# Gently pressing the eyelid margin of the upper eyelid platform of an eye against the pupil of an eye **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gently-pressing-the-eyelid-margin-of-the-upper-eyelid-platform-of-an-eye-against-the-pupil-of-an-eye/641725 "2012-11-21T15:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gently-pressing-the-eyelid-margin-of-the-upper-eyelid-platform-of-an-eye-against-the-pupil-of-an-eye/641725/1 "2012-11-21T15:41:07Z")
😃 First off, excuse me for the title. I thought for a long time to figure out how I could explain my question in the clearest way, then I decided do come up with that. ☹ Secondly, I am rather serious about that question. I was unsure about where I would create this thread. Since I am serious, I decided not to create it in MPSIMS. If this is not proper place for this thread, of a surety it can be moved to another section. Sorry mods ☹ OK. So, I get pleasure from _gently_ pressing the eyelid margin of the upper eyelid platform of one of my eye against the pupil of of my eye. It feels like I massage my eyes. It is not like a sexual excitement. Very similar to the feeling which you may get from a massage. I like the feeling which comes from the pupil (I am not sure about how you call it), not the eyelid margin. I had a friend who’d enjoy tickling himself. More like gently moving his fingers around his body. Perhaps, this is a psychological disorder? (So is mine, perhaps) - Is this a common thing? - Am I alone to do that? And, to feel the “relaxing” pleasure? - Is there a scientific or “fancy” term for this thing? Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gently-pressing-the-eyelid-margin-of-the-upper-eyelid-platform-of-an-eye-against-the-pupil-of-an-eye/641725/2 "2012-11-22T01:50:30Z")
Feels really weird to me. As in, makes me shudder weird. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gently-pressing-the-eyelid-margin-of-the-upper-eyelid-platform-of-an-eye-against-the-pupil-of-an-eye/641725/3 "2012-11-22T01:51:44Z")
> [@taskmgr.exe](#): > > Is this a common thing? > > - Am I alone to do that? And, to feel the “relaxing” pleasure? > - Is there a scientific or “fancy” term for this thing? I’ve worked with a lot of computer programmers and it’s common among them but I’ve not seen anyone else who was into it. So it’s a nerd thing. I think it has something to do with the time spent staring at monitors in a semi-dark environment and the resultant eyestrain. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gently-pressing-the-eyelid-margin-of-the-upper-eyelid-platform-of-an-eye-against-the-pupil-of-an-eye/641725/4 "2012-11-22T07:01:34Z")
I’ve never done that before, but I tried it just now and yeah, it does feel kind of nice. Bit like a massage, as you say. I think the bit of the eye you’ve been pressing on (the bulgy bit in the middle) is the cornea. The pupil and iris are behind it.