I'm circumcised (not embarrassing in the US, at least), but only am because of an injury I got my member caught in my pants zipper when I was 13, ignored it until it got infected, and my mother refused to believe that there had ever been an zipper accident and that I just wasn't "responsible enough" to clean myself down there.
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FWIW some stranger on the internet believes you. That sounds incredibly painful.
My friends ex husband had to get circumcised when he was 18, because he didn't clean underneath his foreskin 🤢🤮
Apparently my accident wasn't as bad, but I cut off these FUBU jeans around that same age, wore them to go swimming. Went to take a piss at one point and the caught my foreskin in the zipper. Not badly, luckily, so didn't need medical attention nor got permanent injuries.
But the sound that I let out was one of those "echoes comically far and birds in the trees take off" yells.
I have essential tremor. When I play guitar in front of people my hands shake uncontrollably. It's uncomfortable.
Tell the audience you're just really serious about tremolo.
If I could tempo-sync my tremor it would be my gimmick lol
You might get auto-tremolo playing a theremin.
(Oddly, I web searched 'tremelo' being unsure if I spelled tremolo right, and it turns out Tremelo is a device for reducing essential tremor.)
Haha! Fortunately I haven't got it that bad. It's only apparent when my muscles are engaged. When I'm relaxed, there's no issue.
Beta blockers might help.
Might, yeah. I don't wanna take unnecessary drugs just because I'm a bit embarrassed. I can play pretty well in a comfortable environment. Live gigs will never happen though.
Beta blockers are pretty mild as far as prescription drugs go. They entirely knock out my wife's tremor and the only side effect she feels is being a little more chill.
Walking. I have a severe lung condition, so walking with people is really embarrassing still. I either have to explain that I'm slow or I am a panting, sweaty mess.
I’m skinny but it’s because of IBS
SAME
What's your secret?!?!?!
I can eat 5 things 😉.... without debilitating shits
Nearly any form of positive recognition or feedback in public where a third party is meant to see. It's just one of the many wonderful things that is super fucking wrong with me, but, no matter how sincere it really is, it always feels condescending to me, and I have to hide my annoyance at it while acting appreciative.
Buying pants. My thick thighs make most pants not fit well. It's annoying and was more embarrassing back in HS. My GF at the time really liked to shop and shop with me. I had to shoot down her plans a lot.
I hated wearing corduroy as a child. The zip-zip sound while running or walking was an embarrassment.
I'm glad that people's bodies are more accepted now. I'm glad to see more kids who are accepting and promoting body positivity.
That just wasn't my experience.
Scopaphobia, if people comment on my appearance or actions at all it makes me incredibly embarassed, self aware, and uncomfortable.
Anything involving ice skating. I absolutely cannot do it, I instantly freeze up and people think it's funny to push me around and use me as a human hockey puck...
instantly freeze up
You become frozen out in the cold that fast?
No, but that'd be hilariously cartoonish! I get so scared of losing my balance I just...well, freeze and use 100% of my mental energy concentrating on not slipping and falling on my butt! 😂
My sense of direction and route memory are complete dogshit, and always have been. When GPS became commonplace it was a godsend for me. But some people are still assholes about it and give grief for using GPS for 95% of my driving. Especially older people.