Body Quirks

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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?

This is sleep paralysis, I used to get it too, at first I blamed poor DH for it but then realised it was nothing to do with him

My friend has a squeaky eye. I can hear her blinking!

Mint makes me sneeze. So does having an orgasm.

Oh my people are here!

Squeaky eye, yes, although mine is more clicky. Eyelash in the corner of my eye, yes I know when to pluck it when I get a random headache.

I'll also add that brushing my teeth makes me need a wee, even if I went just before brushing my teeth. Sometimes it's so strong that I have to brush on the loo. DS also gets it the same.

When I have my first sip of wine or other alcoholic drink after a while of not drinking, my collarbone(s) hurt!

I'm loving this thread btw, so many interesting foibles!

Oh... another weird one, if there is any pressure applied to the inside of my bellybutton, I feel it in my vagina 😅 I can't be the only one? 🙈

Yeah I do get paralysis with it sometimes. I've read about it a lot and never seeing about it hurting you though

If I see family members getting hurt or they tell me they've been hurt I get a weird, tingling feeling in my legs.

If my nipples are touched or when I was breastfeeding it makes the roof of my mouth really itchy.

If I'm hungry and haven't eaten in a while I get a fizzing sound down the back of my neck!

I have this too! Apparently it's to do with nerve connections.

My left big toe clicks when I flex it. I can make it click 100 times in a row by flexing it, but none of my other toes do it.

Me too

How weird, I was going to say this - it happens with me too... It is hugely embarrassing, yes.

Yay! I'm not on my own then @Bearpawk @Lammveg

Had a boyfriend when I was younger who I told this to, he literally rubbed my belly bottom raw thinking it was a turn on or was some kind of foreplay... it was not!!! 😅

You're probably allergic to egg, that's a common response.

Very similar - tingly thighs when kids are doing something that seems risky or when they get hurt. A nervous sensation.

I get terrible nightmares nearly every day, I've been to see all sorts of people and no one can tell me why, I seem to be OK MH wise. It's slightly better since ditching caffine after 2pm but I still sit up late o nights because I don't want to go to sleep.

I told a smear test nurse some years ago that it was excruciatingly painful so she "took a look" and said she wasn't surprised as my uterus tilts backwards. She took it into account and although still uncomfortable it wasn't yelling with pain kind of thing. However I now have to tell all the other smear test nurses that my uterus tilts backwards and every last one of them has to "take a closer look", they all say "Oh yes so it does" in a really suprised fashion and I'm left feeling horrible. I understand it's not all that uncommon so if you find smear tests really painful, it might be worth asking them about backwards tilting uteri but be prepared to lie there red faced ever time you go if it is.

If I have trapped wind, I can't feel it in my abdomen but I get pains in random places such as my shoulder (I've read that one isn't uncommon due to the diaphragm pushing up), elbow, wrist or hand.

I said the same thing earlier one! I have a fizzy ears twin 😁.

If I scratch or press my lower right ribs, my right inner elbow twinges.

If I'm circling both arms up and backwards, like in an exercise class, my upper lip rises in a snarl shape at the top of each arm circle.

If I'm thirsty, I don't really feel thirsty, I feel an overwhelming sense that something terrible is going to happen. Thirst feels like doom.

Do your clothes suddenly get smaller and you turn green too 🤣 ... sorry ... lol 😜

I also have clomping hips - I’m not hyper mobile but I was born frank breech so I wondered if it was something to do with that.

When I see a physical injury (like on a video, someone falling off something) or have a sudden fear, it shoots into my vagina.

Sometimes the inside of my mouth kind of peels away. It’s not unpleasant.

Me too! Even if it’s just watching something where someone is high up, I feel it in my fanny!
I also get electric shock tingles in my left breast and a weird tingly sensation in my left knee which I also feel in my left side simultaneously. I have googled this and asked everyone I know if they get it too, but nothing!

It’s your photic reflex, genetic!

I know it doesn’t sound particularly dignified, but putting your folded hands underneath your bum can get you at a better angle for the test and make it more comfortable.