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Weird things your body does, and you wonder if it happens to others too?

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OHforDUCKScake · 19/07/2012 21:14

I know Im not the only one.

I cant even be arsed to name change, here goes.

Nervous fanny.

You know when someone falls - hard and cracks their chin or elbow or whatever, my stomach drops, I get a shot of anxiety that shoots through the pit of my stomach down to my fanny. Right in the middle of my fanny I get a horrible feeling of anxiety.

Its only started in the last few years, its really unpleasant. Its like a bolt of aniexty, and I ONLY get it when someone hurts themselves. Wtf is that all about?

Anyway, what weird shit does your body do? Confess.

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toxtethogrady · 19/07/2012 21:51

i had white bogies when pregnant, both times.
i have no idea why

LucyDeSpiderman · 19/07/2012 21:49

I very rarely post but MadamFolly I get that too, and have spoken to 2 friends about it in the last couple of weeks, and they thought I was mad! So very happy to find out it's not just me.
Also get the nervous fanjo and when I scratch along my right collarbone I feel it all down my forearm.

Nagoo · 19/07/2012 21:48

Oh, my head is all wierd, I can't let the hairdresser rub it. I am like one of those dogs that if you scratch behind their ear their leg goes up and down scratching.

MadamFolly · 19/07/2012 21:48

I get spots on the inside of my elbows, have done for a few years. They brew for a few days then I can pop them although ot takes me ages as the pus is fairly deep. Don't get them anywhere else on my arms and they occur on both arms. I get one every few months.

Ephiny · 19/07/2012 21:47

There are particular hair follicles on my leg where if the hair is pulled out I get a sharp pinching pain in my lower back Confused.

EngeldinkHumpabert · 19/07/2012 21:47

I do get the odd shooting fanjo pain though. Right up like a bolt of lightening.

Nagoo · 19/07/2012 21:47

I haven't had cobra spit since they renamed opal fruits.

My fanny is poised under pressure, not nervous at all.

EngeldinkHumpabert · 19/07/2012 21:46

Yeah, I get the weird 'itch that is somewhere else entirely' thing. Except I think my itch is on the top of my left arm only to find it is really just below my navel on the right side. Properly odd.

I don't, however, have an itchy foot or a nervous fanny.

bucketbetty · 19/07/2012 21:44

I love these threads. I'm crying with laughter. I also get shooting pains up my fanjita!

PieceOfTheMoon · 19/07/2012 21:44

If I've got a pain somewhere I get what I can only describe as a mini-pneumatic drill noise/feeling in my ears. Never come across anyone else with this so must be a freak. Also get nervous fanny and moving itches.

AuntieBulgaria · 19/07/2012 21:43

Latemyskinnyperson - yes, middle fingers. I wasn't sure whether to worry or not!

ladywithnomanors · 19/07/2012 21:43

Does anyone else get stabbing/shooting pains up their fanjo? I've no had it for a while but used to get it a lot.

SkivingAgain · 19/07/2012 21:42

I can see 'nervous fanny' joining the MN lexicon and coming into popular usage. Imagine the dictionary entry...OHforDUCKScake will go down in history Grin

sittinginthesun · 19/07/2012 21:41

Auntie - that one's got a name. It's Raynauds Syndrome. My fingers go white to when I'm driving.

Iatemyskinnyperson · 19/07/2012 21:41

Auntie B, is it your middle fingers? I get that too. I think it's to do with nerves in your wrists getting squeezed... I've had it since I was pregnant on DS2

SarahStratton · 19/07/2012 21:40

I throw things involuntarily. Hmm

I also get the high up nervy fanjo thing, I love the monkey tail theory.

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OHforDUCKScake · 19/07/2012 21:37

I get an itchy foot often at night I just assume it was because I was hotter at night, in bed? Ive never given that thought before actually.

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Gunznroses · 19/07/2012 21:37

Thanks for starting this thread! When anxious or uncomfotable about something, i start getting a burning sensation running along my left side over and over again, when it starts i cant stop it, sometimes i try rubbing my side to alleviate, but it will only stop when the foreboding situation changes.

When i explain to people tney think im mad Sad it feels like acid running down my side.

sunnydays81 · 19/07/2012 21:36

Sallysparrow - you have just had me pinching myself to see if the same thing would happen!! It didnt!! Grin

PatFenis · 19/07/2012 21:36

I am yet another nervous fanny sufferer - it must be quite common! I also have vibrating fanjo syndrome - my vulva buzzes like I have a mobile phone ringing on vibrate down my knickers and I can assure you I do not have a mobile phone down my knickers... I sometimes have buzzing arse cheeks too Grin

AuntieBulgaria · 19/07/2012 21:35

My fingers sometimes go cold when i'm holding a steering wheel. After a long drive, two of my fingers go white.

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OHforDUCKScake · 19/07/2012 21:35

Same sally

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VirtuousVamp · 19/07/2012 21:35

Yay!!! I thought it was just my family that had the weird height/pain fanny/bottom feeling!! My mum thinks its our evolution from monkeys and our tails trying to grab hold of the branch before we fall!!!Confused. I obviously believed her....Grin

Also I get that weird itchy foot thing on one foot! I had obstetric cholestasis with both DC and its just like that so wonder if it is hormonally linked?!Hmm

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OHforDUCKScake · 19/07/2012 21:34

Cookie you have just reminded me. All my life I have occasionally had an intense itch somewhere (different place each time) and I'll scratch and get no sense of relief from it, and realise I havent quite got to it. Then find out the itch was actually in a completely different place. For example it felt as thought it was on my hip but actually it was on my shoulder blade.

Also, I find if I scratch somewhere it will set off a nerve somewhere totally different. So if I scratch my shin, I get a funny feeling across my rib cage.

I dont think Im explaining that too well, but I know if someone gets that too they would understand what Im on about!

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sallysparrow157 · 19/07/2012 21:33

When I pinch a certain area on my left aerola I feel it on the outside of my right thigh - just as if someone's pinching there. Never admitted to that before cause I'm sure it's not normal!

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