# I want to stab my eyeball out of my face

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 23, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534 "2013-09-23T19:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534/21 "2013-09-26T00:49:29Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> Aaaaahhhhhahahahahahahahaha. Well, a good laugh always helps, right?
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> I’ll let my PhD advisor and my autistic three-year-old and my infant know that they all need to back off a bit.

Fair enough. Your body is telling you that it can’t cope with the stress you’re putting it through. Hopefully it’s just temporary. Kids grow up eventually and you’ll get your degree.

In the meantime, meditation has been a helpful way for me to reduce my stress level. Or you could try yoga, or drop your kid off with a babysitter for a date night every week. Don’t ignore what your body is telling you, though.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534/22 "2013-09-26T02:51:07Z")

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That came off as snarkier than I intended. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534/23 "2013-09-26T09:12:55Z")

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Lay off the caffeine for 24 hours.

That can help.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534/24 "2013-09-26T10:36:13Z")

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In my experience, I’d have been too distracted by the withdrawal headache to notice the twitching. 😉

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-stab-my-eyeball-out-of-my-face/669534/25 "2013-09-26T14:54:25Z")

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I’ve had chronic, stabbing headaches almost daily since third grade. I live on Excedrin.

But that’s a whole other Pit thread…

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