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30 Random Things Folks Thought Were Normal But Later Realized Weren’t, As Shared Online
We all have some things about ourselves that might seem weird to others. Maybe we have peculiar eating habits, and we see or do some things differently. And these things might seem like a norm to us. But what if one day you realize that what you thought to be a regular thing is actually a pretty rare occurrence for others? Reddit user @u/ComfortableMess3145 was curious to know what were some things that people thought to be normal until they realized that they aren't.
The question that received 1.3K answers got some interesting responses. A lot of people shared that for the longest time, they didn’t know they had a certain condition such as astigmatism, ADHD, or some kind of allergy. Other users revealed that their “not normal thing” usually came from their household. The examples included being expected to always ask for every little thing instead of just taking or doing it, or being used to big family fights.
Do you have something to add to this list? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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#1
Subconsciously adapting my speech patterns to whoever is around me. I'll start picking up their accent, words they use frequently, etc. Turns out, this is a common thing neurodiverse people, and it's more seen in women if I'm not mistaken. It could cause me issues, however. Thing is, I'm much more self conscious about this when I talk to black people, bc I'm white... And I swear I'm not trying to do a "blaccent" on purpose. It just... Kind of happens.
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#2
I have astigmatism so I see light in streaks. For the longest time I thought that was how everyone saw it.
#3
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.
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.
#4
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.
#5
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.
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.
#6
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.
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”
#7
The ability to make a roaring noise in my ears by tensing a muscle.
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.)
#8
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.
#9
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.
#11
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. 😅
Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago
Pineapple, kiwi, cantaloupe, walnuts, pecans, bananas-they all do that to me but cherries are OK luckily,
#12
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.
#13
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.
#14
Apparently most people can't reach their entire back with their hands. I never knew backscratchers had an actual purpose.
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.
#15
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
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.
#16
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
#17
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.
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
#18
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.
#19
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.
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 😁
#20
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.
#21
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.
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.
#22
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.
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 )
#23
"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.
#24
Normal is just the running average of weird.
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.
#25
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?"
Sky Render 2 years ago
I've had tinnitus my entire life. Most of the time I just wilfully ignore it.
#26
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.
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.
#27
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.
Nicole Tomme 2 years ago
I love how German has a name for everything. One of my personal favorites is kabelsalat. I make it all the time. :p
L3mon_D3mon 2 years ago
Same! I do have it mildly in the light, but it’s a lot less noticeable
Sky Render 2 years ago
I have a very mild version of this. Over the years I've learned how to shift my perception of the color of the visual snow while in the dark. It's fun!
Honu 2 years ago
Same here. In the dark, I can get some really amazing, intricate patterns, too.
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TheAquarius1978 2 years ago
Mine its black spots, imagine looking at your TV or computer screen and have a bug roaming around it, its similar to that, Im just só used to them that my brain rarelly " notice " them anymore.
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
They're called "floaters," and they are fairly common. They're caused by changes in the liquid in the vitreous, and they get worse with age. I have probably 30 of them drifting about at any given moment.
Load More Replies... Yay Pandas! 2 years ago
I think they're actually fragments that have detached from the retina? If they get really bad, like blocking most of your vision, the only thing that will help would be to drain the eye of all the fluid then replacing it with sterile something or other. I have floaters too, but thankfully not as many as you! (I think also they might be fixed with lasers? Not sure.)
TheAngryAngwantibo 2 years ago
I get this too. I can see it anywhere if I concentrate a little. It's like being able to see all the atoms in that area zooming around at their incredibly high speed.
RiverStyxJix 2 years ago
This is exactly what I thought it was when I realised it wasn’t a normal thing!
C̸̯̤̓̚l̵͖͚͘á̷̦͌ǘ̶̥d̵̩̲̊e̵̜͋͋ ̸̙͈̍̏i̶̤̓s̶̭͊ ̵̭̑͂͜G̸̛̪̩̋o̸̦͒n̸̬͂͆e̵̜͊ 2 years ago
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
foofoofloofy 2 years ago (edited)
Mine is usually just a grainy film, but sometimes I see streaks or lines too. Looking at streaks "on" my wall right now.
RMA 2 years ago
The coloured dots thing I get is not that BUT because you mentioned scotoma I looked it up and now perhaps have an answer for when periodically I get streaks of ‘vibration’. Sometimes you just think you’re going crazy when no-one seems to understand what you’re trying to explain. Thank you x
Load More Replies... Matt MacFarlane 2 years ago
I used to get it occasionally. Looked like an afterimage that shimmered when I shut my eyes but I hadn't looked at any bright light.
Christy Paradis 2 years ago
Ever since I was a child, I've had this at night. In the "snow" are strings of beautiful colors that swirl around really fast. I would watch the colors to help me fall asleep.
Lil Potato 2 years ago
i do see some faint colored dots when I close my eyes or in the dark but not like this
SweetCheesySpaghetti 2 years ago
I always read these and am fascinated. Today though, I'm confused, because i have this too. And i never thought anything odd about it. Now i want to research it. I'm 40 years old.
Bo Manson 2 years ago
I don't know about this but it reminds me of when I was a kid. There's this pulsating circle? spot? when I swim in the ocean "in front of" me and when I look into the sky, I can see there are so many short white stuff moving randomly. I'm imagining I could see molecules moving, bump into the others, changing its course, bump into the others, changing again lol..maybe there's too much light get inside my eyes and it acts crazy
Electra Smith 2 years ago
I get this every once in a while. can't imagine how it would be to have it nonstop though.
Kevin Garren 2 years ago
I get this in the dark or when I'm looking at something 'plain' like a solid color, or the sky or something like that.
Albert Savala 2 years ago
My experience is like yours, but more specifically, the dots are a subtle cyan and magenta. They are evenly spaced and all moving at the same rate either right or left. They fill my full area of "vision". If moving right and i blink, they will immediately start moving to the left.
Destiny Harrison 2 years ago
I tried to explain this to my father and uncle who is an optometrist when I was little. No one knew what I was talking about. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Marisa Varney 2 years ago (edited)
I sometimes get this, sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. Sometimes it's just granular and black and white or very light yellow, although sometimes there is some other color involved usually pink. Sometimes I get sparkles, it's less grainy and dense and much prettier. I've read that it's possible I'm getting migraine headache visuals without the headaches when that happens.
Teresa Scott 2 years ago
I always describe it as the air moving. It is easiest to see when outside during the day looking up at the sky. Sometimes I think it is a sign that we live in a hologram.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I only ever get visual snow when I’ve overheated or stand up too quickly from sitting down or laying down.
Emily Doup 2 years ago
i see these in the dark. when i was little i was so confused when my mom said she couldnt see them
#28
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
#29
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.
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.
#30
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.
What do you think ?
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?
Booklover<3 2 years ago
This happens to me too. I didn't know that people could stop thinking!! What?!?
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Brian bell 2 years ago
Yeah! Like how do people... ... what is (?) how do you not think about stuff or talk to yourself all the time? What happens in between? I don't have silences. How does that even work? (I can listen to people or music or movies or whatever, but even then I am having like a conversation about what I am feeling, how I should respond, remembering stuff that relates and such...)
TheElderNom 2 years ago
I used to be, cue anxiety and now my brain is usually working 150% all the time.
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?
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
It's like my entire *mindspace* is divided for SPECIFIC THINGS. On rare occasions, some things slip through the *barrier*. RARELY
ChickyChicky 2 years ago
Definitely have tracks. Sometimes it feels like a thought starts in the back of my head, and then switches to the front track. Having sound on in the room, usually music or white noise, helps.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Yep. I don't want to take the medication bc of the side effects (chances of suicidal thoughts, no thanks!). Took some about 3 months ago, took it for the full month. Seemed to do nothing :(
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
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.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
I usually have high-speed thoughts often accompanied by smaller offshoots of those thoughts.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Hm. There's no way I can look at a candle now... (and I can't download apps on my phone :( ) I DO calm down when I focus on candle flames tho :)
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.
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
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Start the dream before you fall asleep. Start the story. Pretend you are on a precipice. Tall mountain with a ledge going out. Clouds just below the ledge so thick you can't see through them. Gently fall turning to your back as you slowly melt through the clouds. It takes a few minutes but you fall like a cat and land on your feet in a crouch. There are people around you all joining in. Let the action begin. Take it from there. Do things you have always wanted to do. Go where you have always wanted to go. It's your story after all...
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.
BonnyDK 2 years ago
Mine are like real life. I’m always the main character. Some fantasy action movies. I don’t dream horror. I don’t like watching it either. Yes I sleep pretty deep when I’m dreaming like that. I have not run into many people that dream like that. It definitely keeps my active mind occupied.
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
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
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome
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Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago
I do that, too! I read it's about 20% of people...? I'd rather not have that, though...
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
Paula Glasscoe 2 years ago
Oh gods, yes, sunlight and mints set me off frequently. Both together is a guarantee!
Axelcat 2 years ago
I can relate to about 40 of these things. I thought these were normal things.
Yay Pandas! 2 years ago
It's good you found out, isn't it? Some of these problems can be fixed with meds.
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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.
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.
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albernistuff 4sale 2 years ago
I remember a documentary about thalidomide back in the late 80's. One fellow was a DJ, lacking full arms/hands, but could change out records or cassette tapes, while smoking a cigarette just using his feet.
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.
wowbagger 2 years ago
It could be misophonia. Your triggers sound like pretty common ones: https://misophoniainstitute.org/misophonia-triggers/
Load More Replies... Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Baby crying, weird smacking noises people making, people chewing with teir mouth open, kicking a chair/table, strong perfumes. Just a few =)
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.
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)
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Lori Sandoval 2 years ago
I'm not sure if you heard, but in the last 10 to 15 years it was discovered that Botox (the plastic surgery type thing) actually helps with migraines. https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/botox-migraines
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.
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
Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago
It was popular in the 90's, for trousers, overalls and skirts, it's a bit like velvet with tiny folds.
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 ;)
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!!
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.
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.
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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.
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
Pandalea 2 years ago
Not abnormal, either. I do, too. It helped à lot when I was an insomniac kid with anxiety. There are
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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.
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
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.
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...
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
Load More Replies... Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago
My dad is the same. He can also wake up by someone just staring at him, lol.
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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 😳
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
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
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??
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
Booklover<3 2 years ago
This happens to me too. I didn't know that people could stop thinking!! What?!?
Load More Replies... Brian bell 2 years ago
Yeah! Like how do people... ... what is (?) how do you not think about stuff or talk to yourself all the time? What happens in between? I don't have silences. How does that even work? (I can listen to people or music or movies or whatever, but even then I am having like a conversation about what I am feeling, how I should respond, remembering stuff that relates and such...)
TheElderNom 2 years ago
I used to be, cue anxiety and now my brain is usually working 150% all the time.
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?
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
It's like my entire *mindspace* is divided for SPECIFIC THINGS. On rare occasions, some things slip through the *barrier*. RARELY
ChickyChicky 2 years ago
Definitely have tracks. Sometimes it feels like a thought starts in the back of my head, and then switches to the front track. Having sound on in the room, usually music or white noise, helps.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Yep. I don't want to take the medication bc of the side effects (chances of suicidal thoughts, no thanks!). Took some about 3 months ago, took it for the full month. Seemed to do nothing :(
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
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.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
I usually have high-speed thoughts often accompanied by smaller offshoots of those thoughts.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Hm. There's no way I can look at a candle now... (and I can't download apps on my phone :( ) I DO calm down when I focus on candle flames tho :)
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.
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
Load More Replies... BonnyDK 2 years ago
Start the dream before you fall asleep. Start the story. Pretend you are on a precipice. Tall mountain with a ledge going out. Clouds just below the ledge so thick you can't see through them. Gently fall turning to your back as you slowly melt through the clouds. It takes a few minutes but you fall like a cat and land on your feet in a crouch. There are people around you all joining in. Let the action begin. Take it from there. Do things you have always wanted to do. Go where you have always wanted to go. It's your story after all...
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.
BonnyDK 2 years ago
Mine are like real life. I’m always the main character. Some fantasy action movies. I don’t dream horror. I don’t like watching it either. Yes I sleep pretty deep when I’m dreaming like that. I have not run into many people that dream like that. It definitely keeps my active mind occupied.
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
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
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome
Load More Replies... Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago
I do that, too! I read it's about 20% of people...? I'd rather not have that, though...
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
Paula Glasscoe 2 years ago
Oh gods, yes, sunlight and mints set me off frequently. Both together is a guarantee!
Axelcat 2 years ago
I can relate to about 40 of these things. I thought these were normal things.
Yay Pandas! 2 years ago
It's good you found out, isn't it? Some of these problems can be fixed with meds.
Load More Replies... 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.
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.
Load More Replies... albernistuff 4sale 2 years ago
I remember a documentary about thalidomide back in the late 80's. One fellow was a DJ, lacking full arms/hands, but could change out records or cassette tapes, while smoking a cigarette just using his feet.
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.
wowbagger 2 years ago
It could be misophonia. Your triggers sound like pretty common ones: https://misophoniainstitute.org/misophonia-triggers/
Load More Replies... Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
Baby crying, weird smacking noises people making, people chewing with teir mouth open, kicking a chair/table, strong perfumes. Just a few =)
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.
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)
Load More Replies... Lori Sandoval 2 years ago
I'm not sure if you heard, but in the last 10 to 15 years it was discovered that Botox (the plastic surgery type thing) actually helps with migraines. https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/botox-migraines
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.
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
Pizzagirl 91 2 years ago
It was popular in the 90's, for trousers, overalls and skirts, it's a bit like velvet with tiny folds.
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 ;)
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!!
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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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.
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
Pandalea 2 years ago
Not abnormal, either. I do, too. It helped à lot when I was an insomniac kid with anxiety. There are
Load More Replies... 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.
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
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.
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...
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
Load More Replies... Ivy la Sangrienta 2 years ago
My dad is the same. He can also wake up by someone just staring at him, lol.
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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 😳
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
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
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??
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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