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Thread: what made you stop?
Post: Re: what made you stop?

I had no choice in the matter. I'm now 49 and I've worn glasses since I was 10. They always give hyper-clear vision for about 2 days max. and then the blur returns. (This always felt like a mild re...

sean

Bates Method

13,608

03-05-2008, 05:09 AM

Thread: Eyes watering
Post: Re: Eyes watering

I also get this mild stinging (like soap in the eyes but milder) and watering. For people like me who find it hard to get clear flashes could this be turned to their advantage I wonder? In the last ...

sean

Bates Method

8,894

03-20-2008, 04:27 AM

Thread: Definitely a difference in personality.
Post: Re: Definitely a difference in personality.

Spyderman "cute introverted girls" - nah mate, if you are an introvert then it's cute extravert girls you should be smiling at. I have read it and confirmed by experience that all couples are made up...

sean

Bates Method

29,151

04-13-2010, 09:13 AM

Thread: Tackling Skepticism
Post: Re: Tackling Skepticism

I've often thought of that wiki quote. I suppose the entry is the same as when I read it 3 years ago. It's really very disheartening for a beginner. I have always thought that if 'received wisdom' or ...

sean

Bates Method

13,544

07-19-2010, 08:38 AM

Thread: Optimums and Pessimums
Post: Re: Optimums and Pessimums

Correction: my eyes don't always water with clear flashes. That used to be the case but now mainly happens when the vision clears up completely for a few moments. The sensation on the surface of the e...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-21-2010, 04:17 AM

Thread: Why does looking at the Snellen chart everyday improve eyesi
Post: Re: Why does looking at the Snellen chart everyday...

While i have been following this forum attentively I haven't posted for a good while now. I suppose I'm not alone in being pretty secretive about natural vision improvement - it's such a subjective m...

sean

Bates Method

8,283

07-29-2008, 06:04 AM

Thread: Why does looking at the Snellen chart everyday improve eyesi
Post: Re: Why does looking at the Snellen chart everyday...

Thanks for responding, Ram. I suppose the point I'm trying to make here is that it has taken me one year to get to a point where I can relax for a full half hour and not feel I've wasted my time. When...

sean

Bates Method

8,283

07-30-2008, 03:42 AM

Thread: Pain during clear flashes?
Post: Re: Pain during clear flashes?

I still get a mild stinging sensations during (partial) clearings and this is accompanied by eyewatering. Neither are as profuse as a few months ago. I think it is the release of accumulated strain ...

sean

Bates Method

10,401

07-31-2008, 02:59 AM

Thread: Optimums and Pessimums
Post: Re: Optimums and Pessimums

In his excellent book about eyesight (which I see as a complement to Bates) Martin Brofman talks a little about what he calls 'selective vision' and suggests you use it as a help to guide you back to ...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-26-2010, 06:43 AM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

I think this is my biggest problem, or the biggest one I'm aware of. Sorrisi had a useful entry on the subject in her blog (Seeing Beauty) but I haven't tried it yet as it just seems to be beyond me a...

sean

Bates Method

10,082

09-06-2010, 07:54 AM

Thread: Reading strain
Post: Re: Reading strain

Andrea, my sentiments exactly (I'm more aware of it now than before etc) and that's what I am doing myself, grabbing the bull by the horns. Action not words. Just jump straight in here, I think, and s...

sean

Bates Method

10,082

09-08-2010, 09:03 AM

Thread: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go for?
Post: Re: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go...

Sorrisi I agree with Otto - you are an angel. Don't worry about giving too much detail. I started around the same time as yourself but from a worse baseline and while there sometimes seem to be less...

sean

Bates Method

16,602

12-02-2008, 05:14 AM

Thread: Watching Television
Post: Re: Watching Television

I mentioned this before a while back, but I find watching football matches (association football, ie soccer) on the tv very relaxing. I like to sit well back from the screen where I don't really see...

sean

Bates Method

5,221

04-17-2009, 01:02 AM

Thread: Thinking of a Point
Post: Re: Thinking of a Point

I just tried this and it worked a treat. Just a tiny point, smaller even than a full stop (period). I shut my eyes for 20 secs (impatience, impatience) and then just looked. A letter's too big to see,...

sean

Bates Method

16,010

09-01-2009, 09:03 AM

Thread: Optimums and Pessimums
Post: Optimums and Pessimums

I suppose this can be related to the Bates Method under 'Optimums and Pessimums', but I'm mentioning it just as a curiosity. I mentioned before here that I like to relax my eyes by wathcing (associat...

sean

Bates Method

5,958

07-21-2010, 04:03 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Andrea Good post. The last bit, where you talk about imagining someone who can't imagine black etc, got me thinking a little. And really we can do it, and perfectly too, it's just that we aren't used...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:33 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Here's the link to what I was just saying: <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.iblindness.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=856&hilit=mindfulness">viewtopic.php?f...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:42 AM

Thread: Where we making mistake related to Bates patient?
Post: Re: Where we making mistake related to Bates patie...

I have also thought about this one. i think it comes down to working out what exactly is he prescribing in his methods. After all, most people can't give directios for addresses to save their lives (t...

sean

Bates Method

18,418

09-10-2009, 07:14 AM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Here's the link to what I was just saying: <a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.iblindness.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=856&hilit=mindfulness">viewtopic.php?f...

sean

Bates Method

19,887

09-09-2010, 08:42 AM

Thread: Palming versus peripheral vision
Post: Re: Palming versus peripheral vision

Hi Hammer Could you explain how this is done in practice, how you are aware of peripheral vision while focussing your attention on a small point?

sean

Bates Method

8,706

09-20-2010, 07:04 AM

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