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Maxwell on Converting Vision Between Diopters and 20/xxIn high school I began to experience distance blur after doing close work or reading. We never had regular eye exams, and I never told my parents, because I thought they would send me for one, and I would need...
Gra on Introduction for BeginnersI don't know if this is possible but I want to adjust my prescription so that I am within the legal driving range. I am legally required to wear glasses to drive. Is there a way to do this myself...
Laura on Stop Wearing Glasses and Improve Your VisionI don't know about the science of this, but I think it is complex and every case is different, so best to take the advice of your optometrist. Please be careful if you have young children. My son was prescribed...
Nancy on Notice When You Stop LookingThanks, Gwen! Just thinking of you gave me a big smile, so you've already helped. 🙂 When they suspended my original Facebook account, then the new one I just set up (which has since been reinstated), it hit me harder...Gwen Diehn on Notice When You Stop LookingThanks as always, Nancy. Don't let the naysayers grind you down (paraphrasing the Handmaid's Tale). Love, Gwen
- Nancy on Bright Lights And My EyesHi Darrel! Thanks so much for reading, and especially for commenting. Yes, I enjoy finding my way around the house in the early morning before sunrise without the lights on inside. The sparkling holiday lights delight me. I've seen photos...
Darrel on Bright Lights And My EyesWhat a fascinating article, Nancy! Although I don't have a problem with bright sunlight, I think psychologically I am really a winter person, Yet I know that strong light is good for me and during the summer I get plenty...
- Nancy on Healthy Eyes Produce Tears EasilyHi Darrel, and thanks! I hope your sister benefits from my words. I don't think that classmate is holding onto any resentment toward me from this, if she even remembers it. I didn't say anything to her at the time,...
- Nancy on Reaching Out Socially, Reaching Out VisuallyThad, yes, a short cut would be nice! 🙂 What works for me is gratitude for what I HAVE accomplished (I’m definitely not where I was!), and taking baby steps to keep going forward. Sometimes even a little bit more...
- Nancy on Are You Noticing?Hi Janine, and holiday blessings to you too. Here's hoping you are well. Yes, our vision did not evolve with all this capability to only look straight ahead at a screen! 🙂 Nature may be the best vision practice of...
Jannie on Are You Noticing?Thx Nancy for the practical tip to look left-right, up-down, near-far.. Blessings to All in the new year!
- Nancy on Too-Bright Lights Scare My Visual SystemHi Darrel, and thanks for the comment. I agree about the overuse of dark glasses, which don't let our eyes adapt to the bright light naturally. I wrote about this here: https://dreamersight.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/giving-a-vision-lesson-for-light-sensitivity/. I think my own problem with bright light...
H HORN on Book Review: Take Off Your Glasses and SeeThank you so much for your in depth review! I just purchased the book and reading your post makes me very curious,which I believe is a great start for a new journey ⚘
Minh on Plus Lens Therapy for Myopia – Good or Bad?Hello. I am just here for fun
James T. on Q&A on Reading – From Bates’s Better Eyesight MagazinesIs there any proof that all those stories of curing patients’ eyesight actually occurred? I wonder because there just seems to be such a great divide between all the success Bates supposedly had back in the day, and the complete...
- Nancy on Are You Trying Or Allowing?Thanks for reading, Ajmera, and especially for commenting. This message seems so obvious to me now, yet it took me many years to understand it. Thanks for doing your part to spread the relaxation and awareness and good habits and...
Ajmera on Are You Trying Or Allowing?Insightful. Self awareness is the key. Thank you
- Nancy on Are You Noticing?Hi Darrel, and happy 2024 to you too! Thanks for the reminder of Dr. Bates' words. What a wise man he was! I shoveled a lot of snow today, and deliberately put myself in that "one shovel-full at a time"...