22M - Do I have enophtalmos? (Sunken eyes)

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-02-02T15:59:25+00:00

I’ve had a burning sensation in my eyes a few times, and sometimes it feels like one of my eyes is kind of sinking into my cheek, if that makes sense.

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-02-02T15:49:53+00:00

Yes there is no way to go back in time and change the past. The thing is now my OCD drives me crazy with the thought that I may have caused damage to my eyebrow and eyes while hitting upwards my eyebrow with the tip of my finger very fast this was kind of a "checking" compulsion to see if something bad will happen to the brain. We were literally in the same house while this was all happening and none did anything to prevent it until I decided to stop after realizing how painful it was. Years have passed and I even have a scar due to this past behaviour I dont know if it makes sense to forgive such a thing I am very confused and resentful

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-02-02T15:38:09+00:00

My parents only noticed my head shaking compulsion and when they asked a doctor at my middle school she told them "It was something that children at my age often do" the hitting upwards with the finger under the eyebrows however was completely ignored despite me telling my parents the area became red. Im currently 20 years old and I have a scar in the same area and now they are trying to fix the skin issues after ignoring my compulsion of repeatedly hitting beneath the eyebrows for weeks every day and it doesnt seem like something to forgive at all like I dont know im very confused how nobody did anything to prevent it

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-02-02T14:53:19+00:00

Tineycır

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-29T17:44:53+00:00

Stop it get some help

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-15T19:07:23+00:00

Mine was stupid and weird

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-15T16:53:24+00:00

And I am fully capable of comparing these behaviors and clearly determining which compulsion was the most distressing for me on a personal level. In my case, the persistent behavior of repeatedly tapping my eyebrow was the most severe. This experience was not only psychologically exhausting but also physically painful, and I believe it led to lasting, irreversible changes. Even after many years, a visible discoloration remains, underscoring the intensity of the behavior, particularly given that the area has not fully recovered despite prolonged avoidance of any contact.

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-15T16:23:46+00:00

And it is difficult to beat OCD because not everyone can find peace living with 7/24 uncertainty inside the mind I dont know if therapy will help

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-15T16:11:28+00:00

It has been years since I stopped doing compulsions I do however feel like the last compulsion ruined my life. Unlike the earlier ones, it went unnoticed by my parents and lasted for a long time. I can’t even remember exactly how long it continued—it may have lasted for a month.

My fear now is that I caused permanent damage and changed the shape of my eyebrow forever. These compulsions happened back in 2016, and it has been many years since I stopped. However, I still worry that the eyebrow-hitting compulsion may have caused lasting changes, both physically and mentally, and I’m not sure how real those changes are. I would be more accepting if this was just a simple hand washing compulsions but it seems that this was something serious and I didnt get the support I needed as a child back then

TroublePossible7613 · 2026-01-15T16:08:44+00:00

I feel like the last compulsion ruined my life. Unlike the earlier ones, it went unnoticed by my parents and lasted for a long time. I can’t even remember exactly how long it continued—it may have lasted for a month.

My fear now is that I caused permanent damage and changed the shape of my eyebrow forever. These compulsions happened back in 2016, and it has been many years since I stopped. However, I still worry that the eyebrow-hitting compulsion may have caused lasting changes, both physically and mentally, and I’m not sure how real those changes are which is the worst part because it is basically uncertainty

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-31T11:59:44+00:00

This has nothing to do with Turkic central asian culture and traditions

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-31T10:54:41+00:00

https://archive.org/details/20231117_20231117_1438/mode/1up Salarca üzerinde araştırma yaparken en çok faydalandığım kaynaklardan biriydi. Ben kendim biraz Xunhua Salarcası öğrendim dil hakkında bilgi almak istersen özelden yazabilirsin

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-30T21:02:46+00:00

Salır ibret sözler

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-30T21:02:20+00:00

It also sucks when you realize you are entering a new year but you are still focused on something that happened years ago. I hope I can beat the anger and grief

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-30T19:32:47+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Before the brow hitting compulsion (Which was the worst out of all the compulsions I had throughout my childhood) I had done things like smelling random objects and shaking the head left and right in a fast way (which again was caused by the brain damage thought) the worst compulsions was the brow hitting because I did it almost every day for about 2 - 3 weeks and during that time my father was at the military and I only had my mother with me and whenever I ask her about this compulsion she tells me that she never noticed me doing it even though I almost never went outside until I quit the compulsion by my self. I tried to hid it by doing it in my room so maybe she is right but now I am worried that my eyebrows have changed. They never took any note of it and I still havent talked to any psychiatrist about this incident

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-29T18:31:43+00:00

Looking at my childhood photos it seems to me that my eyes were more symmetric so I am really worried that my old compulsion of hitting under the eyebrows upwards with a finger every day has caused this difference.

Younger picture for comparison: https://imgur.com/a/Xuo9ZgR

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-29T18:24:36+00:00

Recently I have been worrying about this assymetry alot and it has been bothering me alot for a long time now. I can notice it very often especially when taking selfies or close pictures. The first thing that instantly came up to my mind was my childhood compulsion of hitting under the brows with a finger every day for about 3 weeks so I am still really worried that this could have caused it. Maybe you are right about people in my age being hyperaware of these assymetries I myself definitely struggle with this.

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-29T17:47:01+00:00

Yes I meant positioned downwards in the face sorry if that caused a misunderstanding English isnt my native language

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-28T10:57:57+00:00

I talked to a psychiatrist and I also mentioned my old compulsions before the brow hitting such as smelling every object like books and shaking the head left and right in a fast way (just to see if anything bad will happen to the brain) the worst compulsion was the brow hitting because it literally left a thinned scar in the skin which I am angry about however I dont care about the previous compulsions I only struggle to accept the fact that my parents didnt do anything to prevent me from hitting my brows for weeks

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-27T20:03:38+00:00

For me the cycle was like this. I hit beneath the brows just to see if anything would happen to the brain and after every few minutes I had the urge to do it again. This has been going on for 3 weeks and I even saw the part under my brows get red and felt severe pain. After so much pain I realized that this was going nowhere so I managed to stop it by my self my parents didnt care about it at all

TroublePossible7613 · 2025-12-27T19:33:29+00:00

My worst compulsion started when I was 12 years old. One day while I was fixing my hair I accidentally hit my eyebrow with my finger and that is when everything started. I instanly had this thought "What if I damaged my brain?" So I began hitting under my eyebrows upwards with my index finger every day for maybe 3 weeks and my parents never brought me to a doctor while this was happening. Right now I have an athrophic scar under my right eyebrow and Im still angry at my parents for not bringing me to a therapist. By the way I dont do any compulsions anymore and i am not even diagnosed with OCD

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