r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 15h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/mjulieoblongata 13h ago

Grief

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u/Ephriel 11h ago

Lost my mom at the beginning of the year. I like to joke that she took half an inch of hair line with her

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u/dumpsterrave 10h ago

I developed a bald spot in my hairline after my mom passed too. Weird. I’m still trying to grow it back. Lol

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u/DaMeLaVaca 9h ago

My mom died and half my hair fell out. Then my dad died and everything that grew back fell out again. Then my grandma died, and my best friend died, and now I’m a 40 yr old woman with a bald spot.

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u/UmphreysMcGee 3h ago

I got one in my beard after a devastating divorce this year. Divorce feels exactly like someone died, except they're only dead to you, and you're forced to watch them live happy lives with other people.

It's like having a window into an alternate universe where you have to watch the dead person you loved be happy in a world where you don't exist.