| yh i get them alot, i try to follow them but they keep running away :( |
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| You see them when looking at something bright means that it isn't a big problem, that happens to almost everyone. I just say that because when I saw the title I was a little worried, like, why isn't this guy going to a doctor? Anyways, yeah, I see them but not very much *knock on wood* because you don't want them to become serious. |
| Eye floaters? |
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| It's normal when you look away from a light source or something bright. Just an after-image burned into your eye temporarily, everyone who can see gets them. |
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| Yes, and I used to actively train myself to see them when I was little. I thought they were faeries. ^^; |
Neiru2012 said: Yes, and I used to actively train myself to see them when I was little. I thought they were faeries. ^^; Same here. I was so scared once I couldn't sleep, and my parents had no idea what I was talking about... |
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Gogetters said: It's when you see tiny, dark spots that aren't really there. The appear to float just in front of your eyes, hence the name. I think they might be caused by the fact that your vision actually has holes in it. Your brain fills them in normally, but floaters might actually be the gaps in your vision, and you see them when, for some reason, your brain is not filling them in. Just a random, personal theory I came up with on the spot. If I'm right, cool, I figured something out.Eye floaters? They're not to be confused with afterimages, which are the result of over-stimulation of the eyes causing them to become less sensitive to the color you're staring at (which is way afterimages are the inverse of the color they're from). I usually get floaters when I get dizzy, but not really anytime else. Edit: After checking Wikipedia to see whether or not my theory was right, I found out that I was confusing floaters with just plain old spots. Silly me. I actually don't get floaters as Wikipedia describes them. Or at least, not that I noticed. I wear glasses, so if I saw them I'd probably think it was just something on them. |
AbstractCalamityJan 31, 2011 11:24 AM
| You have a tumor. |
| I haven't noticed any, I'm lucky ^_^ |
| For some reason I only get them when I am taking a shower or bath, no where else.....lol |
SevenJan 31, 2011 3:17 PM
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| I thought they had something to do with the fluid in your eyes. That's why you usually see them just off center of your focus, and when you try to look at them they move away. Like trying to turn a glass of water with ice in it. I see them often when I'm just kind of dozing off or spacing out. EDIT: Found this "Eye floaters are little specks of debris floating through the vitreous fluid in the eyeball. Sometimes people may momentarily confuse them with dust or tiny insects floating across in front of the eye. However, they are within the eyeball and are not eliminated by rubbing the front of the eye. They follow the rapid movements of the eye while drifting slowly from one place to another. If floaters didn't move, they would be invisible due to a process called neural adaptation. " |
Thillygooth said: See, that's exactly what I was thinking. Wikipedia describes floaters as something different."Eye floaters are little specks of debris floating through the vitreous fluid in the eyeball. Sometimes people may momentarily confuse them with dust or tiny insects floating across in front of the eye. However, they are within the eyeball and are not eliminated by rubbing the front of the eye. They follow the rapid movements of the eye while drifting slowly from one place to another. If floaters didn't move, they would be invisible due to a process called neural adaptation. " "Wikipedia said: Although, after rereading that, spots like I thought of in my earlier post and you described just now are included in that definition.Floaters are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent.[1][2] They may be of embryonic origin or acquired due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour or retina.[1] The perception of floaters is known as myodesopsia,[3] or less commonly as myiodeopsia, myiodesopsia, or myodeopsia.[1] Floaters are visible because of the shadows they cast on the retina[4] or their refraction of the light that passes through them, and can appear alone or together with several others in one's field of vision. They may appear as spots, threads, or fragments of cobwebs, which float slowly before the observer's eyes.[2] Since these objects exist within the eye itself, they are not optical illusions but are entoptic phenomena. One specific type of floater is either called Muscae volitantes (from the Latin, meaning 'flying flies'), or mouches volantes (from the French), and consist of small spots. These are present in most people's eyes and are attributed to minute remnants of embryonic structures in the vitreous humour.[1] So, not only was my theory was wrong, but I wrong about being wrong as well. Silly, silly, me. |
| when I first read the thread title I had thought of eye boogers and I thought that was what the thread was about lol anyways as for topic, I usually get them if I strain my eyes on something for a long time(like on my pc at work) and then look at something bright |
| I get them all the time but mine aren't dark spots, they're prismatic, they change from every possible visible light spectrum before they get to the edges of my eye and they snake through my eyes. I get them when I putt pressure on my eyes or stress myself out. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| I've seen them before, but only a few times in my life. I've never really thought much of them before. |
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| I have them too. I think it is quite common. I only really notice them if I focus my attention on them. When I'm staring at a white background or light that is when I notice them the most. |
| I've experienced it before but never really thought much about it. |
blame_chi said: I like them when I do get them. They can provide some amusement when you try to focus on it and it keeps moving away. |
| haven't got them for awhile sine i started wearing glasses (and man do I look so bad in glasses) lol. i remember them though. |
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| I've had them a couple times before. I usually get them when I am outside for quite a while |
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| I got freaked out seeing them, thought was going blind. |
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