Showing Stress

Anytime we experience mental stress we also have a corresponding physiological response: our eyes "float up". This appears as white showing between the eyelid and the iris, or colored part of our eye. Our eyes are in a constant expressive dance. With each even mildly stressful feeling or thought, they will react to indicate our true mental state.

When the white is showing between the iris and the lower lid in both eyes, it indicates mental or emotional stress and possible fearful feeling or worry. If there is more white showing in your left eye, the stress is about concerns in your personal life. If there as more white showing in the right eye, the stressful thoughts or feeling are related to business, professional or financial factors.

If you see someone with the white showing above the iris, it indicates not only stress but also that the person may react in a violent manner. For example, a person who is approaching the psychological flight-or-flight threshold may have white showing above the iris.

If you see someone with the white showing all the way around the iris, be careful. This indicates someone who may be in a state of extreme mental disconnect and may not even be aware of his actions. You will sometimes see this in a person who is going into shock after a catastrophic event or who is under influence of dangerous drugs.