Integra
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The best way to figure it out, I think, is to simply watch yourself at times when you get the eyelid twitch. What are you doing? What are you thinking? What are you trying NOT to think about? Are there people any around? Why, why, why... You can also look into biological roots of the issue: it could be a mineral deficiency (low magnesium generally causes muscle twitching), low sodium, or something else. RPF is heaven for mapping those out. Eye strain from staring at a screen is also a possible contributing factor, etc.what causes this? i get it too
But the psychological roots are to me more interesting. Whenever you have an involuntary facial movement, I would suggest you pay note to which side of the face is involved. If you keep doing this, you might notice patterns of physical reactions, and if they keep reappearing in the same place and follow the same sequence--especially if you don't understand why you feel these sensations--it could be that you are "acting out" a neurotic echo.
The fact that the reaction happens only on side (is asymmetrical) in my opinion means that it is not an integrated response of the whole body; in other words, there's one part of your personality that might absolutely LOATHE what's happening at the moment, while the other one could be acting like an authoritarian parent, going: "Keep quiet." I think that such one-sided facial twitches are the best personality leaks you'll ever see. But beware of relying on this to see whether people are upset because narcissists, speaking from personal experience here, are very good at keeping up a poker face.
Good news, though: your face twitches means that your body is strong enough to be having a sincere reaction of some sorts. :) The (super)ego and higher structures have not completely won over. Yay.
If you're wondering: reaction to what? It's almost always a conflict that on a superficial level seems like a legitimate conflict with your environment, but the truth is, it resonates with a painful experience from the past... And it brings up your reactions from the past. Those might have shaped your current character and entire belief structure (about what should and should not be happening) and now there's a conflict. You cannot respond to the environment the way you want to, or you don't understand why you want to respond in a certain way, or you don't understand why your response is not bringing up the desired results.
That's basically what it means to be "triggered" on a micro-level, I think. I am not sure if there's a faster way to resolve the twitches; but a band-aid for this is put on a social mask for the time being and "roll with the punches" as if you're playing a boxing game. If you take this route, you'd probably have to at one point in the day recall that incident and do a little bioenergetics to shake it out. If your jaw starts shaking in the process you've reached the facial muscles. If you tear up, even better.
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