yes, yes, you are very kind, I am aware of all of that though.

I was pointing out 'healing' to point out why I was blurry. The bug I'm reporting is the changing based on direction.

The sun may have had something to do with it. I have since healed and died on that character so I can't confirm that.

partial confirmation:

Got "funny taste" and "I feel sick" messages
saw blood loss in saturation
did not get any [Sick] status effect in inventory screen, only blood loss.

Found some charcol tabs and resolved the blood loss with saline.

summary:
ate berries, got sick, no [Sick] message, made myself better.