I got the talk about how pressing on your eyes makes them look sunken when very young so dodged that bullet. Even now, if I have to rub my eye for some reason, I'm careful to use barely any pressure. Also got lucky that I only developed a habit of rocking when sitting in a rocking chair or on a swing or something. Though I do almost feel uncomfortable when I need to sit on something that can't rock. When I heard about blind people rocking back and forth all the time, I tried it to see what the appeal was and found it uncomfortable. I do have a bad habit of messing with my beard constantly if I don't keep it trimmed; caught myself doing it unconsciously while writing this post.

I used to do both as a kid, but my mum attached to bells to me, which stopped me from rocking, and I was told not to poke my eyes, and sort of grew out of it.

Interestngly though, if I'm tired and thinking, I very occasionally find myself leaning with my hand on my eye, which is what I used to do.

Also, to all those saying "I only do it where nobody else can see me"... Yeah, I've got a mate who does that, but everyone still knows he does it, also, he didn't realise the front door to the house was see through. Got a shock when the person who dropped him off texted to ask if he was having some kind of fit.

If you can, it's best to find another way of releasing stress, especially as common habits always become second nature, so best make those common habits ones you're happy to inadvertently share with the world.

this is the lack of vision, how a person who sees receives stimuli from his vision, and is literally seeing all the time.

for the brain to compensate for this in a person who cannot see, these are manias, that is to say, shaking and squinting.

the brain leaves you not absent from things, for someone who cannot see it is complicated.

anyway, i will ask my teacher for an explanation tomorrow, she knows a lot about this syndrome

My eyes are a bit sunken, people say. But not by much, and i got out of the habit. i remember how a few years back my parents managed to not make me do this stupid habit for a year and it really improved the look. or at least this is what they said.

Go on one of those subreddits where you can post a picture of yourself and people will give you opinions. You will certainly get honest opinions there. Of course, that's assuming you're willing to post a picture of yourself online randomly, but I guess you could create a throwaway to do that. I don't need to do that though, I know my eyes are fucked.