Comments on: Are Your Eyeglasses Straining Your Vision? https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/ Improve Your Eyesight and Ditch Your Glasses Tue, 09 Jun 2020 23:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bea https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-31412 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 23:43:58 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-31412 In reply to Nancy.

Thanks for your reply on this. I found your reassurance helpful. Ive learned since I was little that not wearing glasses or wearing a weaker prescription can weaken your eyes due to strain and now that I often do not wear glasses, despite my eyes being happier, I actually notice more blur when I do wear glasses (for driving and such). I wonder about that and if that’s part of the process, but it does concern me just a bit that perhaps my eye doctor was right about not wearing glasses. Lots to unlearn. (If you have any thoughts on that I’d appreciate hearing them). In any case, I wondered if there are guidelines for how much weaker to go in your prescription as you wean off of them? Thank you!

]]> By: Nancy https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-31401 Fri, 22 May 2020 16:26:30 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-31401 Believe me, it WILL get better. https://dreamersight.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/accepting-the-blur-to-see-more-clearly/]]> Hi Nancy,
I really appreciate your insights on this. I’ve been going without glasses for a few days now (because my eyes don’t want them anymore), but feel so lost, ungrounded, uncentered without them, like in a fog. Curious if you have any thoughts or perhaps a previous article on how to deal with that when first starting to let go of glasses? Thanks!

Hi Guest (her comment removed because she didn’t want her name visible). First, please make sure you’re safe. Don’t drive if you can’t see well enough. You may need a weaker prescription for some things at first. Notice that you are not “blind without your glasses”. You can see some things, though maybe not as clearly as you’d like. Also know this is an interim phase, that as your vision improves, your feeling centered will grow too. I’ve written a lot about the insecure feelings when I couldn’t see well. Here’s one old post which may at least let you know you’re not the only one. 🙂 Believe me, it WILL get better. https://dreamersight.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/accepting-the-blur-to-see-more-clearly/

]]> By: Nancy https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-31400 Tue, 19 May 2020 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-31400 Hi Nancy,
I really appreciate your insights on this. I’ve been going without glasses for a few days now (because my eyes don’t want them anymore), but feel so lost, ungrounded, uncentered without them, like in a fog. Curious if you have any thoughts or perhaps a previous article on how to deal with that when first starting to let go of glasses? Thanks!

Hi Guest (her comment removed because she didn’t want her name visible). First, please make sure you’re safe. Don’t drive if you can’t see well enough. You may need a weaker prescription for some things at first. Notice that you are not “blind without your glasses”. You can see some things, though maybe not as clearly as you’d like. Also know this is an interim phase, that as your vision improves, your feeling centered will grow too. I’ve written a lot about the insecure feelings when I couldn’t see well. Here’s one old post which may at least let you know you’re not the only one. 🙂 Believe me, it WILL get better. https://dreamersight.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/accepting-the-blur-to-see-more-clearly/

]]> By: Nancy L. Neff https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-5230 Mon, 16 May 2016 23:43:00 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-5230 In reply to David.

Yes, David, exactly. I went from not moving my eyes enough, to moving them too much and too frantically, to finally moving them almost constantly but in a relaxed focused way. I had to do many things the wrong way first!

]]> By: David https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-5229 Mon, 16 May 2016 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-5229 I did that at first too, darting my eyes around to avoid the stare. It makes sense in a “if this is bad, the opposite must be good” kind of way, but it’s just another way of abusing the eyes and will make them uncomfortable in maybe a little different way.

]]> By: Barbara Sinclair https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-5220 Wed, 04 May 2016 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-5220 Is that your motto, Nancy? I love it! Is it on your website? Have a beautiful day, my friend! xo

]]> By: Nancy L. Neff https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-5219 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-5219 In reply to Barbara Sinclair.

Thanks for reading, my friend. Treat your eyes right, and you’ll have good sight!

]]> By: Barbara Sinclair https://www.iblindness.org/3170/are-your-eyeglasses-straining-your-vision/#comment-5218 Tue, 03 May 2016 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.iblindness.org/?p=3170#comment-5218 Thanks, Nancy! I can’t have enough of these gentle reminders from you. 🙂 xo

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