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[–] 89 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everytime I see this warning, I become hyper aware of every single one and it freaks me out.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    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?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    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.

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    [–] 72 points 1 year ago* (34 children)

    Nope but I see these when I'm getting a optical/ocular migraine.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    Yikes, you're actually seeing that?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It doesn't do what I see justice. They are often beautiful. When they first occur it causes a blind spot. The zigzags are a rainbow of shimmering color. They go away after a hour or so and I feel lousy if I don't have a headache. If I do get the headache with it I have to find a dark room and try to sleep.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    That's the shape. But it's constantly oscillating and the colors shifting rapidly.

    Vision gets obscured but for me my visual processing/reasoning gets cloudy too. I can still navigate the world but finding a door handle is difficult.

    I get sore behind my eyes after and real tired. Happened a few times in the last couple years, anxiety I think.

    Youtube mostly has classix migraine aura but this is close enough if you imagine the zigzag image.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My ocular migraines always come with a pretty strong headache. Last week I had my first one without the headache. Very difficult to try to concentrate when you cannot see.

    Also when I get both types of migraines, I can’t remember names or do any sort of math.

    I typically get a song or something stuck in my head and cannot let it go while I have the headache, it sucks.

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    [–] 67 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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    [–] 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is not inside your eye, it's outside out there. Please, do not ignore it and write to your FBI agent immediately

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    [–] 53 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Congratulations! You are getting older. They are called eye floaters and most people have them in some compacity. I notice them mostly when looking at the blue sky on a sunny day.

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    [–] 53 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    How did you take the screenshot?

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    [–] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I got few permanent ones.

    When I was a kid I played geologist and crushed rocks with a large iron hammer. Few of the metal splinters that ended in my eyeballs left a mark that is still visible today when I look at the sky.

    Not actually floaters, I know.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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.

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    [–] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

    Slightly different but similar and related:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

    EDIT: If you're on a mobile device, or in strong lighting conditions, view the image fullscreen or futz with your brightness/gamma.

    Part of the whole point of this is that it is a subtle effect, only visible in certain lighting conditions.

    Or maybe you need to clean your screen, lol.

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    I believe this is another related, simililar, yet technically different phenomenon, with different causal mechanisms, but yes, lets keep adding to the list, lol.

    Also, brb, you'll never believe this, apparently my pizza delivery guy's name is 'Hiro Protagonist', he's almost here, and I gotta ask him what is up with that name.

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    [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    Nope, you're the only person ever to have seen this weird stuff. It's probably a sign that you're about to die.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    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.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    They are my little worm friends

    They're always with me :3

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    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 ...

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Yes, since as long as I can remember. Welcome to the alien hive mind comrade! /s

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly haven't seen em in years....

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