[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

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I took up flipping a pen in my fingers.         Robert h
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Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:07:23 am
To: <gwunder at earthlink.net>, "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
From: "nikki Wunderlich" <nikki0222 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

My family smacks my hands hard when I pick, so I'm learning other ways to
keep my hands busy even when I'm just relaxing so I don't have to deal with
my family smacking my hands.  

Nikki
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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gary Wunder
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:28 PM
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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

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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
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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.
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From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler65 at windstream.net>
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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.
>
>
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> 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
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> 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