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To think it’s not just me who gets a weird Fanjo feeling

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Ahardyfool · 18/09/2024 16:35

My daughter just showed me where she cut herself shaving in the shower last night. She came downstairs yesterday and announced that she’d caused the bathroom to look “a bit like a crime scene” and this also brought on the same bodily response. When she showed me her wound just now it happened again.
DD noticed my reaction and claimed to know what I was experiencing.
we both describe it as a bit like when you go over one of those bumps in the road that make your tummy somersault briefly…except this is felt in the vagina region.
Why the hell would that happen? Does anyone else experience this? Is it our cervix clamping shut in some kind of anti preocreative response to danger - albeit a bit OTT a response?

OP posts:
Tabasco007 · 18/09/2024 22:27

NewMe2024 · 18/09/2024 19:43

Nope. I recognise javelin arse but not this one.

Haha Otherwise known as the man with the scaffold pole...

TheVeryAngryCaterpillar · 18/09/2024 22:25

I have never had this, but will show it to my DH as whenever he hears about someone else's injury or sees a TV drama with a bit of gore or an autopsy he goes "argh, my balls" 😆

tsmainsqueeze · 18/09/2024 22:23

I get it ! especially if an injury affects my kids also things like seeing paper cuts and ripped nail type injuries do it too , i thought it was only me !

PyongyangKipperbang · 18/09/2024 22:20

In our family we call it "funny fanny", have done for donkeys years, much to my fathers annoyance as he doesnt understand what we mean!

Bellatrixpure · 18/09/2024 22:19

I get this too. So weird

WoahThreeAces · 18/09/2024 22:19

Person stands on nail with bare foot on TV programme
Me: "ooh that made my bits go funny"

I get it OP

Takethatandparty30 · 18/09/2024 22:18

I get this but more around the bum. Obviously runs in the family as my Mum always used to say things like that gave her "the botty shivers" 😂

Trollpatrol · 18/09/2024 22:17

Yep I get this but it’s in the back of my thighs. If I see someone fall, etc. I’ve always presumed it an adrenaline response but it’s actually called mirror synesthesia. From what I understand it’s a nervous reflex and a sign of having a strong empathetic nature.

LaundryShoulderBag · 18/09/2024 22:16

When I see something awful or violent. Like when I'm scrolling social media and there's someone hitting/abusing a dog or being horrid to a child. I scroll past and try not to watch but yes!!

I thought I was weird. Why would I get a feeling THERE for something I find distressing

Jasperj · 18/09/2024 22:15

NashvilleQueen · 18/09/2024 22:03

Also have this but only in respect of my children not more generally. So if they get an injury, nearly get an injury or even if they describe some kind of physical peril. It's very odd.

This is so interesting because I mentioned I have it when I read a distressing article above and, actually, the ones I find most distressing will usually be about children.

offyoujollywelltrot · 18/09/2024 22:12

comeondover · 18/09/2024 20:46

It's minge cringe

This is going to end up in classics, isn't it?

watching arrested development GIF
Moofart · 18/09/2024 22:08

I don't get it in my fanjo but if I see someone get hurt or nearly get hurt, my legs have a sudden flash of cold. No idea why.

Jorvik1 · 18/09/2024 22:06

I believe it's caused by the vagas nerve.

Ireallycantthinkofagoodone · 18/09/2024 22:05

I get fizzy knees if I’m up high and look down, or if someone else is in that situation.

Just4thisthreadtoday · 18/09/2024 22:04

Jelly4444 · 18/09/2024 21:17

Yes! I thought this happened to everyone. It's like an electric shock that goes right up my spine. It happens when I see someone hurt themselves or if I'm up very high. When I was a child it happened if someone said something nasty to me.

I'm so shocked that not everyone feels this sensation.

@Jelly4444

yes I feel it in my back too. Not my nether regions.

even people on TV set it off.

NashvilleQueen · 18/09/2024 22:03

Also have this but only in respect of my children not more generally. So if they get an injury, nearly get an injury or even if they describe some kind of physical peril. It's very odd.

DickEmery · 18/09/2024 21:58

I agree it's more anxious fanny than fanny gallops. Fanny gallops is something quite different. Anxious fanny is when I'm so scared it feels like my fanny is turning back in on itself. It happens when encountering or witnessing perils.

Never happened before I had kids.

I did used to have a very debilitating fear of heights, all heights, really bad, like James Stewart in Vertigo type bad. Then I had therapy and it's fine now as in I can control every other reaction to heights and don't even really feel properly scared, but I still get anxious fanny around them.

Toiletbrushdisaster · 18/09/2024 21:56

Mandoidi · 18/09/2024 21:26

My feet also 'panic' when I see or visualise a slippy floor, especially if I'm just in socks. Like a tingly sweaty clenchy sensation that makes me feel frightened. Anyone else get something like that?

OMG . A few hours ago for the first time ever. Saw a road accident and walked over with ex nurse colleague to see if anyone was injured ( emergency serviced not yet there) My feet sort of felt like they were clenching and " on edge"weird feeling .

SisSuffragette · 18/09/2024 21:56

Jasperj · 18/09/2024 21:50

Oh gosh I get it too if I read horrific news!

Yes! This!

I need to know more about javelin arse?

Jasperj · 18/09/2024 21:50

Oh gosh I get it too if I read horrific news!

Showbel · 18/09/2024 21:48

You're not alone
I got the same feeling when my dog was neutered and I checked her wound which was weird. Perhaps it's because we are both female? 🤔

PiggieWig · 18/09/2024 21:47

Oh, I get the heebie jeebies in my feet too sometimes!

Never experienced javelin arse though.

rainsofcastamere · 18/09/2024 21:45

I also get it in my coccyx!

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 18/09/2024 21:44

TheReturnOfFeathersMcGraw · 18/09/2024 20:07

I feel it more in my coccyx area - its the same when the dc jump off anything high up in minecraft!

Yes, I get it in my coccyx too!

rainsofcastamere · 18/09/2024 21:44

MissBecca182 · 18/09/2024 19:47

Fanny gallops and javelin arse have me crying!

And yes, I completely recognise what you're describing!

Javelin Arse is Bum Shoots in my house!

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