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Body Quirks

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Woollypullover · 14/09/2024 23:32

When I feel very upset, something twinges quickly and sharply in my left arm. Just next to the inner elbow. No idea why.

What foibles does your body have?

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spikeandbuffy · 16/09/2024 20:13

My hip does this weird thing
If I swing my leg over a gate/bike/horse it's like it pops out. I can't move or speak for the pain and then it's like it pops back in and it's fine again

Goatblu · 16/09/2024 20:14

hockityponktas · 16/09/2024 19:57

Have you had shingles? I used to get achey pains all my left side elbow, shoulder, wrist where I had shingles whenever I was coming down with something.

No, I had chickenpox as a child but fortunately no shingles. Oddly enough, it's not the wrist I broke either.

shellyleppard · 16/09/2024 20:16

@MissAshworth thats it exactly.....no warning it just zaps me

PetrichorSoul · 16/09/2024 20:20

I’m a super taster.

Mellow flavours like cucumber and avocado are really strong to me.

It makes all alcohol disgusting because literally all I can taste is the alcohol.

I can tell when the cows have been brought inside and are eating hay by the change in the flavour of the butter.

Runki · 16/09/2024 20:20

This thread is brilliant!

I thought it was just me! There's a certain point on my face, just left of my upper lip that if I accidentally touch it, the entire inside of my mouth itches like crazy for about half an hour.

If I scratch an itch at a particular place on my stomach, I get a sharp stabbing feeling in my left shoulder blade.

Aren't our bodies weird?!

IceStationZebra · 16/09/2024 20:22

My left ankle joint cracks really loudly. Sometimes I can do it on command, sometimes it’s random and nearby people flinch

thistimelastweek · 16/09/2024 20:22

I can't read aloud without yawning.

My hands go tingly if I get a fright.

thenewaveragebear1983 · 16/09/2024 20:23

I have a hair that grows out of the very corner of my eyes and I have special tweezers that are for pulling them out. I can tell when they are grown enough to need pulled.

Runki · 16/09/2024 20:25

@GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut My granddad's face used to completely seize up down one side if he ate a banana....Needless to say he didn't eat any after he discovered what was making it happen, but it was like a palsy! So weird. Your post made me think of him.

Turnitoffnonagain · 16/09/2024 20:29

Sometimes brushing my teeth makes me want to poo. 🤷

salamithumbs · 16/09/2024 20:30

If people start aggressively shouting at me/near me, my knuckles go all stiff and tingly and I can't bend my fingers properly...sometimes even happens if I'm watching a tense film 😬

SittingHereInLimbo · 16/09/2024 20:32

Eating fresh-baked bread or freshly made (or cold) chips gives me hiccups.

Cecilly · 16/09/2024 20:33

I sneeze when I look at the sky and it's bright and sunny.

Sapphire387 · 16/09/2024 20:33

I have a point on one side of my neck, where if I press it, I can feel a parallel pressure on the opposite side, like a mirror. It's a sharp sort of feeling. Never figured out why, it's been happening since I was a teenager!

ncforcatquestion · 16/09/2024 20:37

FloofPaws · 16/09/2024 20:11

Are you peri? That's a symptom 🥺

I don't think so. It's since i started on new medication

thistimelastweek · 16/09/2024 20:37

Turnitoffnonagain · 16/09/2024 20:29

Sometimes brushing my teeth makes me want to poo. 🤷

Telephone conversations often make me want to poo.
God knows why.

landris · 16/09/2024 20:38

Looking at a bright light makes me sneeze.

StMarieforme · 16/09/2024 20:38

Trousers sit an inch higher on my right leg. This is because my right hip sits an inch higher from years of carrying a child on my left hip and pushing my right hip out to compensate. (4 children 3 grandchildren).

HeartandSeoul · 16/09/2024 20:40

ThatMakesSense · 16/09/2024 19:37

Plucking my eyebrows makes me sneeze. Chewing gum makes me burb. And sometimes my nose starts to run and drips out of nowhere!

Plucking my eyebrows makes me sneeze

I came on here to say the same thing 😁! It’s a handy trick if I feel a sneeze lurking, but it refuses to budge. Out come the tweezers!

OutrageousImmoral · 16/09/2024 20:42

hockityponktas · 16/09/2024 19:55

Sometimes a muscle in my right thigh/hip area vibrates like I have a phone going off in my pocket!

I get this too!

HeartandSeoul · 16/09/2024 20:43

If I’m lying down and my stomach rumbles because it is empty, I hear a ‘fizzing’ sound in my ears.

Ladyof2024 · 16/09/2024 20:45

If anyone or anything touches the smaller of my back at exactly the point where the bum crack ends, I instantly pee. Even if I have just finished urinating I can bring out some more by touching myself on that spot.

dothehokeycokey · 16/09/2024 20:47

Whenever I use a q tip in my ear it makes me sneeze.

Ladyof2024 · 16/09/2024 20:47

Sorry that should have read small of my back.

Gemütlich81 · 16/09/2024 20:49

The back of my left knee locks when I kneel or bend my leg underneath me when sitting on a chair. It is a horrible sensation. It does unlock but you can feel it unlocking.

I sneeze too when eating mints.

I also get tingly hands when I get a sudden shock.

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