Is this anxiety?

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So I've always been a bit shy and I really struggle with eye contact. When I was 9 I developed some kind of eye twitch. Can't remember if it was nerves or tiredness or eye strain. Sometimes I wouldn't know I was doing it. I grew out of it eventually.

Anyway now when I speak to people my eyes hurt and start to water. Feels like in not blinking and then my eyes hurt so I have to blink. Is this anxiety? I feel conscience that I might be blinking like I used to but not sure if it's in my mind. It's particularly worse if I'm nervous or uncomfortable. What do people think? Anyone else had it?

Not necessarily. Blepharitis can cause such symptoms, for example.

They aren't sore or itchy. It only happens when I speak to a person face to face. Then I go back to what I was doing and they feel fine. So that's why I thought it might be nerves

Could be linked to stress, I would ask your doctor about it x

As a fellow blinker I have had anxiety always x

Yea daisy I feel like it might be. Just wondered if anyone else had it. Or just me being odd!

It is a common anxiety thing but might also have been caused by hay fever?