Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes?

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• TheTurner@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I see patterns and colors. Almost like a screensaver.

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• dsilverz@calckey.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  @Stacyasks@lemmy.cafe @nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
  
  Yes. It's called "Eigengrau" and it happens due to the adaptation of the eye amidst the darkness.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigengrau

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  • ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    This is what the night sky starts to look like when I try to look at stars

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  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The indistinguishability of dark events from photon responses supports this explanation because rhodopsin is at the input of the transduction chain. On the other hand, processes such as the spontaneous release of neurotransmitters cannot be completely ruled out.

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So it’s like when a camera doesn’t have enough light to properly take a photo, producing a lot of grain. Like when you have a high ISO when taking a photo/video in a dark room, it looks very grainy. I guess the eye is still adjusting its “exposure” if you see some of this graininess in the dark (or when you close your eyes?)

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    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      the brain is always trying to find pattern in incomplete data. one of the explanations i have seen is that when our ancestors were sitting around the fire, those who saw the tiger or something lurking in the dark had better chance to pass their genes than those who didn’t.

      it is why we are seeing patterns in clouds and random geometrical shapes on walls and stuff like that.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

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• DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You have too much gain.

  But yeah it’s normal.

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• wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I always assumed everyone saw it. I’m not special after all.

  Though mine is gray, definitely not purple.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    i had it intensely when i also developed other neurological issues like peripheral neuropaty, and palinopsia(afterimage)although symptom was temporary. now its more of a background if i concentrate hard enough i see snow.

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• youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is a normal closed eye hallucination level 1 on this Wikipedia page

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-eye_hallucination

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  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh shit that’s why I can like make shapes and shit when I’m like in deep relaxation

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ever try one of those float tanks? They’re really good for that.

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I see pulsing waves of color, even in pitch black rooms. When I was little they were bright as fireworks, now, depending on the night they’re either just vaguely waves of purple, grey, and blue or sometimes electric blue and white.

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  • QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was recently reading about this because I discovered there’s a name for that: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_cinema

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      crazy!

      What I see is very close to this:

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3kVtc-4vY

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can make static if I squeeze my eyes very tightly, sometimes spots. No one i asked when I was little had the same results. Haven’t thought about it in a long time.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    is it like swimming lights.

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• Meron35@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you see this when your eyes are open then it may be visual snow.

  Visual snow syndrome - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow_syndrome

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  • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I have it. I’m used to it. It’s not as if I can do something about it.

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  • DrWorm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have this… I just thought this was normal vision. I hate my eyes 😔

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    • Cenotaph@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So did we all, friend. You’re one of the tv static people now. Welcomd

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  • Zirconium@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have this in my right eye without break but also no migraines

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  a small proportion of people have this, i have it mildly as well. my opthamologist at the time said it wasnt common and he only knew a teen that had it. its mostly because of the part of yuor brain thats active.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, and if you GENTLY press on your eyelids you can make other colors happen.

  Also if you stare at a clear sky, NOT AT THE SUN, or at a bluish wall, you may see little swirly things, it’s the white blood cells in your retinas swimming around.

  (Blue field entoptic phenomenon - Wikipedia share.google/MveakONY2KB3QXUUh)

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• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Welcome to the simulation

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  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wish it was still 1999 :(

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    • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Can I offer you a blue pill in this trying time?

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Aight! I want to heart from people thinking this is normal, or not, and if you can actually see pictures in your inner space. I feel a doctoral dissertation could be written here.

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  • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I feel a doctoral dissertation could be written here.

    i feel you may be trying to break into open doors.

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• foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, though mine doesn’t flicker as fast - it kinds moves in slow waves.

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I see brown and tan herringbone with paisley patterns blooming through it.

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  • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s closest to mine, honestly. More of a beige and black hounds tooth, though.

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• the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This gif is very calming to me.

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  • radiouser@crazypeople.online ⁨7⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Just needs some brown noise, bliss!

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• user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I do.

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• Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m glad to see most people replying yes, I was like “wait, is it not?”. The only time I don’t see noise is when I look at flat colors on a screen and I’m not a fan.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, but its not purple, its just like as if your soul was drifting through the universe and you see tiny dot-sized stars from afar.

  Sometimes I couldn’t sleep and the lights are off and there is a tiny bit of ambient light outside, and I just open my eyes and stare at the celing and also notice a sort of static like that, but with a brighter background light.

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• gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sure is for me, especially in the dark

  But if I focus I can see it everywhere

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    it became more pronounced around the time i developed peripheral neuropathy for a while, and RLS like 10 years ago. then its still there but its less severe than it was before.

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• mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My wife and I have never experienced this. 🤷

  Very interesting though.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    its like constantly seeing static, in a non bright room.

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