Usually, by about hour six, I would finally be numb."
“I have synaesthesia and can see sounds.
jealousshield523
2.
“I guess Im allergic to bananas.
She was very confused.
I thought bananas were just very reactive, and we ate them anyway.”
“I am friends with a guy who gets flu-like symptoms whenever he ejaculates.
He has an autoimmune condition and is basically allergic to his own orgasms.
kathrynjoycrawford
4.
“I have several pores in my face that produce indigo-colored sweat.
Not blackheads, not dirt, but the same handful of pores have done this for decades.
My brother has it, too; it’s calledchromhidrosis.”
“My whole life, my nose has randomly tingled when I pee.
It happens in varying degrees of intensity, with it being more pronounced when Im cold.
jess_tha_best
6.
“I got ‘musical ear’ after having COVID.
It sounds like organ music.”
“My mom is allergic to the cold.
No one is sure why, and it wasn’t always this way.
Ever since then, she’s had the condition.
bradleyteacher6119
8.
“Mallen streaks are genetic on one of my parent’s sides.
I didn’t get it in my (head) hair, but one of my eyebrows is white!
It’s the same side as the streak my parent and siblings have on their heads.”
“I had ‘Alice in Wonderland Syndrome’ flare-ups as a kid.
Like, blankets would feel paper-thin and have pointy/sharp at the edges.
It was sooo scary.
sillyarcher56
10.
“I have ‘Red Ear Syndrome,’ which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.
One of my ears will randomly get BRIGHT red and hot.
There are some triggers for it, but sometimes it happens completely out of the blue.”
“I haveanosmia, which means I can’t smell.
mcsmutbag
12.
“When I get really tired, my knees hurt.
It’s been happening since I was a kid, and Im in my 40s now.”
So many blood tests and ultrasounds later, and we still don’t know why it happens.”
circusmouse
14.
“I found out that some of my body didn’t grow.
For example, your tonsils shrink when you become an adult.
I had to have mine removed because they kept causing infections.
When you are young, your sternum is a bunch of small bones.
Mine never fused together, and on X-rays, it looks like cancer.”
marissakatewilson
16.
“Ive always teared up when I pee and have no idea why.
“My body is asymmetrical from the waist down.
One leg and foot is slightly smaller than the other.
I have recurring pain in my lower back and knees, and I can crack my neck super loud.
vibrantwolf14
18.
“I get sneezing fits after a few drinks.
Approximately three glasses of wine or four beers will do it, drunk or sipped at any pace.
I wind up sneezing upwards of 20 times.
Once it’s over, I’m fine and can continue with what I was doing.
My doctor thinks it’s a mild reaction to the tannins.”
It can be any kind of food, any consistency, and any temperature.
It goes away after a few minutes, and then its like it never happened.
My sister is the same way, and weve never been able to figure it out.”
dazzlingtruck15
20.
I was born with an extra ankle bone and connecting tissue in each foot.
“Sometimes, I wake up, and I have very little strength.
I can’t fully clench my hands into a fist for a few minutes.
I always thought this was normal, because my sister gets it, too.
But one day, I mentioned it to my mom, and she looked so confused.
coolcaptain62
22.
They told me Ishouldbe peeingabout 7times a day, 200-400ml each time.
They looked inside my bladder and did some tests, because apparently holding your pee can ruin your bladder.
“I can breathe very well in high humidity!
(I have asthma.)
jennies4783ed5b8
24.Finally, “I have problems with local anesthesia.
They finally just had to give me fewer than normal stitches, because I could still feel it.
One ER doc got curious and researched it, and we figured out its a real thing.
Usually by about hour six, I would finally be numb.
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