Stress-not new to anyone, right?  We all have stressors, some we don’t even realize until…well until our body does and lets us know.  One of those odd ways we suddenly realize we are feeling some stress is the dreaded EYE TWITCH! A friend mentioned it today and so this post was born.

You know, its not bad enough to be feeling like every day is a conglomerate of poop in lit paper bags you are stomping out; no, then your body decides to go haywire.  The eye twitch…it comes when you least expect it, and its relentless!  As you sit talking to someone you suddenly feel as though your eyelid is frantically attempting to remove itself from the situation.

My theory? It’s all that stress looking for a way out.  It suddenly stumbles upon this opening we like to refer to as the eye socket.  Suddenly stress (we’ll refer to it as the twitchy witch going forward, TW for short) isn’t so sure it wants to go out “there”.  So TW becomes less like a rabbit running from a predator, and more like a dog who can’t decide if it wants in or out. Hence, the frantic twitching begins; and JUST when you think its about to end and no one can tell that TW , is about to escape and leave your eyes to rest, the true fun begins.  Now TW isn’t just the in and out dog whose tail is wagging and slapping the screen door violently, it’s now painfully evident that TW has taken your eyelid hostage.  There is now an imaginary toothpick holding your eyelid open as it violently struggles to evict TW …but he JUST WON’T GO!

During this life and death battle between TW and your eye socket, you are certain the world has been watching this violent struggle and pondering if you have an involuntary spasm.  You silently retreat to a dark spot or uninhabited area, all while wondering what alien life form has just seized hold of your body.

Our bodies are amazing, complex structures.  Modern science and medicine have evolved light years in the last few decades. I’m sure there must be some studies on good ole TW out there? Anyone care to share?