Usually Ignoring Twitches - Why Now?

[AllGoodHere]

Usually I ignore all the posts about twitches because, well, even though they can be irritating, do not hurt and mean nothing important (benign remember?) But lately so many people are freaking out about tongue, facial, what-ever-body-part-you-can-think-of twitches that I wanted to say something collectively in response. Your docs are not worried about them, we all have them (even people who do not have bfs/pnhe), even other mammals have them. Yes, of course, most here have more than normal but we are all pretty healthy it seems. Don't you agree? Worrying about them, instigating them, and talking about them every day seems to encourage the problem through focus. You all seem rather intelligent to me so what I am getting at is you should refocus; if a child you are caring for (yours, a nephew, whatever) falls down and scraps their knee what would you do? You can't totally discount it as it is bothering them but do you encourage them to focus on it in myriad ways and inspect it? Do you have a long discussion about it? No, you give them a hug and maybe a band aid and encourage them to go play. Please - you guys - take better care of yourselves and show some self-love - give yourself a hug and go play.

 

[AllGoodHere]

Hi Carlos - I had forgotten about this post but I really mean it. Self-love is not something we think about in everyday life but without it, it is hard to truly reach out to others or go forward in life. Treating yourself well & accepting who you are, is the first step to not only caring for others but also for healing yourself whether bfs inflicted or not. Not that it's easy as we often don't know how, and we in the West confuse it with instant gratification, etc. I'm reading a book now "Emotional Awareness", by the Dalai lama & Paul Ekman - it brings up some of these points so you may want to look it up for some different views.

 

[BarbiePetals]

I have also noticed lately that the less you focus on them, the less irritating they become. I have been so busy lately that I really put them out of my head. I feel much better. Back when I was freaking out, the twitches were the only thing on my mind 24/7. I honestly believe this is why "oldtimers" would always say their twitches decrease with time. I think it's because you learn to accept it and not care about just like anything else. As I have always said, time is what heals BFS.