"I Can Smell Sickness On People": 77 People Share Their Weird Body Quirks

When I have really bad period pains I can feel the pain travel down into my legs and feet. I guess it's nerve related?

Same during labour. That's how I knew labour was starting. Feet are tingling now just thinking about it.

I cry when I poo. Not because it hurts, it’s like when you yawn.

A few things.

Sometimes when I take my first bite of food in the morning or after not having eaten for a while, my mouth and jaw kind of hurt? My guess is that I'm feeling the saliva come out and it hurts for whatever reason?

Also, when I'm about to cry or my eyes are about to water, I smell a smell that I can only describe as "hospital smell".

I'm autistic and have some interesting sensory quirks (I can hear my phone charging and some radio signals) but I've never quite understood those two things.

Not something ive never told anyone else before but something i havent seen in anyone else before: ice cream makes me cough SO BAD. not sure if it's genetic but my great grandmother had the same issue, she had a crazy sweet tooth and would occasionally stand over the freezer sneaking a couple spoonfuls and whenever my great grandfather would hear a muffled cough coming from the kitchen he'd yell "get out of that icecream!" (affectionately of course) i think of her every time i get cough attacks trying to have a milkshake lmao.

When I drink really cold drinks (think slushy or slurpee) it will sometimes trigger a vasovagal syncope where my heart actually stops and I pass out. Heart monitor showed a pause of 13 seconds during one of these episodes.

I had perimenopause at age 24 and now I’m 31 postmenopausal and I haven’t had a period in 7 years and my doctors still doesn’t know why or how. On top of that, I’ve had a lot chronic pain for years and auto immune issues with no official diagnosis. So fun.

Sometimes I’ll randomly get really shaky and dizzy but it usually goes away after a bit.

If I squeeze my bum cheeks together real hard I can crack my tail bone.

In the morning I can’t clench my fists? they really hurt if i try but it’s been like that for years, whenever I ask people they always say that has never happened to them….

I have partial seizures while at work, doing customer service and no one knows.

When I see someone get injured I feel it, usually in the back of my legs, like a little jolt of discomfort. It’s very quick, not painful, just a weird uneasiness.

Sometimes I can hear my own eyeballs moving when the room is completely silent. It’s the weirdest squelching sound.

I get a sinus infection every 90 days like clockwork. But apparently I’m not allergic to anything according to the tests.

Drinking certain fizzy drinks too fast (Dr Pepper is def the worst offender) gives me a pain towards the top of my right shoulder.

If I’m around someone with a cold or flu, I can normally tell in 30 minutes if I’m going to get sick or not. I know it’s coming before there are any signs. Weird.

I'm a habitual joint cracker. Fingers, wrists, ankles, back, toes, neck, shoulders. I cracked my neck like a year and a half ago and I suddenly got really hot and tunnel visiony and ever since then, every time I turn my head to either side, like to look around, the base of my skull crackles a little bit.

I refuse to say anything because I just got a GP for the first time in nearly a decade and have already spent several grand in copays and stuff to investigate every other problem and now have several outstanding bills and zero answers for anything.

Sometimes as i’m just standing somewhere i can feel my ears draining. like a fluttering wet noise. then it goes away. happens probably twice a week.

If i eat too much protein, my whole body gets a slight achiness for an hour or so.

I have endo and can feel the exact moment I begin ovulating. There’s a “bursting” feeling from either my left or right ovary. That side thats released an egg is sore for about 12 hours, then it goes away. I write down which side releases an egg every month for funsies.

I've told people but yet to find someone who experiences something similar or has a proper explanation.
Sometimes my mind just goes into this state where it seems like everything is happening at 3x the speed. Like... I'm experiencing things at a faster rate. If I focus on it, it stays longer, if I focus away, it goes in about 10 mins. It's harmless, doesn't seem to be dangerous experience-wise, but surely very different.