#i was like eleven and didn't have any health anxiety yet and it was scary

[strangesickness]

it miniseries eddie wearing glasses is SO FUCKED UP because he's so cute but like. think about it. really think about eddie kaspbrak, age 32, and he's watching TV or reading the newspaper and the letters are a little blurry, why are they blurry? why the fuck are they blurry? and it just keeps getting worse, he can't read the menu at the coffee shop, he can't read the park signs on his morning jog, he can't see the details on the painting in the living room. but it's just stress its gotta be just stress because he can't be going blind, no way absolutely no way. until he's at his routine optometrist appointment and his optometrist is saying he needs glasses and all he can think is "i should've turned on the lights when i was watching TV that one time" "i should've turned on the lamp when i was reading before bed two months ago" "i need to stop watching TV" and he spends every night after terrified he's going to wake up and not be able to see. and every time he's starting to feel like maybe it'll be okay he sees something he can't quite make out and he's terrified all over again and books an expensive ass optometrist appointment just for the optometrist to say he's fine, but what if they're wrong? what if they're wrong? like that's EVIL he's so cute with them but they must scare him so bad.