Is it normal that i spell out words with my eyes?

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Ever since I was a little kid, I've done this thing where I spell things with my eyes. It's kind of hard to explain. You know how if you are in a dark room with a small light (like a night light) and you move your eye, you will get a streak of light kind of burned into your vision for a second? Well, I use that streak of light and move my eyes in the shape of letters, so that I can see the letters in that streak of light for a second and I spell out words.

I used to only do it in the dark, but now I do it ALL THE TIME and I have been for YEARS. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it until someone notices and thinks I am having a seizure or something. If I'm watching TV and the person on TV says "hello" I will just automatically start spelling "hello" with my eyes. I can't help doing it. I can do different kinds of "handwriting" too. I can do it in cursive or all caps or normal...and I do it with any type of small light or object.

I've never met anyone else who does this and everyone I've told thinks its so weird! My family makes fun of me for it. Has anyone else ever done this? Is it normal?

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  • yesnomaybeso
    10 years ago

    Never heard of this but this is amazing!!

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  • bluefeather23
    10 years ago

    Haha thanks everyone. I'm glad you all think it sounds so cool, cause it looks pretty weird when I actually do it! It is fun to do though and I doubt I will stop anytime soon. The quest to meet another eye-speller in the world continues! :)

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    That's pretty awesome, as far as I'm concerned. Your family is terrible for ostracising you but, it is quite typical for humans to respond negatively towards things they don't understand/fear.

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    • shuggy-chan
      10 years ago

      For my superpowers of translation, I already learned this form of communication

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      • Avant-Garde
        10 years ago

        You woo me with your way with words! *backbends*

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  • Jimmy3515
    6 years ago

    OMG!! I can't believe there is someone else who does this!! I have spelled out words with my eyes since I was like 5 years old...... cursive, all caps and regular too! You did a good job of describing it! Ha ha! Have you ever realized that when you are spelling the words, your eyes(if they had a pen attached and were actually writing) would write the spelled word backwards!!?!?

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  • FangirlInTheTardis
    8 years ago

    I often type on an imginary keyboard with my fingers, so I think its possibly just a way of calming yourself down, like biting your nails.

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  • slings_and_arrows
    9 years ago

    So funny...my favourite post today definitely.

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  • Pika-girl
    10 years ago

    That sounds fun! I'll try it! ...But I wear glasses so it might damage my eyes and it kinda hurts for me... But anyways it's so cool!

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  • Cookie.Monster
    10 years ago

    Me can spell word COOKIE! Hint: start with C

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    • RoseIsabella
      10 years ago

      C is for cookie, it's good enough for me.

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  • Aurora93
    10 years ago

    That is quite a talent.

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  • Poolnoodle
    10 years ago

    Maybe this is synesthesia?

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  • Olanz
    10 years ago

    It's not normal but it's definitely awesome. Don't worry what people say, it's very interesting and you're doing no harm.
    I'm going to try this at some point.

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  • DangerousPotatoGuy
    10 years ago

    I tried it out just now, I think I'm moving my head more than my eyes :S

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  • footprints
    10 years ago

    When I'm bored I trace things with my eyes, I see no problem with either if our habits

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I write out words with my toes sometimes when I am bored or in a lecture. But I have never done it with my eyes...Do you want to stop?

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