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Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Quote:Fair enough? Yes. :) I decided to trust the Bates method. David, could you recommend some exercises to me? In my vision training book the following exercises are recommended for farsightedne...

Alex wants to improve

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08-11-2007, 03:51 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, :) Quote:No, that does NOT make me an "expert" -- but I am comfortable with the situation. Does this mean that you don't wear glasses since the operation? Quote:It is not clear if you hav...

Alex wants to improve

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08-10-2007, 01:03 PM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

I am interested in a second opinion, that's why I'm here on this forum. And I am committed to the Bates method. But my fear of squinting again is quite big and to get rid of this fear it would be ver...

Alex wants to improve

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08-10-2007, 05:17 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi, :) Quote:I think you are being frightened into wearing a plus lens You are probably right with this. It's basically caused by my lack of knowledge of what is possible. If people don't know or un...

Alex wants to improve

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08-09-2007, 03:22 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi, :) Quote:It was not clear to me that you could get along with no lens on your face. Now that it clear -- do not wear the lens. I didn't wear my glasses the whole day and to my surprise my left ...

Alex wants to improve

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08-08-2007, 01:43 PM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, Quote:Going with no lens is good. But I would get a low-cost plus from the store (for about $8 ) and use it ONLY for reading. Why? Reading is more comfortable for me without glasses. A...

Alex wants to improve

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08-08-2007, 07:00 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

My little "experiment" I want to try out how long it takes for my left eye to turn in, if I don't wear my glasses. I don't wear them now for 3 hours. I read on the internet, read newspapers, magazi...

Alex wants to improve

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08-08-2007, 06:01 AM

Thread: paranormal stuff
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I wouldn't wonder, if it were film students who made those clips. Those tricks have been used in many horror films. It's incredible how naive the kids at youtube are. They really seem to think that th...

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08-08-2007, 03:39 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Quote:Unless you have an eye that turns in, or turns out (or is intermittant that way) you don't have strabismus either. Exactly this is my problem. Quote:So you mention your eye only turns dependin...

Alex wants to improve

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08-08-2007, 01:42 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Quote:I do not know how old your are, or why you are wearing these glasses. I'm 22 and wear glasses since the strabism operation at the age of 3 as mentioned in my first post in this thread. I was d...

Alex wants to improve

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08-07-2007, 08:00 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, :) My results from the Snellen test: both eyes at 20/20: 4 out of 5 letters To measure 20/15 wasn't possible. When I clicked 'smaller' there came a notice that said that the letters would...

Alex wants to improve

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08-07-2007, 05:07 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

You two are right. If I consider what picture I have made myself about the Bates method I recognize that with every thought I tried to find a way to integrate it in my actual, habitual mindset, which...

Alex wants to improve

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08-06-2007, 03:15 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi David, My knowledge of the eye physics and visual perception in general is very low at the moment, but wouldn't it make sense to see the reason for (my) strabismus in the unequality of my eyes? To...

Alex wants to improve

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08-05-2007, 11:35 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Quote:You can't do that with the Bates method. The Bates method doesn't work like that because it is a holistic method. If you remove the underlying strain, your eyes will move towards clear sight a...

Alex wants to improve

Bates Method

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08-05-2007, 11:17 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Paul, Quote:Are you going to focus on the Bates method to cure your eyesight? or are you going to wear eye patches do exercises and wear an opposite lens that Otis endorses. You'll have to decide...

Alex wants to improve

Bates Method

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08-05-2007, 09:35 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, As I understand you, in your case the bad eyesight was caused by psychological factors and not through physical damage of the eye. I wonder, if my eye problems could also have a psychologic...

Alex wants to improve

Bates Method

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08-05-2007, 08:41 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, Quote:That depends on your objective GOAL. As I wrote my primary goal is to get my eyes even, my secondary goal is to improve my eyesight as good as possible. I don't see it as necessary to...

Alex wants to improve

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08-05-2007, 06:06 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: Re: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi Otis, Quote:If you can read 20/20 (judge, or read 1/2 the letters correctly) you pass this tough visual-acuity standard. Isn't the aim of eyesight improvement to be able to read letters clearly e...

Alex wants to improve

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08-05-2007, 02:37 AM

Thread: 3 questions of a beginner
Post: 3 questions of a beginner

Hi, :) When I was three years old I fell down some stairs. A vein must have burst as one of my eyes turned red. My parents brought me to an ophthalmologist who, as she looked at me, screamed: "Oh my ...

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08-04-2007, 04:38 AM

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