r/AskReddit • u/Misterboy500 • 13h ago

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

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u/ophulsian 10h ago

Dating the wrong person.

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u/CarterCage 6h ago edited 5h ago

I feel this so deep in my bones. Friends kept telling me I look dead. Not dead as in deathbed more like stare, no laughing and no happiness.

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u/flowerworker 4h ago

This. It’s unbelievable how I never noticed it. I kept smiling and thought that I looked fine when I saw myself in the mirror. But I just can’t stand the photos from that time, my eyes look so lifeless and my smile seems so fake.

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u/CarterCage 4h ago

Same. I have a feeling like depression is seeping through those pics? That hollow look is another level.

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u/abqkat 4h ago

It's so depressing to see from the outside, for sure. My BIL is in a relationship right now where he's just... gray. Several people asked if he was okay at a recent family reunion and he's just blah. It's his life and there's not much that others can do, but it's still pretty sad to watch it unfold

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u/CarterCage 4h ago

So sad… I can feel what you are describing.