I don’t get these. Everyone else does and I don’t lol. Sometimes I see a flash of light in a spot. Pretty sure that’ll be an aneurysm in a couple decades.
Anon sees ghosts
Submitted 8 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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saltesc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 8 months ago
These are more common if you frequently rub your eyes.
Tamkish@programming.dev 8 months ago
Right now I couldn’t see them even if I tried, from what I remember I saw them only when looking in bright light against solid color (white wall, blue sky, …) it’s not as solid as the image would suggest, it’s also WAAAAY smaller and more transparent
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 months ago
i got them a lot more when i was younger.
perhaps because my eyesight was better then? maybe the’re still there i and i just dont see them anymore.
i do wear glasses these days
Eiri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They are a lot more obvious if you look at bright surfaces, such as the sky, so one factor may be that you’re not outside as much.
I don’t think they’re supposed to go away; rather the contrary, but who knows.
One thing I do know though: if the amount increases noticeably, it could be a sign of something bad, so get that checked out.
HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
When Ingot my eyes checked a few months ago, they where looking inside and asked me if I see a bright flash from time to time. I said that I do. They then said that if it increases in frequency, duration, or strength, I need to come in ASAP. They seemed concerned, but didn’t want to elaborate for my sanity.
Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Bright flashes usually indicate a tear. Small ones can just be monitored but if you see a big flash (it’ll be sort of like lightning) and there is no environmental cause, it is an emergency. If you don’t get it repaired, you could go blind. This isn’t medical advice, just what I was told when I was younger. This article is basically WebMD quality, but gives a little more on what to look for.
bran_buckler@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is this X-Men’s Cyclops’ origin story? Maybe they’re worried you’ll have laser eyes and will need to wear protective eye wear for the safety of everyone around you.
Really, though, lots of eye flashes can be an issue with your retina. For me, I suddenly had a ton of flashes, like shooting stars, followed by a dimness that lasted for several minutes. It turned out to be an ocular migraine, which was kind of scary not knowing what was going on at the time.
bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Ocular migraine? www.allaboutvision.com/…/ocular-migraine.htm
0ops@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Me neither. Those other ghostly spermies must be like “eh, your life kinda sucks anyway. Let’s torment someone else”
CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Floaters, caused (I believe) by lensing of you aqueous humor (the liquid in your eyes) which is a viscous fluid. That’s why they show up more on bright solid color backgrounds (like the sky). As you get older, your eyeball fluid gets thicker and chunkier causing more of them.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
mmmm cottage cheese eye
univers3man@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It would have cost you nothing to not post that.
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Or OP could just stop taking facials at the park at midday…
Just a thought
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 months ago
Fucking Puritans trying to take away our right to facials
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t Kink Shame brah
Eiri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Those are so cool. They’re the only way (I know of) that you can see molecules with your naked eye. Actual molecules! That’s practically at the level of atoms, and you can see that microscopic stuff!
Also red blood cells. It’s pretty cool that if you stare at the sky (not the sun; please not the sun) you can sometimes see red blood cells move in the back of your eye. Single cells! Amazing.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Err, I don’t think that’s right. That’s physically impossible. Only electrons are small enough to visualise molecules and atoms, which is why you need electron microscope to see those.
Eiri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Whoa, my optometrist tips me that’s what they are and now I’m really disappointed.
Considering their shape and what you said about them being impossible to observe in visible light… I guess those branch-like pieces are cell organelle fragments instead?
Dang, and here I was excited to be seeing molecules.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
They are individual cellular organisms but they’re not molecules. Individual molecular structures are too small for light to interact with so no matter how much you magnify them you’re never going to see them.
That’s why things like electron microscopes were invented. You can’t just build bigger and more powerful microscopes it doesn’t work.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 months ago
I thought they were cells
Eiri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Looks like you’re closer to the truth than I am.
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 8 months ago
At least you don’t have visual snow syndrome and you don’t have to live your life recorded through VHS, unlike me
AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I was born with VS, never seen a clear image in my life. Ironically very into AV stuff and chase the highest quality picture. I often lament that I’ll never achieve perfection because of my VS
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve got tinnitus too. Mine is not disturbing in the morning but gets really loud in silent rooms, so loud it sometimes prevents me from sleeping. Interestingly enough, I’m interested in hifi
Both VS and tinnitus are least of my concerns though. ADHD and asperger’s is what effects my life most
ngwoo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Visual snow on a blue background is extremely common. It’s called the blue field entoptic phenomenon and basically everyone can see it if they try to
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 8 months ago
yeah I know, but mine is on every surface regardless of color
Psythik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I had that during my psychedelic phase but it eventually went away.
Nightsoul@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I have the same thing 😭 I’ve gotten used it it but it’s super noticable at night
Etterra@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hey I didn’t ask to be here, and I couldn’t have been asked for my consent to exist, so we’re all just gonna have to suck it up and trudge our way to Hell’s finish line like this whether we like it or not.
FollyDolly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I loled at Hell’s finish line.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Absolutely not. One of the others can have it.