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30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I have astigmatism so I see light in streaks. For the longest time I thought that was how everyone saw it.

Onirity , lgbsneak Report

Final score:

446points

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Deborah B 2 years ago

Wait - like this photo? I thought this was just how light looks?

23points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Not everyone struggles to concentrate on a task or have the mental energy to take care of things. Apparently I have ADD. I found out two years ago life didn’t have to be a daily struggle when I started taking a medication for a sleep problem and one of its off label uses is to treat ADD.

I was actually told repeatedly as a kid I had ADHD but they always told me it was my fault and treated it as if the issue was voluntary. So I grew up believing I was just a lazy day dreamer who gets overly stressed by having too many tasks. I’ve lived my life thinking everyone else was better than me because they can get things done. Nope, I’ve just need meds my entire life. Now I wonder how different my childhood would have been if I had been treated back then.

DeaddyRuxpin , fotologic Report

Final score:

364points

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Lisa H 2 years ago

I need to get tested for this once and for all. My school failed me hard for this. They said that I'm "too smart to have a learning disability." How messed up is that? Not only are they implying that people with learning disabilities are dumb, but it's also like they wanted me to just tell them that I'm lazy even though I worked my a*s off and told them as much. Twenty years later and it still makes my blood boil.

165points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online having a good relationship with your own parents. wasn’t until i made good friends that i realised how lucky my relationship is with my parents bc so many of my friends did not like family life.

wankybabyy , Jean-Simon Asselin Report

Final score:

335points

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Robert B 2 years ago

Sigh. “You too?” 4

33points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Having to hide when you’re parents are fighting, I only found out this was not normal when I went to a friends house and their parents had a argument that I expected to turn into a screaming fit just like it does with my parents. I got up expecting to have to hide with my friend before they started full on fighting. I was then informed by his concerned parents that it’s not normal to have to do that.

Ok_Pressure_4462 , B. Report

Final score:

321points

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Dumpsterbaby 2 years ago

I lived my life like that also. I had a friend who told his parents to stop yelling. I thought, omg heads are going to roll, but they didn't. His parents stopped and apologized to him. I was floored.

159points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Hearing music play even when you aren’t listening to anything. And no I’m not talking about when you have a song stuck in your head and it’s just your thoughts singing the lyrics, I mean actually hearing music when nothing is there.

I use to think my house was haunted by a ghost that loved to play music. Later on as I got older I thought it just happens to everyone. Until I read about “Musical Hallucinations” online and found out how rare it actually is.

And no it’s not fun.

VisitSecure , bradleypjohnson Report

Final score:

311points

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barn owls ️ 2 years ago

wait that isn’t normal? i thought everyone had that. another thing to add to the list of “things i might have to get tested for”

88points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online The ability to make a roaring noise in my ears by tensing a muscle.

Jmen4Ever , David Report

Final score:

306points

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BubbaLouie 2 years ago (edited)

I can do this, and I can also do a really high pitched beep. (EDIT: I forgot, I can also click.) (Edit 2: I do the beep by... tensing up my jaw/chin? I don't know how it works.)

122points

Imperfect_Beluga , Andres Alvarado Report

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Picturing things in your head. I have a friend with aphantasia and she was flabbergasted when she realized people could visualize things in their brain.

Final score:

299points

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olx 2 years ago

same i was like??? so u can just see what u want when u want?? it makes me wonder how phantasic people dont instantly have a great memory

63points

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I always thought when you try to talk to someone about something they do that bugs you or is just something that you feel the need to bring up because it effects you, that its normal for the person to get upset when you bring it up, and for them to disagree with you, resulting in yelling and fighting. I always thought this until I was talking with my friend about something they do that really pisses me off, and they just sat there, and thanked me for bringing it to there attention, and was completely chill about it, no yelling or argumenting. It was a weird feeling because I just kept waiting for the disagreeing and yelling to happen, and when it didn't I felt like something was missing? lol.

_yUkO_IDK , Jean and Fred Hort Report

Final score:

299points

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Robert B 2 years ago

I’m gonna give this one an extra bump 7

39points

#10

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Being able to blur and unblur your eyes on command 🙂

evanwantsyourtoes , Dario Report

Final score:

280points

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Stardust she/her 2 years ago

This isn’t normal? I do it all the time

286points

3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago

Isn’t this just focusing and unfocusing your eyes?

97points

Scott Rackley 2 years ago

I dunno, I thought this was normal. It's how you see those 3D image art thing. Just unfocus to infinity then walk it back till you see it.

28points

Aga Ch 2 years ago

Same!

15points

Squirrelly Panda 2 years ago

I used to do it all the time, now, without glasses, all I can do is blurry and blurrier. The eye doctor claims my vision loss is normal, but I miss being able to choose my focus

14points

Lizard Queen 2 years ago

Yeah this isn't normal???

8points

TheHalloweenTeen 2 years ago

I've always thought it was adnormal and haven't told anyone... I don't want to go to the eye doctor.

3points

Squirrel Girl 2 years ago

same

3points

Phoenix Connor 2 years ago

I do too and I also have astigmatism in my right eye

3points

radioactivecandy (they/them) 2 years ago

same!

3points

broken_guy 2 years ago

i can do that, i just take of my glasses lol

2points

Lizzy Abbey (she/they) 2 years ago

same

2points

Lisa H 2 years ago

Me, too

2points

BrUhEdpaNduH 2 years ago

Same

1point

Em 2 years ago

Same

1point

anime girl 2 years ago

Me too!

1point

1.21Gigawatts?! 2 years ago

Same here

1point

very_knotted_laces 2 years ago

me too

1point

Book Worm Panda 2 years ago

Same!

1point

Catman 2 years ago

Same.

0points

Karyn Stouffer 2 years ago

Me too.

0points

Fahim Abdullah 2 years ago

You all have superpowers! I mean that sounds so uncommon!

0points

(She/her)Introverted Potato 🥔 2 years ago

Yeah me too!

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love u 2 years ago

think everyone actually can do this lol

28points

April Stephens 2 years ago

I can't. Cool to hear that some people can!

4points

Kurtis Karr 2 years ago

Sure. just take my glasses off.

16points

Chelsea Rabinovitz 2 years ago

It's how you see the pictures in the magic eye books

11points

Mackenzie McLean 2 years ago

I think some people had to learn how to do it to see those pics. I know people that had a hard time figuring it out.

2points

Lizzy J 2 years ago

YOU CAN DO THAT?? i could have saved SO LONG

0points

TheHalloweenTeen 2 years ago

Yeah lol, it's how I cheat most of the time.

0points

Whitney Anderson 2 years ago

People with worse vision can do this easier and make it more blurry. If you have 20/20 vision you may still be able to do it just you cant make as blurry as people with worse vision. If you have glasses then you can tell when you take them off you can make it more blurry and when you put them on its a little harder and you cant make it quite as blurry. My dad is an eye doctor that is why i know this.

4points

Tash 2 years ago

I can do this!

4points

Luisa Madrigal 2 years ago

Wait this isn't normal? Guess i'll have to add it to my "Things I should get tested for" list

3points

Telmo Belo 2 years ago

I also recently found out most people couldn't do it. We do it by relaxing a muscle in our eyes. I sometimes find myself too tired to flex that muscle and everything is blurry for a while until I rest a bit.

2points

Therese Pammit 2 years ago

Wait, wait, WAIT. Doesn't... umm, *everyone* do this?

1point

ADHD raptor 2 years ago

fun fact search it up it is not rare at all every one can do it

1point

Otter-Popsicle 2 years ago

Me: Uuuuuuuhhhhh *Turns to 13 yo me*

1point

Proudtrans 2 years ago

Its something people can do but have to train themselves. You just ever so slightly cross your eyes. I can do it

1point

the one panda _ 2 years ago

I do it all the time

1point

olx 2 years ago

apparently its something to do with the muscles (?) controlling the lenses of your eye. so if you need glasses due to lens regulation issues it might not work for you!

1point

CakeandNintendo 2 years ago

That's strange because I can do it but definitely need glasses due to eyesight, can't read anything more than 5 ft away from me

2points

barn owls ️ 2 years ago

this is what i do when i’m bored

1point

Didn'tlikemyoldname 2 years ago

This isn't normal??

1point

Axelcat 2 years ago

I thought this was normal until one of my teachers gave me a stern talking to for "looking at with those eyes".

1point

Axelcat 2 years ago

It was a few years later when someone took a picture and I realized I looked drunk.

1point

Bouche Clay 2 years ago

I can do this.

1point

Kate Malcom 2 years ago

My whole family can do that (either that or they were lying to me 🥺)

1point

alias D. 2 years ago

?how

1point

OphelieTheCat 1 year ago

Is it normal?

0points

Wednesday 1 year ago

Focus and unfocus...

0points

Golden Godess 2 years ago

Oh I do this

0points

Ashley Spurlock 2 years ago

I can do this and it's fun :D I can also shake my eyes to make it look like they're having a seizure-

0points

Buzz Covington 2 years ago

100% Normal.

0points

Nicole Holt 2 years ago

I thought that was normal, too

0points

Alice Inman 2 years ago

I can do that

0points

Carla Olavarría 2 years ago

I thought everyone could do that, also the rumbling noise by tensing a muscle

0points

Bo Manson 2 years ago

This is why I log in and commenting. Ability to blur and unblur eyes on command...wow. I can "unable" to see things in front of me like I lost/didn't bring my glass kinda thing and able to see things in front of me as clear as day. This is the first time I read about it

0points

Kenny Earthling 2 years ago

This is utterly normal, ignore this one

0points

Electra Smith 2 years ago

Me too, Stardust. Actually I like to do it to get a new perspective (for example, to relate to people with very poor eyesight, or to blend color mentally) And sometimes just for fun.

0points

Reem Almowafak 2 years ago

I can do this 😂

0points

devilicious 2 years ago

I just relax my eyes.

0points

Jay Dresser 2 years ago

I can't quite do that but I can unconverge my eyes at will which makes it easy to see those SIRDS / stereograms, but that also involves making my eyes focus where they are not converged.

0points

Mrs S 2 years ago

Same. And control the images behind my closed eyes.

0points

John Russell 2 years ago

I don't know if it's related, but I can vibrate my eyeballs at will.

0points

ViFi 2 years ago (edited)

I can do this- i also have voluntary nystagmus (i can vibrate my eyeballs on command)

0points

Marcellium 2 years ago

I can do this but it's because I have a lazy eye. Keeping things focused is sometimes effort for me!

0points

ThatSunniChick 2 years ago

But...this is actually something everyone can do...

0points

The Shark Premium 2 years ago

Sooo relaxing and focusing?

0points

Mary Doe 2 years ago

I've always been able to do this

0points

Surfing Panda 2 years ago

Isn't that just focusing before or beyond what you are looking at? Like what you have to do to see the images in 3D albums?

0points

Dizz2K7 Gaming 2 years ago

You mean like unfocused??

0points

Uday Bhan 2 years ago

I can't see. Could you please turn on the lights?

0points

Mel The Axolotl 2 years ago

Yea I can do this easily, in fact I stim by doing it a lot of the time. My favorite thing to do is to look at something up close and notice background things look double and then switch so the background looks normal and the foreground looks double. Also when I look at something reflective, like my phone screen rn, the words and stuff coming from inside the screen go double, but the stuff reflecting off the screen (I can see the light on the ceiling behind me) doesn't, which I think is cool. I wonder why that happens tho

0points

AspieGirl88 2 years ago

I can do that … but I have to either squint my eyes or take my glasses off to do so! 🤣

0points

Angel Silhouette 2 years ago

I thought everyone could do that

0points

Edamame 2 years ago

i love doing this

0points

Mahogany Eclipse 2 years ago

Same?

0points

Courtney Christelle 2 years ago

Wait, not everyone can do this?

0points

Audra Sisler 2 years ago

I do this too lol

0points

Engelhafen 2 years ago

It’s called taking off your glasses

0points

ujwalsai alla 2 years ago

I can do that too

0points

Wren Hard 2 years ago

I can do this and when I try to explain to my family they just think I'm making it up. Like 'can you tell what this is' then I would blur my eyes, and be like 'yeah even from distance ' and they don't understand because I am standing right there still...

0points

Paulio 2 years ago

Just whirl your eyes in a circle a few times it works for me

0points

Evi Grimes 2 years ago

Apparently I can do this and my husband can't. So I guess it's not something everyone can do, but I swore it was.

0points

Avocado Toast 2 years ago

I do this all the time

0points

Talon 2 years ago

My friend and I can, and we love being able to do it bc we're artists so it helps with drawing value

0points

Michelle C 2 years ago

I’m surprised that isn’t normal!! I have no problem with it if I want to do that- at least I didn’t until fifth grade when I needed glasses!

0points

Family Osborne 2 years ago

I do this all the time...I low-key thought it was normal. :/

0points

Ewa K 2 years ago

Isn't it just accommodation reflex? You just do it voluntary.

0points

Sam LeBlanc 2 years ago

I can jiggle my eyes back and forth rapidly

0points

Denikitty 2 years ago

I can do that

0points

Potater tot 2 years ago

I always do this. It’s basically like crossing your eyes. My brothers also do it.

0points

Bananananananana 2 years ago (edited)

Yes I can do this, and when I do it hard enough it makes my eyes shake, like when Puss n’ Boots is begging

0points

Anh Aline Vuo 2 years ago

Is this abnormal???

0points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

I love the photo above.

0points

Sadie 2 years ago

I do that all the time

0points

idrow1 2 years ago

I think everyone can do this. I think the anomaly would be the people who can't.

0points

therealrose357 2 years ago

Do you mean like, becoming nearsighted on command or just crossing your eyes?

0points

Peter Buckley 2 years ago

It is completely normal.

0points

Phil Green 2 years ago

Very handy for looking at SIRDS. I thought everyone could do this, turns out not to be true!

0points

Spudg 2 years ago

I can do this my eyes dont focus on the same point

0points

Red Ruffensor 2 years ago

The older I get the harder it is to do this.

0points

TheReeseInator 2 years ago

Bruh I thought this was normal.

0points

mcborge1 2 years ago

Blurred is my defualt setting.

0points

Connie Marciniak 2 years ago

This came in handy as old age began to effect my vision since I was able to “correct” it until I needed glasses.

0points

Th3_Narrat0r 2 years ago

I have this :D it actually a normal thing that everyone can do, it just takes practice. It's like wiggling your ears. Anyone can do it, you've just got to work the muscle

0points

.barney. 2 years ago

I like to do this..it's fun

0points

Alexis 2 years ago

This is what I do when I am in a social setting that becomes too much for me. I just blur everyone out!

0points

Arianna 2 years ago

SAME! I can also go crosseyed on command so that might have to do with that.

0points

Hamilfan 2 years ago

I can do this

0points

Juliette Deroulede 2 years ago

Me too!

0points

Csilla Kaszas 2 years ago

Random thing I thought normal... and it really is.

0points

Via Hawk 2 years ago

I do that all the time?

0points

Phoebe Stein 2 years ago

I can do this!

0points

Fenchurch 2 years ago

I can do this, but if I relax my eyes I immediately see double.

0points

Giavanna Myers 2 years ago

i do this too

0points

xXbluthsbannanastandXx 2 years ago

How is this not normal?

0points

Jessica Cifelli 2 years ago

I can only do that if I take my glasses off

0points

AP 2 years ago

It's easier to do when you are young. The older you get, the less you are able to do it

0points

Lil Potato 2 years ago

Again, who can't do this?

0points

Wilder Bourdaghs 2 years ago

Is that not a thing everyone can do

0points

makennag104@gmail.com 2 years ago

Is this not normal I thought everyone could do this

0points

Nicole Tomme 2 years ago

Blur on. Blur off. Am.... am I the Blur? But seriously, maybe this is more common with people with poor eyesight? Mine is very poor and when your default state is blurry your eyes are constantly trying to adjust so maybe it is a muscle thing?

0points

Quitethedilemma 2 years ago

I can do this and didn't think much of it until SO said mentioned his friend with adhd can do it and that isn't normal. I don't have vision issues just able to focus and unfocus when I want as well as being able to wobble my eyes.

0points

Dude 2 years ago

Used to do this all the time as a kid.

0points

El Dee 2 years ago

No? Not normal??

0points

Enlee Jones 2 years ago

I can do this too!!

0points

DrGirlfriend 2 years ago

It's over stimulation to the eye muscle it's a strain, like wiggling your ears it's a muscle control some people do not have 😊

0points

Cat Palmer 2 years ago

That's easy - take out my contact lenses and instant blur! (I can also do it for real, thanks to the 'magic eye' pictures which were a brief fad when I was a kid.)

0points

AffenpinscherMom 2 years ago

Learned that from those books back in the day. The ones where you had go blur your eyes to see the 3D picture. What were they called again? I feel like I was looking at those around the same time as Where's Waldo.

0points

Lizzy J 2 years ago

Thats normal tho!! Surely!!!

0points

Congo 2 years ago

I thought this was normal too?

0points

Isabelle Drinkwater 2 years ago

I can do that

0points

Lisa B 2 years ago

Isn't this how you see those images within pictures, forget what they are called, can't ever do it!

0points

Jonathan 2 years ago

new achievement for me

0points

Eliza Thomas 2 years ago

Me too!

0points

CatAlien 2 years ago

Isn’t that just crossing ur eyes tho

0points

Katherine Kuntz 2 years ago

I do it too, sometimes not on purpose tho lol

0points

BrightHeartTheWarriorCat‍⬛ 2 years ago

I can... right now im doing it right now...

0points

Paul Pierokowski 2 years ago

This isn't normal!???

0points

Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago

Merely changing focus. Quite normal. Look at your fingers on the keyboard, and anything beyond is a visual blur. But consider my step-bro who could make his eyeballs jitter up-and-down, fast. THAT is likely not normal.

0points

Lantana Howell 2 years ago

How do people "see" the images in the 3D magic eye books.... you change the depth of your focus. I struggle to believe it is not that common since those books were wildly popular and there were multiple books in the series.

0points

VidGam4 2 years ago

I can do this too! So this isn't just me......

0points

ℚ𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕎𝕠𝔽𝕊𝕙𝕚𝕡 2 years ago

it's not normal??

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 years ago

Wait some people can't do that?? What??

0points

Stealthzilla 2 years ago

Me, hahaha blurry vision go brrr

0points

PandaForLife 2 years ago

Ye 😝

0points

Benita Valdez 2 years ago

Really? I can do this too. I have really bad eyesight so I used to always mess with my eyes to see what they actually could do since seeing wasn't working so maybe they could do other things. I can blur and unblur and cross them as well as move each eye independently.

0points

Chickens are fluffy 2 years ago

Yeah I can do it too

0points

Emerson Rogers 2 years ago

its a common thing but not all people can do it

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Booklover<3 2 years ago

Other people can't do this? I always focus and unfocus my eyes like I'm a camera.

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the engineer 🇺🇦 2 years ago

i do it too! its actually kinda cool.

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Construction site Panda 2 years ago

Wait... It isn't normal? But im doing it righr noe!?

0points

R. H. 2 years ago

That's just us phasing out of insipid conversation

-1point

#11

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I always thought the after effect for eating fresh cherries was a scratchy throat, with this weird tight feeling. Mild though but it would last about 30 minutes.

After eating 2 cherries earlier this year I ended up having a severe allergic reaction and discovered that cherries aren't meant to do that and I've just been allergic to them this whole time. 😅

ComfortableMess3145 , Luke Jones Report

Final score:

272points

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Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago

Pineapple, kiwi, cantaloupe, walnuts, pecans, bananas-they all do that to me but cherries are OK luckily,

59points

Savannahisded , Melissa O'Donohue Report

#12

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I was joking around with my friends in 8th grade History and we were trying to see how many pencils we could stick into my friend's afro (with his consent) and right as I was trying to lift my arm and put the pencil in his hair one of them cracked a joke that sent us into a fit of laughter. My arms went limp and when my friends started coaxing me to put it in I told them I couldn't.

They were noticably confused, so when I regained my composure I explained that everytime I laugh, my muscles go limp and I am not be able to move them. It ranges from droopy head and weak knees, to full body collapse.
Because of the term "roll over laughing" and portrayals of people in media falling over in laughter I thought this happened to everyone, and they were just better at controlling it. My friends all agreed that it in fact did not happen to them, and that I should get it checked with a doctor.

1 year later I was diagnosed Type 1 Narcolepsy: a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, and Cataplexy. Cataplexy happens when a trigger, such as strong emotions like laughter or fear, trigger a sudden loss of muscle tone, making it difficult to move, stand, or even breathe.

I was lucky to be diagnosed as early and quick as I was, since the condition is widely unknown outside of the context of Narcolepsy patients and specialists. The symptoms of Narcolepsy are so common, in both puberty where it starts to present more heavily, and other diagnoses such and depression and anxiety. Its estimated that around 1 in 2,000 people have this disorder, and the lucky few that actually get diagnosed usually only do so later in life after 5-10+ years of multiple tests and misdiagnoses.

The takeaway from this is that if you think that other people "deal with it better" or "suck it up" or "control it better" chances are that's not normal, and you should speak up about it.

Final score:

271points

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Natalie H 2 years ago

This happens to me when I’m laughing.

31points

#13

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Having to deliberately learn all your social skills. I assumed other people just got more practice, because I didn't have many friends growing up. Years of work did help me a lot, but I only recently realized most people learn these things without thinking much about it.
I'ts like the difference between glancing at a sentence and immediately getting its meaning, vs. figuring out each word letter by letter.

Sterna-hirundo , S.C. Axman Report

Final score:

257points

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CelticElff 2 years ago

autism spectrum?

90points

dm-me-appletun-pics , ricky montalvo Report

#14

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Apparently most people can't reach their entire back with their hands. I never knew backscratchers had an actual purpose.

Final score:

246points

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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

I can do this too. Apparently I'm a bit more flexible than most other folks. I can turn my feet around almost all the way backwards,put my feet behind my head and contort in a few odd ways. I thought everyone could do this.

69points

SugarLily0420 , Cats by moonwhiskers Report

#15

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Not being able to watch Movies/Shows without Close Captions or subtitles. Also never understanding what they are sayin on the radio. Turns out, I have an Auditory Processing Disorder. If I don't see peoples lips moving my brain doesn't recognize they are words more than half the time

Final score:

242points

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CelticElff 2 years ago

Sensory Processing Disorder (avoider) here. If two people talk to me at the same time (classical scenario: I'm on the phone but my toddler demands my attention) the voices overlap and become nonsensical noise. Drives. Me. Crazy.

118points

ceo_of_dumbassery , Bastian Greshake Tzovaras Report

#16

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online That most people aren't constantly aware of their heart beating, and dont get numb legs just from walking a few metres uphill, and don't lie in bed at night wondering whether they'll die in their sleep because their heart does funky things when they lay down.

Turns out I have a heart condition lol. I feel so at peace now that I'm on medication for it

Final score:

238points

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alias D. 2 years ago

This hits hard for a dude with brugada syndrome

37points

#17

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I thought it was normal for every friend group to have one person that everyone picked on for no reason. I don't mean light roasting, I mean legitimately bullying them and putting them down. My brother's friend group had one, with my brother being a primary instigator. I was the punching bag in my middle school friend group. It took until the end of high school/the beginning of college for me to actually be treated like a person and realize that friends aren't supposed to make you feel like s**t about yourself.

yeetgodmcnechass , Thomas Ricker Report

Final score:

232points

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Stardust she/her 2 years ago

I feel this. I was constantly shunned and yelled at growing up untill recently when I made actual friends who treated me nicely

74points

throw_aaway7777 , Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación Report

#18

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I’ve played violin since I was 3 years old. So, I learned the letter names of each string and the finger numbers. And, whenever I heard a song, I always thought of a letter or number with each note. To me, it was plainly obvious what each letter and number was, and my brain even expanded the letter/number system to work with cello and the entire piano range.

Turns out, not every violinist has this, let alone absolute pitch (frequency in Western countries: 1 in 10 000). When I was 20, I discovered it was synesthesia, a harmless linking of senses/concepts in the brain.

That seemed to check out since people’s faces often have smells/tastes associated with them. Mine tastes like white sugar out of the packet. My brother’s is hard boiled egg. And whenever someone mentions a particular date on a particular year, I envision a giant number line.

Also, letters have emotions. E is happy, but lowercase e is even happier. Capital N is happy but lower case n is sad. And the months of the year go in a giant counter-clockwise circle, with my birthday in October being at the bottom. 2 is sad. 3 is happy.

Final score:

225points

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Bird Mom 2 years ago

For as long as I can remember, every time i think of a date or month, this giant circular calendar pops into my head

56points

#19

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Having a whole complex of rooms in your head and about 16 people in there chilling and having convos with them

It’s all positive, they’re kinda my way of getting things out and processing thoughts and emotions

I do all sorts in my subconscious mind palace and it’s very entertaining but everyone else finds it kinda wierd.

martthethird , london road Report

Final score:

217points

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Construction site Panda 2 years ago (edited)

I hate to reveal this secret but when I am under stress, to relax myself I make up all sorts of cringe stories in my mind but I dont write them down. But ik I will never get the most number of upvotes so my comment will be the last one in order so no one will know my secret hehe 😁

176points

#20

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online When I’m on my period, I can numb my lower half of my body so I can’t feel cramps. After talking to my friend I realized she couldn’t do it and I was just confused as I have been doing it for years.

QueenBee_Here , Nenad Stojkovic Report

Final score:

195points

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Tash 2 years ago

I would quite like this one

195points

#21

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Not everyone hears their own thoughts audibly. I only learned that last year after describing to my husband that when I’m thinking I literally hear my thoughts as if they’re being spoken outside of my body.

LittleFlowers13 , GAby Report

Final score:

188points

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Rod McCabe 2 years ago

I routinely talk to myself. When you're alone for 54 years with not one at all in life talking to yourself is almost inevitable. No family, friends, work associates, no social media contacts... no one. well I've been talking to myself ever since I could talk. And yes, I answer myself as well. Its fun.

88points

#22

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Being able to give myself goosebumps on command.

I only realised last year (I’m in my 30s) when watching Taskmaster and one of the tasks was “Give yourself goosebumps, fastest wins”, and I wondered why they didn’t all just induce them like I do.

Turns out it’s a rare ability that only 1 in 1500 people have.

Dvdsmith2002 , Flóra Soós Report

Final score:

185points

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TheAquarius1978 2 years ago

That's easy, listen to a song from Eluveitie, that works everytime lol ( for those of you not in to folk metal, try " 2SFH " ( 2 steps from hell ) its Impossible to hear their músic and not getting goosebumps )

34points

#23

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online "Man, I am having so much trouble finding out which colors to use for these letters!"

"Just... use the colors from your head."

"The what?"

"That's what I did! The head colors? Y'know?"

"N..o."

Anyways I have color-grapheme synesthesia and somehow, no one thought much of me saying that the days and months and letters and numbers all had colors.

ReviLogic , Sue Thompson Report

Final score:

179points

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olx 2 years ago

synesthesia is so cool to me. i dont have it i think, altho my friend thinks i do cuz i feel music but i think that's probably 50/50 normal cuz one of my other friends has it. i *associate* days, weeks, months with colours but i dont see it when its said or anything you know?

4points

#24

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Normal is just the running average of weird.

Indigo_Sunset , Bart Everson Report

Final score:

170points

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3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago

I like this. We’re all weird, “normal” is just whatever weird thing most of us are doing.

69points

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#25

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Ringing in the ears. I dont have a conscious memory of not having it. When i was about 5 years old I asked my grandma " what song does your head play?"

liscbj , Paul Sableman Report

Final score:

163points

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Sky Render 2 years ago

I've had tinnitus my entire life. Most of the time I just wilfully ignore it.

87points

#26

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I have a few medications I need to take for my mental health, some I need to take at night some in the morning. I've gotten into the habit of rather than reading the label for which ones I need, I will shake the bottle and know which ones to take based off of the sounds the pills make when they rattle.

Let me say I was shocked when I was informed this is not normal.

fuckwormbrain , MArie Report

Final score:

155points

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Rod McCabe 2 years ago

Thats definitely what t I do, I can just hear my pharmaceutical savior, xanax, as a beautiful music in the mornings. Panic attacks SUCK for 30 minutes and without a benzodiazapine I get attacks a couple of times a day. They're particularly insidious because you have to stop what you're doing and give your entire life (existence) to the attack. Work or home. You don't have a choice. I call anxiety and panic "cancer of the mind". Panic attacks are horrendous and completely debilitating. Not fun. Hearing that rattle in the morning is like all of the beautiful music or nature thrown into a couple of seconds of shaking.

39points

#27

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Visual snow. My whole life, my field of vision has always been covered by shifting multicolored dots of light. Similar to light snow on an old TV transmission, hence the name. I see it all of the time, I never don't see it, though it is worse in the dark, or if staring at the sky. In the dark or when I close my eyes, it is all I see. I thought everyone had this until my early 20s.

smuffleupagus , M. M. Sand Report

Final score:

153points

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Luluu_j 2 years ago

I get this in the dark

46points

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#28

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online for YEARS i thought everyone got sick at the feeling of certain textures, kinda like seeing big bugs and stuff, like the same feeling that gives you, later learned i have a psychiatrist and therapist trying to figure out if i have adhd, or if im on the autism spectrum

anon , Wendell Smith Report

Final score:

152points

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Natalie H 2 years ago

There are some clothing textures I absolutely can’t stand. They make shudder & my teeth feel funny for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️

104points

#29

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Two OREO limit. That was always the serving size in our house growing up. My first binge in college was a whole sleeve of OREOs.

welchbw , William Clifford Report

Final score:

144points

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Bouche Clay 2 years ago

I wish I could do that. Although I often say it as a joke, for me, it's pretty much true that whatever is in the wrapper is one serving.

52points

#30

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Lice. Growing up I had lice almost every summer, I thought everyone got lice growing up. I thought lice was just a summer bug that we kids got! When I got with my ex and talked to him about my childhood and how we always got lice, he was SHOOK. It was apparently not normal for children to get lice on a regular basis.

Kovong , Michael Wunderli Report

Final score:

133points

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Frando Bone 2 years ago

yeah not normal. i never had it.

64points

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#31

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Asking for permission.

I was raised to always ask permission to have water, a snack, turn on the TV, or go to the bathroom any time I am in someone else's home. My best friend's mom thought it was weird that I would ask permission for small things. Like "May I grab a knife and fork for my pizza?" instead of "Where can I find a knife and fork?" was super weird to her.

Awkward_Society1 , Iain Watson Report

Final score:

47points

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olx 2 years ago

this is just politeness isnt it? maybe ive been raised goofy too :/

45points

#32

Abdominal pain. Turns out I have a gastrointestinal issue. But when everyone tells you as a kid to "suck it up", "be tough", "it's just a tummy ache", you get the idea that everyone deals with it and you're just being a whiny kid. Now when I get really bad flare ups, I end up in the ER on morphine.

IDK_WHAT_YOU_WANT Report

Final score:

46points

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alias D. 2 years ago

It sad the whole suck it up mentality is built on broken foundation

40points

#33

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online I'm from Pennsylvania. Growing up, when we went to a restaurant and I ordered my favorite eggs, I would say, "2 dippy eggs, please". It wasn't until I got married and moved out to the western part of the country that I realized most people don't call them that.

I can still see the look on the waitress's face when I asked for dippy eggs. Apparently, most people call them "sunny side up".

fourjoys99 , Matthew Murdoch Report

Final score:

41points

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Deborah Harris2 2 years ago

In the UK Dippy eggs are soft hard boiled eggs that we cut the top off and use to dip soldiers into the yolk. The soldiers being buttered toast.

42points

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#34

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Having OCD. The thoughts that come with it I thought were normal for YEARSSS

foxgirl1318 , MIchael Lehet Report

Final score:

38points

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barn owls ️ 2 years ago

same. apparently having intense paranoia and having to do specific things to “protect” yourself so the people won’t get you isn’t normal

22points

#35

My parents are African and rice was a huge staple growing up. So when I went grocery shopping with my American college roommates for the first time they were surprised that I went to grab a 20 lb bag of rice.

They were white and were weirded out when they saw my lotion. They assumed it was for other reason besides moisturizing my skin and not being ashy.

LobaLingala Report

Final score:

38points

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Natalie H 2 years ago

I love rice! I even eat white rice for breakfast sometimes, with a bit of sugar and milk. Why were they weirded out over your lotion?? That’s what lotion is for! It sounds like your roommates are the weird ones, not you.

32points

#36

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online My dad used to leave us in the car while he went in the bar to "see a man about a dog". We always thought he was in talks about getting us a puppy. I was an adult when it dawned on me he was in there drinking and see a man about dog was just an expression.

anon , Michela Report

Final score:

37points

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Rod McCabe 2 years ago

I spent a good majority of my young life in bars (because my dad dragged me there) rubbing my eyes from all of the smoke - because in those days, you could pollute someone else's air and somehow that was legal, let alone moral. And I have asthma. I don't need to express how bad all of that intrusive smoke messed me up that way. You know, BEING ABLE TO BREATHE. One day I told my dad where to jump, he was pissed, but I spent the next 5+ hours sitting in the car wondering if I was going to be able to do my homework. I'm so glad my joke of a "father" is dead. Good riddance.

22points

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#37

That I thought the human race existed only in my country (Denmark) when I was 9

Equivalent_Bet_4820 Report

Final score:

37points

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Robert B 2 years ago

I’m in the USA, I’m not sure you’re wrong.

43points

#38

allergies that cause anxiety.

basically a while back i got tested for a bunch of allergies, strawberries came up pretty high but i love strawberries and have never had a rash or anything from them so the doctor person said it probably just gave me extra anxiety
accepted it as normal and moved on.
the subject came up with my old biology teacher relatively recently and he was surprised and said that's very rare

i still eat strawberries. what's a little extra anxiety anyway?

Half_Asleep_ Report

Final score:

33points

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K W 2 years ago

People who have seasonal allergies and anxiety will often note an uptick in anxiety during the worst parts of allergy season so this isn't surprising. I'd never heard food allergies causing it but that makes sense too.

22points

#39

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Only ever eating frozen food. I thought actually cooking was for professionals only. My first 20 years were only frozen food except for special occasions

TheNameless00 , Anna Report

Final score:

30points

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Libby Tailor 2 years ago

Your mom never cooked anything??

14points

#40

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online The ability to make dolphin sort of clicks with my mouth (I don’t know how you’d call it)

cha45690 , Tristan Ferne Report

Final score:

30points

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3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago

Echolocation? :)

11points

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#41

I can blow snot off of my eye, when I was younger it just started happening. So whenever I blow my nose, I covered my left eye (one that snot comes out of) so snot wouldn’t shoot out. Found out not everyone does this a few years back!

Edit: to be more specific, it comes out the little tube in your eye that connects to your nose (to drain tears)

DarDurio Report

Final score:

28points

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Jihana 2 years ago

When I close my mouth and hold my nose closed and sprt of try to exhale the pressure is released by that canal in my left eye (only works with my left eye) It even makes a noise.

15points

ShipInternational720 , Emma Howard Report

#42

30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online Brushing my teeth before eating

Final score:

25points

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Orange Is Aging 2 years ago

BEFORE? oh honey, what about the flavors? Did you just not know that things actually tasted good?? I NEED ANSWERS! 😭😭

37points

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#43

This reminds me of the person who said the hated getting into the shower straight away because it was cold

Final score:

17points

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Natalie H 2 years ago

I stand back & wait for the water to get warm. No cold showers for me! 🚿

45points

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Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

I have a CONSTANT inner monologue. It means I can't stop thinking. Yes, I've tried listening to ~calming music~ but it doesn't help. No, it doesn't mean I describe things in third-person. I just CAN'T. STOP. THINKING. Help?

37points

Booklover<3 2 years ago

This happens to me too. I didn't know that people could stop thinking!! What?!?

12points

Reviewer UK01 2 years ago

Do you also have "tracks" so there's music in the literal back of your mind and some talking in the middle and possibly some other stuff going on at the front? On really busy days there are two front tracks and I'm desperately trying to turn the music down. This is probably why I find myself watching the TV, a second show on my tablet, reading a book and texting - and I'm also bored. My brain is used to the divisions, I guess?

7points

Arianna 2 years ago

Ohh! It might be a symptom of ADHD, that happens to me too!

2points

Local foodie 2 years ago

For me it’s the exact opposite. I don’t have an inner monologue at all. I used to think they were made up for tv

2points

Question everything 2 years ago

If you're having thoughts at a high speed, thoughts accompanied by music or other thoughts in the background, it's not normal. I asked my husband. Apparently it's a thought, small pause, though, small pause etc for a normal brain. I have racing thoughts, overlapping and can't remember the topic in the middle of a discussion while I'm the one talking lol. I suggest you check the internet for symptoms of ADHD or ASD. If they fit, get tested.

1point

leah 2 years ago

Add another. I'm constantly narrating my own life in my head. Even as I type this I hear every word I'm going to type in my head. Trying to go to sleep is hell because it just doesn't ever turn off.

1point

gingepanda 2 years ago

I have that too. My brain only shuts up when I'm ill. It means that I have to do two or three things at once to be able to concentrate on them.... I have an adhd appointment soon.

1point

Jenn C 2 years ago

Getting meds for my distractive Adhd did wonders to calm my mind. I could finally fall asleep at night, without screaming shut up at my thoughts.

1point

An Unpopular Opinion. 2 years ago

Same, it's the main reason I couldn't sleep last night, my brain refused to shut up at all

1point

Angela Turrall 2 years ago (edited)

Same. I can't stop it, but I find listening to ASMR videos helps turn it down for a bit, I'll listen to them for hours because they're soft but normal background noises. Also specific voices help me, for example I find Justin Hawkin's speaking voice super calming (as opposed to his music which gets me bouncing with energy). I think it could be the combo of his voice and that I don't know a lot about what he's talking about so I stop for a second to listen and learn - lucky for me he has a youtube channel so I just listen to him for hours on end. Same for a content creator called Lune Innate, I listen to her for hours too to calm the thinking. In both cases I actually repeat back in my head what they're saying, so it's a 'fake' calm. So I guess for me, the only way to actually 'stop' it, is go with it, so I listen to people with soothing voice and repeat what they're saying in my head, or bang some music on and so at least I'm only thinking the words I'm hearing.

1point

Wolf Queen 2 years ago

Some people can stop thinking?

0points

Mybellybuttonleaksglitter 2 years ago

I do the same thing. Always have. It seems to run in my family. I can't sleep without a tv on so I put on reruns and listen to it like a bedtime story. My mind focuses and thinks about that and I can sleep. Otherwise my mind races from thought to thought allll night long

0points

BenMaharaj 2 years ago

I can make my mind go completely blank and I only verbalize what I’m doing in my head if the task requires great concentration. Most tasks are just done with nothing I’d call a sentence floating through my head. I can and do talk to myself in my head but I can also stop if I don’t want to do it anymore. I can’t tell you how to do it. I guess I don’t associate action with words. It was surprising to me that everyone isn’t like me.

0points

DJR 2 years ago

Have you tried looking at a candle? It sounds silly, but for me it's just enough to keep my attention without thinking about anything.

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

I dream full length mostly movies with complete dialogue, scenes, and other characters. Sometimes they start right before I fall asleep so I consciously know they are beginning. Seconds before. If you wake me up in the middle of the night I can tell you everything going on and who said what. In the morning I only remember bits and pieces. They are shows I have never seen before anywhere. Sometimes they repeat themselves. There was one inside a dark mansion with lots of hallways upstairs that repeated for months. I walked quickly trying to get out but never finding a way. Another that repeated was a soldier standing at the foot of my bed as if he was guarding me. He wore a WWll uniform. So strange.

14points

Omiyaru 2 years ago (edited)

Had that occur Wirth some dream about an dystopian anime with an antro-wolf, basically escaping a slave trade, one scene Involved a high class train (fully furnished with velvet seat cushions, wood tables, upholstery the works) one scene involved the wolf being forced to serve nude, leading the wolf stabbing one pug guard in the eye with a shrimp fork. The intro to that "series" was all bright and cheerful. Had its own theme song, the wolf character lounge across title. It was seriously messed up, and bloody as hell. But definitely went a full 360, going from suspense to action in 3 seconds

1point

Devin Singh 2 years ago

I'm the opposite. I'm lucky if I get one dream every two years.

0points

Kassi 2 years ago

Yay! I'm not the only one!

0points

Melissa TO 2 years ago

I love it when I dream like that. Super vivid! It's like I've escaped to my own fantasy land. Sometimes its amazing with bright colors and amazing flowers and animals. Other times it can be horribly frightening with strange creatures and strange rivers full of goop to slog through. But I have learned to appreciate both kinds because they are both amazing in their own ways, and usually mean that I'm sleeping deeply for once.

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

*full length movies

0points

Peppermallow 2 years ago

I’ve never known how complete strangers can start clapping in synch with each other when music comes on. A television ad came on one day for a Bruno Mars album. There were people in monkey suits moving in time to each other, I commented how much practice it must have taken to synch up their movements so perfectly. My wife said “they are in time to the music”. I had no idea. To me there is no connection between dancing and music. Sometimes called Beat Deafness, I found out I have Amusia, which is sort of like a musical equivalent of dyslexia

9points

Lisa T 2 years ago

Sneezing at the sun! It was only a few years ago (I’m 51) that I found most people don’t sneeze at the sun

8points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome

1point

Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago

I do that, too! I read it's about 20% of people...? I'd rather not have that, though...

0points

Wren Hard 2 years ago

I do

0points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

Yes! Direct sunlight on my head/torso Gives me an intense headache, make me sneeze frequently, and makes my ADHD Uncontrollable-And-Won't-Be-Quiet-Thoughts get worse

0points

Justme 2 years ago

Yep! I forget what it’s called but it’s a genetic trait!

0points

Paula Glasscoe 2 years ago

Oh gods, yes, sunlight and mints set me off frequently. Both together is a guarantee!

0points

Axelcat 2 years ago

I can relate to about 40 of these things. I thought these were normal things.

8points

Yay Pandas! 2 years ago

It's good you found out, isn't it? Some of these problems can be fixed with meds.

5points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

When I was a child, I thought all people could use their toes like fingers because my sister and I could do that. Then I found out that the neighbor kids could not do this. Actually, I still have this ability.

7points

Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago

Yeah, that comes in real "handy" when you're pregnant and can't bend down. I can pick up a button or sth. with my toes and "hand" it to my hand.

1point

Izzi C 2 years ago

I have a serious question to ask. I brought it up to my brother and he completely dismissed it. I get triggered by noises. Chewing, teeth grinding, tapping, snaps, and pen clicks. It’s gotten really bad lately. I have no idea what it is or how to bring it up to my parents.

7points

wowbagger 2 years ago

It could be misophonia. Your triggers sound like pretty common ones: https://misophoniainstitute.org/misophonia-triggers/

5points

Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago

For the longest time, I just assumed that people got headaches all the time. It wasn't until I started getting constant vertigo and a visual aura that I was diagnosed with chronic migraine. Luckily the meds they prescribed work 95% of the time, but I wish my parents would have taken me to the doctor about it when I was little, instead of telling me that I "was reading to much" or playing too many video games.

7points

Anna 2 years ago

You are lucky meds work. I've been a migraine sufferer since I was 13 years old, (that's 30 years of pain now) I get the so called "suicide" migraines and they are triggered by hormones, being a woman that's impossible to avoid, birth control and hormone therapy makes them worse. Nothing stops it once it has started. They have gotten worse these past few years. Can't wait for menopause to see if they improve because the only time I got zero migraines was during my pregnancy (I have a 16 month old)

0points

Reviewer UK01 2 years ago

I recently found out that many of the foods I thought I didn't like were in fact because my mum has no truc with expiry dates, food storage or cooking instructions. I've always thought I hated butter, it just isn't that nice when it's gone off. Sausages should not have a thick coating of burned while frozen inside. Making Indian food shouldn't start with burning some spices until the acrid smoke burns your lungs. Thankfully she usually gave us sandwiches and cooked only for my dad (also seems weird now) but no idea how the man hasn't died of food poisoning.

6points

love u 2 years ago

i have double jointed shoulders, thought that was completely normal until about 11 when we had to stretch before my practice. Also i can absolutely not stand the sound of corduroy getting scratched, not a mild dislike, it makes me feel physically uncomfy

6points

shiny shinx 2 years ago

what is corduroy?

1point

Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago

I can actually feel strong emotions in colors... like anger, joy, feeling overwhelmed it crowded... But the most fantastic colors I see when I have a really great orga*m, that's like fireworks ;)

5points

John Brown 2 years ago

I found out while I was in the Navy I could hear better than almost anyone. At 1500 yards, I can hear and understand two people having a conversation. As well, I learned I was an absolute GOD when it came to analyzing other ships courses and speed when ownship was coming into or exiting port. I had only to look at a ship for tens of seconds and could relay its course, speed and closest point of approach, although I had trouble with time. I also do not need a clock or watch. I can go days without seeing a timepiece and know the time to within 15 minutes. But the real kicker: I dream everyday stuff in real time. I have dreams that seem to be taken out of other people’s lives. I have dreamt I was a businessman, an attorney in a rather mundane property dispute, or even a used car salesman. I have never had these kinds of jobs. Also, the locale affects me. If the weather is cold in the dream, I wake up cold. Likewise if I am in the desert at high noon in the dream, I wake sweating. Crazy!!

4points

Erik Ivan 2 years ago

When I read a book, I don't see words. I see a movie - a virtual reality where I go around, looking over the persons shoulders. It was a big surprise when I realised not everyone experience reading like that.

4points

leah 2 years ago

Me, too. Sometimes I read a book and I swear I'd just seen a movie. What's weird is that I can't picture things in my head. If someone tells me to picture an ice cream cone in my head I don't see it. I describe it with words but never actually see it.

1point

Funhog 2 years ago

Same here with reading as well as listening to a story. It wasn’t until a friend had suggested that I get an audio book to listen to in my car while driving that I learned that not everyone sees/experiences that other reality. At first, I thought that they were joking.. because why else would they suggest that I drive a car while not being able to see what’s in front of my car? For this reason, I also don’t talk on the phone while driving.

1point

shiny shinx 2 years ago

brooo if only i could do this 😭

1point

Kassi 2 years ago

I thought not feeling any sexual attraction to anyone was normal. It was only when I got to high school, and everyone else was the opposite, did I realise I was Asexual.

3points

Local foodie 2 years ago

I used to think everyone had these little movies they made up in their head and spent hours in. Some stories I’ve spent years on. Turns out that isn’t normal

3points

Pandalea 2 years ago

Not abnormal, either. I do, too. It helped à lot when I was an insomniac kid with anxiety. There are

3points

Rowan/Vin 2 years ago

Yup same. I have like a whole a*s family. Better than real life it is. I would stay there if I could

0points

Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago

It isn't?

0points

Ada Hunter 2 years ago

i always thought i just got startled way way to easy. and i thought when you got startled you threw things from it and stuff like that. nope, i have an incredibly rare disorder called the jumping frenchman of maine. it’s stupid.

3points

devilicious 2 years ago

I need to know if someone else has this. When I sit on the toilet for too long I stop feeling my legs then they start "tingling" when I try to walk. But then I don't want to move because it's like a "being stabbed by millions knives but with no pain" sensation all over my legs

2points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

i have this

1point

Boreddd🇺🇦 2 years ago

I think I've just lengthened my self diagnosis list with about 4 more things

2points

LB 2 years ago (edited)

Growing up, I thought I had a pretty standard non-regional US accent. I heard no significant difference between how I spoke and how national newscasters spoke. I moved just one state over for college and was shocked to discover that I have a very thick regional accent, to the point that others comment on it and occasionally cannot understand some things I say. My mom, who has always lived in the same place, still has trouble believing this is true.

2points

EvilNob 2 years ago

My only special ability is that I fall asleep usually under a minute. I tried to do meditation where you have to count back from 60. I changed it after many failed attempts to 20. I never reached 0...

2points

Wren Hard 2 years ago

My dad can do this. Literally just lie down and fall asleep on command. the rest of my family and myself are the exact opposite

2points

Marcus Lynch 2 years ago

After multiple concussions as a kid, one of my eyes sees color more intensely than the other. Same colors for both but one eye sees normal and the other is in Technicolor.

2points

My True Form, Apparently 2 years ago

Not sure if this is weird, but when I dream I can’t hear anything, but I still know what is being said.

2points

Lee Banks 2 years ago

I was born without a stomach valve. Thought it was just a neat trick that I could regurgitate whole food, on command. Had a Nissan fundoplication at 13. I haven't been able to vomit, since. Food poisoning is the worst, and I constantly have the hiccups. Cool scars, though :)

1point

Kevin Garren 2 years ago

Up until sometime in my teens, I thought everybody's back would hurt if they ate something too hot. I get this weird sensation that travels all the way down my back like lava after I swallow... well one time I ate something that burned my mouth/throat at school and I did this thing where I kind of throw my shoulders back, almost like how you see somebody get hit in the back in movies or something, and my friends were like "....what's going on right now?!" and then I realized that not everybody has lava back burn lol And whenever I clean my ears with a cotton swab, (not all the way in, just near the opening like after a shower to get the water out and any earwax that's building up) it makes my throat tingle and itch.

1point

Naomi Thompson 2 years ago

If I’m walking on a pavement with a close friend and there is a lamppost ahead, I must pass the lamppost the same side as my friend, or I feel anxious like FOMO 😳

1point

Djtp09 2 years ago (edited)

I’ve got 2: associating tastes/months/days/certain numbers with colors and imagining every word I hear spelt out in my head

1point

R. H. 2 years ago

ASMR, I spent decades thinking I was a freak because all sorts of stimuli made me numb and tingly and at times stir my gonads. It's a bit confusing when the sound of tearing paper makes you erect

1point

Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago

ASMR usually makes me nauseous. Really creeps me out.

2points

Rowan/Vin 2 years ago

When I get cold and shiver I always go BRRRRR. Like, I make the noise I also shiver when I'm not cold as well its weird

1point

Lisa B 2 years ago

Did anyone notice how beautiful the name of the woman who wrote the piece? Konstancija. That is so pretty!

1point

Proudtrans 2 years ago

I have this weird thing were my pinky fingers can bend all the way back and touch the back of my hand. I was stretching my hand back and my pinky did “the thing” and my friend asked me if that happened to me normally. I thought it was normal so I was puzzled when she said it wasnt

1point

PandaForLife 2 years ago

Honestly, every time i touch a rough surface i stab my nails into my palms at least 2 times.. what is it??

1point

Local foodie 2 years ago

I- dang I thought this was normal too

0points

Stardust she/her 2 years ago

I relate to some of these unfortunately

1point

Wolf Queen 2 years ago

I just learned some people don't... Hear colors? I can't rly describe it, but when you listen to music do you think, crimson, flame orange, beige, ect. I also don't hear blue, I hear cerulean ect.

0points

Stephanie Paich 2 years ago

I have really complicated dreams. Sounds, colors, details such as names of people and prices on items in a store. And they're long, a lot happens in them. I dream whole houses, hotels, malls, or supermarkets into existence, there's a layout and I can walk around and even go back to places I was before.

0points

KC T. 2 years ago

I thought it was normal to only breathe either through your mouth or your nose. I thought it was impossible and thought anyone saying otherwise was just joking around. Well, after a septoplasty, I realized I haven't been able to breathe normally my entire life. It was a fantastic and eye opening moment to experience smells and taste at the same time.

0points

Tami_DE 2 years ago

Wait... People can breath through their nose and mouth at the same time? How exactly does one do that?

0points

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 2 years ago

With me it was a fast heart rate and going over every bad thing that could happen. I was shocked when I realized that's not normal and I'm now diagnosed with panic disorder and severe anxiety.

0points

Jasam Nitko 2 years ago

I'm allergic to stress. No joke. Stress makes me break out in hives from top to toe. I take antihistamine daily to be able to do normal everyday tasks.

0points

Caleb Su 2 years ago

I have note to color synesthesia… c is green or bluish, d is orange, e is yellow, f is green, g is orange, a is red, b is red orange… the accidentals are all yellow green but I can tell them apart… I don’t exactly see the colors but I end up kind of ascribing perceptions of the colors to do perceptions of the music, like songs I’m f are bright and usually happy, songs in a are really intense, songs in b and e are sharp…

0points

Lisalisa 1 year ago

What a beautiful world you must see every day

0points

Justme 2 years ago (edited)

Once every couple of weeks I get an overwhelming sense of deja vu. Heart pounding, nauseated, hot, dizzy, etc but the strongest sensation is deja vu. I have to stop everything I’m doing and get some fresh air. No obvious trigger for it and It passes in just a few minutes but it’s really overwhelming.

0points

Sora Desu 2 years ago

I don’t have an inner monologue. For years I thought everyone just saw pictures in their head like a movie reel. I honestly never knew people have a voice in their head and that sometimes that voice is what contributes to anxiety and poor self esteem. Sounds great to not have that except I do have a lot of trauma and that trauma often plays in vivid detail and I have to make a conscious effort to turn off the images. It also makes talking hard bc I don’t think before I say, when I talk the words are coming out the moment they come to me. Also reading is hard bc I am visualizing each word to understand them

0points

Via Hawk 2 years ago

I can force my armpits in, roll my stomach so it looks like waves or in the cartoon when their stomach growls, and I can bend my elbow backwards in a way that I can see the bone through the thin layer of skin. I thought these all were normal lol

0points

very_knotted_laces 2 years ago

I have a lot of these things

0points

LillieMean 2 years ago

I have hyperphantasia. That's why I read very little literature because I've scarred and traumatized myself forever. Fortunately, I prefer non-fiction like zoology and psychology. I also hear music as colors and different styles of music create beautiful patterns.

0points

Sky Render 2 years ago

Here's a weird one I doubt many can relate to: being able to urinate without the slightest bit of trouble with an erection. The only delay is from the time it takes for the urine to get out of the bladder, and it's a perfectly normal stream (in fact, it's usually much more powerful than when not erect!). This is but one of the fun side-effects of being born without a prostatic utricle.

0points

Dizz2K7 Gaming 2 years ago

Not what I expected... I should have seen it coming. Basically a lot people needing some attention rather than people with super powers or interesting disorders.

-2points

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Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

37points

Booklover<3 2 years ago

This happens to me too. I didn't know that people could stop thinking!! What?!?

12points

Reviewer UK01 2 years ago

7points

Arianna 2 years ago

Ohh! It might be a symptom of ADHD, that happens to me too!

2points

Local foodie 2 years ago

For me it’s the exact opposite. I don’t have an inner monologue at all. I used to think they were made up for tv

2points

Question everything 2 years ago

1point

leah 2 years ago

Add another. I'm constantly narrating my own life in my head. Even as I type this I hear every word I'm going to type in my head. Trying to go to sleep is hell because it just doesn't ever turn off.

1point

gingepanda 2 years ago

I have that too. My brain only shuts up when I'm ill. It means that I have to do two or three things at once to be able to concentrate on them.... I have an adhd appointment soon.

1point

Jenn C 2 years ago

Getting meds for my distractive Adhd did wonders to calm my mind. I could finally fall asleep at night, without screaming shut up at my thoughts.

1point

An Unpopular Opinion. 2 years ago

Same, it's the main reason I couldn't sleep last night, my brain refused to shut up at all

1point

Angela Turrall 2 years ago (edited)

1point

Wolf Queen 2 years ago

Some people can stop thinking?

0points

Mybellybuttonleaksglitter 2 years ago

0points

BenMaharaj 2 years ago

0points

DJR 2 years ago

Have you tried looking at a candle? It sounds silly, but for me it's just enough to keep my attention without thinking about anything.

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

14points

Omiyaru 2 years ago (edited)

1point

Devin Singh 2 years ago

I'm the opposite. I'm lucky if I get one dream every two years.

0points

Kassi 2 years ago

Yay! I'm not the only one!

0points

Melissa TO 2 years ago

0points

BonnyDK 2 years ago

*full length movies

0points

Peppermallow 2 years ago

9points

Lisa T 2 years ago

Sneezing at the sun! It was only a few years ago (I’m 51) that I found most people don’t sneeze at the sun

8points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome

1point

Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago

I do that, too! I read it's about 20% of people...? I'd rather not have that, though...

0points

Wren Hard 2 years ago

I do

0points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

Yes! Direct sunlight on my head/torso Gives me an intense headache, make me sneeze frequently, and makes my ADHD Uncontrollable-And-Won't-Be-Quiet-Thoughts get worse

0points

Justme 2 years ago

Yep! I forget what it’s called but it’s a genetic trait!

0points

Paula Glasscoe 2 years ago

Oh gods, yes, sunlight and mints set me off frequently. Both together is a guarantee!

0points

Axelcat 2 years ago

I can relate to about 40 of these things. I thought these were normal things.

8points

Yay Pandas! 2 years ago

It's good you found out, isn't it? Some of these problems can be fixed with meds.

5points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

7points

Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago

Yeah, that comes in real "handy" when you're pregnant and can't bend down. I can pick up a button or sth. with my toes and "hand" it to my hand.

1point

Izzi C 2 years ago

7points

wowbagger 2 years ago

It could be misophonia. Your triggers sound like pretty common ones: https://misophoniainstitute.org/misophonia-triggers/

5points

Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago

7points

Anna 2 years ago

0points

Reviewer UK01 2 years ago

6points

love u 2 years ago

6points

shiny shinx 2 years ago

what is corduroy?

1point

Bubbles and sparks 2 years ago

I can actually feel strong emotions in colors... like anger, joy, feeling overwhelmed it crowded... But the most fantastic colors I see when I have a really great orga*m, that's like fireworks ;)

5points

John Brown 2 years ago

4points

Erik Ivan 2 years ago

4points

leah 2 years ago

1point

Funhog 2 years ago

1point

shiny shinx 2 years ago

brooo if only i could do this 😭

1point

Kassi 2 years ago

I thought not feeling any sexual attraction to anyone was normal. It was only when I got to high school, and everyone else was the opposite, did I realise I was Asexual.

3points

Local foodie 2 years ago

I used to think everyone had these little movies they made up in their head and spent hours in. Some stories I’ve spent years on. Turns out that isn’t normal

3points

Pandalea 2 years ago

Not abnormal, either. I do, too. It helped à lot when I was an insomniac kid with anxiety. There are

3points

Rowan/Vin 2 years ago

Yup same. I have like a whole a*s family. Better than real life it is. I would stay there if I could

0points

Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago

It isn't?

0points

Ada Hunter 2 years ago

3points

devilicious 2 years ago

2points

Sardonyx_3 2 years ago

i have this

1point

Boreddd🇺🇦 2 years ago

I think I've just lengthened my self diagnosis list with about 4 more things

2points

LB 2 years ago (edited)

2points

EvilNob 2 years ago

2points

Wren Hard 2 years ago

My dad can do this. Literally just lie down and fall asleep on command. the rest of my family and myself are the exact opposite

2points

Marcus Lynch 2 years ago

After multiple concussions as a kid, one of my eyes sees color more intensely than the other. Same colors for both but one eye sees normal and the other is in Technicolor.

2points

My True Form, Apparently 2 years ago

Not sure if this is weird, but when I dream I can’t hear anything, but I still know what is being said.

2points

Lee Banks 2 years ago

1point

Kevin Garren 2 years ago

1point

Naomi Thompson 2 years ago

If I’m walking on a pavement with a close friend and there is a lamppost ahead, I must pass the lamppost the same side as my friend, or I feel anxious like FOMO 😳

1point

Djtp09 2 years ago (edited)

I’ve got 2: associating tastes/months/days/certain numbers with colors and imagining every word I hear spelt out in my head

1point

R. H. 2 years ago

ASMR, I spent decades thinking I was a freak because all sorts of stimuli made me numb and tingly and at times stir my gonads. It's a bit confusing when the sound of tearing paper makes you erect

1point

Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago

ASMR usually makes me nauseous. Really creeps me out.

2points

Rowan/Vin 2 years ago

When I get cold and shiver I always go BRRRRR. Like, I make the noise I also shiver when I'm not cold as well its weird

1point

Lisa B 2 years ago

Did anyone notice how beautiful the name of the woman who wrote the piece? Konstancija. That is so pretty!

1point

Proudtrans 2 years ago

1point

PandaForLife 2 years ago

Honestly, every time i touch a rough surface i stab my nails into my palms at least 2 times.. what is it??

1point

Local foodie 2 years ago

I- dang I thought this was normal too

0points

Stardust she/her 2 years ago

I relate to some of these unfortunately

1point

Wolf Queen 2 years ago

I just learned some people don't... Hear colors? I can't rly describe it, but when you listen to music do you think, crimson, flame orange, beige, ect. I also don't hear blue, I hear cerulean ect.

0points

Stephanie Paich 2 years ago

0points

KC T. 2 years ago

0points

Tami_DE 2 years ago

Wait... People can breath through their nose and mouth at the same time? How exactly does one do that?

0points

Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 2 years ago

With me it was a fast heart rate and going over every bad thing that could happen. I was shocked when I realized that's not normal and I'm now diagnosed with panic disorder and severe anxiety.

0points

Jasam Nitko 2 years ago

I'm allergic to stress. No joke. Stress makes me break out in hives from top to toe. I take antihistamine daily to be able to do normal everyday tasks.

0points

Caleb Su 2 years ago

0points

Lisalisa 1 year ago

What a beautiful world you must see every day

0points