It’s bacteria eating your optical nerves
hope theyre having fun :D
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Huh … I never noticed that I stopped noticing my floaters after getting glasses. When you have something like that for decades, you stop actively seeing those things.
For some reason this comment is what made me finally realise that I haven’t seen floaters since I stopped needing glasses
wait does it mean my prescription needs changing? i dont know if i read that right
Near-sightedness makes you more likely to notice them, but I don’t think it’s a serious sign of anything unless you’re seeing them so much that it’s a problem. They’re always there in healthy eyes, your brain just tunes them out most of the time. I would assume that changes in the way your eye focusses - either because of a change in the actual eye like the person above describes or because of a change in the prescription of glasses changing the light that enters your eye - just makes it more likely for your brain to not tune them out because they suddenly look a bit different to what your brain got used to
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Eyeworms. Villagers get them from touching raw meat then rubbing their eyes. It’s only a matter of time before the worms burrow into your brain. Then you shit yourself and die in a most embarassing way.
At least I won’t have to deal with the mess.
That sounds right. No wonder I’ve been repeatedly shitting myself everywhere I go…
Seen them for decades, but thought it’s best to keep them a secret. Until Family Guy just casually mentioned them like they were no big deal! Not as crazy as I thought, after all …
I have a lot of these because I’ve had numerous eye surgeries and they’re ultimately just gunk in the vitreous fluid of the eye. I wish there was a way that they could drain, filter, and replace your vitreous fluid when it gets like mine. Like an eyeball oil change. There’s not though, as far as I know.
A tip: if you suddenly see a ton more of these get it checked out asap, especially if you are very near sighted
There actually is. I have looked into it before because I have a lot of floaters, but have never had surgery. The risk and downtime with the surgery is pretty high, so it’s usually not recommended.
I know someone who got a vitrectomy for his eye floaters, and I’ve been considering doing the same when I can afford it
Someone in my family had a double retinal detachment and the surgeon asked if he wanted his floaters removed while they were in there putting things back together. It’s apparently possible because he has no more floaters.
Everytime I see this warning, I become hyper aware of every single one and it freaks me out.
If it makes you feel any better you’ll know when it happens, they increase by a lot. If they increase noticeably you should get it checked out but if it increases so substantially that you’re like man what the hell is going on then you need emergency care, basically, but also you can’t really miss it?
This but for tinnitus too please
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Lol, HPPD goes brrrrr.
I can’t tell you if this is what you’re experiencing, but worth a read if you haven’t come across the term before: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder
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I’d recommend seeking out a therapist if it causes you distress, specifically one with some clinical interest in psychedelics if possible (keywords include ‘integration therapy’). Know that while there’s still a lot to learn about HPPD, you are not alone, and in a lot of cases it can be managed. It’s mostly a question of recognizing your triggers and developing tools to work through them (so if stress is a trigger, stress reduction techniques; abstinence from cannabis or other drugs if that’s a trigger (pretty common), etc.)
Some folks just kinda roll with it, but there is stuff you can do to help manage.
Like all of us?
Yes, since as long as I can remember. Welcome to the alien hive mind comrade! /s
I have a permanent eye floater. When I get really bored I find suitable things in my field of vision to look back and forth between and play pong with.
That is some exemplary “silver linings” shit
You should be a motivational speaker or something
Hopefully you had your eyes checked just to be sure.
It’s likely just a glass body part which is normal sadly.
But also could be something with the nerves , no panic just a thing my wife got similiar stuff and gets checked yearly to be safe.
I’ve had it checked out and it’s fine, thanks. That’s good advice.
Awesome to hear ! , allways better to let stuff get checked out else you could miss something that could get treated before it gets bad. thanks for the update.
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That fucking plane!
They are my little worm friends
They’re always with me :3
Squiggly line in my eye, fluid.
I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision.
But when I try to look at you, you scurry away.
Are you shy squiggly line?
Why only when I ignore you do you return to the center of my eye?
Oh squiggly line, it’s alright, you are forgiven.
Nope, you’re the only person ever to have seen this weird stuff. It’s probably a sign that you’re about to die.
Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They’re called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.
If you get a bunch of new ones all of a sudden it may mean you’re at increased risk for retinal detachment.
The way its been described to me is that if you suddenly see a snow storm in your eye then you need to get to the doctor immediately
To help the the confusion, “floaters” can refer to when small chunks of poop dont flush and instead stay floating during the flush.
My ex told me to stop calling them floaters because it made her think of poop. Thing is, that’s literally what they’re called.
Real life needs better writing
I had some since childhood and as a child trying to explain these to people lead nowhere, and I just thought I had something nobody else had. Then, years later, the internet came, and some random post like this came, and I went holy shit! It was amazing to finally know what it was and that they really aren’t a big deal.
They’re not a big deal unless you get a lot of them all of a sudden. Then it’s an emergency.
Beats “miodesopsia” from my language
i got a floater in my eye
The Germans call them “flying mosquitos”
In Australia we call them eye snags
