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artsycraftsy626 , Monstera Production Report

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

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238points

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Same here!

46points

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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

SM0KINGS , Polina Zimmerman Report

Final score:

227points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

As if periods weren't already painful enough.

110points

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.

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Lozzanger , Timur Weber Report

Final score:

189points

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That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 1 year ago (edited)

I get this but I'm not hyperactive, my mind just thinks alot edit: forgot to add that I probably have ADD

75points

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Toby_O_Notoby , Vlada Karpovich Report

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177points

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ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

That's incredible.... do these people dream?

60points

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Good_Posture , Ariel Paredes Report

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176points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year 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.

104points

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.

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

shadow2087 , UnusualFacts6 Report

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174points

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SquiddoDiddo 1 year ago

Yep I have astigmatism (slight but it still happens) and this is what I see at night! A little less bad tho…

56points

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

I_am_dean , Inga Seliverstova Report

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160points

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Sandy D 1 year ago

I get that too. I have bad general anxiety and also really bad social anxiety

38points

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't Feeling the compulsion to sneeze when seeing the sun.

thejude555 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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146points

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Chocolate llama 1 year ago

Oh one of my colleagues has that. We call it his superpower because in principle this makes him a solar-powered bio-weapon

117points

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

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

PachinkoBiloba , Sincerely Media Report

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142points

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Almost sunny 1 year ago

Bloody asthma! I hate having it.

30points

#11

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

TTungsteNN , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

141points

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Trish 1 year ago

Speech therapists can identify that stuff. A friend of mine watches your mouth when you speak, just out of professional instinct.

61points

#12

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

putafinenoseonit Report

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139points

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Mobey Drunk 1 year ago

Sounds like your mom is a toxic family member that needs to be cut out of your life

63points

#13

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

BriCMSN , reddit.com Report

Final score:

135points

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Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago

I have that.. less easy these days as I take strong daily steroids and antihistamines due to asthma and anaphylaxis.

38points

#14

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Rathewitch , PKLAZR Report

Final score:

123points

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Chocolate llama 1 year ago

Damn, I only have 2 and I'm already annoyed by that amount...

38points

MesciVonPlushie , SHVETS production Report

#15

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Final score:

113points

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Black Garbage 1 year ago

Excuse me, did he just mention a drug dealer?

116points

texasyogini , Kristina Paukshtite Report

#16

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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)

Final score:

109points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

I would like to order a dozen threes, please.

65points

#17

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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!"

xx2983xx , EricRavenCZ75 Report

Final score:

106points

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Trish 1 year ago

We call that the Liberty Bell in my family.

21points

#18

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't “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.

ausernoname , Miriam Alonso Report

Final score:

105points

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That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 1 year ago

They sensored r****m?!

59points

#19

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

fuckfuck9001 Report

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102points

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Sandy D 1 year ago

I get that. When I'm hot my neck itches uncontrollably , and occasionally it spread to other areas. I sometimes get nice, too

32points

#20

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

daintyknave , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

100points

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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year 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 .

32points

#21

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

rahyveshachr , Pixabay Report

Final score:

98points

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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year 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 😉

69points

#22

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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

Nez_bit , Engin Akyurt Report

Final score:

96points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year 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.

47points

#23

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't Pain in your stomach and esophagus when you're hungry. Apparently that's acid reflux, not hunger.

tmills87 , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

95points

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Trish 1 year ago

It is?

22points

#24

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't Apparently most people don't have much in the way of toe dexterity, I am monke down there.

EtherealPheonix , Khairul Onggon Report

Final score:

93points

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Okasan Willis 1 year ago

Yeah I pick up pens I drop all the time

56points

TroubledWaterBridge , Edward Jenner Report

#25

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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!"

Final score:

87points

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Channeil Brown 1 year ago

This is what I have!!

17points

#26

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

pocketsizedpieces , Tim Samuel Report

Final score:

83points

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WindySwede 1 year 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).

37points

#27

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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!

LLAA00 , Dominika Roseclay Report

Final score:

81points

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Penguin Panda Pop 1 year 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.

21points

breakdancing-edgily , Jenna Hamra Report

#28

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Final score:

80points

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Trish 1 year ago

Nice of them to wait until you're dead to disect your face.

91points

StrangledByTheAux , Ketut Subiyanto Report

#29

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Final score:

79points

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 1 year 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 ❤️

21points

Responsible-Glove-68 , Puwadon Sang-ngern Report

#30

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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

Final score:

79points

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Subtlelikeawreckingball 1 year 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.

22points

PikaBooSquirrel , Karolina Grabowska Report

#31

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Final score:

77points

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Sandy D 1 year ago

Tmj or tmd . My left side of us pops and sometimes hurts

27points

#32

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

KittyandPuppyMama , Karl Solano Report

Final score:

77points

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Ryleigh 1 year ago

Wait....

15points

#33

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't My tongue has a bunch of cracks and craters in it and is not smooth.

slapstick223 , Funky_Kizer55 Report

Final score:

75points

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Sherri Steinert-brown 1 year 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

44points

#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.

WittyColt254380 Report

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73points

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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year 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

77points

#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!

EMPactivated Report

Final score:

73points

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Judy Reynolds 1 year 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.

20points

#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.

lilbitch1991 Report

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71points

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Jan Rosier 1 year 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.

19points

#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.

norecordofwrong Report

Final score:

71points

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Javelina Poppers 1 year 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.

38points

oliviagummybears , Doublepuffsnstuff Report

#38

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

Final score:

71points

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ToGo 1 year 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.

61points

#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.

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Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 1 year ago

I can relate

28points

#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.

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Sandy D 1 year 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

22points

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#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.

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67points

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Amy Foley Clark 1 year ago

Maybe some lactose intolerance too.

7points

#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.

w00tewa Report

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Ian whaples 1 year ago

you have extra rod cells in your eyes, my guess is that you cannot distinguish as many colors as others.

18points

#43

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't I have a big head. I've never once found a hat that fit. Not even a toque.

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Raluca Neacsu 1 year ago

same...

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#44

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

Please have them checked by your OB/GYN. Inverted nipples can possibly be an indicator of certain medical conditions.

27points

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#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.

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60points

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

At least you won't get drafted into the army

31points

#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.

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Amy S 1 year ago

IIH = Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (high pressure around the brain).

38points

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#47

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

agirl1313 , Chokniti Khongchum Report

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53points

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Kerensa Scott 1 year ago

My nose runs every day all year round whether I have a cold or not

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#48

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

inlike069 , cottonbro studio Report

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53points

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Zoe Vokes 1 year ago

Sports physical? Where you show your penis and balls? Is that a thing?

8points

#49

Lower Back dimples, I got teased in middle school when we went to a water park. My partner loves them.

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Awkward Momma Panda 1 year 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 😊

4points

#50

50 Things People Thought Were 'Normal' About Their Bodies Until They Realized They Weren't 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.

DeviousFox , RF._.studio Report

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46points

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iseefractals 1 year 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.

41points

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#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.

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28points

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Jade (she/they) 1 year ago

Synesthesia is when 2 senses cross over. I also have this, I can smell sounds and my own voice smells like Toasted Coconut.

10points

#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.

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25points

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detective miller's hat 1 year 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.

7points

#53

Headache from bright lights.

TheOfficeoholic Report

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23points

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JJ 1 year 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.

8points

#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.

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

I didn't know that was unusual, I can flex and hear mine too.

27points

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#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.

ToFaceA_god Report

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21points

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Vermonta 1 year ago

How do they treat that?

7points

#56

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.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago (edited)

ETCMCT That sounds painful. I hope you get the help you need.

0points

#57

Apples aren't spicy.

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Amy Burke 1 year ago

Allergy??

11points

#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

Earthsincebirth Report

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20points

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Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis 1 year ago

For me it always felt like a knife in the back at chest level

8points

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#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.

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17points

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BannedFromABoatShow 1 year ago

I feel ya. Epilepsy suuuuuucks.

2points

#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

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17points

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DE Ray 1 year 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.

7points

#61

Me and my dad both sneeze when we get full, I thought it was normal…

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17points

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Amy S 1 year ago

Me too! My husband jokes I am allergic to washing up because I sneeze so often after a meal.

1point

#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.

Dazzling_Ring2024 Report

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17points

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

When I cut myself the skin surrounding it becomes very hot

5points

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#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...

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16points

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Karl 1 year ago

My knees have always cracked really loudly too when I hunkered down. PE was fun!

5points

#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.

adonisthegay Report

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Hey! 1 year ago

My husband has that but didn't know there was a name to it.

3points

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#65

My tongue has patches of white and pink. A dental hygienist pointed it out to me and called it a geographic tongue.

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14points

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Awkward Momma Panda 1 year 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

1point

#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.

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14points

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MisGra 1 year 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.

5points

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#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.

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13points

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Lydsylou 1 year 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

7points

#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.

frieden7 Report

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13points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

Wait...floating kneecaps isn't normal??

9points

#69

All the freckling. …. In places most people don’t have freckles.

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Like…the whites of the eyes?

1point

#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.

-LavenderFlower- Report

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12points

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Drinking my Covfefe 1 year ago

I wonder if they have to worry about the rib puncturing something?

4points

#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

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12points

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Bored Birgit 1 year ago

My right hand palm crease is a straight line, the left one not. Never bothered me. May look it up later.

0points

#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)

btstfn Report

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11points

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MisGra 1 year 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.

7points

#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.

berripluscream Report

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11points

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

I stopped enjoying sandwiches, milk, cereal, cold chicken and a few other things after eating them too often

6points

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#74

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.

crustiferson Report

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#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

Final score:

11points

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Shark Lady 1 year ago

Hypermobility, there is no such thing as double jointed.

14points

#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.

gallopingwalloper Report

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10points

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Delta Dawn 1 year ago

hypermobility again

2points

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#77

The tail.

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10points

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Arenwy 1 year ago

11points

#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.

fishpaste2132 Report

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10points

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Allen H 1 year ago

Schatzki Ring, possibly. Get it seen to before condemning yourself to a life of eating alone for fear having suddenly throw up.

4points

#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.

djdjdkksms Report

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9points

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Ace 1 year 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.

11points

#80

The amount my eyebrows move when I talk (and I'm nervous).

AdmirableAd7753 Report

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#81

I thought my toes were normal until someone said they’re freakishly long.

Nermalfan Report

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9points

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Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago

I used to think everyone just had super short toes

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

Wow turns out I have multiple conditions that I thought were normal before reading this

21points

Scarlett 1 year 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.

15points

Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago

Wait it wasn’t normal???

6points

Phoenix the Frog 1 year ago

It could also be POTS cause that's what I have and that happens to me.

4points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I just got out of the hospital for that. Turns out I have bilateral pulmonary emboli... multiple blood clots in both lungs. Almost died two days ago. Never ignore your body being weird people!

0points

Sky Render 1 year 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.

12points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

That's amazing!

8points

Tiffany Hinde 1 year 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! 😂

9points

Ansi 1 year 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.

9points

Nicolai Zoëga 1 year 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...

8points

shanila.pheonix_ 1 year 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)

8points

Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago

One-dimple club unite!

4points

talliloo 1 year 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.

7points

Hey! 1 year ago

Really interesting.

5points

KT 1 year 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 .

7points

Sky Render 1 year 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...

2points

Tomato Froggo 1 year 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…

6points

Sky Render 1 year ago

Those are the worst! Combined with night terrors, too...

1point

Lydsylou 1 year 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.

6points

Sky Render 1 year 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.

1point

Cobalt One 1 year ago

I have a somewhat precise sense of hearing and when someone is walking behind me, if they’re close enough I can see a mental image of them and how they’re moving. It kind of looks like parchment paper with brown ink, and it’s proven to be useful if someone tries tapping me on the opposite shoulder that they’re on. Also with certain people if they get within ~100-30 feet of me, I can actually pick out their individual smell.

6points

FaceTime Audio 1 year ago

I can often tell when someone else has been in my house because it smells weird. Downside is I’m hypersensitive to smell, and most perfumes/hairsprays/face washes give me headaches from the smell.

5points

Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago

Okay, but does anyone else get nightmares when they get hot in their sleep? I like being covered up with a single light blanket but if I use the heavier ones, I WILL have nightmares. Every time I wake up from one, I'm burning up from being covered too much. My brother has this too. When I mention it to people, they say they've never heard of it.

6points

xWILTED_ROSEx 1 year ago

I think I read something that said if the back of your head/top of your neck gets really hot, you'll have more vivid dreams especially nightmares

3points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

Whenever I tense one muscle I have to tense the other (for example if I squeezed my left hand into a fist then I would also have to do it to my right hand) it's super annoying and I thought it was normal but the other day I found out that it's not.

6points

Kiri 1 year ago

I have something similar. If I close my eyes to go to sleep and my left is closed first i have to reopen both eyes and close them at the same time so they feel even.

3points

glowworm2 1 year ago

I have a sacral dimple--which is basically a little indent just above my butt cheeks. Thought it was where my tailbone was.

6points

Sky Render 1 year ago

Used to think that's what I had. Then I realized: 1. It's the size of a US quarter in diameter, 2. It's very deep (and deeper still beneath the skin graft; I jammed a 2-inch needle in there to sound its depth once and never hit anything) and 3. Whenever I contract my a**s, it also contracts in the exact same fashion. It's actually a sealed second a**s.

1point

howdylee 1 year ago

I have a port wine stain birthmark on my arm. It's pink when I'm comfortable temperature, but it turns purple when I'm cold.

5points

Hey! 1 year ago

Interesting. I'll check my husband's. His is on his foot and looks like a map.

3points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

Thought of another thing that makes me unique and weird! Sometimes just when I'm going to sleep I suddenly feel like I'm falling and jolt myself awake. Idk if that's normal but it does t feel natural to me

4points

Sky Render 1 year ago

That used to happen to me all the time when I was young! I rarely have it happen any more. I also used to have a strange flavor pop up in my mouth out of nowhere when trying to fall asleep, which I can only describe as "rubbery and blue".

2points

Shankshaw Redeemer 1 year ago

I have Raynaud's Disease. My right index finger turns white and stays cold feeling until I can warm it up. It's painful and takes forever to warm. It happens due to cold and stress. It's quite annoying but all-in-all, not all that bad considering some of the other ailments, anomalies, and such listed here.

4points

Narelle Hussy 1 year ago

its called Hemochromatosis..

0points

Jen Hart 1 year ago

If something makes me cry, my outer ear canals will "cry" too. It's NOT from laying down and tears running into the ear. If my eyes water from onions or cold air, my ear canals will not "cry."

3points

Stormblessed 1 year ago

Found out I have a lot of these. I thought everyone had a few of them, but I knew the car lights thing was special (but nearly everyone I know has it)?

3points

B.Nelson 1 year ago

I recently found out I'm farsighted in one eye and nearsighted in the other. Was wondering why my old glasses were giving me headaches. I have been farsighted my whole life so it was a new thing for me.

2points

Bowtechie 1 year ago

It was chronic appendicitis for me. I developed gluten intolerance around the same time so I just thought it was a normal symptom to feel like you were trying to digest a broken machete if your food got cross-contaminated. Took 3 ER trips over 4 years and a doctor's "hunch" to finally get me a CT Scan and find the problem. Turns out my appendix had moved too so no one thought to check for appendicitis immediately since my pain was always in the center, not off to one side like usual. Since they took it out I've never had the knife pain and if my food gets contaminated I have the normal digestive issues. Still sucks, but sucks a lot less than the appendix problem.

2points

FaceTime Audio 1 year ago

My hips subluxate, all my fingers bend back over 90, my elbows go in a bit, my shoulders can pop but not at will really do hard to demonstrate, my thumbs are bendy, my toes are bendy, my ankles are really weak to the point where I can’t rollerblade or ice skate without immense pain (I can stand comfortably on them, and often when I walk one just gives out and I trip a bit, but it’s not too bad), with my knees straight and feet together I can put my palms flat on the floor, I can’t yawn on command nor do I yawn when I see others yawn, I’ve got tiny hands but my thumb goes past the palm horizontally (long fingers generally), I can suck in my stomach a LOT so that my ribs become a cave, and sometimes if I move wrong I fell stuff get pushed out of being stuck between my ribs. I’ve got a strange body. Also, I could read fluently at 4.5 years, but couldn’t tell right from left until I was 9 or 10 (pointing would work, but saying left/right wouldn’t. Still have some difficulty with that).

2points

Narelle Hussy 1 year ago

who needs doctors when we have BP lol

1point

mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago

I took a horticulture course last year, and while I was working on pruning/deadheading one of the plants, my hands were weirdly itchy. I didn't think it was that weird, and continued as normal. The third time this happened, my hands broke out into a rash. So, that's how I found out I'm allergic to the plant Verbena Estrella. It's a very pretty plant, I see it a lot in planters.

1point

Livingwithcfs 6 months ago

I have a super sniffer, I can smell things others seem obvious too - smell off before it's off. Drives me nuts because I always smell dirty to myself but apparently no one else can smell me

0points

Livingwithcfs 11 months ago

I'm a super smeller. I can smell off before it's off. I can smell an individual before I see them. It's usually a pain because most of the time most things are ever so slightly going off. I also have an extra vertebrae in my spine

0points

Narelle Hussy 1 year ago

Didnt realise i was almost blind in one eye until at the age of 13 watching my 15yr old sister put on eye make up, closing one eye when she put on eye shadow and repeating with the other eye.. asked her how she could see and she responded "see what" with a cranky look on her face, turns out i have Myopia, it was never noticed, and i thought my vision was normal..

0points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I have always been able to do complex calculations in my head. In school, you had to "show your work" and I had to convince teachers that the answer WAS my work. I thought doing steps was just to fill time. I couldn't help people with math homework because I thought the answers were obvious. Turns out I was just a freak. I used to have my stepkids challenge me by giving me four digit x four digit multiplication problems as they typed it into a calculator and I always had the answer before they hit "=".

0points

Jacob B. 1 year ago

Ever since I was young, I remember my heart would race every once in awhile. Nothing long, 5-15 seconds. One day, it was 10 minutes with no sign of stopping, drove to the ER (didn't want to pay for the ambulance, got to love the Health Care system in the USA). Long story short, they had to use the difibulator and shock me. Few months later, got an operation that ended it for good. If I ignored it, could have had a stroke.

0points

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Lydsylou 1 year ago

Wow turns out I have multiple conditions that I thought were normal before reading this

21points

Scarlett 1 year 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.

15points

Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago

Wait it wasn’t normal???

6points

Phoenix the Frog 1 year ago

It could also be POTS cause that's what I have and that happens to me.

4points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I just got out of the hospital for that. Turns out I have bilateral pulmonary emboli... multiple blood clots in both lungs. Almost died two days ago. Never ignore your body being weird people!

0points

Sky Render 1 year ago

12points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

That's amazing!

8points

Tiffany Hinde 1 year ago

9points

Ansi 1 year 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.

9points

Nicolai Zoëga 1 year ago

8points

shanila.pheonix_ 1 year ago

8points

Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago

One-dimple club unite!

4points

talliloo 1 year ago

7points

Hey! 1 year ago

Really interesting.

5points

KT 1 year ago (edited)

7points

Sky Render 1 year 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...

2points

Tomato Froggo 1 year ago

6points

Sky Render 1 year ago

Those are the worst! Combined with night terrors, too...

1point

Lydsylou 1 year ago

6points

Sky Render 1 year ago

1point

Cobalt One 1 year ago

6points

FaceTime Audio 1 year ago

I can often tell when someone else has been in my house because it smells weird. Downside is I’m hypersensitive to smell, and most perfumes/hairsprays/face washes give me headaches from the smell.

5points

Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago

6points

xWILTED_ROSEx 1 year ago

I think I read something that said if the back of your head/top of your neck gets really hot, you'll have more vivid dreams especially nightmares

3points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

6points

Kiri 1 year ago

I have something similar. If I close my eyes to go to sleep and my left is closed first i have to reopen both eyes and close them at the same time so they feel even.

3points

glowworm2 1 year ago

I have a sacral dimple--which is basically a little indent just above my butt cheeks. Thought it was where my tailbone was.

6points

Sky Render 1 year ago

1point

howdylee 1 year ago

I have a port wine stain birthmark on my arm. It's pink when I'm comfortable temperature, but it turns purple when I'm cold.

5points

Hey! 1 year ago

Interesting. I'll check my husband's. His is on his foot and looks like a map.

3points

Lydsylou 1 year ago

4points

Sky Render 1 year ago

2points

Shankshaw Redeemer 1 year ago

4points

Narelle Hussy 1 year ago

its called Hemochromatosis..

0points