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The body is a complex system that functions smoothly in unison, so we don’t usually take the time to consider what is happening behind the scenes. Until we start noticing something out of the ordinary about it. Then it becomes hard to remain calm, and we begin to seek information or reassurance from others that the strange things we’re experiencing have a perfectly normal explanation. The people in this thread did exactly that. They shared the weird quirks their body has that they don’t fully understand, in hopes they find others like them or even ways to explain them. To read them for yourself, all you have to do is scroll down!
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#1
Apparently I'm developing Musical Ear Syndrome, or musical tinnitus. When its quiet and I'm trying to sleep I'll hear what sounds like a radio playing quietly in another room. It seems to be a form of tinnitus that instead of hearing a ringing or buzzing, your brain generates musical sounds as the interpretation instead. It freaks me out sometimes.
moon_buzz:
I can't express how happy I was to read this, thought I was insane. Alone at night I can totally hear rhythmic music in the silence, if i lift my head to get a better listen then it goes away. head back on pillow it goes again. I first thought it was neighbors having a party but it happens too often, and typically is the same beat.
elmortero 4 months ago
I hope for you the following applies to you, happened to me...I had something similar, always when in bed trying to sleep. Drove me crazy, my -fairly new- partner by then was convinced I was crazy. I swore a hidden radio was in the room. Turned the bedroom upside down and found it. We had a speaker system in the room. For some reason the long speaker cable picked up a nearby radio station even though the speaker was turned off.
Board Pan, duh. 4 months ago
Really weird, but same thing here except it was coming out of an old piano keyboard speaker. I thought i was going crazy. Don't even know how that worked but it was picking up a radio station. When others put their ear against the speakers they were shocked.
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BrownEyedGrrl 4 months ago
I thought I was the only one. I hear staticky talk radio but can't understand any words. I know that doesn't make sense.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
That happens to me sometimes! I go into the other room to see if I've left the radio on, but I haven't.
HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
I had tinnitus when I was younger. My family had a mini pinball game that made lots of electronic noises. I used to wonder who was playing it in the early hours of the morning, until I realised it was my tinnitus replaying the sounds to me!
Philly Bob 4 months ago (edited)
I have exactly the same thing. Funny how I've actually worked in the music industry all my life and thought it was just my mind and my past picking on me or a filling was picking up a radio station, but found out that it's a real thing! I hear faint music but not loud enough to tell what it is, or a DJ talking.
rustyscate 4 months ago
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can cause auditory hallucinations, and while often associated with voices, it can also manifest as hearing music. These "musical hallucinations" are a subset of complex auditory hallucinations that are perceived in the absence of any external sound stimulus and can be accompanied by singing voices. Understanding Musical Hallucinations in PTSD: Not always voices: While verbal hallucinations are common in PTSD, musical hallucinations are a distinct type of auditory hallucination that can occur. Triggers and associations: The music heard can be familiar or unfamiliar tunes, sometimes related to past memories or experiences associated with trauma. Underlying mechanisms: The exact mechanisms are not fully understood, but research suggests a complex interplay between the brain's auditory processing, memory, and emotional centers. Some theories involve predictive coding, where the brain's predictions of what is about to happen are altered by trauma, le
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#2
Sometimes I just shiver for a split second for no reason even when it’s piping hot outside.
mostly_elbows:
I really thought this happened to everyone because I've always done it, and growing up we just said, "I got a chill." It was as normal as sneezing. In adulthood, people look at me crazy anytime it happens. I think they're crazy for having NEVER experienced it. Like how?
d b 4 months ago
I do this. In my case, it's a symptom of dysautonomia: an automatic nervous system disorder more common in neurodivergent people and linked to conditions like IBS, POTS, Reynaud's, Sjogren's, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, difficulty swallowing, heart palpitations...If you have symptoms of any of these conditions, please check in with your doctor. All the best!
DoomsdayUKgirl 4 months ago
My relation taught me it was my brain checking all my organs were still working. Knowledge acquired!
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Littlemiss 4 months ago (edited)
Another thing to add to my list of oddities. It's referred to as someone walking over your grave.
Mi So 4 months ago
I was going to add the same comment; we always referred to it as “somebody just walked over my grave.” Which is kinda weird, if you think about it.
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Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I hate that feeling! So hot you’re sweating but you’re also shivering.
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Earonn - 4 months ago
It's so common that in German we have an "explanation" for it: "Someone just walked over (the place that will be) my grave".
Big Chungus 4 months ago
I thought this was normal...is it not? lol doesn't everyone get a chill?
Bill Richman 4 months ago
Didn't they used to say that meant someone had just stepped on your grave?
#3
Require me to RUN RIGHT NOW to the toilet as soon as I get somewhere near my house. Listen, Bladder, I get it, you're full. I'm on my way. Just take a chill for a few more seconds for f**k's sake! You wouldn't even be pulling these shenanigans if the eyeballs hadn't told you where you are!
theseedbeader:
Oh the misery of Latchkey Incontinence. I get this a lot. I usually make sure I empty my bladder right before I head home from work or running errands. If I have a full bladder when I get to my door, it’s an instant emergency and my body suddenly stops obeying me.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Is that what it is when I don’t have to pee at all, but the second I take one step inside the front door I not only have to pee but I have to pee RIGHT NOW and I genuinely have to run for the bathroom? 😂
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sturmwesen 4 months ago
there is a inside joke..when my sister visits it's a short hello and she runs straight through to the toilett...we learned not to stand in the way
Amy Smith 4 months ago (edited)
I can sit on a bus/train for hours needing a wee can hold it perfectly fine, get to my front door doing the dance because it's getting desperate, open the door, get in and it holds until I'm within 6 inches of my toilet before it's literally like "nope, I'm going now whether your jeans are out of the way or not"
BrunoVI 4 months ago
When I was young, I thought the notion of having to pee when you hear running water was stupid. Now, I ALWAYS have to pee after I start washing the dishes.
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 4 months ago
OK, geezer talk: Even minor constipation can cause urinary incontinence in people of all ages. Eat bran, beans, drink more water.
Everyone experiences unusual bodily functions to some extent, and many of them are completely normal. It’s simply how our bodies function, which means that we don’t have much control over it. Medical experts online have been discussing and helping people understand more about them, so they know that experiencing strange symptoms is very common and that, for the most part, they’re nothing to worry about.
Something that many are concerned about is hair loss. However, shedding is an ordinary part of having hair on our heads. “Most of us lose up to 100 hairs from our scalp every day, which is normal,” says family physician Jennifer Caudle. “About 80 million men and women in the United States have hereditary hair loss.
“But, it’s possible to lose hair if you have certain medical conditions or take certain medicines,” she noted. Excessive hair loss can also be caused by stress or malnutrition, weight changes, hormonal imbalances, menopause, thyroid issues, or iron deficiency. So if you start noticing extreme hair loss, you might want to see your doctor.
#4
I can voluntarily flex my tympanic membranes which is rarer than I originally thought. Lol I thought everyone could make thunder in their ears but nope.
lhb_aus:
I'm doing it right now. An on-call, organic white noise machine that only I can hear.
Ace 4 months ago
I'm still waiting for someone to say they cannot. Even then I would suspect they just have never done so, not that there's some physical ability that they lack . In other words, despite tis item I still think that most people can.
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Robert T 4 months ago
I can make my ears "click". It helps with changes in pressure when flying.
Edda Kamphues 4 months ago
I can do it too. But then again, I'ma bit of a funky specimen at the best of times. Ambidextrous, double jointed and synaesthetic.
whodunnitfan2013 4 months ago
Not sure if this is the same thing, but if I scrunch up my face, I can hear rumbling in my ears.
v10011011 4 months ago
Most likely the same thing. Some people say it sounds like thunder, rumbling, heavy wind, etc.
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Nicole Lewahert 4 months ago
J'ai appris depuis peu que c'était quelque chose que tout le monde ne peut pas faire... J'ai 69 ans et j'ai toujours cru que c'était "naturel"... :-)
#5
My throat gets stuck when I swallow water sometimes. I'll be drinking and it's like my throat jams, it really hurts and then swallowing continues as normal. .
elmortero 4 months ago
Thank you stranger, I now know I am not alone.. never dared to mention to anyone
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
This happens to me too! I usually just told myself “ha ha you can’t even drink water correctly!” - I did not have the best childhood and was constantly told what a failure I was, so it seeped into my attitude towards myself. But you are not alone! I never dared tell anyone else either XD
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Judy Reynolds 4 months ago
Sometimes, the valve at the top of my stomach forgets to open, so the food piles up in my esophagus, sometimes to the point where I vomit. I have found it happens when I am hungry and eat quickly, so then I set my fork down after every bite, and sit with it for about 30 seconds. My father had the same problem.
Plentyofoomph 4 months ago
I have this, go get checked out. There's medication that can stop it.
She who must not be named 4 months ago
I genuinely thought it happens to everyone every now and then. I get it sometimes, and when you force the swallow down it feels like you're swallowing something solid and it hurts. Never knew it was quite rare
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Right? just holding water in your mouth and standing there all confused like “wait what tf do I do with this?” 😅 been there done that
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#6
Randomly choke on my own spit.
CPooh 4 months ago
Ditto. Pretty sure it’s related to allergies making my saliva thicker (or mucus mixing in).
Verfin22 4 months ago
Post-nasal drip. Can be allergies or sinus cavity related. Mine is worse when I wake up and everything rushes downward. Nice little addition to my morning routine.
Kirsten Benson 4 months ago
I scared my new roommate with my morning cough triggered by post-nasal drip! Really, I’m fine! I just sound like I have TB for half an hour every morning?
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I think it 'goes down the wrong pipe' like the Eustachian tube instead of the esophagus.
Hugo 1 month ago
Eustachian tubes run between the nose and the ears. I suspect you mean trachea (plural tracheae).
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Roshan Kassan 4 months ago
YES!!! I'd start coughing and choking and my whole fam thinks im dying - nope, just trying to swallow spit
Sean Sean 4 months ago
I have a similar feeling. It feels like I always have a large wad of phlegm in the back of my throat and I have to clear my throat all the time, which usually gives me a sore throat pretty much every other day. I much Fisherman's Friend like it was candy.
OWL ON A MISSION 4 months ago
Why don't you try some allergy medication instead of fisherman's friend? If the allergy meds don't work then you will know it's not allergies.
Load More Replies...The sudden jerk you feel when falling asleep is also very common and has a totally sensible explanation. It’s called a ‘hypnic jerk’ or ‘sleep start,’ which can be accompanied by the feeling of falling. Up to 70% of people sometimes have this symptom. Even though scientists can’t really explain why they happen, they reassure us that they’re nothing to worry about, as they’re likely caused by our body releasing tension.
“We often hold tension in our muscles from stress during the day,” sleep expert Dr. Richard Shane says. “When we begin to relax on the way to sleep, sometimes that tension releases as a jerk.”
#7
I get itchy when I exercise. its unbearable and apparently I'm not the only one. I manage.
SnooAdvice2527:
I have this too! Exercise-induced urticaria. So annoying. Taking antihistamines beforehand can be super helpful. I find it gets also gets better when I exercise more frequently.
Littlemiss 4 months ago
Is that what its called? I swell up, get a rash all over and itch like mad when I exercise. Drives me up the wall.
Clown fish 4 months ago
exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIA) or exercise-induced urticaria
Load More Replies... Teutonic Disaster 4 months ago
I had something like that flare up a couple of times. First time I thought it was an allergic reaction to a shower gel or washing detergent, because it went away after I changed both. Beginning of this year it suddenly came back but eventually vanished just as randomly. Only explanation I have is that it might've been stress induced/psychosomatic.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I was about to comment this exact same thing and ask if anyone else experiences this! It’s so irritating! Trying to sleep and I have to keep adjusting because first my foot is itchy, then my side, then my buttcheek, then my foot again, then the top of my head - WHY? 😂I sometimes get it when I’m first waking up in the morning too.
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Tom Nagel 4 months ago (edited)
My daughter has cold urticaria. Started after she was stung three times in the same spot by a hornet. She was twelve. First time we noticed it was after she dug it n the ice with her bare hands to fill her water bottle for school. School nurse had me come and get her due to the hives on her hands and arms.
Big Chungus 4 months ago
I get this on the front of my thighs, it's the tiny little capillaries bursting while doing highly intense exercise. It makes the skin feel itchy and causes petechiae
#8
My immune system is stupid and doesn't know that it's not supposed to attack and destroy body parts I need to live.
Eastendbird 4 months ago
Autoimmune disease I think. I have celiac disease and so my body attacks my intestines as an immune response when I eat gluten. Cue painful and unpleasant symptoms!
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My ankles popped so loudly last night my husband said "...gesundheit?" from the other room, lol.
tsukinoasagi:
My ankle clicks as I walk, my housemates say they hear the clicking before they hear my foot steps.
Judy Reynolds 4 months ago
Years ago, I was reading about a couple of psychics who could make their ankles or toes pop on command, and had people convinced the noises were from the spirits.
Ronnie Beaton 4 months ago
Yup, clicky big toe, clicky ankle, clicky knees. There are times it sounds like someone's playing castanets.
Roshan Kassan 4 months ago
My knees, shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists, back, neck - everything started when i turned 40.....
Sara Frazer 4 months ago
When going down the stairs of our home my left ankle always clicks really loud, but that's the ankle I twisted the heck out of 20+ years ago on a neighbor's trampoline; it has given me grief for years
Another strange body behavior that is totally normal is goosebumps—the tiny bumps that appear on our skin around the hair follicles.
“Goosebumps happen involuntarily and are caused when a small muscle at the bottom of each hair follicle contracts, causing the hair to stand up. In animals this may actually form a layer of insulation,” Dr. Caudle says.
“They can occur due to cold air or also happen when we experience strong emotions such as shock, fear, anxiety, or even being inspired.”
#10
I have one hair follicle in each armpit. One single hair.
Andrew Burke 4 months ago
I have one single one on top of each shoulder. I call them my wings!
JL 4 months ago
Maybe it's the same hair, running across the inside of the torso and sticking out both sides.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago (edited)
Omg 😂😂 OP should try plucking it on one side to see what happens
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Jane Hower 3 months ago
I used to have 5 or 6 but no longer now that I'm old. Same with legs. Only shaved in my 20's then the hair just sorta went away.
#11
I can hear electricity. Like clearly. I’ll know if something is plugged in or running - like if I get into bed in the dark and don’t hear ringing - I know my charger isn’t plugged in.
Just now for eg, I heard an annoying ringing sound and realised I left my in slab heating on downstairs because I can somehow hear power being sent to whatever it is that runs it lol.
Mi So 4 months ago
If so, then there’s a run a seriously bad wiring in my city. Unless there’s other background noise, I can hear it too, & it doesn’t matter where I am (any building, public or private). It’s really annoying. White noise is my friend.
Load More Replies... tracy black 4 months ago
when i worked in a grocery a little boy came in and held his hands clamped over his ears his mother says he can hear the electricity in the lights one time he looked at me and said that light is fixing to go out and it did he could hear that the electricity wasnt getting to it freaky
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
This is very common with neurodivergent people, especially people who have sensory issues. My sensory issues mean I hear everything and sounds others can't hear drive me insane. I despise ticking clocks, can hear electricity buzzing and can even tell if running water is hot or cold by how it sounds, etc.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 4 months ago
Can't everyone tell the temperature of water by how it sounds? 😳
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That tired person 4 months ago
I have a friends who are autistic and they say that they can also hear electricity so idk maybe you have undiagnosed autisim
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago (edited)
I wonder if this is similar to being able to “hear” when the tv is on, even when it’s not playing audio? That’s the only thing I experience and I think it’s pretty common haha, I wonder if other electronics sound the same to OP? That kinda staticky tinnitus-sort-of noise?
BrunoVI 4 months ago
Wait... if this is why my tinnitis stops whenever there is a power outage, I'm gonna feel really dumb. (It does NOT stop when I'm outside, so does that disprove it, or add another level to the wierdness.)
Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
I only have it in my left ear and I can "ignore" it so I don't hear it but its still there. My left ear is my telephone ear and the tinnitis never interferes with phone conversations. Its like they are on different frequencies or something.
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#12
I produce a truly astonishing amount of ear wax. Have to clean them out several times a day. Sometimes when I get hot I can feel it dripping slowly and it drives me insane.
thatcliquekandy:
I sort of have the same issue. My ears get stopped up so often now that I physically have to get them cleaned professionally! I like had to go to the hospital bc I couldn’t hear! Once nothing helped and my ear started bleeding. Found out my husband ruptured my ear drum when cleaning my ear… AND I had an ear infection too on top of that at the time. I. Was. Miserable. Thank weeks later I had a seizure. My body clearly hates me.
Ace 4 months ago (edited)
I've heard in the past that "the more you clean them, the more you stimulate them to produce more wax". Not sure how true it is - I tend to do mine after a long soak in the bath, obviously taking extreme care with the cotton buds and ensuring it's a twist/scrape movement. Never had a professional ear syringing (if that's still how they do it) but with narrow ear canals I do tend to get infections if they're not properly dried, with the aforementioned cotton buds, after swimming, for instance.
Bewitched One 4 months ago
My doctor uses a suction thing similar to what they get the water and stuff out of your mouths with at the dentist. I F’ing HATED IT. My ears constantly POP and I had a tympanoplasty/mastoidectomy done and he used it at my post op checkup and popped my ears. I ALMOST punched him cause it hurt so bad every time he did clean them. 🙄
Load More Replies... KnightOwl86 4 months ago
You're not actually supposed to clean out your ears, especially using cotton swabs, they can cause more issues and actually stimulate the production of wax. The more you clean them, the worse the wax will get, like most body parts, ears are self cleaning! If you feel the need to clean them out simply let some water drip in when showering or washing your hair, the warm water will loosen the wax which will make its own way out, then you simply need to wipe down your outer ear.
Cold Eagle 4 months ago
I have constantly, unrelentingly, itchy ears that always seem a little wet.
EJN 3 months ago
Did you know that Asians use small bamboo instruments to clean their ears and, as a result, often develop very dry ears. I'm American, but living in Japan and I started to use those too. When I was a child I had a lot of wax buildup and frequent cleaning at a doctor's office, but my ears are now dry. It could be ageing that changed it, but maybe not? Safest is to have a doctor clean the ears instead of poking around in them, although they now have cell phone software to use to see inside your ears when you want to clean them (in Japan).
Lastly, the intrusive thoughts that some people have, like shouting in a silent room or swerving a car, are also generally considered to be normal, even though they appear very strange.
“Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts or images that seem to pop into our minds against our wishes and often focus on the thing that would be most inappropriate in a setting or the thing that we most fear,” says Dr. Hannah Reese, an assistant professor of psychology at Bowdoin College. “For this reason, they are usually upsetting or distressing to the person having the thought.”
“When we experience an intrusive thought, it is best to recognize it for what it is, not take it seriously, and let it fade away on its own,” Dr. Reese says. Because the moment you try not to think about it, they can start appearing more frequently.
#13
I sneeze when there is light reflecting off windows regardless of if it is sun light or just a normal light it catches my eyes and I am sneezing i have no idea why.
Plentyofoomph 4 months ago
Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst - ACHOO syndrome
Mark Fergel 4 months ago
I have this. Sometimes I'll look at the sun just to get a good sneeze out. :)
Shelley DuVal 4 months ago
I know that if you have a stuck sneeze, with you going ah, ah, ah... nothing, then looking at a bright light usually will make the sneeze complete itself. To stop a sneeze, there is a spot just under the nostrils that you can press both hard, and it will stop a sneeze. This might take a bit of practice until you press the exact spot. Also won't work if the sneeze is too close doing its thing.
#14
The veins in my fingers randomly explode. All of a sudden I’ll feel a super sharp pain in one finger (like it’s just been hit with a hammer or something) and there will be a dark blue spot under the skin where the blood is starting to pool out. If I can grab an ice cube immediately it usually won’t swell too bad. If I don’t have access to ice then the whole finger swells up a bit before it stops
It must be genetic because my mom has the same thing. We found on the Internet that there is a name for it, Achenbach syndrome, but no one knows what causes it or how to prevent it.
#15
I have a milk duct thingy above my collarbone. Never knew about it until it popped up during my first pregnancy, and then my doctor checked it out and it turned out to be a tiny extra pocket for milk almost in my neck.
JB 4 months ago
Breast tissue is notorious for finding weird places to develop in the body. It's one of the things that makes breast cancer so frightening - like, imagine finding out you have breast cancer in your neck and it's metastasized to your spinal column, all because a couple cells floated around while you were an embryo.
Tyranamar Seuss 4 months ago
On to collar bone is in the mammary line. Think of dog nipples. Humans have these same lines but usually only 2 develop. If someone is going to get a 3rd n****e it's often along that line.
Load More Replies... Renee H. 4 months ago
I havnt been told the cancer is in my neck but it did metastasize into my spine then throughout the other parts of ny body. Never found a lump.
Bewitched One 4 months ago
No lump is why it’s very important to get your mammograms as early as the dr suggests
Load More Replies... Big Chungus 4 months ago
A lot of pregnant women get this in their arm pits. I think it is called the tail of spence and it follows up from the breast tissue into the pits.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I think some of it is on the abdomen too, on either side down the ribs
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My immune system is slowly munching at my thyroid gland thinking it's a virus. It's called hashimoto's.
Rita Radney 4 months ago
I have it too. My thyroid glad is now the size of a sliver of a fingernail
#17
I leak from my ears when I cry.
I mentioned it to an ENT once, and he thought that maybe there was some odd connection from my tear ducts or sinuses that was causing it and that it might explain why I had chronic sinus/ear infections as a kid.
FluffySquiddy:
There is a connections between nose and ears, it's called the eustachian tune. I don't think it is tears passing through your ears, but rather nose mucus. As a kid I had chronic otitis and my doctor would warn me against sniffing.
Reemerger 4 months ago
It's also why people crying usually need to blow their nose. Eyes, nose and ears are connected by tubes, which is also why you can regulate pressure in your ears by holding your nose and do what basically feels like internally "blowing into your ears".
Reemerger 4 months ago
Unfortunately it also works the other way around: when I blow my nose I often need to wipe my eyes, too :D
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The eustachian tube connecting ear, nose & throat is also the reason I can taste my ear drops (they are vinegary.)
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
When I eat/chew, my ears get damp with ear wax. I think that’s fairly normal though lol, the mechanical movement of your jaw can cause ear wax to move down the ear tube.
#18
The first thing to hurt or ache are my thighs. Period cramps= thigh cramps, overtired=achy thighs, sunstroke = legs give way. It's a time.
Littlemiss 4 months ago
For me its my knees. Cold, knees hurt. Cramps, knees hurt. Someone talks about pain, knees hurt.
Christine Trejbal 4 months ago
Same!! And when I was in labour the cramping went into my thighs, it was like getting a charlie horse ever 3 minutes.
Disgruntled Pelican 4 months ago
Well, I feel slightly better knowing I'm not the only one who goes through this.
katiekat0214 4 months ago
When I'm going into heat exhaustion, my tell is that my legs feel heavy. Bodies are weird.
A Shark is my soul mate 4 months ago
I think it might be your sciatic nerve. You sound like you are getting referral pain from cramps near your abdomen/low back. Try a heat pad on your low back and see if it helps.
#19
Sometimes my eye twitches for no reason, like it's trying to send Morse code. No stress, no caffeine - just vibes. Still no idea why.
JB 4 months ago
This generally is a stress thing. Even though you might say, "oh I'm not stressed" - your forehead muscles, which attach to the muscles around your eyes and eyelids, know better.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
Yep - I get this in my left eyelid when I’ve slept poorly/haven’t been able to sleep.
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
Mine used to do this frequently, it rarely does now. (And I'm probably the most stressed I've ever been in my life right now)
Maim 4 months ago
So weird story if anyone is interested. My left eye/eyelid was twitching for weeks. So annoying. Go to another doctor for signs of breast cancer, and yes, I had it. As soon as I had the diagnosis, my eye stopped. This has happened to me twice now - both times, cancer. (I am currently cancer free, no worries)
DowntownStevieB 4 months ago
I have had several seizures. I too get random eye tremors and have been told this is a very minor seizure. You don't black out but you do have a misfire happening. See Neurology and check with your family on the presence of neurological conditions in the family.
Itsmeagain 4 months ago
yep, I get this...it's like a little nerve jumps. I can see it if I check in the mirror
Huddo's sister 4 months ago
I haven't had this happen much since I started taking magnesium every day.
#20
Depending on where I touch or scratch on my arms and hands, I can feel the sensation in other parts of my body. Oh, and my nervous system just likes to go haywire and keep me on my toes every once in a while. Like, "Oh, hey. I heard that you have to make a phone call, or do some other normally mundane task you've done a thousand times....but now it's scary! I hope you like that feeling where you're about to fall backwards in a chair, for hours on end!".
Ixanga Cancun 4 months ago
If I scratch the inside of my left elbow, my throat itches unbearably.
Reemerger 4 months ago
If I lightly scratch inside my bellybutton it feels like I am scraping the inside of my guts near the spine at the same height - unpleasant.
Ace 4 months ago
I think it's quite common to have points on the skin that are slightly miswired. Haven't thought about it for ages, but I have a spot somewhere near the belly button that makes a specific point on my back go itchy,
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago (edited)
Same! Scratching an area on my knee makes me feel it in my foot. The closest I can describe it is: imagine I have a long hair laying on top of my leg, lengthwise from my foot to my knee. When I scratch my knee it’s like I’m wiggling the “hair” and I can feel it moving across the top of my foot and making it itchy. Is it like that for you?
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LizzieBoredom 4 months ago
If I stop scratching and pinching myself, people stop looking at me funny.
Apachebathmat 4 months ago
If I scratch my right shoulder, my right ear hurts. Lord knows what that is
Auntriarch 4 months ago
If I pinch the skin on the inside edge of my knee, I feel the pain in the skin of my chest just above my cleavage.
r9tj7wv985 4 months ago
There’s an area of skin on my collar bone, each side, that if my hair sweeps across it, a light feathery touch on it, a bug lands there, a breeze tickles it… I am crawling the wall! It “hurts” in a way I can’t describe. I get a whole body skin crawl, my ear on that side will ring and hurt on that side. Very, very uncomfortable and unpleasant. It’s like t*****e.
#21
My body likes to grow a uterine lining on my spine. Means I have chronic sciatica, and sometimes when i fart too hard my back crunches and I have to sit down for a minute.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I feel bad for chuckling but sounds like OP is having a chuckle at it too 😂
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Meowzers! 4 months ago
I have uterine lining in my stomach, abdomen, intestines, and bowels. It grew so much in my stomach that it perforated, and I had to have surgery to close the hole it created. They couldn't remove all of the lining, so it is growing again. I'll have to have surgery again in the future to close up another perforation when it happens again.
#22
I can vibrate my eyes back and forth extremely fast, cross both eyes independently in all directions, and I can even make my left eye go lazy if I really try (or if I'm super tired). I've never met anyone with the same ocular control I have, though if I do it too much, it starts to hurt my eye sockets and results in a headache.
Grape Walls of Ire 4 months ago
The eye shaking is not overly rare. I can do it, and I've met several others who can as well. Maybe the other skills are less common.
Andrew Burke 4 months ago
Both my daughter and I can do this (the eye vibrating thing). Have no idea how I came up with the idea, and then when I should my daughter, she knew immediately how to do it too.
Load More Replies... Devyn Nagy 4 months ago
I can do that eye shaking thing too. I think it might be genetically inherited because I've only met two other people who can do that and one of them is my cousin.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I have strabismus and amblyopia :) surgery has corrected my eye position by 99% so you can’t tell my eyes aren’t straight unless you really look, but the amblyopia never got better and I’ll never experience depth perception.
Mimi M 4 months ago (edited)
Have you looked into binocular vision therapy and/or an app like Amblyoplay?
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Missy Moo Moo 4 months ago
I can move each eye inwards separately. Or one up and one in. I just can’t turn them outwards separately
#23
My left eye has over time lost its colour, it’s near black like the pupil - my right eye is as it’s always been, hazel. My vision has not been affected in anyway whatsoever, and my eyes are healthy.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Yeah this is something I hope OP saw a doctor for
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Mimi M 4 months ago
It's relevant to BP weed smoke-breaks at lunchtime. An old story. The more wasted the poster, the less relevant the pics.
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Melissa Harris 4 months ago
Loss of pigment could be vitiligo, though it happening in the eyes is extreamly unusual. Only one eye being effected would give the appearance of heterochromia
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
It’s not a loss of pigment if their natural eye color is hazel. OP says their iris is “near black”. That’s pigment depositing in the iris.
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There is an area on my right cheek that if touched lightly I completely lose my hearing in both ears from what feels like extreme chills running over my face.
fasterthantrees:
This is super interesting. Have you ever asked a doctor or masseuse about it? Sounds like a muscular/nerve/trigger point thing.
m4ynard (OP):
Since it’s never caused me any issues I haven’t, no. But I am curious! Maybe this will spark me to ask next time I see my doctor. I have very recent MRI results but no idea how to look for anything like that myself.
OWL ON A MISSION 4 months ago
Sad thing is not everyone has health insurance or can afford to go to a doctor in the USA.
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Zaach 4 months ago
The eighth cranial nerve carries sound to the brain; since, you have to hear with the opposit side the nerves cross over just under the chin but it sounds like it is (maybe) something with the myolin sheath where the nerved pass each other
Mimi M 4 months ago
Myelin - btw, when I wrote papers I used to crave fat - replenish the myelin sheath.
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#25
My gut changes what it likes and doesn't like on a whim. I have IBS.
Huddo's sister 4 months ago
Me too. Been on a low fodmap diet for a few years and it has really helped. Now I know the probable cause of the gastritis I had when I was a teenager. I'm also now coeliac, which is even more fun.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
I have IBS too and same. It drives me crazy as my bowels are always doing something weird with no explanation and nothing much I can do.
#26
I sneeze when i pluck my eyebrows.
Remi (He/Him) 4 months ago
I get coughing bouts, but only with the left ear
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r9tj7wv985 4 months ago
My legs cramp and spasm if the technician takes too long on one spot. You get one shot to grab that hair. If you miss, come back to it later.
BookFanatic 4 months ago
Same! Every time I get my eyebrows waxed I have to warn my esthetician
#27
I'm allergic to cold. It can be a sunny day, but a cool breeze blows past, and I get hives. Cold induced urticaria. It can come and go randomly through your life, apparently. No one knows why.
Also, I live in Canada. 🫠😭.
PandaPops 4 months ago
I have/had Chronic idiopathic urticaria. It started one day just out of the blue and basically I would randomly break out in hives and facial oedema with no reason or cause, I would also have pressure urticaria so even sitting down for more than an hour would give me massive hives on the backs of my legs and b*m. I took antihistamines several times a day but it still happened and then randomly it just... stopped. I had it for 18months then suddenly just... nothing. It's been 2years Im still scared about it coming back
Joana Marques 4 months ago
I have it too. Also my mom and my cousin. We think it's genetic. We live in Portugal. To bath in the ocean or pool we have to take anti histamine
Cydney Golden 4 months ago
I developed urticaria in my twenties, it was gone by my forties. No explanation.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago (edited)
Canada does have a medical worker shortage atm, it’s pretty rough. Still, I’d rather go through all that and pay $0 than $10,000 😂 (and also, I’ve had multiple procedures and surgeries in my life and never waited more than 2-6 days for a procedure. Things are bad, but not exactly as bad as some certain countries with worse healthcare like to claim to make themselves feel better haha, they like to make us sound like a dystopian wasteland where everyone waits 300 years for the chance to see a doctor for even 1 minute. It’s not quite that rough, although many people are waiting insanely long times for much needed procedures and I’ve been fairly lucky. Things can definitely get a lot better, we desperately need more health workers, but I’d still rather be here than in the US).
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When my allergies kick in, my ears itch first. Sneezing comes next, with congestion and itchy eyes. If I don't take my meds when my ears start itching, I'm doomed to misery once the snot kicks in.
#29
Field vision loss EXCEPT when I tried my husband's aviator sunglasses on, first time as far back as I can remember I could see "properly" and no they're not prescription. .
Robert T 4 months ago
That's an odd one. I'm guessing that the sunglasses filter the light that causes your vision to shut down - or if they are polaroid, somehow your eyes can't handle normal unpolarised light. I have a loss of peripheral vison in about a quarter of both my eyes due to a small brain tumour about 20 years ago. It is remarkable how your brain adapts and fills in the gap!
Xenia Harley 4 months ago
I just went to the eye dr yesterday for eye rx update. First time my depth vision was tested. I had to put on sunglasses-like glasses and look at images to measure. Polarizing, my guess?
Mimi M 4 months ago
OP can't see your comment - post on reddit (see link under pic).
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If someone lightly brushes against my stomach or sides all of my core muscles contract and I jump really hard. It’s completely involuntary but my gf takes it so personally like I’m acting like she punched me.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Not sure if I’d agree 100%, nerve issues can definitely cause this.
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I’ve had three kids on their exact due date at home in less than 5 hours each time 😼.
Mecha_Phed 4 months ago
My dad has 4 children, 3 of which (myself included) are born on the very same day, not twins and we also have different mothers..on top of that my dad's birthday digita are the opposite than ours: (European date here) 05/09/xx, my dad's 09/05/59..how crazy is that?!
Brian Droste 4 months ago
I remember many years ago my mom was telling about when I was goingbto be born. The doctor told my mom that I was going to be born on Octb1st. She didn't know if the doctor meant that If I was going to be the first week of October or o. October 1st the date. I was born on October 1st the date/the day.
#32
Every time I eat cherries close to my period, I get a red mark on the base of nose where the front bottom part meets my upper lip. I thought I scratched myself at first! Experimented with this theory over the past 3 months and it’s a pattern!
Melissa Harris 4 months ago
Sounds like an allergic reaction caused by the rise in certin hormones during menstruation.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I’m sure OP would have realized if she was just getting cherry juice under her nose
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my nose starts to itch terribly when I use an electric toothbrush.
elmortero 4 months ago
Eh, the toothbrush goes IN the mouth, does not brush teeth when applied externally:-)
Bewitched One 4 months ago
It’s the vibration from inside the mouth lol which is directly under the nose and have you ever barely brushed a finger up against your skin? Makes it itch. To me anyway. Same thing
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 4 months ago
Mine itches when I put on rubber gloves, but I'm pretty certain that's just Sod's Law.
wowbagger 4 months ago
I can't use an electric toothbrush. It sets off this vibrating feeling in my whole jaw, which doesn't wear off for about an hour. Drives me crazy. Shower heads on the vibrate setting sometimes do it, too, if the water hits me in the face.
TiNaBoNiNa 4 months ago
Nerve sensitivity. The face has a lot of nerves running through it. Maybe yours are closer to the surface or are just extra sensitive.
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#34
Whenever I sneeze, I sneeze three times in a row.
Reemerger 4 months ago
:D Not laughing because i'm mean. The dry delivery just broke me.
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Jeremy James 4 months ago
My partner gets this, often 20 sneezes in a row or more. I call them his "sneezieures." His father had them, too.
Auntriarch 4 months ago
I do that. When I was at work and people would try to say bless you for every sneeze, I would say "no need, have a sneason ticket"
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 4 months ago
I have tiny baby sneezes (choo! choo! choo!) followed by a great granddaddy "AAAA-CHOOOO!!" Scares the cats every time.
sturmwesen 4 months ago
we have a saying "pretty people sneeze three times" ...no idea where it comes from
Ace 4 months ago
The three in a row thing is quite common, such that some people actually expect it of themselves and others. From a quick search it seems to be thought that "one sneeze probably loosens it up, the second sneeze gets it to the front of the nose and the third sneeze gets it out,"
#35
I have vasovago syncope. Basically when I see something that triggers it (side note hate that people b*********d that word and when people misuse it) my brain desides that it doesnt need blood anymore, and will cause me to get extremely dizzy, hyper ventilate, become light headed, and then ultimately pass out. This sequence will all happen within 2 minutes. During that time my brain decides it also needs to confirm that it doesnt like said scene by playing it on repeat until I pass out. And for bonus fun, sound and description can also trigger this response.
Ive caused buildings to be rewired, policies to be changed, and have scared the living s**t out of people seeing this response.
As for what triggers it, surgery scenes, needles in arms irl, detailed injuries. What doesnt trigger it? Stupidly over the top bloody scenes like in anime. However a friend decided to show this scene where a dude cuts a girls palm with his finger and let her slower bleed out from it, and yup that triggered it.
Oh and for even more bonus points my brain recently decided to remind me about this fun glitch by causing one of my f*****g dreams to trigger an episode in the middle of the god d**n night.
Big Chungus 4 months ago
I have this (nuerocardiogenic syncope or vasovagal) and honestly it's not as intense as this person is describing. You get the extreme nausea and all of that, but you feel it before you start to pass out and you can stop it usually by laying on the ground with legs up. I have missed stopping in time before and hit my head, but in general it is manageable. Eat more salt.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I totally agree, Chungus - I get this occasionally too and it’s totally manageable. Happened just the other day to me and I did end up going down because I didn’t act fast enough, but I was trying to get to an empty office so I could lay down and put my legs up. Ended up kinda slowly going down on my knees and then dropping to the ground from there in the doorway of said office. Freaked my coworkers out but I was probably only “out” for about 20 seconds. Then I just needed to lay there for a minute or two until I felt okay to slowly start the process of getting up without causing a blood rush. Eating properly totally helps me too. I get what OP means by the scene playing on repeat while it happens though, my brain acts weird for a minute while it happens. I wonder if OP experiences it more intensely than we do?
Load More Replies... Motivated sloth 4 months ago
My mother had that diagnosis but never those symptoms. It was caused by changing positions, such as sitting to standing, lying to sitting etc. She had to take a minute in between each sometimes or she would just pass out. They made her take medical retirement at work after calling the paramedics a few times.
Susan 4 months ago
That actually sounds like Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and has more to do with her blood pressure dropping suddenly due to a change in position.
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Hilary Blevins 4 months ago
I also have vasovagal/neurocardiogenic syncope, and yes, it's almost identical to POTS. "Get safe, get flat, get cold, get low. Eat something fast (sugary) and something slow (complex carbohydrate so you don't crash)." Increasing your salt intake helps.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
My doc told me to keep trail mix in my purse (the kind with salty nuts AND chocolate M&Ms) for a quick salt/sugar boost :)
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#36
When I'm very hungry, there's this fizzing sounds coming from the back of my throat, it will disappear when I'm no longer hungry. It is audible if the person puts their ear close to my neck.
I have yet to find an explanation on the internet.
JB 4 months ago
I'd wager it's the stomach producing acid when hungry and having something to dissolve after they've eaten - basically a form of GERD. I get the fizzy popping in the throat when I've missed a meal.
Mimi M 4 months ago
Note that this was posted on reddit - OP can't see your comment, but you can reply on reddit, using link under pic.
Load More Replies... Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Sounds like hunger cues irritate your vagus nerve a lil :) happens to me too and that’s my reason, according to my doc.
Load More Replies... Billo66 4 months ago
I don't feel hunger at all anymore. The thought of food makes me nauseous. I can go a week just ..forgetting to eat. I don't know if it's my Cancer or the meds, but I don't get hungry. The chemo took my teeth, maybe thats it. I get dentures soon, I hope it helps.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I understand that. My brain doesn’t register hunger anymore. Sometimes I feel my stomach grumbling but to me it’s just a weird slightly upset stomach, eating food is genuinely not my first thought. Maybe the chemo did it for you? Hopefully your dentures help a lil with feeding yourself. (Isn’t it weird to think of eating food as “feeding yourself?” I have to remind myself to “feed myself” but despite loving food - when I can handle it - I never really feel like I’m truly “eating.” I’m just “feeding myself.” Can you relate?)
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#37
Every once in a while I get a really tight chest and I have to completely stop and hold it and breathe lightly as deeply hurts. It feels like my heart is about to explode. I am scared of having this sensation whilst doing exercise .
Ace 4 months ago
Absolutely THIS, Sounds like it might be a "mini heart attack" , which some people have from time to time without ever being aware of them. They're harmful in themselves but also a precursor to more major MI events.
Load More Replies... detective miller's hat 4 months ago
Could be costochondritis. Basically nothing to worry about, but holy hand grenades it HURTS.
Cailyn B 4 months ago
I think I may have this, or at least something similar, indeed it does hurt like crazy and freaks me out!!!
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
This happens to me sometimes. It's related to my asthma. If I get that feeling and don't use my emergency inhaler, I'll progress to the wheezing stage.
Huddo's sister 4 months ago
Possibly exercise induced asthma. I have it and at first my mum didn't believe it was asthma because it only happened then.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago (edited)
My bf had similar pains on and off for a few years and always brushed it off as anxiety. He refused to see a doctor about it and acted like i was being dramatic whenever I suggested it. 2yrs ago he came home from work one day, saying he was tired and feeling a bit anxious. I found him dead 20 minutes later. We later found out he had an undiagnosed heart condition that could have been treated with meds or surgery instead he died of a heart attack at 35. ALWAYS GET THINGS LIKE THIS CHECKED OUT, IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!
Roxie Carter 4 months ago (edited)
I have this too. My dad said it's probably just gas. I think he's actually right. Just a bubble.
Jill Jones 4 months ago
I am scared of this happening while I'm driving. It feels like one of my lungs gets stuck in between a rib. After a few minutes it just stops and I can breathe fine.
Bewitched One 4 months ago
That’s how my mom felt when she had a collapsed lung
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I've got this one, tiny part of my left thigh that twitches rapidly and is close enough to the surface that it is visible when happening. Looks like my leg has a bowl of jello experiencing an earthquake. Happens seemingly randomly, though the thing that is most commonly a predictor is sleeping less than 5 hours.
Reemerger 4 months ago
It is eerie seeing these tiny muscle spasms, like there is something else alive under your skin. I have had fingers twitch slightly.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I get this sometimes! Usually in my calves. It’s super annoying after a while and I’ll stretch my leg or rub the area really hard to make it stop. Seems to happen a lot when I’m lying around in bed or on the couch.
#39
Sometimes when eating carrots I sneeze pieces of them out later.
Edit to add: should have originally noted I sneeze them out of my nose.
Oh, and it has happened with cooked Spagetti too…yeah that was weird….
CPooh 4 months ago
Had a friend in college who did this when eating and laughing. We made the dorm clown sit directly across from him at mealtimes so only the comedian had to suffer the consequences of his jokes.
Billo66 4 months ago
I had a tooth pulled and the root had punctured my sinus cavity which left a hole through that socket into my sinuses. I can't blow up balloons, can't puf out my cheeks, all the air goes up the hole and out my nose. Yes food gets up there, gets infected, it's a drag. Eat hot sauce and sneeze 3 days later and hot sauce comes out. It's been repaired several times, unsuccessfully. Hopefully my new dentures will solve the problem.
Littlemiss 4 months ago
My Dad did this with peas. You don't chew them enough and they come back out the nose.
EJN 3 months ago
Does this happen when you are eating them or after time has passed, you sneeze and blow them out? It is possible to blow food out the nose if you are in the process of eating it, but if it has traveled to your stomach already, you would not want the food to be coming back along with stomach acid. One time, I laughed at someone's joke during dinner and blew spaghetti out my nose. It moves easily from mouth to nose....
#40
When I stretch or breathe in certain ways, I feel a "flick" sensation at the bottom of my left rib, almost like something is getting caught on it and then snaps back off it like a rubber band if that makes sense. I have no idea what it is and have found no answers online but it doesn't bother me enough to ask my doctor.
OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago
Hey, me too! Laughing too, just below the lowest left rib. Thought it was just me
#41
I can crack my toes without touching them. I just have to bend them. I don’t know if other people can do this but my husband says it’s not normal.
Shelley DuVal 4 months ago
My big toes crack when I walk. I can also crack them without touching them. It actually feels good.
She who must not be named 4 months ago
I can do it but only on one foot 😅 it drives my boyfriend crazy, he says I'm not normal too
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I can’t crack anything on purpose (although it’s happened accidentally before when stretching or bumping into something). My twin sister is super good at it and has tried to teach me but my joints just don’t seem to want to crack 🥲
Brian Droste 4 months ago (edited)
I can do this with some of my knuckles. When a knuckles feels like it need to be cra ckd I can stretch that finger out and bend my knuckle at the right angle and crac k it.
#42
When I sneeze I have a honey smell in my nose...
Also sometimes it hurts like hell when I swallow water for someone unknown reason.
HeavyMetalHeart 4 months ago
I get the honey smell in spring/summer sometimes - I assume it’s because you’re sneezing out pollen.
TiNaBoNiNa 4 months ago
Or, you have a beehive growing in your sinuses. Do you sometimes experience a buzzing noise and have bees occasionally emerge from your nose?
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I can control my heart rate. Used to troll doctors as a teen by purposely slowing it down and then speeding up when they were listening to my chest with a stethoscope.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I can only do this to a point (I know what kind of mental triggers I need to calm down & lower heart rate or get stressed out and increase heart rate and that’s how I do it, and it can be fun to play around with with my heart rate monitor, but I think that’s probably just something anyone can do and not what OP is talking about)
#44
I can turn my sense of smell on and off at will (yes, while still breathing).
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 4 months ago
I wish I could do this! I'm very sensitive to smells, and it can be quite intrusive.
#45
Sometimes I get a one off of something that resembles a hiccup but it’s not. However, when I get that, it feels like my oesophagus is ripping apart for a couple of seconds. It’s scary and it hurts.
Judy Reynolds 4 months ago
But the doctor will want to see it happen, and that is pretty near impossible!
Load More Replies... EJN 3 months ago
I have a hiatal hernia which means the stomach near the esophageal sphincter tends to push up through the through the diaphragm that separates the pleural cavity from the abdominal cavity where the esophagus passes through. It results in discomfort, pain, reflux of stomach acid into the esophagus, etc. Not fun. It does sometimes feel like something is pulling or squeezing on the esophagus. Have it checked. Some esophageal cancers are connected to this and the chronic reflux of stomach acid into the esophagus.
Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
Have the same thing. Started about a year ago and happens a few times a day. Still trying to figure it out. My Dr had no idea. Guessing it is fairly uncommon?
#46
I can wiggle my whole scalp, similar to how some people can wiggle their ears.
#47
I get extremely intense intrusive daydreams when I have the urge to pee. No idea why :/.
#48
My intestines don’t know that they’re supposed to discard the waste and not hold onto all of it and rip open
Also, stomach is very upset by any food ever coming in, despite asking for it!
#49
I get rubber band snaps in my legs and arms before I get a fever. I know when I feel snapping feelings in my shins / forearms I’m done for, I’m sick.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 4 months ago
When my hair hurts, I know I'm in for a really bad one.
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Seuss 4 months ago
I just feel like I'm freezing. When I can't get warm I know a fever is coming.
#50
Sometimes when I eat, I get this clicking sound in my jaw.
Savana Ballard 4 months ago
That’s temporo-mandibular disorder and the click is from the disc on one side of your jaw popping out of place and is relatively common
Rafael 4 months ago
My jaw will even lock if I open my mouth too much. And if this happens to you, do NOT force it closed - you need to open it up a bit more and massage the little bone/cartilage thing back to its place, you usually can lell the side that got locked (mine is always the left).
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
That happened to me once before and it was super scary 🥲 I did exactly what you described and managed to close it but the feeling of suddenly being stuck open is very jarring
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#51
I gleek EVERY. time I yawn.
#52
Sometimes my right eye start shedding tears for no reason.
#53
I sometimes have phantom limb despite not having any amputations.
Reemerger 4 months ago
How do you feel a severed limb if all your limbs are present? Confusion of the highest orda...
Auntriarch 4 months ago
When I'm drifting off to sleep I sometimes feel that my hands aren't where they actually are, but in a different position on the duvet
LionPaws_and_RadarEars 4 months ago
I get this in my while body 😬 Never been able to find any answers about it though!
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I have a light form of tourettes (no, not the shouting random insults one). Specific muscle groups contract randomly ranging from my neck to my chest cavity/lungs. The neck muscle contractions are alright, its just the lung/chest muscles that are a b***h to deal with :(.
Susan 4 months ago
Sounds like you're having tics, specifically motor tics. Tourretts syndrome is a form of having a combination of motor and vocal tics.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Tourette Syndrome does not always involve vocal tics. To be diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, an individual must have both motor and vocal tics, but not necessarily at the same time.
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I'm allergic to my own progesterone. Have to go to the ER a lot.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Oh I was pregnant once and got MASSIVELY sick. 2 straight days of puking every 5-10 minutes - which eventually turned into dry heaving since I couldn’t keep anything down - was incredibly exhausting since I couldn’t even sleep. I broke so many blood vessels in my face from the strain that it looked like I had acne. I remember bawling my eyes out dry heaving in a bucket at the end of the bed while my bf’s mom stroked my hair (he was on a work trip). Went to the hospital because I couldn’t even keep water down. I remember the doctor telling me I was pregnant and saying something about being sensitive to progesterone, or having an allergic reaction to it, or something - I remember the word “allergic” was said at some point but I was so sick and tired and numb that I kinda blanked 🥲 never had issues with my hormones before though
#56
Sometimes theres 2 streams when i pee.
#57
My wrists hurt when im sad.
#58
I have that thing where I can't picture things in my head. Crazily enough, I'm a pretty good painter.
Melissa Harris 4 months ago (edited)
Aphantasia. The ability to visualize mental imagery falls across a spectrum from not at all (aphantasia) to hyperphantasia.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
I have an extremely vivid mind’s eye and I often just zone out because so many pictures are going on in my head - I’m probably closer to hyperphantasia :)
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Whenever I hold batteries or magnets, I get this very distinct and uniquely painful sensation in my hands/arms/whichever part of my body that is making contact with them, that grows more intensely/painfull the longer the contact continues to go on.
JB 4 months ago
This feels like a good place to mention that small children can get extremely ill from ingesting lithium batteries. The electrical current necrotizes (kills) any tissue around it, leading to internal holes where there shouldn't be holes. Don't leave them out, and if a child has eaten one, they need a doctor!
#60
Sometimes when I run in public I get self conscious and then my arms start to spasm and twist inward like weird dinosaur arms and it’s hard for me to keep balance. It goes away after a minute but it’s been going on since I was a kid and I have no idea why.
Melissa Harris 4 months ago (edited)
It's only when being watched/observed it's psychosomatic and a reaction to anxiety. Councilling and a prescription for anti-anxiety meds would seem to be appropriate.
#61
I will be eating food and suddenly feel like i’m having a heart attack, goes away after like a second as long as i stop eating the food.
Patti 4 months ago
Could be esophageal spasms. I have it often. It’s very painful and can mimic a heart attack perfectly. So much so that my heart dr told me he had a man’s chest open in surgery and he thought he was having a heart attack. Turned out to be esophageal spasms.
Patti 4 months ago
Feel like I need to add, please don’t self-diagnose. I had a complete heart work-up before I was diagnosed with this. The final deciding factor was when the ER doc had me drink lidocaine and it went away.
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I have something similar, it's related to GERD, which I do have. Take very small bites, chew them thoroughly, and this will help avoid this pain. Gastro-esophageal reflux disorder.
#62
Get tired and dissociated throughout the day, sometimes for a minute or 2, sometimes half an hour. At totally random intervals and times :(.
Melissa Harris 4 months ago (edited)
This sounds like derealization/depersonalization. It's a symptom of depression and anxiety and often a trauma response
#63
I don't remember the first 10 - 15 minutes after I wake up sometimes.
JB 4 months ago
If you do the same thing every day, this could just be an extreme version of how your brain deletes unnecessary or repeated information.
Reemerger 4 months ago
It is weird to realize how much we do on auto-pilot, leading to things like misplacing your keys of eventually finding your remote in the freezer. Not consciously processing every bit of environmental information has its ups and downs.
Load More Replies... Melissa Harris 4 months ago (edited)
If the OP isn't waking naturally (I.e using an alam) they might not be fully awake yet. If your sleep is interrupted during certificate phases it can cause grogginess and confusion and a sort of waking sleep in extreme cases. Changing sleep habits like going to sleep at a different time so you're not in a particular phase of sleep when the alarm goes off is helpful. Also, just getting enough sleep as it could be simple exhaustion. A proper sleep study would be needed to rule out sleep apnea or other disorders.
Ace 4 months ago (edited)
If I wake up in the middle of a dream - the only time I normally remember them - then the memory, indeed perceived reality, of that dream sticks around for a couple of minutes, but then is usually lost. Sometimes, with something approaching a nightmare, I might wake up with a feeling of extreme anxiety, but I know that it will disappear in a short time. So I wonder whether this is just the brain doing the same thing but getting it's timing slightly wrong, i.e. that it thinks you're still dreaming.
#64
You know that one stretch that has you interlock your hands and hold them up to your neck? I can fully flip my arms back around without unlocking my hands. I’ve been able to do this since I was little.
I also have a severe stutter that makes me do s**t completely involuntary. I get asked “are you ok?” By so many people all day, because it makes me look like I’m having a stroke or seizure.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
Sorry I think I’m failing at understanding this - interlocking my hands and just holding them up to my neck? Like in the front? That’s not really a stretch, do they mean behind the neck? I’m trying to picture it and failing haha, can someone who understands better help?
#65
I can get “good” breaths, which feel like an incredibly pleasant stretch in my lungs. I crave them pretty much always. But I can’t get them whenever I want, it’s like they have a cooldown, but there’s some luck but also technique involved in making happen. Being in certain positions makes it easier, being bloated with food makes it harder and the craving worse. If I try to get one and don’t it feels awful.
It’s almost impossible to get via diaphragm breathing. The best technique is trying to time a sudden deep chest breath (raising my shoulders up) at whatever feels like the right time. Or trying to induce a yawn, which always result in a good breath.
Sometimes I’ll try and can feel one almost there, and then it’ll suddenly happen and I’ll end up taking in more air in a gasp. It really feels like there’s a part of my lungs that can only be filled sometimes.
It’s been happening since I was at least 8-9 and has never gone away.
Melissa Harris 4 months ago (edited)
The OP NEES to see a respiratory therapist. Could be a huge number of things but it doesn't sound like their moving enough volume with regular breaths
BookFanatic 4 months ago
I've got this. Hello, adult asthma. I nearly had to pull out my inhaler just reading this.
Margaret Wartime 4 months ago
You actually need to sigh every so often, like take a big deep lungful of air and push it out, to keep your little king air sacs fully stretched open. That’s why a big sigh sometimes feels really good. But if you try to do it again and again immediately after, it doesn’t feel as satisfying. Maybe that’s what op is experiencing?
#66
I can regurgitate my food at will within a time period after swallowing it. This is how I get people to leave me alone.
Ronnie Beaton 4 months ago
You could make a living out of that. Just like Stevie Starr, the professional regurgitator.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Starr
#67
When I smile my right eye is barely open while my left eye is normal. Hate this for photos.
BeesEelsAndPups 4 months ago
I broke my jaw in my late teens and it healed crooked. I hate photos of myself.
#68
When I really have to pee and I'm holding it I fart a lot and then I don't have to pee anymore.
OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago
It's not the pee, it's the built up pressure from the gas pushing at the bladder
Taro Obanagi 4 months ago
Yup it happens with everyone when we accumulate a lot of gas.
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#69
I can crack all of my fingers on both hands at once as many times in a row as I want to without stopping. It causes no pain or discomfort.
#70
I sometimes have allergic reactions to my own sweat. Mostly between my b***s.
elmortero 4 months ago
Ok, I feel we need to know gender of the poster in order to decode the censored word
Auntriarch 4 months ago (edited)
I'm going to guess booobs, because there's not so much of a "between" with ballls.
Load More Replies... #71
I can hold my nose internally, it feels like there’s a flap of skin I can control inside my nose that stops airflow and water!
Array Index Out of Bounds 4 months ago
Me too I never understood why people would pinch their nose when jumping into water.
#72
I have this weird buzzing (don’t know how else to describe it) in my whole body which I don’t notice until it randomly stops and then I freak out thinking maybe my heart has stopped beating and I frantically check my pulse. Lmao I know it sounds weird and I’ve brought it up with my doctors and even had a holter monitor but nothing is physically wrong with me. I don’t know what it is or why it feels so weird. It’s like I can feel my blood flow pulsing throughout my body and then at random times that feeling just stops for whatever reason and I’m left with a weird feeling of nothing/silence. Then it comes back like 10 seconds later.
#73
My forehead stretches up when I see or hear something unexpected. Which I really can't control.
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Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I think a lot of people here really should ask their doctor about some of these. A lot of quirks are just that, harmless quirks, but some could be precursors or symptomatic of a disorder.
Neb 4 months ago
Unfortunately, some of the doctors are pretty much dismissive, as with "well, such side effect is not known, so I think it is only coincidence" or "no, that cannot happen". First one was relatively easy to avoid stuff; the second one - also easy to avoid after I managed to understand what caused it and fixed it. Both related with very standard and regular supplements.
Load More Replies... Littlemiss 4 months ago (edited)
Hmm maybe I'm not so weird after all if others share my symptoms. When my allergies act up I get an insatiable itching on the left side of my chin and it spreads over my face. No idea what causes it, it just starts randomly. If someone describes pain, doesn't matter if I know them or not and it triggers me I get shooting pain in my knees. According to my mother I'm a Canary in a mine shaft.
Gg 4 months ago
I have non allergic rhinitis. I'm not actually allergic to anything but my brain thinks I am. My allergist said you'll feel like you're dying but you're not.
Julia H 4 months ago
I take a daily antibiotic, prescribed by urologist. Otherwise I'll get painful and bloody UTIs. Might be something to explore
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 4 months ago
I hiccup if I eat bread that's warm or has been toasted but cooled down. my BF hiccups if he scratches his beard.
The Other Guest 4 months ago
I get the hiccups almost every time I eat, usually for a total of five (5) 'cups and then it stops. I read somewhere that eating too fast can cause it, but eating slowly doesn't make a difference. It's weird & somewhat annoying.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 4 months ago
I get restless leg syndrome and I would like to know why I often need to pee more when I get it, and when I have peed it releases some of the pressure/tingling for a little while.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago (edited)
I occasionally get this horrible feeling where I just feel awful, I can't pinpoint why or what's causing it but I just feel like something isn't right. I get extremely tired, nauseous, light headed and just generally feel horrible for no reason. I once told my gran 'I feel weird' she of course asked what was wrong and when I said 'I don't know i just feel like something isn't right' she rolled her eyes and said 'oh God don't you start' turns out my grandad had been having the same issue randomly throughout his life. I've since discovered that many of my family members have the same thing happen occasionally but noone takes any of us seriously, doctors just shrug it off and dismiss any worries we have. I often wonder if there's some random genetic condition causing it but I guess we'll just have to live with it as it's clearly not too serious just inconvenient and horrible.
katiekat0214 4 months ago
A certain medication I was on in the early 2000s gave me a parting gift: anytime I get really hungry, I have tiny little burps. It's a friendly reminder, hey, eat something, your body needs fuel. The medication I was on was very harsh, but this little gift is one I still like. Useful to be reminded to eat at times, and no one ever notices the burps.
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I think a lot of people here really should ask their doctor about some of these. A lot of quirks are just that, harmless quirks, but some could be precursors or symptomatic of a disorder.
Neb 4 months ago
Unfortunately, some of the doctors are pretty much dismissive, as with "well, such side effect is not known, so I think it is only coincidence" or "no, that cannot happen". First one was relatively easy to avoid stuff; the second one - also easy to avoid after I managed to understand what caused it and fixed it. Both related with very standard and regular supplements.
Load More Replies... Littlemiss 4 months ago (edited)
Hmm maybe I'm not so weird after all if others share my symptoms. When my allergies act up I get an insatiable itching on the left side of my chin and it spreads over my face. No idea what causes it, it just starts randomly. If someone describes pain, doesn't matter if I know them or not and it triggers me I get shooting pain in my knees. According to my mother I'm a Canary in a mine shaft.
Gg 4 months ago
I have non allergic rhinitis. I'm not actually allergic to anything but my brain thinks I am. My allergist said you'll feel like you're dying but you're not.
Julia H 4 months ago
I take a daily antibiotic, prescribed by urologist. Otherwise I'll get painful and bloody UTIs. Might be something to explore
Load More Replies... sturmwesen 4 months ago
I hiccup if I eat bread that's warm or has been toasted but cooled down. my BF hiccups if he scratches his beard.
The Other Guest 4 months ago
I get the hiccups almost every time I eat, usually for a total of five (5) 'cups and then it stops. I read somewhere that eating too fast can cause it, but eating slowly doesn't make a difference. It's weird & somewhat annoying.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 4 months ago
I get restless leg syndrome and I would like to know why I often need to pee more when I get it, and when I have peed it releases some of the pressure/tingling for a little while.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago (edited)
I occasionally get this horrible feeling where I just feel awful, I can't pinpoint why or what's causing it but I just feel like something isn't right. I get extremely tired, nauseous, light headed and just generally feel horrible for no reason. I once told my gran 'I feel weird' she of course asked what was wrong and when I said 'I don't know i just feel like something isn't right' she rolled her eyes and said 'oh God don't you start' turns out my grandad had been having the same issue randomly throughout his life. I've since discovered that many of my family members have the same thing happen occasionally but noone takes any of us seriously, doctors just shrug it off and dismiss any worries we have. I often wonder if there's some random genetic condition causing it but I guess we'll just have to live with it as it's clearly not too serious just inconvenient and horrible.
katiekat0214 4 months ago
A certain medication I was on in the early 2000s gave me a parting gift: anytime I get really hungry, I have tiny little burps. It's a friendly reminder, hey, eat something, your body needs fuel. The medication I was on was very harsh, but this little gift is one I still like. Useful to be reminded to eat at times, and no one ever notices the burps.
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