What's a sensation that you're unsure if other people experience?

1. Sometimes when I'm breathing, as I often do, I get this sharp feeling in my chest that I can only describe as feeling like something gets caught in my chest. Usually a few painful deep breaths will make it go away. I've told my doctors and they say they've never heard of anything like that before
   — Taiwaly


2. Sometimes I get a feeling in the back of my neck accompanied by a weird sound...kinda like the sound of bubbles in sparkling water. It doesn't really bother me since it lasts less than a second but I wish I could describe what it actually sounds like.
   — nverminfdd


3. Sharp stinging pain in my head... like an electrical zap to a particular part of the brain. I’ve googled it obviously, and apparently it has to do with stress and anxiety.
   — hennebed






4. This thread is full of people having mysterious things finally explained to them so I’m gonna give it a shot! My eyelashes hurt. Specifically the follicles. It’s the same kind of pain like when you have a loose tooth, and it actually does seem to happen when the eyelash is “loose” - like, it’s twisted around and pointing the wrong way. I have yet to meet anyone else who experiences this. My doctor’s only suggestion was to start washing my eyes daily with baby shampoo and it’s reduced it substantially but not completely. It sucks.
   — TheNakedZebra


5. This thumping feeling I get in my lady parts whenever I’m angry or I’m annoyed by something or with someone. It’s not that I’m aroused. It’s sort of like when people get super mad and that one vein in their neck starts pulsating? Yea, that, but in my lady parts. Edit: thank you all for reassuring me that I’m not the only weirdo!! My faith in my humanity is fully restored!
   — Labyrinthine02


6. It's more of a lack of sensation than anything else I guess, but maybe every few months I get this feeling that everything is hollow and far away, like anything I want to do is meaningless, anything I hear people say sounds like an echo, and even the thoughts in my head sound emotionless and distant. It usually passes after five minutes, but I've stopped asking my friends whether they know that feeling because of the looks I get.
   — teyxen






7. The feeling of deep sadness after waking up from an evening nap. Not any other times. Only in the evenings.
   — rawrr9000


8. I’m not quite sure how to describe it but every once in a while I’ll get what I think is a tiny dose of adrenaline. I think I can make it happen at will but don’t ask me how. It’s usually when I’m transitioning from doing one thing to another. It’s like a flash of energy but would be imperceptible to anyone else? I realize that makes no sense, but there you go.
   — Audreylately


9. Sometimes I get sudden weird feelings of "I absolutely cannot be here in this place, this place is wrong." it's this intense sensation/thought that happens randomly. No, there's no apparent danger, just a weird feeling/sensation of absolute "I can't be here, this is wrong, I can't be here, I need to not be here.". I don't have intense social anxiety or fear of public places or anything like that. It's happened since I was little. Not sure what triggers it and it goes away after a few minutes.
   — Nambi007






10. Sometimes when I’m lying down I feel as though my whole body is swinging from side to side really quickly. When I’m tired I can kind of control it but no one ever knows what I’m talking about.
    — nudgedout


11. A high pitched sound in my ears. But it only happens when it's completely quiet. I've heard it could be tinnitus, but it's happened for as long as I can remember (so it's happened since I was 7, if not younger) and I hadn't listened to any super loud music, like a rap concert, until 2015... Can tinnitus be just something you have without hearing something super loud?
    — Fredyoda


12. Not a sensation, but something I see. My eyesight isn’t very good and when I’m not wearing my glasses I can see like.. static. Just millions of tiny little dots everywhere. It’s not like it blinds me from seeing what’s in front of me; it’s just..there. It’s like I’m seeing all the little molecules that make up the air, walls, tv, couch, etc. static is the only thing I can describe it as.
    — asylum117






13. By concentrating on the area just behind my forehead I can get a wave of sensation pulsating from that spot backwards through my head and to the base of my neck. The longer I concentrate the more intense it can get. I know one other person who has described the same thing. I'd love to hear of others with this and if they have explored it much. Also if I shine really bright lights straight onto my closed eyelids I feel a little bit of inexplicable joy and clarity. Edit: Not ear rumble/tensor tympani. I have no auditory sensations with it and the sensation emanates particularly from my forehead. Pretty sure not ASMR based on descriptions of it and the fact that there is nothing else that causes this sensation to occur for me. Also not frisson because, well, I can do that voluntary too and I know the difference. I'd like to construct a survey for all you who think we are having the same sensations. It would probably consist of some basic demographic questions, yes/no, and open ended self reports. I'd be happy to make public any interesting results. PM me if interested.
    — NoOneSelf