Am I just a total freak...?
 

I have this weird...'eye' thing;

I am totally paranoid that someone, somewhere is going to poke themselves in the eye!! (Ah gad that sounds stupid...) Walking past car aerials, bamboo canes, cocktail sticks, pencils, umbrellas, corners of tables, anything spiked or sharp (Pretty much everything you could possibly in my warped imagination hurt your eye on) I have these horrible, disturbing visualisations of people tripping or something and 'poking their eye out'. I basically freak out and run away. *Blushes* Oh this sounds so silly writing it now...:blush:

I think I vaguely remember as a child, when I was digging up the garden with the spade, the spade got stuck in the ground and I yanked it out so hard I smacked myself in the eye so hard that it started bleeding and I ended up in casualty. But that was ages ago and I don't remember always being this paranoid about the whole eye thing. :confused:

And it's not just about eyes either, if someone does something that could potentially go wrong, like trampolining, jumping off a bench or something like that I freak out and can't bear to watch and basically end up running away where I can't see them!

I think I just end up picturing the worst and most disgusting thing that could go wrong in any situation? I mean...in my exams I could have sworn one of the invigilators was going to trip and catch their eye...

It's quite irritating and a little bit pathetic but I just can't stop myself being so stupid.

So yeah, I was just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this, or can share experiences perhaps? (Unliklely teehee!)

Thanks

Helen x x x

I don't really know what to say, but it sounds like an irrational fear/phobia thing and i think, although you think it sounds daft, if you feel it's bothering you enough to desrupt your life etc you should go talk to your doctor or someone similar (counsellor) about it.

Do you have this with anything else? or is it the eye thing/things going wrong?

I tell you what though mate, you'd make a great health and saftey inspector if you can see the hazards like that. (sorry done health and safety today)

Eep...that is unusual! Maybe something has subconciously triggered off the memory of your hitting yourself in the eye with a spade experience and it's made you a bit paranoid about things lately? I don't really know what to suggest...distracting yourself from sharp, pointy things near people? Trying to focus your attention away from them (OK basically the same thing there)... Eep, I don't know.

I hope it doesn't last too long though!
xo

I'm not sure what to say, do you have a phobia of people hurting themselves?
I'm really scared of poking my own eyes out, and if people have anything pointy near my face I get a bit freaked out but (I'm heartless) I never worry about anyone else poking their eyes out.

Maybe consider counselling in case there's a reason you havn't realised yet?

I hope it goes away, doesn't sound like much fun =/

xx

Thanks for the ideas guys! I think it's just one of those things that I'll have to learn to get over sometime. I'm just a bit of a freak to be honest! Total neat freak and I often obsess over the most random of things =p
I was more wondering if anyone had ever heard of anything like this before, because the only thing I've ever seen that's similar is my friend's irrational fear of wrists, although I gather she doesn't have a fear of other people hurting themselves, such as myself.

Ah well! Thanks for the help =)

xxx

not so much limited to just the 'eye accidents' ...but it does sometimes come up for me...more relate to the fear/visualizing ppl hurting themselves..anything ppl do i see only how they could hurt themselves, how easy it would be...
i didnt used to be like this, which bothers me. I was fearless..now everything i imagine the worst possible outcome...
just so youknow you arent alone in this
romp

Ooo darling, thats unusual but i sort of know what you mean. I have a really weird Phobia of wrists lol. I see peop,ll ebleeding to death ect all tehtime, and cant touch my own at all. I dont think were freaks but who knows. Maybe it is subcnciouse, im gonna google it an see what happens tonight ithink. *curls* ugh my wrists feel dodgy now.

That interesting, my friend has the almost exact same fear as you do ...howl.
She totally freaks out if any one shows her their wrists, much to other's amusement (they're a bit mean to her really =p)

x

Iti sounds like, i a way, Intrusive thoughts. Which is 'sometimes' part of OCD. But also as others have said a fear/phobia.
I have intrusive thoughts alot. Along the same as yours. But I've yet to figurer them out!

Yeah people do that to me, to the point that i was actually rocking and crying in a ind of, "please pleas eim beggiing you to stop it." I feel less alone

wow, I have the same fear. Mine is mostly umbrellas, not so much other things. I was in NYC a few months ago and I nearly died when I saw everyone with their umbrellas. I mean, you cant see where you're sticking that thing, it's over your shoulder, for gods sake. I completely freak when someone spins their umbrella a la Mary Poppins.

Plastic forks. I forgot about plastic forks. People bend them and play with them and they splinter, and I'm always terrified that its going to explode and take out someone's eye.

Tree branches, those little American flags kids wave, sparklers, and especially those scary bracelets with the spikes.

My advice? Invest in a solid pair of sunglasses for daytime, and those fashion fake glasses that you can buy from Claire's or whatever. When people do lame things that seem incredibly factiously dangerous, just do what you've been doing. Take a deep breath, walk away, and remind yourself that everyone does risky things, and it usually turns out alright. Even if you don't believe it, it's true.

Thanks Meagan! And yes! Umbrellas are awful!! Although I am more terrified of those cocktail sticks people seem to poke in every bit of food they can *shudders*

Deep breaths will have to do. My imagination needs to learn to stop =p

x x x x

Hmm we are all in the sam eboat here is seems. *clutches wrists* just eeeer.

Good to know I'm not alone. =]]]]

same, defnatly the same

Omg !! i have the same thing but it's with cuts and stuff =S not eyes..
I get really on edge about people getting cut, unless its s/h then im ok.
it makes me feel really nervous that other people are getting hurt and i always seem to think it's my fault..
im the same with people jumping off benches and stuff.. or if i know they will get hurt i have to turn away aswell..
apparently its a phobia.. dont know what though lol sorry.
take care, emilleh xxx

i agree with Kelpie, have you thought it might be a OCD trait?

i have OCD and when the obsessions part kicks in it sounds so much like what your experiencing. for example im always scared when i drive and i see someone waiting to cross the road that they're either gonna run out infront of the car or im going to accidently mount the curb and hit them. it panics me so much sometimes that i actually stop and let them across just to make sure nothing bad happens.

i also have an irrational fear of the hull of a boat. infact i have many irrational fears. i also see the danger in any situation especially involving kids so im on edge a lot of the time.

i guess it depends on how much it affects your life as to whether you want to do something about it though.

sam

xxx

I have an irrational fear of trampolines...?

Hmmm...I don't know how much it affects me tbh. It's just rather annoying atm.

Thanks for the insights x x x