#Vision problems

[arathejedi394]

the longing i have for websites and apps to function properly with enlarged text. i cannot see. my glasses are three years old and my eyes got worse since I bought them but I can't afford new ones rn. pls. I'm so far sighted everything within 5 feet is blurry. let me have size 24 font letters.

[arthyritis]

The question is as written. I am not asking whether or not you wear glasses but I'm curious about the overall vision problems. Or lack of depending on where and how this poll goes!

(I get nervous when too many people see my polls because I just do them for fun, so feel free to reblog but don't feel obligated lol c:)

[the-aftonsparv]

i hate the new discord ui. i have so many vision problems. visual snow. astigmatism. you name it i probably have it. and now i can't see SHIT. the server icons are way too small and i cannot enlarge them. whoever came up with this shit was NOT thinking probably.

[problem-project]

haha, of course, my period starts while all my other symptoms are flaring up 🫠 here come the debilitating cramps all the way down to my knees on top of everything else

[voidxbrat]

FUCK this glitchy/flashy/shaky/static effects trend that every person who makes any sort of media is getting into and putting everywhere without any trigger warnings whatsoever!

You are making it impossible for people like me with seizure, vision, photosensitivity, etc issues to engage with any media (especially videos and/or reels taking over) AT ALL!

So tired of it, fuck the ads everywhere (even here now!), fuck the reels taking over, fuck this flashy effects trend, fuck it all.

Sincerely, someone with severe vision, photosensitivity, and seizure issues, who is being forced away from every form of media for the sake of their own health.

[ilovetheriddler]

Genuine Question: I have really bad vision problems in one of my eyes. It's been that way since I was around 5 years old. I genuinely can't make out anything from that eye. It's like intensely fuzzy static, and nothing helps it, not glasses, not contacts, nothing. I struggle to explain it to people because it's so specific, and I'm genuinely curious, am I technically blind in that eye? I don't want to claim that I am if it technically wouldn't be called that, which is why I'm very hesitant about ever phrasing it that way, so I just honestly want to know if it does count as that or not.

[anord]

my vision is being weird and idk what it is

its almost like theres an arrow like "<" on the left side of my field of vision thats all distorted and staticy????????

ive been watching a playthrough of dream BBQ and I didn't notice it for a while bc that game looks all weird lmao

does anyone have any advice/things to do?

i wear glasses cus I'm nearsighted and I need a new prescription bc its all getting blurry again lately but this is new

[ghost-jester-sys]

we use a screen reader fairly often cus we struggle to read and have worsening vision- meanwhile the non-existence of alt text on images / image IDs is depressing as fuck

not to mention the amount of people who use alt text as a joke, completely exclusing groups of people

[bookishbrigitta]

Oh, another "I need glasses a lil bit" update:

Also, the reason it feels like an uphill battle to read large amounts of white text on dark backgrounds on screens is not because I look at screens too much and am an online gremlin with poor posture and no self-control but because that's very common for people with astigmatism.

[19kristen82]

Driving with ✨️astigmatism✨️🙃 it's a real damn inconvenience.

[punk-rock-paganism09]

Trying to edit and re-organize my Pinterest boards is a pain, because I’m half-blind.

[rjalker]

Why can I see better without my glasses if I close one eye.

Edit: it's called "convergence insufficiency", where your eyes try to drift to the sides when you're trying to focus on something close to you.

Like for instance a phone screen you have to hold up to your face because you have your glasses off and can't see more than five inches away

[antics-of-a-spiteful-stickbug]

Being able to see is actually so amazing, there are actually people out there that don't have to fumble for their glasses in the morning, or worry about accidentally falling asleep with single-use contacts, who have never marvelled at the sight of individual leaves on trees, at just how many stars there actually are in the night sky, or looked down in amazement at how the ground seems to roll underneath you when you get your first pair of glasses

I think that's amazing, no matter how much I wish it were me

[swissmissing]

Game changer!... or am I just that clueless?

I have worn glasses for over 40 years. The last 5 or so bifocals. I JUST DISCOVERED that when I wear my distance-only glasses, if I slide them down my nose they work for up-close EVEN BETTER than either the bifocals or the reading glasses. Is this just a quirk of my particular prescriptions or is this always true??? This will greatly cut down on switching glasses!

[churchofthecomet]

if i look at the sky or the horizon for too long (esp when driving) i start to see this flickery mandala pattern centered on my center of vision. it's pretty complex and sort of floral or fractal-ish, but indistinct. reminds me of the beginning of an ocular migraine. vaguely uncomfortable/annoying. any idea what this could be? seems kind of close to visual snow maybe?