[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

Wed Apr 27 05:35:48 UTC 2011

I too had the habit when I was small. Very occasionally, I still find myself 
doing it, but not in public, which means I must have control. I don't really 
understand the gratification. I have never seen. Some say it simulates some 
part of vision, but I don't think that is true. My family, especially my mom 
really worked hard to get me to stop and the things she did worked and I am 
glad she helped me realize it was a very unbecoming habit. I do not engage 
in rocking. The snapping my fingers thing for echolocation, I have done 
that. I don't see what the difference is in doing that and listening to your 
cane as it taps the ground for sound cues. Interesting that so many of us 
have remnants of this habit.

Sherri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

>I didn't like it at the time, but I do not feel resentful. I am glad there
> is one less thing to set me apart from others and that the things that do
> either have a good reason or can't be avoided. I do not mean to be crude,
> but I received similar scolding's as a four-year-old child for touching or
> scratching in places that are socially unacceptable, and I appreciate 
> these
> corrections, punishments, or behavior modifications as well. Constructive
> criticism sometimes hurts, but if it is really constructive, I think the
> criticism has value.
>
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Roberthansen1970 at gmail.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:22 PM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
> Its amazing how people can use abuse to correct this behavior. It creates
> resentmrnt in people.
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:29:29 pm
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
> My family hated the habbit and when I would do it, they'd hit my elbow. 
> This
> soon set the gratification into a competition with pain and disapproval, 
> and
> the pain won out.
>
> I think some habits are hard to break, but there is an attitude we all 
> share
> from time to time that this or that behavior is such a part of us that we
> aren't interested in changing it. I have heard rocking acknowledged as a
> perfectly fine thing to do--it is what and who I am folks have said. I 
> guess
> we all draw the line in different places. I occasionally snap my fingers 
> for
> an echo location clue, while I know others who think this is not at all
> cool.
>
> We may cover some of this in the Monitor.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Chasity Jackson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:32 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
> My close friend Terry who lives with me, is 59 and used to do it all the
> time...So much so that his left eye looks all sunken in...I often touch 
> that
> area, just because it seems so peculiar to me...It's like a big hole there
> and the other eyeball is normal...I often joke with him that the hole is 
> so
> deep that we could use it as a storage area for a few things instead of
> putting them in my purse. Now that is definitely an exaggeration. LOL. But
> he knows what I mean and it's always been a joke between us.
>
> I myself have never done the eye poking thing...I've even gone through the
> motions of what other people say they do, just because I was curious if 
> they
> just leaned on their hand and it felt comfortable or whatever the case may
> be...And it just feels annoying to me. I don't even like the feeling of 
> it,
> but I guess if it is something that you were born doing and you've done 
> all
> your life, it probably feels natural and you don't even know you're doing
> it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler65 at windstream.net>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
>
>>I catch myself doing it, when alone, and I am sitting at at my computer
>>desk. I just lean on my hand and do it. Not even sure why.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of David Andrews
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:51 AM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>>
>> I am 57, and I find myself doing it when I am stressed also.  It is an
>> unconscious habit.  I have broken it mostly -- but not 100 percent.
>>
>> Maybe that is the best we can hope for!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 06:43 PM 4/24/2011, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>I'm 21, and I still have this problem from time to time. I've gotten
>>>it under control enough that I don't do it in public at all anymore,
>>>but I notice I do it most when I am stressed or tired. As I said, I
>>>almost always do it when I'm alone now, but if I slip up and do it
>>>with a family
>
>
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