[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

[Chasity Jackson]

Hi Chris,

Welcome to the list. I must say that your email was very impressive. You are 
very articulate and well spoken for someone your age. I enjoyed what you had 
to say.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; 
<kelbycarlson at usfamily.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking


> Hi, Kelby and list.
>
> First of all, I'm a new member of the list (just signed up yesterday) so I 
> guess I should introduce myself.  I'm Chris Nusbaum, and I'm a totally 
> blind seventh grade student here in Maryland.  I'm also an active NFB 
> member and attend many state conventions as well as some of the programs 
> they sponsor, most recently being the Leadership and Advocacy in 
> Washington (LAW) program, which I had a great time at! Now to Kelby's 
> question about eye poking, just so I know, do you have prostetic eyes? If 
> so, I do as well, and sometimes I'm guilty of the same habit.  Usually my 
> eyes are uncomfortable because they get goops on my eyes (aka what sighted 
> people call "sleep" that they get in their eyes in the morning.) If you 
> do, keep some kind of eye ointment with you all the time and when you get 
> goopies and your eyes start to feel uncomfortable, try putting it on your 
> eyes and rubbing it in.  They should feel better then and you won't have 
> to worry about the poking thing.  However, if you don't have prostetics, 
> I'm not sure.  In that case, hopefully someone else on the list will be 
> able to help.  Hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions!
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson at usfamily.net
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:39:31 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
> Dear List,
>
> I have a really rather embarrassing problem that I am loath to
> admit to others who are blind.  But it's getting a bit worse and
> I've never seemed to be able to totally get rid of it.  Since I
> was a very small child, I've had the habbit of eye pressing or
> eye poking (apparently those with Leybers tend to have this
> sometimes, from what I know.) I am a senior in high school now
> and have been able to get rid of the habbit for extended periods
> of time, but it's always come back.  This year (I think somewhat
> due to stress) it is back again.  It seems like my eyes want some
> sort of stimulation, and feel kind of dry/uncomfortable a lot of
> the time.  It doesn't look great and I can usually stop myself in
> public.  Have any of you dealt with this problem? I feel sort of
> ashamed of it, so any help from any of you on how to stop/how to
> maybe make my eyes feel less uncomfortable would be sincerely
> apprreciated.
>
> I hope you are all having a happy Easter (assuming you celebrate
> it of course.)
>
>
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