Philosophy:Self-enucleation
Self-enucleation also known as autoenucleation or oedipism is the self-inflicted enucleation (removal) of the eye. It is considered a form of self-mutilation and is normally caused by psychosis, paranoid delusions or drugs.[1] Between 1968 and 2018 there were more than 50 documented cases of "complete or partial self-enucleation in English medical journals".[2] According to a 2012 study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, self-enucleation may be "considered to be the result of psycho-sexual conflicts".[3] A particularly extreme form of self-mutilation, self-enucleations are rarely reported.[4][5]
History
A famous case of self-enucleation can be found in Greek mythology: Oedipus, according to Sophocles tragedy Oedipus Rex, gouged his own eyes out after discovering he had married his mother.
In the 13th century, Marco Polo witnessed a pious Baghdad carpenter who enucleated his right eye for sinful thoughts of a young female customer.
References
- ↑ NP Jones (1990-09-01). "Self-enucleation and psychosis.". The British Journal of Ophthalmology 74 (9): 571–573. doi:10.1136/bjo.74.9.571. PMID 2393650.
- ↑ Kee, Caroline (2018-03-14). "A 20-Year-Old Gouged Out Her Own Eyes While In A Drug-Induced Psychosis". BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolinekee/why-people-gouge-out-eyes-psychosis-drugs. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ↑ Matthew Michael Large, Olav B Nielssen (24 July 2012). "Self-enucleation: forget Freud and Oedipus, it's all about untreated psychosis". British Journal of Ophthalmology 96 (8): 1056–1057. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301531. PMID 22373824. http://bjo.bmj.com/content/96/8/1056. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ↑ K.N. Rao and Shamshad Begum (1996). "Self-enucleation in depression: A case report". Indian Journal of Psychiatry 38 (4): 269–270. PMID 21584146.
- ↑ BB Patil (2004-04-07). "Bilateral self-enucleation of eyes". Nature 18 (4): 431–432. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6700667. PMID 15069443.
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