Souls
Aug 9 2008, 11:20 PM
Tell me what makes you, you! The weird things that you have/deformities/etc. I always like hearing what kind of weird deformities that other people have. They might not be deformities, but just weird things about you that not a lot of people know!
-I'll start! I have central heterochromia: like this.

My eyes are blue like in the picture with a solid yellow ring around the pupil. I always thought it was cool, but I never realized that it had a name. I just thought it was something cool that my eyes did. Sometimes the yellow turns into a dark hazel/brownish color. It's really neato! I've also found out it's a lot more common than I thought it had been. Just not a lot of people know what it's called. There is no really positive or negative to having it, but it's just really awesome!
-I have a small case of Trichotillomania. It basically means that you pull your own hair out, but mine isn't that serious. I pull my eyebrows and eyelashes out if I'm stressed out or aggravated. I've been doing it for so long and I never realized that I did it until someone pointed it out to me!
-I'm double jointed in all my fingers and toes except for my right thumb!
-I have really bad circulation.
-I was pushed over during a game of kickball. My forearm snapped in half, with the top end poking out of my skin. Ever since it has healed, it always clicks if I move my wrist from side to side. Sometimes it clicks really loud and sometimes I can only feel it. If you feel around my forearm today, you can feel the bump that formed on the bone when it healed.
Tell us what's wrong with you! Or was! OR anything interesting that has ever happened to you!
Chalryn
Aug 9 2008, 11:45 PM
Everything. If we're going to include anything personality-related here, it's best not to ask me, 'cause I'll find some way to ramble on forever and keep finding flaws in myself.
But, if we're just going to go with physical stuff...
QUOTE (Souls @ Aug 10 2008, 03:20 AM)

-I'm double jointed in all my fingers and toes except for my right thumb!
-I have really bad circulation.
Technically, "double-jointed"-ness isn't a real thing, but yeah, I'm all sorts of flexible. Maybe I'll see about getting a photo sometime of how I flip my leg around and hold my foot under my ribcage, as an example.
I've got pretty crappy circulation, especially in my legs/feet. Thanks to my dad's genes for that, I believe. I doubt it's to a severe degree, but the lower half of me definitely does get damn cold come autumn/winter/early spring.
Scars? I've got a few. Nothing special, though. Wish I had more of one from running into that pole, though. (Long story.) That left an enormous mark on the side of my chest for a while, but the scar's only a little scratch. Anyway, maybe I'll grab some photos or something sometime. Just don't expect any epic war wounds.
Uhh... I think one of my eyes is slightly more open than the other? Not sure. Anyway, can't think of any other physical anomalies, so I'll just leave it at that for now. When I'm back home, I may update with some photographic proof or something.
That eye thing is pretty nifty, though, by the way.
Forearm snapped in half from being pushed over? Geez. Sounds kinda frail, but I guess freak accidents like that happen a lot. That's a great example of why I avoid sports of any kind, though, lol. (Besides just lack of interest to begin with.)
Natsuki
Aug 10 2008, 06:44 AM
My pinky is shorter than... pretty much everyone I know.
(NOT a picture of my hand - randomly found on wiki. I just added the arrows)Yellow arrow - me
Green arrow - general public
Everyone's pinky reaches the last bend mark on their ring finger (indicated with green arrow). Both of my pinky's however, only reaches the bend below on the ring finger (indicated with yellow arrow). It's weird! My parents have no clue why. It's why I find it harder to play most musical instruments, namely the guitar and piano =___=. I have to put in more effort to stretch over to the next note on the piano and wrap my arm around further if I'm playing the guitar >_>.
Also, I don't seem to have any knuckles for my pinky's.
I have a rather large scar on my neck due to having an operation a couple of weeks after I was born, because I caught a skin infection creating a lump (not the mumps, which most people thought it was) which the doctors had to slice off.
and... they're the only body quirks I know of myself at the moment xD.
Dragon Brigade
Aug 10 2008, 09:10 AM
What Is (for some of this, they may become a "What Was" categorized item in the future, but that's still up for grabs).
On the bottom layer of teeth in my mouth (right in the middle) is a yellow/brown tooth (though the root is still white) that is bent slightly outward (root is straight, upper part is thinner and is slightly bent). Got that little sucker from getting strep throat constantly when I was younger (that issue was taken care of when I got my tonsils out. Don't get sick much anymore). It usually doesn't show when I smile though (not in the least bit because I rarely do that. >.o.), so most times people only know it's there if I've told them or if they are related (can see it when I talk, usually).
I've got exanthema as well (at least I think that's what it's called). For those that don't know, it's basically a skin disease where coin-shaped (different sizes) rashes just sprout up. So far it's just limited to my arms and legs, so that's good.
Also, I've got Gilbert's Disease, or whatever the heck it is. From my understanding, my body produces more hemoglobin than is necessary, and sometimes when I get sick it seems worse than it really is. Yeah. Hasn't been an issue so far.
I've just got issues with my mouth otherwise (muscle pulling down on my gums for the first three teeth in the bottom layer). Nothing terrible though.
What Was
I used to have a hole in my neck through which a tube protruded. Got that taken care of in kindergarten via surgery (obviously). Apparently I almost didn't even make it out of that, because I think something almost happened to the carotid artery (well...anything happening to that would be bad in general, I think. >.o.). But I made it fine out of that, got stitches outside and inside the neck, and had to wear a neck brace for a while. I think I had to go back for stitches sometime in the future as well, because the ones inside had broken or something. Scars from that don't really show anymore, though on some parts of my neck you can sort of see the lines still, or it'll be a fuller color (I'm a naturally pale person, so it's easy to tell).
Aside from getting tonsils taken out or something generic like that, I think that's it. If I remember anything else I may post it later.
cloudycat
Aug 10 2008, 09:54 AM
Bloody hell DB you've been through the wars a bit.
There isn't much different about me other than
I've had a total of 24 stitches on my forehead, in my mouth and above the eye mostly from boxing and other encounters growing up but the biggest gash I've had was from being stupid AKA KO'ing myself on a door frame when I was fifteen. I'm quite lucky you can hardly see the scars unless you go real close.
I can lose weight and gain weight respectively faster than anyone I know. The losing weight thing is pretty cool(possibly down to hyperactivity) but it also means I have to be extremely strict with what I eat because I gain very quickly too and I intend on keeping it off.
I've got lots of injuries from training which are generally all healed now but still nag occasionally. Shoulder tear, lower back pain, torn ligaments in my foot and ankle and pain in my right rotator cuff. I also have a mild hernia in my abdominal area which I push back in myself, it only happens very occasionally though and a lot lot less after strengthening my abdominals.
-Vincent-
Aug 10 2008, 10:46 AM
I am really ugly.
Ibanez Player
Aug 10 2008, 12:44 PM
- I've got the same central heterochromia that Souls does. Blue on the outside with gold around the Iris.
- I also have exanthema like DB. Mine is around the inside of the elbow, wrists, and inside on the knee.
- A collection of scars on my hands and arms. Three on my face, and one on my leg and on my foot. All from various things.
Kronik
Aug 10 2008, 03:03 PM
My fingers curve upwards. Dx
When I flip someone off my middle finger curves to the side. All my fingers curve to the side.
I grew up with synesthesia. It still effects me to today like when dancing I do this weird thing where every part of my body represents a rhythm, beat or note in the song. I can only dance like this at raves. @_@
My hands twitch alot like when smoking a cigarette my fingers go ##### crazy.
I have an iron stomach. (Not literally).
Dragon Brigade
Aug 10 2008, 03:59 PM
One thing I forgot (and just remembered while I was reading this topic again) is Osgood-Schlatter disease. It's sort of common, actually, but if anyone doesn't know what it is, basically it's a bone inflammation below the kneecap (forms a bump, and the size varies. I'd say mine are probably medium sized.). It used to hurt like crazy when it first started appearing (I think it came to me in fourth grade), so kneeling or something was out of the question (if I did kneel, I couldn't kneel on top of the bump, because it'd push down and...Pain. >.o.). Doesn't hurt anymore though (usually doesn't after a while. Mostly it's just when you first get it.).
So yeah. Just thought I'd add that in there...
Edit: I can slaughter my diseases. >.<.
Chalryn
Aug 10 2008, 04:15 PM
QUOTE (Dragon Brigade @ Aug 10 2008, 07:59 PM)

Osgood Slaughters disease
That's so not the name, lol. Osgood-Schlatter. Close enough, I guess. It's a weird name.
Thanks for reminding me, though, 'cause I've got that as well. Thankfully, it's not nearly as sensitive as it was back in, like, middle school, but it's still a bit sensitive. I'm especially prone to related pains since my knees just happen to be at perfect level for slamming into various tables/desks/et cetera, haha. Starts hurting a bit if my legs are bent for too long, as well. (Even just sitting in a chair for too long or something, without stretching my legs out now and then.) My OS sticks out more in my right knee than my left, but it's present in both. OS sucks, haha. But yeah, it is pretty common these days. (Apparently, it's more common in males than females, particularly around adolescence. Or at least that's what I heard when I originally learned about it.)
And Kronik, when you say your fingers bend upward, do you mean naturally, or just that they're able to if you happen to stretch them that way? I'm able to bend/stretch them upward/backward a decent amount, though it's not permanent or anything. (I can do something similar with my arm/elbow, too. I've freaked a handful of people out just doing so by mistake in the past. ^^; )
Dragon Brigade
Aug 10 2008, 04:43 PM
QUOTE (Chalryn @ Aug 10 2008, 07:15 PM)

QUOTE (Dragon Brigade @ Aug 10 2008, 07:59 PM)

Osgood Slaughters disease
That's so not the name, lol. Osgood-Schlatter. Close enough, I guess. It's a weird name.
Thanks for reminding me, though, 'cause I've got that as well. Thankfully, it's not nearly as sensitive as it was back in, like, middle school, but it's still a bit sensitive. I'm especially prone to related pains since my knees just happen to be at perfect level for slamming into various tables/desks/et cetera, haha. Starts hurting a bit if my legs are bent for too long, as well. (Even just sitting in a chair for too long or something, without stretching my legs out now and then.) My OS sticks out more in my right knee than my left, but it's present in both. OS sucks, haha. But yeah, it is pretty common these days. (Apparently, it's more common in males than females, particularly around adolescence. Or at least that's what I heard when I originally learned about it.)
D=.
I actually had that, but when I went into Google (to check and see if I even got it right) it said, "don't you mean ...." so I changed it. Man, and I was ratting on Nocinderella for trusting what Google puts, and now I make that same mistake...Again. xD. Oh well. Thanks for pointing that out. =).
Kronik
Aug 10 2008, 05:45 PM
QUOTE (Chalryn @ Aug 10 2008, 05:15 PM)

And Kronik, when you say your fingers bend upward, do you mean naturally, or just that they're able to if you happen to stretch them that way?
Naturally, like that's naturally how they curve. I thought everybody's hand was like that until I went to boot camp and they made me salute. xP
Chalryn
Aug 10 2008, 06:08 PM
QUOTE (Kronik @ Aug 10 2008, 09:45 PM)

QUOTE (Chalryn @ Aug 10 2008, 05:15 PM)

And Kronik, when you say your fingers bend upward, do you mean naturally, or just that they're able to if you happen to stretch them that way?
Naturally, like that's naturally how they curve. I thought everybody's hand was like that until I went to boot camp and they made me salute. xPActually, I think I worded that poorly. Anyway, pretty sure I've got the same thing. Thinking about it now, trying to intentionally make a "flat"/"straight" palm kinda takes an additional effort, hah. I guess what I meant was, like, are your fingers that way when your hand's just in a straight rested state, or just when you try to straighten your fingers (like when saluting, to use your example)?
Kronik
Aug 10 2008, 06:28 PM
In a rested state but whenever I straighten them out they're still somewhat bent. Is that how yours are like? Oh and I can also push my palm to touch my arm but that's only to make it pop.
Chalryn
Aug 10 2008, 07:15 PM
Ah, uh, not sure. Completely rested, my fingers curl a bit, like when about to make a fist. They never band in the opposite direction, though, in any kind of rested state. Just when I try to straighten them for whatever reason. ...Actually, I just tested it, and my left fingers seem to bend back more than my right, if I'm doing it intentionally. Weird... Anyway, I'm not sure how to really describe it any more, or if it's even anything particularly weird, so I'll just post pics when I get home, I guess, along with whatever others I post.
Valince
Aug 10 2008, 07:45 PM
I have a bad case of scoliosis with some damaged discs in the lower spinal column.
Other than that, I am completely healthy.
Apple
Aug 10 2008, 09:02 PM
omg you guys all sound so freaking sickly lols. please be to not dying on us anytime soon.
Ummm, I have poor control of my pinky? Like, if I make the peace sign I have to use my thumb to hold down my pinky. It can't just set down by itself. Also, if I point with two fingers together, my pinky won't fold in with the other fingers, so I have to use my thumb to hold it down.
......that's about it? :s I really don't think I have any form of odd body deformity.
True Rune
Aug 11 2008, 05:19 AM
I have a scar on my forehead, and I don't have a sex drive.
Manc
Aug 11 2008, 07:16 AM
If I move my right arm back and forth (like a punch like movement) my collar-bone "clicks" right by my jugular notch (if i got the right word) if I hold my hand on it i can feel it snap back and forth wehn I move my arm!
spoked with doctors but seems like it's nothing to worry about!
one other thing is, my theeth on my jaw is quite tight (I can hardly get a detal floss between then) so much that one front tooth have turned a bit so the left side is turned in my mouth and the rigth is turned out from my mouth.
have always been there and probably always will be!
Souls
Aug 11 2008, 10:07 AM
Hahah, you guys are messed up! I thought I was bad!
I'm just kidding. I kind of like hearing about these things and learning what they're called and how they affect people.
I actually had neonatal jaundice. If you don't know what it is, and don't feel like looking it up... I was born yellow! It's typically a yellowish tint in the skin, sclera (whites of eyes) and mucous. In neonatal jaundice, I don't think it's fatal or anything but it can cause hearing loss or brain damage- both of which I don't have, luckily! It's fairly common in newborn babies, I'm just not sure why!
I can make both of my big toes do a "thumbs up" with little to no effort required!
When I was little, I had a really hard time walking. I still to this day have to concentrate really hard when I walk to walk without tripping over my feet or wobbling back and forth. When I walk, I point my feet in and I don't know how not to.
Dream of Purity
Aug 11 2008, 11:06 AM
Hyo is gonna get a kick out of this, I have more problems than most people I know... Where to begin.
What is-
-Mild Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Essentially my collagen is weaker, or not entirely developed, which causes my joints to dislocate easily, but I count myself lucky that it's not worse.
-Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Speaks for itself...
-Chronic Actinic Dermatitis, I'm allergic to the sun, my skin turns red, gets itchy, then blisters, that usually happens in about 15-30 minutes; if I stay out any longer, I burn really badly, and I'll get sick to my stomach.
-(Irony) Nyctophobia. I have a really bad fear of the dark, I usually sweat, then panic a little, then scream, then have a full blown panic attack.
-Color blindness, I have blue-green color blindness, same as my mom.
-Paranoia. I have a distinct fear that when people aren't around me, they are plotting my demise... or at least saying really nasty things about me. sadly, I still get those feelings about my closest friends, but most of them know.
-Double jointed to an odd extent, (hyo can vouch for me.) coupled with abnormally long fingers makes an interesting time...
-Arthritis (again, irony) I was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis when I was twelve. I have major joint stiffness, and weakness issues.
-Chronic Bronchitis.
-Asthma... Bronchial asthma.
-Fast metabolism, I currently weigh like 130lbs (just about 59 Kg) and that's after gaining like four pounds in the last two weeks... I was almost down to 115 when I moved. (side note 4lbs=about 2Kg, and 115lbs=about 52 Kg)
-If I don't mention this, a couple of my friends won't let me live it down, I inherited a genetic mutation that causes a vein in my throat that connects to my tonsils, it exits near the bottom of the front of my neck. It essentially just expels mucus that I swallow, as well as blood if I get a bloody nose. (I have no idea what it's called, but most of my aunts have it, and so did my grandmother, she was supposedly the first in our family, so no one knows what it is, or why it happens.) Oh it also swells whenever I catch a cold, and it wraps around the inside of my throat, so it makes it hard to breath every once in a while.
-Another thing I have no idea what its called, but it runs in my family is a degenerative jaw muscle disease. I cant chew gum for very long, or it feels like I've blown up too many balloons.
-Allergy to Laughing gas, I get tunnel vision, and it feels like I've been cut in half, at the waist...
-OCD...I almost forgot.
-I get tremors really often... I think it may be linked to one of my other problems, because mine are unusually violent... (Once again, Hyo can vouch for that, he makes jokes... he's an ass)
what was-
-Rotten teeth, my four front, baby teeth came in and were rotten, I had to have them removed, and that I still remember, the entire process was very traumatic.
-Part of my iris overlapped the pupil, it didn't affect my vision, but it was pretty neat, it went away though.
-one of my teeth sat side-ways, it corrected itself when my molars came in...
-Self-esteem issues, it goes much further than that, but I'm not comfortable saying more right now...
-I used to have a really odd fear of water... I got over it, and now laugh about it..
-Overweight (yet again, irony) at my heaviest, I was 4'10 (147cm) and 196 lbs (89kg) ...
-Pigeon toed... I used to walk with my feet pointed inward, I still do sometimes... but not very often...
That's all I can think of right now, but if I think of more I'll just add them to this post...
yeah, I have problems... I thought it was less, but looking at it in list form... kinda caught me off guard...
Rhadamanthus
Aug 11 2008, 12:08 PM
I have nothing REALLY wrong with me.
I'm allergic to sulfur, which generally only affects certain medications I can take. Thats the only real physical disfigurement I can imagine.
umm...
Astigmatism which means I have to wear glasses...forever.
And in the summertime I generally break out...all over my body. I have to shave my body hair to kind of tone it down a bit, but its an extremely itchy, burning rash that is just everywhere. The only medication I took that ever helped it was a steroid, and I got laughed at by dermatologists when I asked about it.
Supposedly, its common!
I won't even go into mental, but thats not all that prevalent anymore anyhow.
Fetch
Aug 11 2008, 12:27 PM
Well, I have a decent amount of problems. Some I hate, others I don't care about, and some can be wierd I guess.
Stuff I have:
Crappy genes- Well, just to break down what I have/can get, I was told that if I had to fill out a chart of what genetic mess ups and diseases run and pass through our family, I am supposted to check off EVERYTHING except sickle cell. I carry a nice amount of crap too, like my eyesight being bad (not colorblind in anyway thank gods), poor hearing, short, bad teeth, crappy joints (my left knee was defeated by cold water and I have *no* idea what the hell got my right arm messed up), fat (I can easily gain and loose weight as well as hold it, but it seems I have a harder time trying to change my general shape), possable brain tumor (and if I don't have one, then just put down migranes as I get them too often), can easily get skin cancer (and yay for being moved into a friggin turbo desert =D ), and if I don't blame the heat on my mental mess ups here, then most likely it'll be something that ran through my genetic heritage.
Physical mess ups- My main thing is I can't really run or be too active, or my left leg will feel crappy and my knee will give. Sometimes it hurts, other times I can't walk right but it won't hurt at all... *shrugs* My teeth are bad too. Might loose them all by 30-35 or so. They decentigrated when I was little and I needed metal ones, and the ones I have, no matter how much or what kind of tooth paste I had or used, wouldnt' save them changing color or deteriorate.
Mental crap and fears etc.- OK, Dream thinks I'm crazy. We even had a 42 min. conversation of it.
Here is where to download and listen to it if anyone is curious. Rated like, mature for language or something. Besides having my little mental things, I also have turbo bad memory, and a few fears that I hate. I have your standard fear of hights, which got worse since I had a hard time getting up and down a latter recently, and I have two other fears, which might seem kinda wierd to people. One isnt' bad. OK, I have a kind of squicked fear of putting my hand in dishwater, when it's dark and icky, and leaves the slimey, oily feeling... I sometimes get the urge to want to smash a shovel into the sink or something X/ The other fear I have is more serious then that. I have a fear of dark water. Out here, the water is really see through and it's general body mass is a blue or blue green hue (not like on the east side of the country near cities where the waters are almost like chocolate milk-like). But when it's dark out or I look down and see how it just fades to darkness as it's so deep, I just have a strong feeling to get out and stay away from the water. I've seen enough horror movies to where I shouldn't be bothered by it at all, but there's *something* about dark water that cuts into me. Dark water isn't bad though. I can sometimes deal with it. Better then my cousin who is afraid of blue water (she can swim in the river no problem (Pittsburgh, PA), but she is deathly afraid of regular swimming pools with blue bottems and make the water look like it's blue. I'm sure if she came out to Arizona, she'd never want to be near the river or lake at all).
Chalryn
Aug 11 2008, 03:11 PM
Alrighty, home now, so I grabbed some photos. Just click the thumbnails to view the bigger pics.
Hands
I mentioned before that I can curve my hand back. If I'm told to make a straight/flat palm, my fingers will usually curve back a bit by mistake, but this photo just shows how much I can intentionally do it. (Left hand's more flexible for some reason, so I used that one to demonstrate it.)
Actually, I've been told my thumb bends back an odd amount, as well. *shrug* I always thought it was normal. Lol.

You probably can't really see it here, but what I'm doing with my middle finger is basically bending the last knuckle upward, and the knuckle behind it downward. I can't do it too well anymore, but I did it some time ago just out of boredom/curiosity, so I can still kinda do it. It used to occasionally "lock" like that, actually, haha. I'd have to use my other hand to bend it back, or just try harder to fix it on its own. (I doubt it's a very healthy thing to do, heh.)
ScarsThe one on my chest is barely visible to begin with, so I couldn't really get a photo of it.

Might be kinda hard to see, but it's a little pale spot on my bicep. Got it when I was... I dunno. Young, like back in kindergarten, if not earlier. I was trying to reach for the strawberry milk powder mix at the top of the cabinet in the kitchen, and I stepped up a little (on the bottom of the cabinet, not on a shelf), and wound up pulling the whole cabinet over onto me. (I think the cabinet itself stopped on the sink behind me, though.) All sorts of glass dishes and such fell out onto me, and I got a chunk of something in my arm there. ^^; Yeah. I do love my strawberry milk. XD

Again, might be kinda hard to see. Just look for a little pale spot. Anyway, another scar from a stupid situation. Was messing around with a friend, and was running away from him, when I tripped and landed on the corner of a brick. (My
Final Fantasy VIII case got mauled in this accident, too.

) Was a pretty deep gash, but not too big otherwise.
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Y'see, there's the knee, and then there's that extra bump just below it. That would be it.
Freakish FlexibilityActually, I have a few things I can do with my arms, but it's kinda hard to take photos of those by myself. Maybe I'll get my sister or a friend to take them for me sometime. (Probably won't bother.) For now, though, I've just for the leg thing I mentioned earlier.

Okay, so in case you can't see what exactly I'm doing here, I bent my right leg normally, bringing my foot back to touch the back of my thigh. Nothing unusual there, really. After that, I turn my whole leg a bit, so that my foot is more on the side of my thigh, then grab my foot and force it to the front, and place it under my ribcage, where I can then hold it without using my hands.
onyxprop
Aug 11 2008, 03:36 PM
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Nocinderella
Aug 11 2008, 06:24 PM
Alrighty, don't have a massive list but...
~ I have the exact same thing with my hands that Chalryn has.
~ My appendix has been removed.
~ I had my 2 front teeth pulled out. But luckily for me, the 2 teeth on the side of them were perfect replicas of my 2 front teeth (So somehow I was born with 4). With the help of braces they got pulled into the middle but there's a slight gap unfortunately, no one notices it though.
~ Thanks to my mum, no matter how fit I get my upper arms and thighs will always be too round to be slim.
~ I'm allergic to bee stings.
~ I sneeze on average, 4 times a day.
Kronik
Aug 11 2008, 06:38 PM
Char, yeah my hand curves like that. xP Except on my hands my pinkys bend diffrently. On my right, it's like a mini L or ##### up question mark. On my left it's completely straight and solid. I think it's frost bite. Don't have a camera so can't really share.
Demiurge
Aug 11 2008, 08:35 PM
Not a long list, but here are some of my notable problems:
- I have a bit of a Napoleon Complex since I’m 4 feet and 11 inches tall.
- I get frequent anxiety attacks that come and go, especially when I’m in a public place or around a bunch of people.
-Very anti-social
-People who know me can go on forever about my weak temper. It’s actually so bad I’m afraid to get a job, since I know I won’t be able to deal with difficult people on a regular basis.
-Born with flat feet.
-Used to have a bad nail biting habit.
-People used to complain that I talk too much. Now they complain that I hardly talk at all.
-I don’t smile much. I personally don’t see this as a problem, but others do. It's also very unwise for anyone to even DARE to tell me to smile, as I've noted why on the forth dash.
Souls
Aug 12 2008, 04:11 AM
QUOTE (Chalryn @ Aug 11 2008, 07:11 PM)


You probably can't really see it here, but what I'm doing with my middle finger is basically bending the last knuckle upward, and the knuckle behind it downward. I can't do it too well anymore, but I did it some time ago just out of boredom/curiosity, so I can still kinda do it. It used to occasionally "lock" like that, actually, haha. I'd have to use my other hand to bend it back, or just try harder to fix it on its own. (I doubt it's a very healthy thing to do, heh.)
I can do that same exact thing... with all of my fingers! I always thought that other people could do it, but once I asked about it, I found out not a lot of people can! I can also pop my right thumb in and out of it's socket. I do it it when I'm bored. XD
The Evil Dead
Aug 12 2008, 07:49 AM
I guess I have bad eyesight and have to wear glasses.
The rest of you are freaks.
Dragon Brigade
Aug 12 2008, 08:08 AM
QUOTE (The Evil Dead @ Aug 12 2008, 10:49 AM)

I guess I have bad eyesight and have to wear glasses.
Forgot to mention that too. My eyes are horrible at seeing anything that isn't within about a foot in front of me, so...yeah. Glasses have become a necessity for me.
Natsuki
Aug 12 2008, 11:32 AM
QUOTE (Chalryn @ Aug 11 2008, 11:11 PM)

Alrighty, home now, so I grabbed some photos. Just click the thumbnails to view the bigger pics.
Hands
I mentioned before that I can curve my hand back. If I'm told to make a straight/flat palm, my fingers will usually curve back a bit by mistake, but this photo just shows how much I can intentionally do it. (Left hand's more flexible for some reason, so I used that one to demonstrate it.)
Actually, I've been told my thumb bends back an odd amount, as well. *shrug* I always thought it was normal. Lol.

You probably can't really see it here, but what I'm doing with my middle finger is basically bending the last knuckle upward, and the knuckle behind it downward. I can't do it too well anymore, but I did it some time ago just out of boredom/curiosity, so I can still kinda do it. It used to occasionally "lock" like that, actually, haha. I'd have to use my other hand to bend it back, or just try harder to fix it on its own. (I doubt it's a very healthy thing to do, heh.)
Freakish FlexibilityActually, I have a few things I can do with my arms, but it's kinda hard to take photos of those by myself. Maybe I'll get my sister or a friend to take them for me sometime. (Probably won't bother.) For now, though, I've just for the leg thing I mentioned earlier.

Okay, so in case you can't see what exactly I'm doing here, I bent my right leg normally, bringing my foot back to touch the back of my thigh. Nothing unusual there, really. After that, I turn my whole leg a bit, so that my foot is more on the side of my thigh, then grab my foot and force it to the front, and place it under my ribcage, where I can then hold it without using my hands.
All of those things that you can do there just means you're
double jointed. My friend can do pretty all the things you've just mentioned, it really is awesome when he shows people and it's even more funny when they freak out over it.
The most interesting one he did was when he held his had flat out on the table and made it move 360 dgrees around his wrist. When he let the pressure off his hand would just spin back round aswell.
Kronik
Aug 12 2008, 02:06 PM
I thought that was a magic trick. >_> Oh yeah, I'll totally throw my eyes into the pile. My eyesight is terrible but I don't have money for glasses and my mom doesn't want to buy me anything anymore these days. Dx
Chalryn
Aug 12 2008, 03:25 PM
QUOTE (Natsuki @ Aug 12 2008, 03:32 PM)

All of those things that you can do there just means you're double jointed.
As I said before, "double-jointed" isn't really... real. >.< Or, at least, that's not the proper term for it. (Wikipedia says "Hypermobility.") But yeah, I'm just being picky here, lol. More or less, yeah, that's what it is.
(By the way, why the "just means you're..."? It still fits in here as an anomaly, doesn't it? o.o; )
Dream of Purity
Aug 12 2008, 11:35 PM
I love freaking people out... My double jointed-ness ... comes as a side effect of not having good collagen, I essentially have all the same symptoms, but to varying degrees... One thing that used to freak people out, is when I place my thumb below the knuckle of my index finger, one girl thought I had broken it... When I feel particularly mean, I can lay my palms flat on the ground, without bending my knees, (although they do have a tendency to bend the opposite direction a little) and when the person can't, I call them fat... I know it's mean, but it's fun when someone's being an ass....
Chalryn
Aug 13 2008, 01:18 AM
Something else perhaps worth mentioning:
This seems to have only started occurring over the past couple years or so, but very frequently, when I eat (and sometimes, drink) something, I get a runny nose. Not to the point that I have to blow it, but just enough to need to wipe it once or twice. I know this is common when you have something warm, but it doesn't even have to be warm for me. It could be ramen (hot/warm), or it could be ice cream (cold, obviously) -- it happens either way, and with temperatures in-between. I have no idea what the deal is with it, though a friend or two say they share the problem, and my great grandmother says she has the same thing.
Valince
Aug 13 2008, 10:34 AM
QUOTE (Apple @ Aug 11 2008, 01:02 AM)

omg you guys all sound so freaking sickly lols. please be to not dying on us anytime soon.
I don't know..those walls have been closing in on me lately..
Seluna
Aug 13 2008, 02:31 PM
QUOTE (Souls @ Aug 12 2008, 02:07 AM)

I actually had neonatal jaundice. If you don't know what it is, and don't feel like looking it up... I was born yellow! It's typically a yellowish tint in the skin, sclera (whites of eyes) and mucous. In neonatal jaundice, I don't think it's fatal or anything but it can cause hearing loss or brain damage- both of which I don't have, luckily! It's fairly common in newborn babies, I'm just not sure why!
I had this too, and required a blood transfusion for it. D: I heard from my father that it could get pretty bad, and we are lucky.
The most obvious problem with me now is I have an open bite problem (where my teeth won't be able to bite normally) and am wearing braces to correct it (lost two teeth in the process ;_; ). My front teeth used to not be able to touch. It's bad enough that if I eat burgers, the meat patty stays more or less intact except with a very slight bite mark. But now my front teeth are touching fine. ^^ Although I still have to wear my braces for two or more years. T-T
I used to have very painful cramps during menstruation, but it turned out to be influenced by my eating/drinking habits. After avoiding soft drinks and cold things, it got a lot better.
I have a bad sense of balance and I bang into things or drop things quite frequently. I have two old scars on my left knee and one right from falling off my bike when I was young or scrapping them when I fall on rough ground. There's another scar on my left leg (uh smaller thigh area?) when I slipped on the steps of a bus and banged into the edge of the steps.
I think that's about it.
Verner
Aug 13 2008, 11:06 PM
I'm clumsy as all hell. I run into things, fall up stairs, and am generally not very well coordinated. I'm told this is because I grew too quickly (by 13, I was six feet tall). It's not nearly as bad as it used to be, but sometimes I continue to wonder just how the hell I run into so much crap.
I have heterochromia, my eyes are blue and gray (so it's a bit more difficult to notice). At the same time though, my eyes can change into green. I'm not sure if the latter is common or not.
My fingernails grow quickly, I have to cut them at least once a week. Sometimes twice.
I've died once. I choked on blood a couple seconds after I was born.
That's all I can think of for the moment. Everyone else seems to be much more diverse, lol.
AbYsS
Aug 15 2008, 11:36 AM
I had a mirror fall on me when I was 1 and cut my bottom lip right in half, thus the scar I have. Also have a Crescent moon like scar on the left side of my forehead up in the hair line. LOL IM SAILOR MOON. Not.
Uhm, Thats about all I have weird with me besides my hands. my fingers curve to the sides, and they are small, and chubby..manhands..D:
Flame
Aug 16 2008, 01:35 PM
I'll die if I drink alcohol...
I win...
and subsequently lose...
I have terrible balance like a few people here. Also, any small scratches I get look really bad for a little while... which isn't good because people accuse me of self-harming >.< Luckily the next day it's gone like normal. Not something wrong with me, but I have a high pain threshold to the point where I didn't notice appendicitis and kept going to college as normal. It's only bad because it wasn't until after my appendix blew (and a day or so after that) when I actually had them removed after almost dying. Now I'm paranoid of something similar happening again and me not noticing the warning signals.
Alazuli
Aug 16 2008, 10:04 PM
QUOTE (Souls @ Aug 10 2008, 12:20 AM)

-I'm double jointed in all my fingers and toes except for my right thumb!
-I have really bad circulation.
Twinsies. xP
My mom is totally enthralled and grossed out by my fingers that she is constantly playing with them if she gets a hold of one of them.
and the circulation bit makes my hands super ice-cold regardless of the weather.
-I have a mild case of splint shins from my sophomore year when I had two P.E. classes, track, and still walked home, but wore horrible skater shoes. wtf self?
-Without my glasses/contact lenses on, I have 20/200 eyesight (legally blind).
Also on the bandwagon for no balance. Also includes a weak ankle, which sucks when I wear heels because sometimes it'll give out completely. And I fall.
Theferrell
Aug 16 2008, 10:51 PM
Well, for me I have:
ADHD (attention-defficit-hyperactive-disorder)
Tendonitis in my right bicep and top of my right foot
TDS (too dang skinny) disorder so it's hard for me to kneel down and sit down without my bones hurting

(that was a joke...)
That's about it for me...
Soul Reaver
Aug 18 2008, 01:17 AM
I get headaches based on shifts between highs and lows in the weather, I'm a walking weatherman.
I scar easily on my skin, I have at least one on each knuckle from sports etc.
I have crazy blood vessels in my eyes, to the point where my optometrist used them in a medical journal.
I have a mental disorder that makes it extremely easy to detach myself from people and situations to the point where I can completely disregard a person or persons.
Other than that I'm pretty perfect.
Raincoat
Aug 18 2008, 08:05 PM
All my stuff is mental, pretty much, haha.
Other than that, I'm short, I have small hands (probably goes hand in hand with me being small), my skin is always soft (everybody has to comment on it, and no, I do not use lotion, I hate it. Makes me feel greasy.) I cannot do that growl/purr thing most people can do with their throat or tongue (Used to until the tonsils came out) I kinda have a lisp (some people say I have an odd accent, sometimes, haha) Ummm... yeah.
Old knee injury flares up all the time. When I was 8 or 9 I fell right onto a rusty nail that went all the way through my knee. I then somehow proceeded to walk up a flight of stairs to find my mom =P
There is probably more, but I cannot think of it right now.
Va1idus
Aug 18 2008, 08:52 PM
i have mandingo-itus
Noir
Aug 18 2008, 08:58 PM
I ##### gold bricks.
Hugo
Aug 19 2008, 12:28 AM
It's not particularly noticeable, but my eyes don't exactly line up due to a four wheeler accident I was in when racing on four wheelers without a helmet. My head hit the cement hard and I now am slightly dislexic, one eye droops a bit, and I have a dent in the back of my skull.
I'm also allergic to metal (gold included) so I can't wear necklaces or watchs where metal would contact my skin or I break out in a rash.
It used to be bad when I was a kid, but not so much now. I am pidgeon toed, it's something where your feet point inward when you walk.
My fingers also have an upward curve like Kronik's, and I am double-jointed in the thumbs.
I have two small pock marks on my cheek thanks to the chicken pox. I cut on my arm from when a guy pulled a knife on me.
My teeth grew in with weak enamel, I forget the condition's name, but thanks to it, I have bad teeth despite taking fairly good care of them.
And finally, cocaine (which I no longer do, nor have done since I was 19) had a definite lasting effect on me as I'm much more outgoing than I used to be, however I have noticed that I become angry much easier. I used to have a much more level head, but at the same time it seemed I was almost devoid of emotion. Coke brought me out of that shell, for better or for worse
Sarc Griffinheart
Aug 21 2008, 07:15 PM
Well, I'm pretty sane when it comes to mental issues; but I have a very severe case of insomnia - no matter how hard I try, I honestly get no more than five or six hours sleep a night. I've tried everything - including sleeping tablets, meditation, hypnosis...heck, the doctors ended up classing it as 'severe insomnia' and said they couldn't do much short of knocking me out before I slept each night. Heh. It's not too bad though, my body runs fine on that much sleep.
I've got a semi-long scar on my stomach from where I had an emergency operation last May to remove my appendix. It just started hurting like hell one day, so I went the doctors and...got rushed into hospital. Apparently it was close to bursting, and I was in hospital for five days. Ick.
I've also broke my wrist whilst in a hospital. I was visiting my aunt, and...well a beautiful nurse came to the elevator, so I held my arm out to hold the door open...but it closed on my wrist. Ironically, that nurse worked on the broken bone department. Ah, fate has a nice sense of humour...
I've also been stabbed in the left shoulder. Ugh. Idiot tried to mug a friend of mine at a cash point, I stepped in and...he pulled a knife. Luckily it wasn't a deep wound, and me and my friend got away.
I get migraines in hot weather, and suffer from a pollen allergy.
Raincoat
Aug 21 2008, 08:14 PM
Ah, I forgot. My endorphins don't work correctly. They don't kick in when they are supposed to. So if I get hurt, I suffer.