A loss in Perception
So recently I've been having problems with my eyes. They just do not want to focus. And I don't mean this in a figurative sense. Lately it seems if something is not directly in front of me, my eyes can't focus on it. In fact it sometimes really hurts to look at things that are further away then right in front of my face.
The area outside my immediate perception feels very flat, like I'm staring into a photograph of the world and it's just a little too close to my face, so my eyes are trying to see all of it while still trying to just look at what's directly in front of me. Actually, no, you know what it feels like? It feels like I'm looking at one of those Magic Eye puzzles. You know, the jumbles of images that, when you cross your eyes just so, make a picture? If you're just looking at them, knowing that somewhere in that picture there is a 3d image you can't see, your eyes start to feel flat and unfocused.
My world lacks depth. It's just a photograph. I can't tell how far away things are or how close I am in relation to them. I've read in many places that having glasses does diminish your ability to see depth, sometimes permanently, along with a lot of other things. But there's no real way to counter it because you need the glasses to see. This wouldn't bother me so much (okay it does bother me) except when I try to drive I have no concept of where everything is in relation to my car, and that is VERY SCARY. I find my self stopping far too early or way too late when I'm in traffic, and that just isn't safe. And don't even get me started on the cars coming in the opposite direction - even though my mind knows they aren't going to hit me because they're in a different lane, my eyes always see it like they are. There's no way to gauge what is or isn't going to hit me.
Anyway, I'm going in tomorrow to get my glasses checked out, though I don't know how promising that's going to be.
The area outside my immediate perception feels very flat, like I'm staring into a photograph of the world and it's just a little too close to my face, so my eyes are trying to see all of it while still trying to just look at what's directly in front of me. Actually, no, you know what it feels like? It feels like I'm looking at one of those Magic Eye puzzles. You know, the jumbles of images that, when you cross your eyes just so, make a picture? If you're just looking at them, knowing that somewhere in that picture there is a 3d image you can't see, your eyes start to feel flat and unfocused.
My world lacks depth. It's just a photograph. I can't tell how far away things are or how close I am in relation to them. I've read in many places that having glasses does diminish your ability to see depth, sometimes permanently, along with a lot of other things. But there's no real way to counter it because you need the glasses to see. This wouldn't bother me so much (okay it does bother me) except when I try to drive I have no concept of where everything is in relation to my car, and that is VERY SCARY. I find my self stopping far too early or way too late when I'm in traffic, and that just isn't safe. And don't even get me started on the cars coming in the opposite direction - even though my mind knows they aren't going to hit me because they're in a different lane, my eyes always see it like they are. There's no way to gauge what is or isn't going to hit me.
Anyway, I'm going in tomorrow to get my glasses checked out, though I don't know how promising that's going to be.