This seems like a joke
I have just discovered a condition called 'eye-blankies'. Periodically throughout the day, some people notice that their eyes close spontaneously only to reopen a few milliseconds later.
It tends to happen in the following conditions:
-In the car
-When listening to music
-When cooking food
-when thinking about marsupials
I am going to make a survey that gets to the root of this by showing people videos and asking when people experience the phenomenon.
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Sun 27 Feb 2011, 18:40,
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ha ha!
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Sun 27 Feb 2011, 18:41,
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I think i might have that condition.
Even though it's ill defined there seems to be something their some people can relate to while others can't. is it perhaps that some are simply more suggestable?
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If there are real patterns to the contexts that cause that sensation it would definitely be interesting to look into it! I just don't see their motivation for calling this thing a condition or for the experiment they're trying to conduct.
If I had to guess based on the non-academic and non-funded nature of the group, as well as the total lack of references to any medical or psychological literature, I'd say that the people involved were just talking on 4chan or reddit or some health-related message board about that 'tingly feeling' and decided to make a webpage about it.
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Sun 27 Feb 2011, 20:00,
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Yeah, I've got this.
Listening to certain sections of music on a loop or watching someone draw can set if off. It's like a mild high. I suppose its quite common but would be interesting to know what causes it!
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JamTallons, Sun 27 Feb 2011, 22:14,
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