Why do the eye-lids of some people flutter when they are talking to you? Are you one of the people that does this?
I don’t mean ‘flirt’ flutter, but a sort of indecision as to whether the eye should stay open or if it should close. It is like they are concentrating on what they are saying, even though it is not that complicated, and they lose control of their eyes so their eye-lids start vibrating while they are trying to look at you. Perhaps a metastable state maintained by negative feedback.
If you are aware that you do this, please explain to me what is going on.
I have noticed it mainly in fairly intelligent people - for example, a couple of scientist colleagues and medical practitioners.
Neighbor’s daughter did that- turned out to be petit-mal seizures. Apparently she was seizing frequently that showed up on EEGs, but were not symptomatic, but some were strong enough to produce eye flutters and pauses while she spoke.
Which eyelid are you talking about? My left bottom eyelid just developed this recently. It’s not just while I’m talking, it’ll do it for 30 seconds to a minute, and then not do it again for some undetermined amount of time.
I have a co-worker who flutters hiseyelids while speaking and also rolls his eyes. I’ve always assumed it was a behavioral tic (and an annoying one at that,) but this threat has made me reconsider . . .
Sometimes I flutter my eyes when too close to someone because my contact lenses suddenly become noticable. Perhaps it’s tied to wincing when something seems close to my eye, but it gets magnified or amplified by the sensation of the lens moving around.
Everyone who I know who does that is also incredibly nervous speaking to people and do it more the more nervous or uncomfortable they are (ie. more in front of bigger groups). I’ve always attributed it to a nervous tic.
There is a guy at work who does this. For him, he seems to be very nervous speaking to people he does not know or who are in some authority position. In addition to the eye flutter, there is halting and repeating words in his speaking - not stuttering per se, and somewhat inappropriate laughter interspersed. Just very nervous behavior.
For those that care, beware that this is a very old zombie.
At any rate, I have a relative who does this when she’s talking. I always assumed it was just a nervous tic or an odd habit developed long ago. I don’t have any reason to think she has a health problem.
The zombies are back…
Perhaps I’m just vain, but I only notice females do this behavior when conversing with them. I doubt any kind of neurological reason ( though I have no idea of their medical history!), I 've always attribute this as to some form of nervousness or perhaps a learned behavior ( I’ve caught myself doing this at times but now no longer after self awareness of this “tic”). I think this fluttering is behavioral as much as flicking one’s hair or touching one’s face while conversing. I like to think that it’s some form of subconscience desire manifesting, but then again I’m rather vain. I’ve wondered about this phenomenon myself…
I’ve been told I do this. I can’t tell it is happening, like I can tell when I’m blinking so I’m only aware if someone points it out to me. I am neurotypical. It seems like I do this when I’m slightly nervous or anxious
