[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

Thu Apr 28 00:31:49 UTC 2011

I like to flip a pen around or play with small trinkets.  And I am a 40 
year old dude.

On 4/27/2011 1:29 PM, nikki Wunderlich wrote:
> I've tried to learn how to knit and chrochet but I just can't get the hang
> of it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Hyde, David W. (ESC)
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:42 AM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
> Take up knitting. That way you can get even with them by giving them
> scarves, afghans, mittens and all those other knitty things.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of nikki Wunderlich
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:06 AM
> To: gwunder at earthlink.net; 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> 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
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> 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 member present they tell me to quit. I don't know why
>>> it's stress-relieving, but it is. I hope that's not considered
>>> destructive, although I could definitely see merit in someone thinking
>>> it is. I too wish I could stop, but I guess like all things it just
>>> takes
> time.
>>> Also, I do not have prosthetics so I think it's more of a trait
>>> related to blindness in general, particularly congenital blindness.
>>>
>>> On 4/24/11, Chris Nusbaum<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Hi, Chassity.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the kind words! I think I'll enjoy this list! Thanks
>>>> again!
>>>>
>>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>>
>>>> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
>>>>
>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Chasity Jackson"<chasityvanda at charter.net
>>>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List"<blindtlk at nfbnet.org Date sent: Sun,
>>>> 24 Apr 2011 18:11:23 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>>>>
>>>> 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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