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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Wait, eye floaters are not normal?

[–] then_three_more 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think having them sometimes is normal. Constantly though, not so much.

[–] Retrograde 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have them constantly and this picture looks nothing like them lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think that true for all pics, it's a fairly cartoonish/exaggerated & simplified representation for normies to get it quicker & be more understanding/differently accommodating.

As for floaters, those are the only pals that don't leave me. They can't, ... but they dont, that's the main point here.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] plz1 7 points 4 months ago

That kind of looks like visual snow, which I tried for years to get my eye doctors believe even existed. I know all too well that feeling of being gaslit by assembly line eye doctors just trying to churn out office visits as quickly as possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everyone I've asked has them too.

[–] speederpotpie 4 points 4 months ago

Floaters are normal, if one were to notice lots of new floaters, or have lots of flashes then they should be checked out by an ophthalmologist.

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-are-floaters-flashes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

no.. at least nott if you you have them permanently