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Weird things your body does...

162 replies

ziggiestardust · 30/09/2018 08:40

So I didn’t think this was weird, but apparently it is. This morning I got out the shower, walked into the bedroom and went to put socks on. As I did so, my little toenail was loose. As in, the whole thing. So I just pulled it off. And there’s a whole new fresh one grown underneath. I’ve had no trauma on the nail, it just happens randomly and fairly regularly; about once every few months or so.

I became aware that DH was looking at me, horrified. He assured me that toenails dropping off to reveal fresh new ones underneath is absolutely not a normal thing, and recommended I sell my body to science Grin

What weird thing does your body do?

OP posts:
whiteroseredrose · 30/09/2018 08:43

I'm a bit sensitive to noise/music. A sudden burst makes me see a flash of colours in front of my eyes.

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ziggiestardust · 30/09/2018 08:45

whiterose wow! Does the colour/intensity vary with the noise type?

If someone is hammering near me, I can feel the pressure waves and it makes me wince (noticeably) every time.

OP posts:
GoodHearted · 30/09/2018 08:45

I get really itchy armpits if I get a fright / shock

SadieLancaster · 30/09/2018 08:46

ASMR. It’s lovely 😁

Darkestnight · 30/09/2018 08:52

Makes loud noises from my backside Smile

AfterSchoolWorry · 30/09/2018 08:54

I hate ASMR, it makes me want to scream!

When I'm really sad I get a pain in my hands, more so the left one.

LastOneDancing · 30/09/2018 09:02

The anticipation of pain, gives me pains in the back of my thighs - it happened everytime my newborn DS latched for the first month or so.
I also get it if I see my DC hurt themselves.

hippipotamiwantstoloseapound · 30/09/2018 09:05

My right hand and arm tingles when I need a poo.....

April241 · 30/09/2018 09:12

I get sore shoulders when I drink alcohol, even one or two. I don’t drink very much!

Also i love ASMR!! I watch a YouTuber who regularly does makeup declutters, she speeds up the part when she takes all the makeup out and it sounds fab, super relaxing.

BearSoFair · 30/09/2018 09:23

I came on to say ASMR, use it to get to sleep most nights!

This one is hard to explain but if someone else gets it I'm sure they'll know what I mean. I get 'white noise' in my feet if I don't move them for a while. It's not pins and needles, or any kind of pain, it literally feels exactly like white noise on an untuned tv sounds, just fuzzy and occasionally (if I haven't moved for ages) almost as if my foot is vibrating very slightly. I've yet to find someone who hasn't looked at me as if I'm insane when I try to explain it!

TallulahBetty · 30/09/2018 09:31

I have synaesthesia so I can 'see' numbers, days, weeks, months, years, and the alphabet in order. And they all have colours

April241 · 30/09/2018 10:10

@tallulah can you explain a bit more? I think I might do this!

I don’t have things in colour but if I’m thinking about a day I can “see” it on a line in my mind, it’s always in the same place too. Same with the alphabet, phone numbers etc...

I need to google this!

April241 · 30/09/2018 10:12

Yeah no...I don’t have that Grin

Diamond1703 · 30/09/2018 10:22

If anyone touches my nipples I get an immediate and severe thirst 😂

yawning801 · 30/09/2018 10:26

My jaw clicks when I eat or yawn, ever since I had major spinal surgery a year ago. I think they must have damaged it with the tubes or something, I'm going to talk to the dentist next week about it.

yawning801 · 30/09/2018 10:27

And also to do with the surgery... my left shoulder blade gets tingly sometimes, it's like an electric current is being passed through it. I also get it in the tips of my fingers sometimes.

TooGood2BeFalse · 30/09/2018 10:40

When I see, hear or think of anything painful, I get cold shivers down the back of my calves and have to sit down.

I would have made a terrible nurse or doctor!

Aprilislonggone · 30/09/2018 10:44

My eyes start to water when I have a wee!!

motortroll · 30/09/2018 10:47

I haven't rtft but op my little toenails are the same. My husband thinks I'm a freak!! If I do ever need to cut them I just cut them off as well lol. They're not really attached firmly apart from at the cuticle. Maybe it's a mutation lol

JLG19 · 30/09/2018 10:51

ziggiestardust DP’s toenail does the same thing!

What’s ASMR?

I get a weird physical sensation, almost like a panicky feeling and I worrry I’ve been poisoned when I need to poo Confused

HelloBrass · 30/09/2018 10:54

When I laugh my hands go really weak and I drop things...Confused

mypoosmellsofroses · 30/09/2018 10:57

If I see someone walking barefoot on an uneven surface I get a really horrible visceral crawling in my guts, even if it's just a picture/video.

PepperSteaks · 30/09/2018 11:03

If I’m bored or frustrated I get cramp in the back of my legs. If I have to use internet banking I need a poo Blush

myohmywhatawonderfulday · 30/09/2018 11:13

If I get frightened ( like at a roundabout, or seeing my dc jump off a high wall). I feel fear like little knives shooting out of me.

If I laugh too much I can’t use my hands either.

userxx · 30/09/2018 11:18

@AfterSchoolWorry just googled AMSR, didn't know there was a name for the tingles!