40 Mysterious Things People’s Bodies Did That Left Them Confused

Let’s face it, our bodies are strange. One minute everything's fine, and the next your knee sounds like a microwave popcorn bag or your eye twitches for no reason. It’s like your body has its own secret set of rules, and you didn’t get the manual.

So when someone on Reddit asked, “What weird thing does your body do that you don't understand?”, the internet showed up with a whole buffet of bizarre, hilarious, and oddly comforting responses. Turns out, some people's bodies are not behaving “normally,” and they’re all just trying to make peace with the weirdness. From mysterious noises and glitchy reflexes to oddly specific aches and rogue limbs, here are some of the best and most baffling answers people shared.

#1

Image source: CampbellArmada, Annie Spratt / Unsplash Apparently I'm developing Musical Ear Syndrome, or musical tinnitus. When its quiet and I'm trying to sleep I'll hear what sounds like a radio playing quietly in another room. It seems to be a form of tinnitus that instead of hearing a ringing or buzzing, your brain generates musical sounds as the interpretation instead. It freaks me out sometimes. moon_buzz: I can't express how happy I was to read this, thought I was insane. Alone at night I can totally hear rhythmic music in the silence, if i lift my head to get a better listen then it goes away. head back on pillow it goes again. I first thought it was neighbors having a party but it happens too often, and typically is the same beat.

#2

Image source: ForkliftCertifiedKat, Getty Images / Unsplash Sometimes I just shiver for a split second for no reason even when it’s piping hot outside. mostly_elbows: I really thought this happened to everyone because I've always done it, and growing up we just said, "I got a chill." It was as normal as sneezing. In adulthood, people look at me crazy anytime it happens. I think they're crazy for having NEVER experienced it. Like how?

#3

Image source: leviathan0999, Getty Images / Unsplash Require me to RUN RIGHT NOW to the toilet as soon as I get somewhere near my house. Listen, Bladder, I get it, you're full. I'm on my way. Just take a chill for a few more seconds for f**k's sake! You wouldn't even be pulling these shenanigans if the eyeballs hadn't told you where you are! theseedbeader: Oh the misery of Latchkey Incontinence. I get this a lot. I usually make sure I empty my bladder right before I head home from work or running errands. If I have a full bladder when I get to my door, it’s an instant emergency and my body suddenly stops obeying me.

#4

Image source: wanderingstorm, Curated Lifestyle / Unsplash I can voluntarily flex my tympanic membranes which is rarer than I originally thought. Lol I thought everyone could make thunder in their ears but nope. lhb_aus: I'm doing it right now. An on-call, organic white noise machine that only I can hear.

#5

Image source: One-Turn-4037, Jonathan Borba I get itchy when I exercise. its unbearable and apparently I'm not the only one. I manage. SnooAdvice2527: I have this too! Exercise-induced urticaria. So annoying. Taking antihistamines beforehand can be super helpful. I find it gets also gets better when I exercise more frequently.

#6

Image source: _Aj_, Getty Images / Unsplash My throat gets stuck when I swallow water sometimes. I'll be drinking and it's like my throat jams, it really hurts and then swallowing continues as normal. .

#7

Image source: FroggiJoy87, mahabis footwear / Unsplash My ankles popped so loudly last night my husband said "...gesundheit?" from the other room, lol. tsukinoasagi: My ankle clicks as I walk, my housemates say they hear the clicking before they hear my foot steps.

#8

Image source: TemporaryOk2926, Andrej Lišakov My immune system is stupid and doesn't know that it's not supposed to attack and destroy body parts I need to live.

#9

Image source: CocoFuzzy, Curated Lifestyle I can hear electricity. Like clearly. I’ll know if something is plugged in or running - like if I get into bed in the dark and don’t hear ringing - I know my charger isn’t plugged in. Just now for eg, I heard an annoying ringing sound and realised I left my in slab heating on downstairs because I can somehow hear power being sent to whatever it is that runs it lol.

#10

Image source: Altruistic_Buyer2979, Natalia Blauth / Unsplash I sneeze when there is light reflecting off windows regardless of if it is sun light or just a normal light it catches my eyes and I am sneezing i have no idea why.

#11

Image source: kimtenisqueen, Leandro Crespi I have one hair follicle in each armpit. One single hair.

#12

Image source: But_like_whytho, YuriArcursPeopleimages / Envato I produce a truly astonishing amount of ear wax. Have to clean them out several times a day. Sometimes when I get hot I can feel it dripping slowly and it drives me insane. thatcliquekandy: I sort of have the same issue. My ears get stopped up so often now that I physically have to get them cleaned professionally! I like had to go to the hospital bc I couldn’t hear! Once nothing helped and my ear started bleeding. Found out my husband ruptured my ear drum when cleaning my ear… AND I had an ear infection too on top of that at the time. I. Was. Miserable. Thank weeks later I had a seizure. My body clearly hates me.

#13

Image source: IAmHappyPants, Pablo Merchán Montes Randomly choke on my own spit.

#14

Image source: louisa_pizza, Getty Images / Unsplash I have a milk duct thingy above my collarbone. Never knew about it until it popped up during my first pregnancy, and then my doctor checked it out and it turned out to be a tiny extra pocket for milk almost in my neck.

#15

Image source: gweedle, lilartsy The veins in my fingers randomly explode. All of a sudden I’ll feel a super sharp pain in one finger (like it’s just been hit with a hammer or something) and there will be a dark blue spot under the skin where the blood is starting to pool out. If I can grab an ice cube immediately it usually won’t swell too bad. If I don’t have access to ice then the whole finger swells up a bit before it stops It must be genetic because my mom has the same thing. We found on the Internet that there is a name for it, Achenbach syndrome, but no one knows what causes it or how to prevent it.

#16

Image source: Anarkya, Getty Images / Unsplash My immune system is slowly munching at my thyroid gland thinking it's a virus. It's called hashimoto's.

#17

Image source: Abject_Presentation8, Ivana Cajina / Unsplash Depending on where I touch or scratch on my arms and hands, I can feel the sensation in other parts of my body. Oh, and my nervous system just likes to go haywire and keep me on my toes every once in a while. Like, "Oh, hey. I heard that you have to make a phone call, or do some other normally mundane task you've done a thousand times....but now it's scary! I hope you like that feeling where you're about to fall backwards in a chair, for hours on end!".

#18

Image source: Walmartian_Beta, Daniel Martinez / Unsplash I leak from my ears when I cry. I mentioned it to an ENT once, and he thought that maybe there was some odd connection from my tear ducts or sinuses that was causing it and that it might explain why I had chronic sinus/ear infections as a kid. FluffySquiddy: There is a connections between nose and ears, it's called the eustachian tune. I don't think it is tears passing through your ears, but rather nose mucus. As a kid I had chronic otitis and my doctor would warn me against sniffing.

#19

Image source: prettydotty_, Waldemar The first thing to hurt or ache are my thighs. Period cramps= thigh cramps, overtired=achy thighs, sunstroke = legs give way. It's a time.

#20

Image source: Admirable-Bee4680, Klara Kulikova My body likes to grow a uterine lining on my spine. Means I have chronic sciatica, and sometimes when i fart too hard my back crunches and I have to sit down for a minute.

#21

Image source: imcaz, A F My left eye has over time lost its colour, it’s near black like the pupil - my right eye is as it’s always been, hazel. My vision has not been affected in anyway whatsoever, and my eyes are healthy.

#22

Image source: m4ynard, Getty Images / Unsplash There is an area on my right cheek that if touched lightly I completely lose my hearing in both ears from what feels like extreme chills running over my face. fasterthantrees: This is super interesting. Have you ever asked a doctor or masseuse about it? Sounds like a muscular/nerve/trigger point thing. m4ynard (OP): Since it’s never caused me any issues I haven’t, no. But I am curious! Maybe this will spark me to ask next time I see my doctor. I have very recent MRI results but no idea how to look for anything like that myself.

#23

Image source: AdditionalCoy, Getty Images / Unsplash I can vibrate my eyes back and forth extremely fast, cross both eyes independently in all directions, and I can even make my left eye go lazy if I really try (or if I'm super tired). I've never met anyone with the same ocular control I have, though if I do it too much, it starts to hurt my eye sockets and results in a headache.

#24

Sometimes my eye twitches for no reason, like it's trying to send Morse code. No stress, no caffeine - just vibes. Still no idea why. Image source: BodyReserve

#25

I sneeze when i pluck my eyebrows. Image source: mo2ft

#26

I'm allergic to cold. It can be a sunny day, but a cool breeze blows past, and I get hives. Cold induced urticaria. It can come and go randomly through your life, apparently. No one knows why. Also, I live in Canada. ??. Image source: emmajen

#27

Image source: ButterPoptart, Erik Lucatero / Unsplash If someone lightly brushes against my stomach or sides all of my core muscles contract and I jump really hard. It’s completely involuntary but my gf takes it so personally like I’m acting like she punched me.

#28

Image source: kittenshavecutepaws, Andrej Nihil Field vision loss EXCEPT when I tried my husband's aviator sunglasses on, first time as far back as I can remember I could see "properly" and no they're not prescription. .

#29

I’ve had three kids on their exact due date at home in less than 5 hours each time ?. Image source: Longjumping_Hand_205

#30

Image source: roxyjin, Olivie Strauss Every time I eat cherries close to my period, I get a red mark on the base of nose where the front bottom part meets my upper lip. I thought I scratched myself at first! Experimented with this theory over the past 3 months and it’s a pattern!

#31

Image source: sopranosforpandas, William Priess / Unsplash When I'm very hungry, there's this fizzing sounds coming from the back of my throat, it will disappear when I'm no longer hungry. It is audible if the person puts their ear close to my neck. I have yet to find an explanation on the internet.

#32

When my allergies kick in, my ears itch first. Sneezing comes next, with congestion and itchy eyes. If I don't take my meds when my ears start itching, I'm doomed to misery once the snot kicks in. Image source: fasterthantrees

#33

Every once in a while I get a really tight chest and I have to completely stop and hold it and breathe lightly as deeply hurts. It feels like my heart is about to explode. I am scared of having this sensation whilst doing exercise . Image source: F0restf1re

#34

my nose starts to itch terribly when I use an electric toothbrush. Image source: gymrat0814

#35

I've got this one, tiny part of my left thigh that twitches rapidly and is close enough to the surface that it is visible when happening. Looks like my leg has a bowl of jello experiencing an earthquake. Happens seemingly randomly, though the thing that is most commonly a predictor is sleeping less than 5 hours. Image source: CoolChair6807

#36

Image source: Movie_Vegetable, Getty Images When I sneeze I have a honey smell in my nose... Also sometimes it hurts like hell when I swallow water for someone unknown reason.

#37

I have vasovago syncope. Basically when I see something that triggers it (side note hate that people b*********d that word and when people misuse it) my brain desides that it doesnt need blood anymore, and will cause me to get extremely dizzy, hyper ventilate, become light headed, and then ultimately pass out. This sequence will all happen within 2 minutes. During that time my brain decides it also needs to confirm that it doesnt like said scene by playing it on repeat until I pass out. And for bonus fun, sound and description can also trigger this response. Ive caused buildings to be rewired, policies to be changed, and have scared the living s**t out of people seeing this response. As for what triggers it, surgery scenes, needles in arms irl, detailed injuries. What doesnt trigger it? Stupidly over the top bloody scenes like in anime. However a friend decided to show this scene where a dude cuts a girls palm with his finger and let her slower bleed out from it, and yup that triggered it. Oh and for even more bonus points my brain recently decided to remind me about this fun glitch by causing one of my f*****g dreams to trigger an episode in the middle of the god d**n night. Image source: volanger

#38

My gut changes what it likes and doesn't like on a whim. I have IBS. Image source: Anfie22

#39

Image source: PositiveAd823, Getty Images Whenever I sneeze, I sneeze three times in a row.

#40

Sometimes I get a one off of something that resembles a hiccup but it’s not. However, when I get that, it feels like my oesophagus is ripping apart for a couple of seconds. It’s scary and it hurts. Image source: HopeConscious9595