I will be the first to admit I have an awesome gag reflex. By awesome, of course, I mean it really sucks. A lot of stuff makes me gag. I’m not talking about the common stuff such as the smell of animal feces, dehydration, the after-taste of chocolate (that might just be me…), or rotten garbage.
No, I’m a giant freak of nature who gags with the most RANDOM stuff you can imagine. Here is a list of my top 10 random things that make me gag that will seriously make you wonder what is wrong with me.
- Cotton Balls
- The smell of metallic objects
- Being hungry
- The texture of wood (especially our wooden cutting boards)
- Catching my nail in something or something getting under my nail
- Cleaning my ears (even without cotton balls this happens)
- Olives and mushrooms
- Cinnamon rolls
- Apple juice or apple sauce
- Bleach
I’m sure some of these are psychological but it doesn’t detract from the fact that it really sucks to want to gag when I pick up the cutting board. I know the cinnamon rolls stems from my childhood, smelling them baking with the smell of bleach as my parents cleaned the kitchen (which, as you see, accounts for bleach as number 10 on the list). I’m am pretty sure if you looked at me funny I’d gag and then proceed to bruise (since I bruise really easily too).
This gag reflex is, unfortunately, a family trait though most of my family members have outgrown it. I will never forget when I was a nanny and fed my nephew a texture that did not agree with his high tastes causing him to projectile vomit Exorcist style.
Which, in turn, made me gag.
Internet: is there any weird things that make you gag? Or am I alone in this one…
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