- Kairos ( @LodeMike@lemmy.today ) English27•2 months ago
Oh so that’s what blindness looks like
- The Dark Lord ☑️ ( @TheRaven@lemmy.ca ) English9•2 months ago
It’s actually not. This is seeing black, blindness isn’t seeing at all.
- 0ops ( @0ops@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months ago
Nobody really sees black, it’s just kinda assumed by the brain because the eyes collect light and darkness is the absense of light.
- dubyakay ( @dubyakay@lemmy.ca ) English21•2 months ago
Wait, eye floaters are not normal?
- sp3tr4l ( @sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) English16•2 months ago
Ive not had eyefloaters as depicted in this image, but I did manage to get gaslit by people for a long time, telling me I was hallucinating, until I found out that entoptic blue field phenomenon is a thing.
I was the only person in my friends/family circle who was autistic enough to notice and attempt to describe it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon
- EddoWagt ( @EddoWagt@feddit.nl ) English4•2 months ago
Now I want to look at the sky, but it is covered by clouds today and I’ll probably forget when the sky is visible again
- blandfordforever ( @blandfordforever@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months ago
Thank you for this. I notice that also sometimes. I thought I just had some mild neurological condition that might be related to high blood pressure.
- sp3tr4l ( @sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) English2•2 months ago
No problem!
- moroni ( @moroni@lemmy.ca ) English5•2 months ago
Everyone I’ve asked has them too.
- 10_0 ( @10_0@lemmy.ml ) English6•2 months ago
Everyone has them
- Kekzkrieger ( @Kekzkrieger@feddit.org ) English2•2 months ago
no… at least nott if you you have them permanently
- Bananigans ( @Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English9•2 months ago
I have a partially severed optic nerve and my vision looks like the bottom middle picture if the visible section were replaced with the upper area of y=.5x²
- rando ( @rando@lemmy.ml ) English4•2 months ago
What is the difference between cataract and myopia? Is it only me not seeing difference?
- sp3tr4l ( @sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) English3•2 months ago
It looks like with a cataract, the entire image is significantly blurred, whereas with myopia, the blur gets worse the farther away the element of the image is from you.
Which would make sense, given that the derived definition of myopic is basically being focused on or concerned with only things that directly affect you and not the more grand scheme of things.
- rando ( @rando@lemmy.ml ) English2•2 months ago
Thanks, Maybe I see football and blue/white shirt bit more in focus (only because you mentioned it, I stared long enough lol)
- sp3tr4l ( @sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) English3•2 months ago
Im on mobile and i had to zoom the image in a bit to look at it.
Its not so obvious at a casual glance.
alternatively:
Maybe you should get your eyes checked =P
- rando ( @rando@lemmy.ml ) English2•2 months ago
Yup on mobile as well and yup saw those differences after zooming in / staring. Always a good idea to be on top of medical checkup though, I’ll get eye exam just in case.
- sp3tr4l ( @sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) English1•2 months ago
Hah, I mean, I meant that last part as a joke, but if you’ve not had an eye exam ever, or in 5 or 10 years, I guess its not a bad idea.
- rando ( @rando@lemmy.ml ) English2•2 months ago
Had it year and half back, they advised us every 2 years
- SteevyT ( @SteevyT@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months ago
Huh, my glaucoma looks more like macular degeneration. I have a fairly sizeable blind spot smack in the center of my left eye because of it.