write nursing textbooks) how I could drink 4 drinks and not feel it but a 5th drink hits me hard. She said its a marker for alcoholism. I never drank much especially after my 20's but still have a few drinks a year. I prefer legal pot. I"ve seen people do stupid stuff on alcohol.
Karen Grace 2 years ago
I have an extremely high tolerance for liquor. I have never been drunk. Coworkers didn't believe me so at a wedding reception for a fellow nurse they decided to test me. I was never without an alcoholic drink the whole night and never had to buy one, lol. They were all watching me and as soon as I finished one drink someone would hand me another. At the end of the reception they admitted I was right. I don't like the taste of most alcoholic drinks except for a couple fruity ones so it's never really had any appeal for me. The only effect I have found is that it does relax muscles. For that reason I do keep some wine in the house as I have chronic pain with frequent muscle spasms. Still, the wine is a last resort and it's been several months since I've used any. Turns out my son has this same tolerance and probably at least one of his kids. So this trait seems to be inherited.
Richard Michael 2 years ago
I was drinking 2 liters of rum a day and still pulling all of this off. I don't drink anymore, but I still have a high tolerance to everything.
Connie Hirsch 2 years ago
And a high tolerance for alcohol is a factor that can lead to alcoholism, because you don't have the deleterious effects (drunkenness, vomiting, hangovers) to be warnings.
Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago
In my late 20's I developed a hyperactive metabolism and nobody knows why. It's not from my thyroid gland, that thing has been confirmed working just normally. Anyway, one effect of that is not really being able to get drunk unless I force it, because my body just decomposes the alcohol really fast. In theory, I could do a night of party drinking with my friends and just stop half an hour before I wanna leave and then drive everybody home on the way. Ironically, in reality I just decided years ago to give up drinking altogether because what's even the point.
Jennifer Lias 2 years ago
I was told after surgery where I woke up towards the end that people with red hair need more pain meds and more sedation for surgery.
LillieMean 2 years ago
It is also hereditary. I don't get drunk quickly and I can drink men under the table. Some of us have a gene pool that makes us "Aileen Wuornos" drunk. It is said that Finns have a genetic inheritance that makes them a little crazy when under the influence of alcohol.
#38
Strawberry Legs. I have a ton of small dark spots on my legs and I thought that's just what legs look like. Apparently hair follicle or clogged pores that are exposed to air after shaving your legs can oxidize and turn dark. There are even treatments to get rid of it because they can be a major insecurity but I've never bothered.
ToGo 2 years ago (edited)
I've got this, doesn't bother me. I exfoliate before shaving so I just assume it's because my hair is so dark. I never even thought about it til it was all over the internet a while back, this "strawberry legs" thing. Look, I already shave my legs for society, deal with the dots.
Bella 2 years ago
I’ve always been insecure about the way my legs looked because none of my friends legs looked like mine and I hated it and my legs were always smooth but just looked weird and now, this is the very first time and I realized this is an actual thing
Load More Replies... Hphizzle 2 years ago
Where I live, laser hair removal is relatively cheap, so I got it done. It helped a lot with my strawberry legs. I’m super pale so it was very noticeable.
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Where is that, as I need a top up and it’s expensive in the uk?
Load More Replies... FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Used to get this when I was younger sort of. Lots of tiny leg bumps. Not so much anymore, but I’m pale with dark hair, so shaved hairs are visible under the skin.
Sherribobbins 2 years ago
I had this as a younger woman. I'm now 51 and barely have any leg hair (because it all moved to my chin when I hit menopause haha!) but it does eventually go away, so take heart kids!
#39
If I’m sorta tuned out or focusing on something and I hear a sound behind me or to one side, I can literally feel my ears attempt to turn toward the sound (like many animals do, such as cats). My ears don’t actually move around, but there’s some automated reflex that tries to do it. I mentioned it to my wife (in an innocent statement that began with “you know how you can feel your ears try to move to pinpoint a sudden sound?”) and she looked at me as if I have 6 eyes. I haven’t found anyone else since then who knows what the hell I’m talking about.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
My grandpa could intentionally wiggle his ears. It was his standard party trick. :)
Bethany Mal 2 years ago
My nostrils flare when I feel like I'm in danger. I always just assumed I was a prey animal in a previous life, lol.
Catharina Geerts 11 months ago
On the other hand, I've heard that there are people who can move their ears at will. A remnant of evolution
#40
I’m very buoyant. I have a hard time sinking to the bottom of a pool at all no matter how hard I try, and float completely with almost no effort for very long lengths of time.
Sandy D 2 years ago
Same for me. More now, I'm sure because I have excess fat, and fat floats. But ever when I had normal body fat amt, I could / can be in the deep water, in standing positron, feet down, head up? I can float (tread?)n without moving except to reposition myself if I float forward or back. I could literally be in water, "treading" indefinitely
Zoe Vokes 2 years ago
I went swimming at a neighbour’s pool last year and found it so hard to swim underwater. I remember as a teenager swimming the length of the pool underwater or touching the bottom. But now (and I have put on weight too) find it so hard to go underwater.
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I'm uber buoyant like OP but my grandmother and daughter are the exact opposite, they cannot float a tiny bit, they sink like stones and struggle to tread water. I can just lay back, put my feet up and happily float forever. Needless to say, swimming isn't much of a calorie burning exercise for me, lol!
PHOTOBOB 2 years ago
I, too, am very buoyant. Proved to be an issue when SCUBA diving. Had to use a lot of weight to get under water then had to be careful when surfacing. On a dive trip in Mexico the guides laughed when I told them how much weight I use. They gave me half that. Could not even get me head under.
ॐBoyGanesh 2 years ago
Same same. I have to wear a surprising amount of weights.
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iseefractals 2 years ago
As i said in a previous entry, i have a massive head. Which allows me to float, UPRIGHT in water, just enough to keep my nose and mouth unsubmerged.
Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
I guess they didn't call their life vests Mae Wests for nothing. I have no trouble floating
#41
My stomach hurts every day. I brought this up with some coworkers like oh you know just my stomach hurting like normal. They said that's not normal. Turns out I have extreme anxiety and I shouldn't be eating cheese.
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
NO AMOUNT OF PAIN IS NORMAL, unless you got it checked out beforehand/it’s your time of the month
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago (edited)
I had this issue for a few years. Turned out I had gal stones and had to have emergency surgery to remove the whole thing at the last minute...
MisGra 2 years ago
My eleven year old daughter is like this. Every day, almost all the time. Her doctor said anxiety, but I've noticed it's worse when she eats dairy (which she loves). I don't think she's lactose intolerant, but I believe she's lactose sensitive. It has been very scary before. I had the anxiety too, and when I had it my stomach would hurt - so that made sense to me. It took awhile to recognize the dairy issue.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
See if she likes cheese. Most of the varieties that are aged don't have lactose in them
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Cassidy Moore 2 years ago
Idk seems like the normal to me, I know more people who have anxiety and shouldn't be eating dairy than those who dont
#42
Being able to see in the dark. Not complete darkness, but as long as there's just a little bit of light, I can see fine where others can't see anything.
Ian whaples 2 years ago
you have extra rod cells in your eyes, my guess is that you cannot distinguish as many colors as others.
Jen Hart 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, I think (no matter what proportion of rods vs cones we have) we can have better night vision by looking a bit to the side of whatever we're trying to see... the rods are more to the periphery of the retina, and the cones are more to the center.
Load More Replies... Catharina Geerts 2 years ago (edited)
I had that when I was younger. Lost it when I got cataract, regained it when I got lenzes implanted
Samsquatch & Monko 2 years ago
When I was younger I had a very extreme cat phase because of this and my absurd hearing
Load More Replies... KnightOwl 2 years ago
I can see in the dark but I think that's because I have light sensitivity and struggle with chronic migraines so I never put any lights on in my flat. I have a small bedside lamp with a dimmer switch on it that I use for reading but otherwise I just sit in the dark. I can see really well even when it's pitch black but I think that's just because I've been doing it so long and my body adapted.
Sky Render 2 years ago
Same. The whole bedroom is lit up like Christmas with just the light of the clock and power strip on indicator.
#43
I have a big head. I've never once found a hat that fit. Not even a toque.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Average head circumference in women is 21.75 in (55cm) and for men it's 22.5in (57cm) Mine is 25.75in (65.4cm) while my dads was 26.4in (67.04cm). But, ya know, gives me extra room to hold all the crazy blinding rage that builds up while having to deal with other people.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
23". And I'm all of 5' tall. Luckily I favour masculine styles, so I can usually get something in the men's range
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I have the opposite; hats are always too big so I have to buy youth sized headwear. Goes with my short legs and tiny feet.
My “in my head” Voice 2 years ago
Ditto. I found out in the Army. Apparently most girls need a 7-5/8 hat.
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago (edited)
Looks normal on the picture, not at all disproportionate
#44
Inverted nipples. never really thought much about them, until i saw boobs in various settings (media i.e. movies, and in person) and none of their nipples looked like mine. i guess no specific person has ever pointed it out to me, i just don’t ever see them anywhere so i still feel weird about them.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Please have them checked by your OB/GYN. Inverted nipples can possibly be an indicator of certain medical conditions.
Kosh1k 2 years ago
From what I know they're only a problem if its a sudden change (or like they weren't like that before).
Load More Replies... iseefractals 2 years ago
My understanding is that this is due to short milk ducts causing the nipple to invert while not in a state of arousal. Not terribly uncommon.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago (edited)
If you've had them for most of your life (since puberty) and you've been checked by your Gyno, then it's fine. It's also a hereditary thing.
#45
Growing up I had large bone spurs growing from the back of both feet. Just like spurs on cowboy boots, but pointed. Used to use them as weapons when I’d fight my brother as a kid lol. I thought everyone had them. Lost a shoe size (and a weapon) when I got them removed. Kinda miss them.
Kaedyn Walsh 2 years ago
Like HOW did your parents or pediatrician both not notice them OR get them removed? Do all of them have this too and also think it's normal?!
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
What are these, and do they have to be removed? Never heard of this before
Natalie Bohrteller 2 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcaneal_spur Possibly this.
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#46
When you come inside from the cold it isn’t normal to feel dizzy. When you bend over or over exert yourself it’s not normal for your ears to whoosh. It’s not normal for your vision to ‘roll’ when looking at patterns, or to always have a fair number of floaters or little flashing lights. Diagnosed w IIH in 2019, had these things for as long as I can remember…just figured they were normal.
Amy S 2 years ago
IIH = Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (high pressure around the brain).
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago (edited)
WAIT WHAT I HAVE ALL OF THESE except for the cold one
Lex <3 (they/them) 2 years ago
ITS NOT NORMAL???? What the. I guess you learn something new every day...
#47
I knew I always had a stuffy nose, but didn't think much about it. Got onto medicine that finally helped, and my nose cleared up a bit and I could smell a little better in high school. Didn't realize how bad it had affected my sense of smell until college, though. I had a chemistry lab where we had to determine the scent of some liquids (it's been too long for me to remember what they were); I couldn't smell anything until I breathed through my mouth. I was suddenly able to figure out each one. That's still how I "smell" things.
Edit: so I wrote this and then went to bed, and it exploded while I was asleep. So here are answers to 2 of the most popular things.
My doctors are aware I am like this, and my septum has been checked. It's not off enough to cause the problem. I just have a long list of incredibly annoying allergies that cause the issue. For example, I'm allergic to just about every green plant.
Always check with your doctor about what will specifically help you, but I have to take an OTC allergy pill year round, but if I take the same one for too long, it stops working. I rotate every three months through Zyrtec, Allegra, and Claritin. I also take Dymista nasal spray. Singulair is technically for my asthma, but it seems to help open my nasal passages too. And it isn't perfect, but I can breathe through my nose most of the day now.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I do the same rotation with meds. In fact I actually take a double dose daily. (My doctor OK'd it) Doesn't matter what I do though, my nose runs 24/7. And I apologize for being that person whose always clearing their throat. I can't help it. :)
Hey! 2 years ago
Wow. This is me. And I rotate between Claritin and Aerius. I used to take Allegra. Not sure why I stopped. I still wake-up every day with crusts up my nose. But when my nose does work, my chemist cousin made me smell different stuff and one of them was cyanide. And my 2nd brother usually uses my nose to differentiate the multiple herbs his GF forgot to identify before putting them all in a pile (she's stupid like that).
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
Never had an issue smelling things, but sinus problems run on my dad's side of the family. Basically feels like having a minor cold every day for the rest of your life with sniffles and runny nose. Pro tip: putting substances up your nose will make this 10x worse and it will never get better after that.
Sherribobbins 2 years ago
I've dated two people with no sense of smell because of traumatic brain injury. It's a bit of a learning curve to not ask someone what they think about the candle you're sniffing at target while shopping together.
Anna Drever 2 years ago
I have a bunch of food intolerances that block my nose. For a long time, when I didn’t realise what was causing it, I was on pseudo ephedrine just so I could breathe through my nose. And trying to get a prescription for that took a LOT. I’d get a week’s worth (3 times a day) but save them for nighttime so I could sleep, and make it last 3 weeks. T’was a right royal pain in the butt.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
Growing up, my sense of smell was jacked up to 12 so I learned to turn it off. I wish I could still do that, but my sense of smell isn't that acute anymore so I guess I'm out of practice.
#48
I thought I had one big ball when I was a kid. I read they are normally different sizes in puberty class. At 12 got my first sports physical. Hernia.
DE Ray 2 years ago
It's not about showing - that check is specifically for hernias. The s*****m just happens to get in the way and hide certain hernias.
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Lesley Shore 2 years ago
Yes, always check right away. My husband had one swell and he thought it was hernia . Glad he got it checked out. Had to remove his testicle that next day. Then in a week major surgery to remove his back nodes so the cancer would not spread
#49
Lower Back dimples, I got teased in middle school when we went to a water park. My partner loves them.
Awkward Momma Panda 2 years ago
I have the dimples on my lower back. The coolest part is that all of my children have them too! That’s right, all five of my kids got back dimples from their momma 😊
Hey! 2 years ago (edited)
Yes. I'm not sure why OP got teased about them. Edit: but kids can be cruel.
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StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
Yeah. Pretty sure lower back dimples is normal. I don't have them, and I haven't met another person who doesn't. It's probably more rare to not have them. =/
#50
I constantly have to flex my muscles. Not in the douchey "check me out ladies" kind of way, but in a more frustrating "I need to move this muscle in the next 3 seconds or I will feel like I am being tortured" kind of way. Constantly rotating my shoulders, flexing shoulder blades, neck, arms, wrists, ankles, legs, wherever. Makes it hard to sit still or sleep.
Only seriously noticed when I slept with my first partner, who was very confused as to why I wouldn't stop twisting and flexing for at least 2 hrs before falling asleep. I just figured everyone got that feeling. Being under a weighted blanket, feeling my arm or leg fall asleep- both feel like utter torture and will make me scream and writhe about. Would love to know what the hell this is and how I deal with it, because so far I have no clue.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Tourette's. While most people associate the disorder with people shouting inappropriate things, that's just one expression of the "tics" that define the disorder. My best friend of 25 years has it, and long ago earned the nickname "Twitch" because of his physical tics, which are more evident during times of stress. There are medications, and therapies to mitigate the effects. That's my best guess, but it could also be something like OCD or some other neurological disorder....i'm amazed a doctor hasn't come up with something if it's that debilitating to you, but i would suggest seeing a neurologist.
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
It could also possibly be restless legs syndrome
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Rob Chapman 2 years ago
Sounds like an extreme case of Restless Legs Syndrome (which, despite the name, often affects more than just the legs)
Brainmas 2 years ago
It doesn't sound like Tourette's the way she explained it, it sounds like intentional movement to alleviate discomfort. Tourettes is very much involuntary (my daughter has it) and tics can actually cause muscle pains at times depending on the movement. I wiggle a lot like this too because I get achy if I hold still too long, and it's really annoying. Restless leg syndrome does sounds the closest, and I had no idea it could affect more than just the legs. Doctors are not helpful with it.
KnightOwl 2 years ago
I do this too. My muscles ache pretty much all the time but I get really stiff painful joints and constantly have to move them, they crack like crazy when i do. People around me hate when I do it and don't understand why I have to, they say it sounds horrible and insist I'm causing the pain or making my joints worse by moving them. It's so frustrating to be in so much pain and have noone understand. If I don't stretch when I need to I feel like I'm being tortured and have even passed out due to the pain.
AnotherBear 2 years ago
You might see a rheumatologist. Some of those symptoms can be caused by easy to test for conditions. Treatment is a bit more complicated but physical therapy has really helped me and it feels so nice to finally feel seen after years of weird body issues no one else seemed to understand.
Load More Replies... SquiddoDiddo 2 years ago
I HAVE THE SAME THING ITS REALLY ANNOYING WHEN WE ARE WATCHING A MOVIE OR SOMETHING AND I JUST GET UP AND sTrEtCh
Agata Konador 2 years ago
I commented to that post, but I will write it to you too. I had exactly same thing and it was caused by weat I occured to be food intolerant. I still have it wgen I accidently eat something containing weat. Please, check food intolerancy, you do not need to suffer <3
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detective miller's hat 2 years ago
My MS makes my joints feel like that. It's not pain, but it's somehow worse than pain. Doctors just apply the blanket term "inflammation." Been taking kratom for it for over 10 years; I'd be dead without that.
Karen Grace 2 years ago
Me too. Kratom is a literal lifesaver for people with intense chronic pain. I've been taking it for 8½ years.
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Aliza Salvestro 2 years ago
Restless leg syndrome? I have it and I get physical pains if I don't move my legs or arms (even though it's called restless leg syndrome it's in my arms too) often enough. It also prevents me from going into deep sleep cycles so I never feel refreshed from sleep! I'm medicated for it which helps with the pains
#51
Every word, letter, or number I think about has a colour associated with it. It’s apparently called synesthesia. When telling family and friends about this, they thought this was strange.
Jade (she/they) 2 years ago
Synesthesia is when 2 senses cross over. I also have this, I can smell sounds and my own voice smells like Toasted Coconut.
Cloakred_Is_Bored 2 years ago
I bet people ask you things like this a lot, but what does my pfp smell like/sound like
Load More Replies... Phoenix the Frog 2 years ago
Okay not sure if this counts but 28 I think of soldiers in a trench for some reason. No specific reason or memory but I associate 28 with soldiers in a trench.
Cecile Visscher 2 years ago
For me the days of the week and months also have colours and tastes too
Lydsylou 2 years ago
Already said this in a previous comment but every number is a colour to me
Kelly Scott 2 years ago (edited)
Having synesthesia makes math a little easier. For instance, like most people with synesthesia, I have a number line. My number line goes from 0 to 10 with the numbers going left to right and individually turned sideways (my 8 looks like an infinity symbol), then turns the right way up going from bottom to top from 11 to 19, then turns sideways again from 20 to 29, like a zigzag. When I wanted to add 9 + 5, I could just visualize a circle cutting across the zig zag from 9 to 14. Likewise, if I have a formula like s = d/t, individually the s, d and t are different colors, but if I put them together to make mph, they make a new, unique color. Like putting yellow and blue together to get green.
Load More Replies... MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
You are not alone - people think I'm weird too. It is Grapheme–color synesthesia.
#52
I never understood why people were able to tolerate heat so easily, or why they would complain about sweating. One day I came across the term anhidrosis and a light bulb went off. Basically I don’t sweat enough so I’m c**p at regulating temperature, I just get dizzy and nauseous if I overheat instead. My mom and son are the same way, so it didn’t seem all that weird to me.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I can't tolerate heat AND I can't stop sweating! Turns out it's a symptom of my MS. It took 20+ years of doctors going "it's just hormones" before one took me seriously.
Sky Render 2 years ago
My face, lower arms, and lower legs all have this problem! The rest of me can be cool as ice and those areas will be scorching hot. Makes it hard to work in a warehouse, I need a fan on me at all times...
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I don't have this, but I seem to have an unusually broad temperature range where I am comfortable. It has to be quite chilly for me to feel cold - and scorching for me to feel hot.
#53
Headache from bright lights.
JJ 2 years ago
I feel you. I even hate some months of the year when the sun is too low and shining bright. I used to wear sunglasses because of this but had to stop last year when walking the dog (apparently he reads me a lot better without sunglasses). I also can't stand driving on the highway then as the shades from the trees give me headaches leading to migraines. At first my husband thought I was being ridiculous, then he noticed that it really hurts me. We changed the lightbulbs inside now to less bright ones. That helped but you can't change seasons and sunlight obviously.
Jennifer Y 2 years ago
Same! I used to hate sunny days when I was little bc my head hurt so much
#54
I can activate my tensor tympani muscles (they make that roaring in your ears when you yawn) at will. For some reason, they also activate when I feel sudden pain, even when there’s no sound or noise involved.
Me, Myself, & I (She/Her) 2 years ago
Same! My brother can as well, always thought that was normal.
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This is a test 2 years ago
I can do that too and when I'm anxious I do it compulsively and it drives me nuts
BeeBee Buni 2 years ago
Also, same. (Also not the second part) when I smile or squint it starts roaring
Vitiosus The Black Sheep 2 years ago
Me too! I'm activating them lefty-righty-lefty-righty-BOTHHHH-lefty-righty-lefty🎵 when being bored :D
Lydsylou 2 years ago
I'm the complete opposite I don't hear any roaring in my ears when I gawn and I only just learned that people do
Kristal 2 years ago
... yeah, nor do I ... just the sound of my breath from yawning. Unless it's the popping? To help regulate pressure in your head, like on an airplane?
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 2 years ago
Until just now I thought everyone could do that. They don't activate with pain though.
#55
Found out i'm Hypoglycemic because I went to the doctor after having this conversation with someone. "Ugh. This sucks. You know when your whole body gets kinda hot but your blood feels cold and you get dizzy?" They did not know that feeling and so I went to the doctor, got blood work. Sure enough.
nancy 2 years ago
You have to adjust how you eat. If I have nothing but carbs, my blood sugar crashes 90 minutes late and have horrible shakes and sweats until I get more sugar into my system. I usually have to take a long nap after. To avoid it, I make sure to include protein in every snack.
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I was seeing a dermatologist and she noticed my nails and asked if I was wearing nail polish, I wasn't and she said I had Leukonychia. Never noticed before and now I notice my freakish white nails all the time.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago (edited)
ETCMCT That sounds painful. I hope you get the help you need.
#57
Apples aren't spicy.
#58
Dang I'm so late to this thread. I thought everyone got chest freezes , you know like a brain freeze but in your chest? Never gotten a brain freeze and the only other person I've known that feels it in the chest was my dad
Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 2 years ago
For me it always felt like a knife in the back at chest level
Sue Mullen Andersen 2 years ago
I get this as well when I eat cold things. Doctor told me it is an esophagus reaction to the cold.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I get random intense chest pain. First time I thought I was having a heart attack. Turns out I have costochondritis. Harmless, no known causes, no cure/treatment. Just serious chest pain.
ashlee010691 2 years ago
100% never had a brain freeze only chest freeze my hubby says it's because I have no brain (in a loving joking way)
Drinking my Covfefe 2 years ago
I have this and it is excruciatingly painful! I actually start blacking out from the pain. It seems to last forever!
#59
The petite mal seizures I can remember as far back as 6 years old. It wasn't until I was 10 and had a grand mal seizure that I really understood I should have said something before then but I was embarrassed.
#60
Post-nasal drip. Until my late teens, I thought everyone had that mucous feeling at the backs of their throats. One day, someone mentioned having it, so I looked it up and discovered that maybe my sinus problem was worse than I thought lol
DE Ray 2 years ago
I read a case where someone who thought they had constant post-nasal drip actually had a perforated cerebral membrane and was actually leaking sinovial fluid. Quick surgery to stitch the membrane around the brain, and all better.
nancy 2 years ago
If there's a solution, I'd like to know. I find it really annoying.
Load More Replies... Crissy Newbury 2 years ago
My husband has this and refuses to see about it. Drives me crazy when he’s clearing his throat after a meal. He thinks I’m just being mean.
#61
Me and my dad both sneeze when we get full, I thought it was normal…
#62
Sympathy pains. If I see someone that has been through a bad time or they have a disfiguring disease it makes me have as dull ache in that area. Also, when I fall or have an injury, the area will feel very warm right after. I was in my late 40's and my friend said she never experienced anything like that.
Drinking my Covfefe 2 years ago
I have this also. When I see an amputee I hurt there also. The warmth after an injury is soothing. If I stub my toe it is very painful at first (plus the swears are very abundant) then as the pain recedes it is calming warmth.
Astrophile 2 years ago
Isn’t the heat just from blood rushing to the injured area? Like inflammation? Isn’t that normal, or am I misreading what OP meant? 🤔
#63
first time i went to physical therapy for a back problem i knelt on the table and both my knees cracked loud. PT was like what was that?!?! im like oh just my knees....she was like do they do that all the time??? with this kinda worried look lol. yes mine do.... then i proceeded to learn how inflexable parts of me are. Ive honestly been doing the at home excersizes and they do help! least the back issues...
#64
During winters while eating food either cold or hot my nose used to start running not like in terms of flu but water would just keep running down my nose even with non spicy foods. My mum and sister pointed me out a lot and I found through the internet that I suffer from a medical condition known as Gustatory Rhinitis which isn't treatable.
Bored Birgit 2 years ago
I have that but didn't know the name for it. My dad has it too, so maybe hereditary. I have it while eating, drinking, moving fast - so annoying. Always have to run around with packages of tissues.
Christy Davis 2 years ago
Yes it is annoying. I have to constantly wipe my nose while eating.
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My tongue has patches of white and pink. A dental hygienist pointed it out to me and called it a geographic tongue.
Awkward Momma Panda 2 years ago
Because it kind of looks like a map, in some cases.. my oldest son had this when he was just little, I thought it was kind of neat
#66
I can bend all of my fingers at all if their joints, individually. For example, I can hold up my pointer finger and bend it at the joint right by the nail without bending the other joint.
MisGra 2 years ago
Both of my kids can do this. I cannot. I can't find it genetically anywhere in my family, and they have different dads. Super weird. Someone called it hyper mobility. It also allows them to be way more flexible than the average person.
Lene 2 years ago
Hyper mobility is genetic but it can be very different to each person. It goes easier from dads to kids than moms to kids. Perhaps your kids' dads have it in a way that they just doesn't notice. I have it in my ankles, knees and hip joints, mainly. My dad has it mainly in his fingers. My cousin has it mainly in his toes. The weird thing is that women usually have it in their elbows but that's one of the joints I have no hyper mobility in. Lol.
Load More Replies... FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
I’m very flexible but not like this. In awe of this trait, I don’t have the motor control for that.
#67
When I was doing my physical to join the Navy, the doctor told me I have high arches. They've never bothered me. Also, now that I know to look, it does look like everyone else has flat feet in comparison.
Lydsylou 2 years ago
Two of my cousin's have a disability that means their muscles are very weak and even if they work out they will immediately lose the muscle. The muscles in their thighs are particularly bad and for some reason that means the only way they can walk without falling is on their tiptoes. As they've both been doing it their entire lives their feet have become deformed and when flat you can fit your hand under the arch of their feet and out the other side of their foot
#68
I used to be able to grab my kneecaps and slide them back and forth. I went to student health services for an injury and the person who treated me was really excited about it and disappointed that I'd come in so late in the school year. It was a few days before summer break and the student workers that she wanted to show my weird knees to (pre-meds?) had already gone home.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
I had this problem, my kneecaps would slide to the side with some motions. I could also do it on purpose - had a lateral release surgery on both knees. They don't move anymore.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
When this particularly bad there's actually treatment for it first is PT and it can go all the way up to surgery
#69
All the freckling. …. In places most people don’t have freckles.
#70
I have a f****d up rib, if I press on it I can feel it move in and out of place. I can quite literally put my hand inside my ribcage to some extent. When I'm bored sometimes I just do that to entertain me lol. Edit: Wow I didn't realize how common it actually is, that's crazy. And for those asking, yes, it's a floating rib, but it's misshaped.
Drinking my Covfefe 2 years ago
I wonder if they have to worry about the rib puncturing something?
#71
My palm crease is a straight line. It's called a Simian crease and turns out it's pretty rare. Typically a sign or down syndrome or some medical problems. Sure glad I dodged that one
Bored Birgit 2 years ago
My right hand palm crease is a straight line, the left one not. Never bothered me. May look it up later.
#72
When I lean on my elbows my shoulder blades stick pretty far out behind me. Hard to explain I guess, but multiple people have pointed it out as weird. Also I can crack my wrists the same way most people can crack their knuckles. It's very satisfying (and like 5 times as loud)
MisGra 2 years ago
First. My son has this with his shoulder blades - we always called him a panther because if he crawls they look very similar to how a large cats look when they move. Someone just mentioned to me that he has hyper mobility (and he does - many other places as well) - unfortunately it seems to be tied to some other issues that he has with his stomach. My daughter as well.
FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 2 years ago
I thought this is normal! (Is it normal if you can do it with your neck?)
Lydsylou 2 years ago
I have a friend who can crack every joint including her neck
Load More Replies... MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
I can do the wrist popping. I can also pop my neck and it sounds like gunshots.
Kerensa Scott 2 years ago
Winged Scapula https://www.physio-pedia.com/Scapular_Winging not always bad though
#73
I thought it was normal for your body to just stop liking foods after eating it consistently (maybe once a day) for like, two weeks or so. I thought that's what food poisoning was. Apparently I'm really sensitive to wheat, whey, and soy, in addition to about 107 other things, on top of general IBS and GERD. My health has improved after a complete diet overhaul.
WindySwede 2 years ago
Sensitive to 109 things, how many more things are there to eat? Good the overhaul helpet! :/
Hey! 2 years ago
My allergist stopped counting after 150. So he just turned around to my mother and said "be careful, she's allergic to everything." And I am.
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that i don’t have aerolas or any color to my nipples unless they’re hard and the fact that my skin goes purple randomly. also my tonsils. they were always swollen and i didn’t know they weren’t suppose to be swollen until i went to an ent and had them removed last year.
#75
Double jointed thumbs. I didn’t know they were double jointed for years and I thought it was normal to be able to bend your thumb over 90 degrees
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Same here. Left side pops, both sides bend over 90 backwards and also all the way to my wrists. Harder on right side. Had no idea this was weird for a long time.
#76
That it was normal for your shoulder to sublux out of joint when you lift a gallon of milk. Or for elbows to dislocate sometimes when you put a jacket on.
#77
The tail.
#78
Food regurgitation. I didn't think anything of it. Eventually food got caught in my esophagus and now I am learning how this is not normal and harmful.
#79
I got like tiny areola even for a dude. Like dime sized. Never thought about it till high school when I was changing and one of the seniors pointed it out.
Ace 2 years ago
Err, I don't have a physical dime here to compare with, but I'm pretty sure that's a perfectly normal size for a guy.
DE Ray 2 years ago
Not really. Around 1" or 25mm is pretty close to average. Dimes are like 0.7" or 18mm. So it's around 75% of average. Enough to be noticable.
Load More Replies... #81
I thought my toes were normal until someone said they’re freakishly long.
Madison García 2 years ago
Lol my dad once apologized to me because I inherited his freakishly long finger-toes
Hey! 2 years ago
They are great to play the piano and that's how I see it. Mine are short.
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What do you think ?
Scarlett 2 years ago
I thought it was normal to get lightheaded and loose your vision every time you stood up after sitting. Turns out I have anemia.
Sky Render 2 years ago
I have quite possibly the strangest anatomical anomaly ever: a double genital tubercle. I was born with two tailbones, two anuses, and two sets of genitals. The crazy part is, I also have XX/XY mosaicism, and as a result they developed separately: the upper male, the lower female. It's wild.
Tiffany Hinde 2 years ago
While they were in the process of diagnosing me with blood cancer last year I had to have a whole battery of tests. I went to have an ultrasound scan to check my liver and spleen. The tech also wanted to check on my kidneys...when finished she turned to me and said "well...everthing looks normal including your third kidney which I assume you already knew about." Errr....no?!?! Needless to say, since then it has always been an interesting conversation topic! 😂
Ansi 2 years ago
I also have a third kidney. 😀 I wish I knew how well it worked and if it then would be possible to donate it.
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Nicolai Zoëga 2 years ago
Took a while before I realised, it was not normal to not remember or be able to describe people's faces , turns out I have facial blindness , meaning I simply can not recognise faces not even of Family members...
shanila.pheonix_ 2 years ago
i have hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating). it actually only occurs in 1% of the worlds population. its genetic(thx a lot dad :/) in my case. i also have only one dimple instead of two(idk i think its rare)
talliloo 2 years ago
my dad: has had a couple of serious injuries/medical issues but his healing ability is off the charts. he had a tumor on the top of his heart about the size of a golf ball. they cracked his chest on monday & released him on wednesday because his incision looked a week old. the tumor itself was weird as it consisted of 2 different kinds of cancer. the interior was a type that was known for rapidly growing but the cancer that surrounded it kept it in check. he is still the talk of the onocology dept. family joke is that it won't be something serious that takes him out but something like a banana peel.
KT 2 years ago (edited)
I have an auditory memory. I can recall conversations from as far back as childhood, I can identify and remember the lyrics to any song by the first few bars if Ive heard it before any time in my life. I can also recognize people and actors by their voices. Though waking up with a new earworm every day gets to be annoying .
Sky Render 2 years ago
Is that not normal? Huh. That might explain why I tend to get very frustrated with others not remembering the exact wording of dialogue or conversations I've heard...
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Tomato Froggo 2 years ago
I feel pain in dreams. I don’t really even know how it works, but when I get hurt in dreams I feel it. It really sucks and made me hate sleeping, because it’s usually nightmares that end with me getting hurt/dying…
Sky Render 2 years ago
Those are the worst! Combined with night terrors, too...
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Lydsylou 2 years ago
I have a weird memory for building layouts, I can remember the floor layout of my old preschool from 10+ yrs ago and other unmemorable places like the route including the number of rooms on the left and right hand side, the lobby and joining rooms and basically every room I went into in the hotel I visited at the age of 4. Those are probably the 2 weirdest because they are so far back but I do remember the room layout of every single building I have entered since the age of about 3.
Sky Render 2 years ago
That gets extra fun as you get older! Especially as your ability to memorize new locations gets less perfect over time and you start to panic when you get "lost" in an otherwise familiar space briefly.
Load More Replies... Scarlett 2 years ago
I thought it was normal to get lightheaded and loose your vision every time you stood up after sitting. Turns out I have anemia.
Sky Render 2 years ago
I have quite possibly the strangest anatomical anomaly ever: a double genital tubercle. I was born with two tailbones, two anuses, and two sets of genitals. The crazy part is, I also have XX/XY mosaicism, and as a result they developed separately: the upper male, the lower female. It's wild.
Tiffany Hinde 2 years ago
While they were in the process of diagnosing me with blood cancer last year I had to have a whole battery of tests. I went to have an ultrasound scan to check my liver and spleen. The tech also wanted to check on my kidneys...when finished she turned to me and said "well...everthing looks normal including your third kidney which I assume you already knew about." Errr....no?!?! Needless to say, since then it has always been an interesting conversation topic! 😂
Ansi 2 years ago
I also have a third kidney. 😀 I wish I knew how well it worked and if it then would be possible to donate it.
Load More Replies... Nicolai Zoëga 2 years ago
Took a while before I realised, it was not normal to not remember or be able to describe people's faces , turns out I have facial blindness , meaning I simply can not recognise faces not even of Family members...
shanila.pheonix_ 2 years ago
i have hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating). it actually only occurs in 1% of the worlds population. its genetic(thx a lot dad :/) in my case. i also have only one dimple instead of two(idk i think its rare)
talliloo 2 years ago
my dad: has had a couple of serious injuries/medical issues but his healing ability is off the charts. he had a tumor on the top of his heart about the size of a golf ball. they cracked his chest on monday & released him on wednesday because his incision looked a week old. the tumor itself was weird as it consisted of 2 different kinds of cancer. the interior was a type that was known for rapidly growing but the cancer that surrounded it kept it in check. he is still the talk of the onocology dept. family joke is that it won't be something serious that takes him out but something like a banana peel.
KT 2 years ago (edited)
I have an auditory memory. I can recall conversations from as far back as childhood, I can identify and remember the lyrics to any song by the first few bars if Ive heard it before any time in my life. I can also recognize people and actors by their voices. Though waking up with a new earworm every day gets to be annoying .
Sky Render 2 years ago
Is that not normal? Huh. That might explain why I tend to get very frustrated with others not remembering the exact wording of dialogue or conversations I've heard...
Load More Replies... Tomato Froggo 2 years ago
I feel pain in dreams. I don’t really even know how it works, but when I get hurt in dreams I feel it. It really sucks and made me hate sleeping, because it’s usually nightmares that end with me getting hurt/dying…
Sky Render 2 years ago
Those are the worst! Combined with night terrors, too...
Load More Replies... Lydsylou 2 years ago
I have a weird memory for building layouts, I can remember the floor layout of my old preschool from 10+ yrs ago and other unmemorable places like the route including the number of rooms on the left and right hand side, the lobby and joining rooms and basically every room I went into in the hotel I visited at the age of 4. Those are probably the 2 weirdest because they are so far back but I do remember the room layout of every single building I have entered since the age of about 3.
Sky Render 2 years ago
That gets extra fun as you get older! Especially as your ability to memorize new locations gets less perfect over time and you start to panic when you get "lost" in an otherwise familiar space briefly.
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