How did you take the screenshot?
He sneezed and farted at the same time
No, that’s a screenshart. A screenshot is taken by blowing your nose when you have a sinus infection.
Nope, you're the only person ever to have seen this weird stuff. It's probably a sign that you're about to die.
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.
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
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?
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.
Yes, since as long as I can remember. Welcome to the alien hive mind comrade! /s
Nope but I see these when I'm getting a optical/ocular migraine.
I had one once, a decade ago, no pain, but mine was black and white squares, some had x's in them, it looked like some unholly mix of Apple and Xwindows just righ there in my vision in just about that overall shape you displayed. I also felt SUPER disconnected at the time. My wife and I were picking stuff up at storage, I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage and it went away in less than 5 minutes. I was thankful to not have the oft associated headache
I had this a few times when I was working an extremely stressful job. Changed jobs and voila! No more ocular migraines. Mine was more silvery and blue than red but otherwise your pic looks just like it.
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.
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.
I got one or two from looking at the sun for no reason when I was a kid
god I was dumb
You can still be dumb if you wanted to!
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.
Honestly haven't seen em in years....
They left.
That fucking plane!
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.
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.
I've seen these since at least the time i developed long term memory as a small child.
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 ...
This is not inside your eye, it's outside out there. Please, do not ignore it and write to your FBI agent immediately
They are my little worm friends
They're always with me :3
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.
Pretty sure I fucked up my eyes from psychedelics even though I didn’t trip more than 5 or so times in my life. I took some golden teachers and I noticed that my glasses felt like they were in the way of my eyes. I took them off and I could legit see. I need glasses to see anything that is 2 feet away from me, all I see are huge masses of colors and blobs without them on since I was about 9. Ever since that trip I see weird shit randomly, especially when I’m nervous, it just swirls and flashes. Eye doctor says nothing is wrong, I’m just seeing floaters. Shits weird.
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
I had heard of it before but hadn’t read much about, mostly from fear that it would be true, like this part of the wiki article hits too close because I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what I’m experiencing. FML.
“Many report that their visual distortions become more pronounced or even emerge during periods of heightened anxiety or stress.”
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.
Having an astigmatism that changes really frequently means I notice these more obviously within months of changing my prescription. Fuck these things!
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