Nobody prepares you for it!
Every month or so, I round up stories fromBuzzFeed readersjust like you.
Here are 24 more of them:
1.
Mayo Clinic / Viayoutu.be
“I didn’t know that I hadaphantasiauntil Iread a BuzzFeed articlea few years ago.
I can’t visualize anything, and it’s pitch black when I close my eyes every time.
I never knew that when someone said, ‘Picture this,’ other people actually SAW something.
I thought it was just describing a situation.
I was blown away when I learned people can ‘watch’ their memories, too.
I just remember the order of events, certain details, and feelings.”
I’m just here for the plots.
mj819
2.
“Sometimes, when I look at an object, I see it completely out of proportion.
Like a gigantic spoon, for instance.
It used to cause me terrible anxiety when I was a kid, and no one would understand.
Basically, there’s a miscommunication between my cornea and my brain that causes it.
giuliabatiston
“I have it, too; happened more in my youth.
It’s pretty wild!
Never thought much of it until I talked about it sometime in my 40s.
People were shocked, maybe disbelieving.”
menopauseisfantastic
3.
“When I was in third grade, there was a lump behind my front upper tooth.
They assumed it was an abscess, put me on antibiotics, waited a week, then lanced it.
It turned out to be full of tiny teeth.
They looked like squirrel teeth to me.
They saved a bunch of them and then put three stitches in my gum.
Because of the tiny teeth and stitches, I got a whole $5 from the tooth fairy!”
“I couldn’t breathe through my nose for most of my life.
My ENT said it’s weird but not unprecedented.”
hailcthulhu
5.
No one else ever hears it, and now I just associate it with needing rest.”
tempeste31
6.
I can only sip carbonated drinks very slowly because they burnallthe way down.
Obviously, I don’t drink a lot of soda.
“When I close my eyes, I see pictures.
They are all over the place.
and he had no idea what I was talking about.
Turns out most people see black.
I was 37 when I learned this.”
britb4319b7e9e
8.
“I have PETD.
After a sinus infection, I had unbearable ear pressure.
The lining of my eustachian tubes was damaged, so they didn’t close properly anymore.
Tubes in my ear drums helped some, but now I can breathe in and out of my ears.
I can also blow smoke out of them, but do not recommend it.
I can’t go scuba diving, but I never have to worry about ear pressure on a flight.
Extremely distracting and uncomfortable.
heathernoelle
9.
“I thought everyone saw static 24/7.
All my eye appointments were normal there was nothing wrong on the visual end.
I tried doing research, but nothing came up.
Haven’t been officially diagnosed yet, but it would explain a lot.”
rubynerbas
“I have Visual Snow.
That’s my entire field of vision.
Not to mention the tons of floaters and shadow auras, migraines, and tinnitus that are also symptoms.
I’ve found online forums of people with the same, but have never met someone in real life.
Never knew I was different until one day mentioned it to a coworker, and she looked horrified.
She asked, ‘Like…how do you see??'”
“I have Cooks Syndrome.
Only my feet are affected, and I passed it on to my daughter.
Of all the genetic mutations to get, it’s relatively lucky to have something so benign.”
virginiaordaya
11.
“I have Snatiation.
It was way worse when I was a kid the whole family would count my sneezes after meals.
Sometimes, I’d get up into the 30s.
Now, it’s just three to five sneezes.”
lillard88
12.
“My boyfriend has sneezing attacks when he’s horny.
“I have musical auditory hallucinations.
Mine go 24/7, nonstop.
annab1953
14.
I got looked at like I had three heads.
But I’ve experienced it my whole life.
“I sometimes experience exploding head syndrome.
It usually sounds like someone knocking on a door.
If not, then I know it’s just in my head.”
absurda42
16.
“I have a chronic pain condition that wasn’t diagnosed until I was 30.
“I also don’t have that flap that separates your tear ducts from your nose or whatever.
So whenever I would blow my nose, I would push air into my eyes.
Again, my mom just thought I was being difficult when I would refuse to blow my nose.
I also can’t breathe if I cry because I get so congested.
comfyelf79
17.
“My teeth have way more roots than normal.
Dentists always marvel at them when doing X-rays and ask if they can show their coworkers.
Getting my wisdom teeth extracted was a blast because of the numerous, twisted roots.”
I really thought that was normal.”
crosetho
“This happens to my hands!
Anyone I’ve ever asked about it has no idea what I’m talking about.”
notjessicasmile
19.
“Whenever I drink water, I feel nauseous.
Like even one sip of water.
I can feel it move down, and I instantly feel sick.
But no other liquid seems to do this.
atylerwells872
20.
“My arms can’t go all the way straight.
I’ve been teased by loved ones about it.
My elbows just…don’t do that.
“I have a problem with local anesthetic.
Yes, I can feel that, too.’
They had to give me a super-massive dose before it worked.
Same with dental anesthetic.
irisg2
22.
“The roof of my mouth itches whenever I’m starting to get sick.
I just found out last year that this is apparently not normal.”
“I was born with one leg longer than the other.
The weird part is how it is.
I don’t have one specific bone longer than the other the whole leg is proportionally longer.
No doctor I’ve ever seen has seen anybody like me.
“I still, as an adult, cannot bear weight on both legs at the same time.
I just never learned how because I couldn’t until I got a correctly sized-lift at age 26.
It makes me very clumsy.”
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
