Also, I think that if we have a sensation of "feeling" the lashes we pull, would it be beneficial to use some kind of numbing medication (like some kind of prescription eye drops) to help alleviate the sensation? Would it make us stop "feeling" those lashes and thus not have as intense of an urge to pull?

I would like to try this, but my psychiatrist is really not very cooperative as far as experimenting with treatment options. In fact, he wants to have me on as little medication as possible (which in theory, sounds great, but in practice, is not great for someone with as many co-morbid conditions as myself).

Hopefully I can eventually find a better psychiatrist who would be more willing to try new methods of treatment, even if the evidence for them is not completely convincing - I'd rather try something that is not likely to hurt me but may have the slightest chance to help me, than nothing at all.