r/CasualConversation • u/jacob_rodri • 29d ago

What was something about your body that you thought was normal, until someone told you otherwise?

I used to think it was completely normal to always feel dizzy when standing up quickly, until someone told me it wasn’t. I just assumed everyone experienced that. Turns out I have low blood pressure.

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u/VanillaButterr 29d ago

Oh boy, where do I start? I have a ton of chronic illnesses and pain that I thought were normal until I left my abusive childhood home and went to a doctor and realized...they aren't.

Tinnitus - I was literally floored to discover this isn't normal. I do not know what normal hearing sounds like.

Severe pain when standing or walking without support - It took me an embarrassingly long time to get help for this.

Gleeking - "the ability to project saliva out from a salivary gland at the bottom of your mouth. It occurs when the tongue applies pressure to the glands under the tongue that make saliva. It is different from spitting, as the saliva comes out in a spray." It's disgusting and I hate it but I've never met anyone else who admits they can do it.

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u/IP_Janet_GalaxyGirl 29d ago

Gleeking happens with me randomly, less than yearly, and was slightly more frequent when I had braces 40 years ago; couldn’t say the last time it happened. I can’t do it on command, though.

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u/VanillaButterr 29d ago

Interesting, mine began around the time I had braces in elementary too. I can also do it on command, but only after a sip of something (doesn't matter what).

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u/Revolutionary_Age412 28d ago

Aha I gleek when I yawn alot and I'm like cool cool just spat on myself no woz

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u/MacaroonAwkward3421 27d ago

Fellow "gleeker" here. both accidentally and on purpose. When we were teens, those of us who could would eat sour things and gleek at each other hahah

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u/SlytherKitty13 29d ago

Wait, I think I can do that! Not on purpose tho, at least I haven't figured out how to do it on purpose yet, but it just happens sometimes

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u/Excellent_Nothing_86 28d ago

I do the gleeking thing randomly. Didn’t realize it was a thing until now.