Why does eye twitching happen because of your nerves?

Eye twitching happens because your nerves are sending messages too fast or too much, like when you're excited and can't stop jumping up and down.

Your eyes have tiny muscles that help them blink. These muscles get messages from your nerves, which act like telephone lines, they send signals from your brain to your eye muscles.

Sometimes, these telephone lines get too busy or too excited, and the messages come in all at once, making your eye muscle jump or twitch. It’s like when you’re on the phone with a friend, and suddenly everyone starts talking at once, it's hard to hear clearly, and you might even laugh or jump!

Your nerves can get overworked from things like:

• Not enough sleep
• Too much screen time (like watching cartoons)
• Stress or excitement

It’s like your eye is doing a little dance when it doesn’t know what to do next, and that's why you twitch!