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Thread: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I go to school?
Post: Re: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I g...

Daniel Wrote:Getting back to the dilemma that started this thread, I guess maybe there is no good answer for people who are more than mildly nearsighted. This probably explains why there seem to be so...

arocarty

Bates Method

45,688

08-05-2012, 05:08 AM

Thread: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?
Post: Re: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?

ReventioDaFirenze Wrote:Does that mean I have to practice all forms of relaxation techniques to get my eyesight back, or just master one or two of them? You need only learn how to master one, to resto...

arocarty

Bates Method

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08-10-2012, 02:42 AM

Thread: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?
Post: Re: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?

OK, hope you discover those things which bring you the most relief. One can talk about it all day long, but until you jump in the water, you won't learn to swim. Milestones are a real individua...

arocarty

Bates Method

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08-17-2012, 03:06 AM

Thread: I want my vision back - started few days ago
Post: Re: I want my vision back - started few days ago

blwegrzyn Wrote:So, today while working on the computer when I look at tiny letters I am noticing them fluctuating. The go blurry, then less blurry, then they become super clear and sharp. When I blin...

arocarty

Bates Method

75,280

02-29-2012, 01:45 PM

Thread: I want my vision back - started few days ago
Post: Re: I want my vision back - started few days ago

It probably took several months to get control over it, once I became more aware of the tension and how it released when looking at small print, imagining the halos, etc. I like to say 'control', ...

arocarty

Bates Method

75,280

02-29-2012, 04:15 PM

Thread: Feelings of letting go strain
Post: Re: Feelings of letting go strain

This is a very subjective area, because everyone is going to feel and interpret things somewhat differently. Yet there is a lot of commonality among those who experience it, and I think you are spot ...

arocarty

Bates Method

10,159

03-09-2012, 04:53 AM

Thread: afterimage post shifting
Post: Re: afterimage post shifting

Afterimages are related to how long you look at a particular area, or spot. How long are you holding your gaze on one spot? The photocells of the retina become overstimulated, adapt, and thus des...

arocarty

Bates Method

13,210

09-05-2012, 03:50 AM

Thread: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?
Post: Re: -6.00D to 7.50D, Can it be cured?

ReventioDaFirenze Wrote:It seems you are always on this forum. Doesn't that strain your eyes? When you do pc work, does it not strain? No, I feel I can use my eyes all day long at the nearpoint as lon...

arocarty

Bates Method

29,408

09-07-2012, 03:14 AM

Thread: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improvement
Post: Re: Eyestrain and fear of falling --> rapid improv...

Sean_Augensicht Wrote:Sounds crazy? Certainly not; anything that helps raise your awareness of tension in the body, and especially around the eyes, is a benefit, as you've demonstrated. Nice observ...

arocarty

Bates Method

12,753

09-07-2012, 03:56 AM

Thread: Bates has solved one problem
Post: Re: Bates has solved one problem

Hi ___, There are countless scientific-based theories as to the cause(s) of refractive errors. There is much disagreement on the matter, and it continues to confound the best and brightest. If Ba...

arocarty

Bates Method

4,033

04-13-2012, 04:19 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Skywalker Wrote:Thanks for reply! Yes I agree we can't generalize but I've connected computer issue to my experience. When I was kid I've got perfect vision and after getting my first PC it started to...

arocarty

Bates Method

45,007

04-14-2012, 01:41 PM

Thread: Mental advice
Post: Re: Mental advice

Skywalker Wrote:So when I have learned this and getting clear flashes became not something exotic but regular I have made new strategy. Always when I'm getting clear flash I try to don't strain, I'm n...

arocarty

Bates Method

6,091

04-18-2012, 04:10 AM

Thread: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work
Post: Re: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work

Hi Ben, That's a real good question. Bates contended that myopes, although they see better at the nearpoint, never see as perfectly as the person with normal sight does. So if you support that v...

arocarty

Bates Method

15,982

04-22-2012, 01:45 PM

Thread: How to keep flashes of clear vision?
Post: Re: How to keep flashes of clear vision?

As an addendum to my previous ramble, maybe David could create a section somewhere that give some simple instructions on what to use and how to measure visual acuity. A note could be made somewhere i...

arocarty

Bates Method

27,874

11-18-2012, 06:27 AM

Thread: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work
Post: Re: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work

Ben Wrote:Arocarty, what do you mean by halos? I don't see halos but sometimes(while looking at a the computer screen) I tend to see blotches(in my peripheral vision) on the screen around where I am l...

arocarty

Bates Method

15,982

04-24-2012, 11:48 AM

Thread: Why is my vision so much worse in low light/other questions?
Post: Re: Why is my vision so much worse in low light/ot...

lou_deg Wrote:Perhaps the most effective time to improve vision is during the night when we are most sensitive to strain. As far as reading fine print goes, Bates definitely found the dimmer the light...

arocarty

Bates Method

24,515

11-28-2012, 05:32 AM

Thread: Speed reading
Post: Re: Speed reading

To this day I still attribute a speed reading class in freshman year as the main catalyst of myopia for me. Their techniques were just that - essentially reduced shifting/staring, diffusing your vis...

arocarty

Bates Method

5,654

05-04-2012, 12:58 PM

Thread: visual field math problem
Post: Re: visual field math problem

As a frame of reference for pilots, the FAA pilot safety guide describes this one-degree conical area of foveal vision as equivalent to the size of a quarter at 4.5 feet away: "This foveal field of...

arocarty

Bates Method

15,511

05-16-2012, 04:05 AM

Thread: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about reading
Post: Re: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about ...

Weaself, As the others have well stated, fatigue and uncomfortableness in reading comes from a variety of reasons, physical and mental. The movements of the eyes when reading are quite the opposite...

arocarty

Bates Method

32,404

05-17-2012, 04:26 AM

Thread: Why is my vision so much worse in low light/other questions?
Post: Re: Why is my vision so much worse in low light/ot...

Pikachu Wrote:I see. I seem to see best or near-best when the fine print is between two and five inches from my eyes. Is that normal? Further out than seven or eight inches and my nearsightedness star...

arocarty

Bates Method

24,515

11-30-2012, 12:51 PM

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