10 Normal Things That Are Horrifying To A Congested Person

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1. Steak

The chewiness of steak makes it potentially lethal. The only way to eat it is to cut it into slivers and hope you finish chewing before your brain is starved of oxygen.

2. PB&J

Peanut butter transforms your mouth into a sealed chamber of despair. With each bite you risk drowning in your own face.

3. Waking Up Next to Someone

Morning breath is impossible to hide. Pillow talk? Yeah, okay. If you want to turn your boo-thang into a target for dragon air.

4. Thanksgiving

God forbid you're congested on the best holiday of the year. Happy Thanksgiving, everything tastes like the mashed potatoes.

5. Being Chapstick-less

Mouth-breathing causes your lips to dry out in .0005 seconds. Going to bed unchapsticked is asking to wake up with lips made of pain.

6. Kissing

Try ripping away from a make out sesh to inhale like you've just been underwater. See if someone wants to keep kissing you. Just see.

7. Carrots

This goes for all loud foods. Gum, chips, crunchy veggies. Your only option is to eat them alone in a windowless room, lest your relationships be forever ruined.

8. Ice Cream

Ice cream becomes the most unexciting thing in the world. Every flavor tastes like cold nothingness. The only difference between toppings is "crunchy" or "squishy."

9. Singing

Your voice suddenly sounds much louder to you. Which means all those notes you sing are louder. Even the wrong ones. You question your pop star fantasy career. Depression ensues.

10. Meeting New People

If it weren't tacky to wear a "I don't normally sound/look/act this gross" t-shirt, you'd do it. But it is tacky. So instead you say, "Nice to meet you, I don't normally sound/look/act this gross." It's cringe inducing.