Voluntary Nystagmus - Can You Make Your Eyes Wiggle?

Can you voluntarily make your eyes wiggle back an forth really fast? This is called a voluntary nystagmus or ocular flutter, and is actually uncommon if you have this ability. A involuntary nystagmus is what eye doctors look for that might indicate neurological problems.
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[@ISPEAKFACTSyoushouldknow]

Traumatized anime character

[@ItsMe316_]

Literally what I was thinking being able to do this- lol

[@jelly_aquasori1716]

I can do it, I should be an anime character lol

[@ItsMe316_]

LOL YOU SHOULD- that would be legendary 😩👌

[@blubery9190]

I unlocked my dojutsu

[@danimoments_]

HELP MY FRIENDS TRY AND MAKE ME LOOK SAD WHILE DOING IT 😭

[@6SlicesofSmilePie]

Yes, been doing this for years. I tried to teach other people, but they couldn’t do it.

[@katherinecastro6200]

Yeah me too

[@Flower_Does_Thingz]

I can too it was natural for me but all you have to do is put your finger up focus on it and then focus on the background, if you do this fast enough then boom you learned how to do ut

[@thecupcakequality6877]

Same

[@katherinecastro6200]

U

[@joelflores3189]

Same

[@trevora5568]

I do this when I'm in a boring conversation, throws the other person off and then they forget what they were saying, it's great

[@OiReiSupremacy]

😂😂😂

[@evilsharkey8954]

I think my facial expression changes when I do it, so they’d know I was doing it on purpose.

[@ilysh1357]

I can

[@teenwolf219]

Learned by reading until exhaustion. Involuntary became voluntary by practice reading.

[@badcornflakes6374]

Rest your eyes bruv.

[@inquisitive.octopus]

Same, but instead of reading it was studying for Indian school’s exams 😭

[@mahinhossen9063]

Same got so tired without sleep my eyes just started doing this

[@Lingyang_impregnator]

I read too many novels at night so my eyes got the traumatized anime character skill

[@edwardmunoz3398]

​@@inquisitive.octopus Ive seen indian exams glad i was born in canada ngl

[@sirtykai3821]

The best way i can describe the process is to cross your eyes, than look forward instead of at your nose and try to blink and stare at the same time. So many different muscle commands causes the eyes to shake.

[@_TheBodyFlicker]

I didnt even know i was doing all that. I thought i was just tensing my eyes

[@treemuger1]

Oh shit it worked. Not strongly but things got wobbly

[@hotsouse5569]

What does crossing your eyes even mean.... Uhh like making your pupils next to your nose

[@bI00n]

I used to scare everyone in my old class in primary, worked like a charm.

[@nottommyrex8898]

I can do it when I’m on drugs

[@bI00n]

@@nottommyrex8898 I can do it normally

[@Astroooozi]

​@@nottommyrex8898 Awesome! 😊

[@thatthingoverthere7686]

I've been able to do this for as long as I can remember. I didn't realise it was unusual until I freaked out every last one of my classmates in primary school, and it wasn't until recently I could put a name to my talent. It remains a great party trick to this day :)

[@DB19899]

In a staring competition is great

[@lord_of_chickens]

LoL

[@zackpalmer6474]

Same

[@adityapandey624]

🎉same

[@ricobico1872]

Another kid in my class and I used to do this lol

[@MrAngryJarvey]

Voluntary if asked - yah total party trick. Though, sometimes I involuntarily do it if I quickly focus on a new object or person. It’s actually painful when that happens.

[@tylerpestell2504]

How can you stop it because the past few days my eyes just been doing it for no reason. I'm able to voluntarily do it always have but when I try to focus on things my eyes do a quick glitch every now and then.

[@paynetreyvon1261]

I can’t do it voluntarily but it does happen like u mention when I focus on a object suddenly

[@Lingyang_impregnator]

​@@tylerpestell2504 get some sleep bruh , i got those sudden jerks in eyes too when I was sleep deprived for a long time

[@shout-message]

Holy shit this entire comment section is wild… try doing that all day ;)

[@skeletus]

i've always been able to do this since a child. freaks people out for the most part xD

[@newrampartenzom9962]

Is it? And on the contrary, everyone is interested in how it happens and they want to learn

[@logenmattsen]

Yep me too hahaha

[@blubery9190]

Same

[@jasfx7241]

@@newrampartenzom9962 i can do it from young as well and i don’t know i don’t think i can explain it it’s just i do it i stare directly and i can shake my eyes

[@user-qh7rh1jg2v]

Bro I thought I was the only one who knew how to do this!! I've found my people!! 😂😂😂

[@connormacdonald4722]

A girl I knew in class did this to me once and she said she had never seen another person do it, then I accidentally did it too by just trying 😂

[@kpopverss]

when i was young i thought everyone could do it but one day my mom saw me doing it and she was TERRIFIED LMFAO

[@willyb7854]

Yup I can! Always wondered why I am able to do this, as there’s no one else in my family who can. I used to think I might be an alien or something when I was younger lol.

[@Flower_Does_Thingz]

Lol same except for the alien part

[@adityapandey624]

Lol same have I thought for myself 😂😂😂

[@bless7213]

If you can’t do this, and then one day wake up and are doing it uncontrollably. Call 911 or have someone drive you to the hospital immediately. - a friendly Paramedic

[@Weeping_W1ll0w]

what is that a sign of? what makes it dangerous?

[@leizee1224]

y?

[@bless7213]

@@Weeping_W1ll0w serotonin syndrome

[@bless7213]

@@leizee1224 serotonin syndrome

[@mandeehusky]

​@bless7213 multiple sclerosis relapse, stroke, and various other causes too that are more common than serotonin syndrome

[@916ty-quinn9]

Looks weird if you've never done it looks like everything's shaking

[@shuneughu4244]

Looks like when Ashton Kutcher is going into a memory from the movie butterfly effect

[@BoMb3rMaN1]

I’ve been able to do it since I was a child too. Nobody I know can do it.

[@Eeeepbunny]

I somehow learned I could do this a few years ago

[@A_C_E1537]

I can do this but it kind of hurts if I do it too much

[@Midnightdream6996]

Yea same

[@cooljewel5039]

Same

[@andie424]

Same

[@averystupididiot8070]

same

[@ExcaliBurnGD]

Its supposed to be like that

[@Midnightdream6996]

I can I use it to scare everyone how looks in my eyes 😅

[@notsoda3849]

I can do it extremely well, some need to focus, I can cross and uncross my eyes, sing, dance, talk, whatever, it wasn’t easy at first but now I can

[@dwightdavis1153]

Definitely can do this on command

[@HeyItsEmilyLove]

Yes I can. Maybe I should upload a video to social media lol. I never realized it had a name or was rare, but I’ve been able to do it for as long as I can remember

[@born2bagamer291]

You are the best

[@MisterAutist]

I think I found this thing out in preschool, and started showing it to people later on.

[@primozesmile9518]

I thought I was just crazy but I didn't know other people can do this

[@Isdanoob]

I show this to people and when people try and do it they fail so bad

[@thistle_CaT.]

i cba do this!!!!!

[@jowellguerrero9323]

I use this to mostly to freak out people who haven’t seen it before

[@jaydenalvira3434]

Yessir I never knew how rare this was

[@Alicia96]

I am the youngest of 6 children, and both my dad, as well as all of us kids can do this. Even some of my nieces and nephews, suggesting a possible genetic link there... science is working on it! P.S.- My brother recently became a licensed/certified optometrist, and he's the one who finally found out after all these years what it's called... thx for the video!! ❤🙏👁

[@DrEyeGuy]

Awesome! Say hi to your brother for me.

[@blubery9190]

Your whole family! I'm the only one in my family of 9 to have this

[@alexanderhamilton2762]

I had no idea this was such a rare thing, I thought people could do it just by learning, I have found my people

[@mangareader6585]

I learned this when i was 5 and my classmates were fascinated by it for some reason

[@ashman489]

I can and i didnt even know it was special

[@cooljewel5039]

Reading the comments, it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one who can do this. I can do it really fast though

[@VxV466]

I fill like even if I can do that, it simply doesn't fill right to do so.

[@mohamedmedhat2436]

I knew a guy who had this uncontrollably and when he stopped his eyes his head star shaking instead.

[@Mr_kirbeh]

I love freaking people out with this

[@kishanjaiswal4982]

Yup I have been doing this... They get amazed when they see this

[@fishiik3923]

No way, im actually special😂

[@doctorsmith]

I can do this!

[@Dysnomiaz]

Bro I just had this randomly and I was scared for a sec

[@F4LL3NK1NG]

I have this rare condition, it’s cool but also very annoying. Sometimes my eyes randomly shake at random times

[@SoSoInfinite]

A kid i grew up with showed everyone and its been pretty cool since the first time

[@kentngpinoy2520]

I have this since was I was kid. When I talked to people I don't look at them straight, instead I look at other things. Now I have a moving eye and body reflex that look at other things when talking

[@sfshe4475]

I just discovered in like 2 years ago and I feel like I have superpowers because only one person in my school can do it to make that clear just me and somebody else

[@RomanesEuntDomus.]

I can do it... when I drink a lot 😂

[@abdulahadfarhan2634]

yess i do have this

[@ahmadalsarieh8523]

My friend has involuntary nystagmus, she discovered that few years ago. She wrote a book about it, her eyes are always moving like this which obviously affects her vision.

[@myballspaul4889]

literally the short before this was how cops check eyes for shaking eyes snd I thought to myself "could I trick one into thinking I'm drunk with my ability to shake my eyes?"

[@MysticSynergy]

I've been able to do this since I was like 4. And have only met one other person (irl) who could do this too, my entire life. I'm pretty sure I learned how to do this by trying to cross my eyes but this happened instead

[@lower.case.h8759]

Sometimes I remember how to do it, but I often forget

[@beanboi7952]

I use it for whenever I need to focus because then I can't see (or at least, that well), the logic behind it sounds right just enough that it works

[@thekingkizen2952]

I can but my vision goes even more blurry

[@user-mt5dg5ci7j]

Yes I have been able to since I was a kid. Used to freak people out with it. 9 year old son can also do it.

[@localmanmark1]

I can. I feel special now. 😂

[@SuzanneIYN]

I can do this voluntarily, but if I stare at something too long my eyes will do this involuntarily.

[@Robin-rk2hf]

my optometrist loved seeing a voluntary variant for once haha

[@LillieLovesU]

I can do this, I always thought it was something wrong with my eyes, but when I watched this video, I did an overview, turns out I have this.

[@user-tp8nr4qg3u]

Yup, I've been able to do that for as long as I can remember.

[@slooleigh7104]

I figured I had this in year 3.-_-I dont know but somehow my friend was the one to teach me how to do it! 😮

[@scariestgrass7258]

My eyes do this involuntary at random time for a moment.

[@bramo221]

Yeah at a party I can definitely to this 😂

[@Cobaltoad]

ive been able to do this since i was a kid 🎉

[@vanr22]

Woah, didn’t realize this was a common thing or even had a term.

[@Voidz3r]

If it means being able to see everything moving quickly and feeling the eyes move, then yeah, I can.

[@armard12]

Ive been doing for over 20 years, people tell me that ill go blind by doing this but so far so good

[@Stillicho]

It freaked out my parents and pretty much everyone else around me when I'd do this.

[@dawntatu3446]

Yep always have been able to do this but it hurts to "show off" and sometimes while reading itll do it by itself. I have to use a bookmark while reading to make sure im on the right line.

[@heart_572]

Put your finger closer until it’s blurry and see look at the black room and do it very fast

[@isabellejoyjesusa7248]

Yes!! I can do this!! I figured it out when I was 6yrs old I'm 21 now (I just turned) and I have shown people ever since!

[@alanapotkonjak7]

I taught myself how to do this, I think what helped was when I was a kid and my family was driving somewhere I would look out the window and focus on one thing at a time as we went by it, didn't matter what it was if you focus your eyes to try and see specific things instead of a broad spectrum of things your eyes just start doing it automatically, then from there it's just recreating the movement

[@exscalabastard4437]

Tried teaching this to people and I just said “idk you don’t do anything specific you kinda just do it”

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

Yup, been able to do it since I was a kid I can do it pretty violently,, it always freaked out my friends 😂

[@Endzoswe]

When i was like 5 years old i discovered i can shake my eyes very quick but no one culd’t do it exept for me😂

[@Growgreen]

I do this sometimes because I can control it and when I get mad I do this trick to scare them. When I was young I showed people that I can shake my eyes and wondered why can’t they do it

[@Shinobu_kocho1912]

every time i do this most people are either freaked out or they try to do it

[@boblane5791]

Haven't done that for years , actually forgot about it . I'll try it, without warning ,on an upcoming physical exam. See if it startles anyone. At 72, I'm past taking it to serious anymore, he, he, he.

[@eilorhen1488]

i can do this any time i want easily

[@scootergresham3148]

Thank God I know the name now, I can

[@clintpadula4320]

Yes I can do this and all my friends love it

[@Thomas.Kohler1]

I can do it. Since I was in the first few years of elementary school I realized I could do it.

[@aniketsahay7705]

Yeah I've had this since childhood.

[@Mad4dab]

It feels like you are going crosseyed while having ur eyes unfocused

[@mattlwyatt]

Yep, ever since I was a kid. I first noticed it when straining to hold my eyes open to stay awake when I was very very sleepy. Once cause I figured out the muscle movement I was able to do it anytime.

[@PokeGenius500]

I can do this and it freaks all my friends out when I do it

[@theanti-star7151]

yup ez. just condensate your vision and swipe left and right with your vision into the distance.. ❤

[@holywings8466]

I like to do this as an excuse to avoid getting chosen to solve a math problem "sorry teach, my eyes are shaking, I can't see whats on the board"

[@MonoCentennial]

I have this and it’s funny seeing people wow over something simple but it’s fun freaking em out

[@Jermo7899]

I can do it. Never knew what it was called.

[@logenmattsen]

Been able to do this since I was a little kid never met anybody else who could

[@wunthaaung6340]

I learnt how to do this later in life

[@user-fb6jk1uy9r]

I do this when I'm panicking to calm myself down.

[@user-rc3ww2ws9i]

When It happens to me I don't intend to, and I don't even notice it half the time. It just goes on "auto pilot" I've been told by my friends😂😂

[@user-js2sk6ts2c]

I can do it unexpectedly, but if I concentrate when it happens it stays like that until I blink

[@LoopyAnh]

I always wondered what this was. Where I can stare hard enough my eyes start going crazy.

[@jek774]

Bonus trick for anyone that can do it : i learned it's possible, and quite easy, to cross your eyes at the same time.

[@TheThreeeyedMan]

Didn't know there was a medical term for this, but i guess it makes sense. I've been able to do it all my life, and I'm glad to know it's not killing me 😂

[@Pro.gamer.850]

I can do it but I’m so confused how I am able to

[@Simplxy_Absurd]

I learned to do it years ago purely so I can do it in “intense moments” like edited videos 😂

[@Fl3xin_]

I can do it but only in my left eye

[@Jmine123]

I never knew I could do it till this video