So yeah I've had this irritation in my left eye for a few days now and it's really starting to freak me out. It's a little blurry (just a little I only notice it if I'm reading) and there's this irritated sensation in the outer corner. I guess it's a little like having an eyelash caught in the eye except... less painful? More irksome than really bothersome. The eye itself is also a little sore. It's got me in panic about having some severe eye problem or a brain problem.
I'm short sighted (between 5 and 6 in each eye with astigmatism in both), and I got my new glasses no more than a month ago, so I'm trying to tell myself it's nothing serious. If it were, then surely it would've been present a month ago, and my optician would have noticed it when she tested me?
Thing is (and this is the bit where people are probably going to facepalm) I developed a nervous twitch a week or so back, involving squeezing my eyes tightly shut and opening them again. It's probably linked to my anxiety. I'm practically doing it without thinking at this point, so I'm not actually sure if I'm blinking so often because my eye is irritated, or if my eye has been irritated by the blinking. I'm not sure which came first
Has anyone else ever had experiences like this? I'm terrified it might be something serious.
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