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I have esotropia so my eye turns inwards without me realizing or feeling it. How exactly does this happen? When I manually cross my eyes I can feel the pull of the muscles, but when it's unconsciously done I don't feel anything at all even though it's pointing VERY inward.

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I have esotropia so my eye turns inwards without me realizing or feeling it. How exactly does this happen? When I manually cross my eyes I can feel the pull of the muscles, but when it's unconsciously done I don't feel anything at all even though it's pointing VERY inward.	229