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Thread: Need advice regarding thoughts in vision
Post: Re: Need advice regarding thoughts in vision

@Nini: Have you ever found yourself "fighting it", like you want to let go but can't or don't know how? Sometimes, I notice that I'm "holding on" to something but when I try to let go, something won't...

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Bates Method

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07-19-2012, 05:08 PM

Thread: central fixation of the mind
Post: Re: central fixation of the mind

Yeah, I've been trying to work on that too. Mental habits are so difficult to break! If someone told me to stop eating junk food, for example, I could just stop and although the temptation would be th...

Pikachu

Off Topic

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11-23-2010, 05:53 PM

Thread: notes on looking at details and changing
Post: Re: notes on looking at details and changing

@David: I'd agree with that last parenthetical statement of yours there. This IS Bates method stuff, maybe not exactly the way he would prescribe himself, but I would definitely consider it an applica...

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David's method

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11-23-2010, 05:59 PM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

1. I'm working on blinking properly. I've been experimenting and I hope to get it right within a week. 2. Measurments from yesterday: After Near-distance Work: 8/200 (0.040) Best with Snellen Practic...

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Bates Method

178

143,801

01-19-2011, 05:41 PM

Thread: mirrors
Post: Re: mirrors

@seetheleaves: Glad to have helped. :) @David: Thanks for pointing that out. I did not consider the intensity of light in my explanation. Mirrors that are "perfectly" flat, and therefore perfectly re...

Pikachu

David's method

7,943

12-02-2011, 03:23 PM

Thread: Link
Post: Re: Link

Yes, I see it too. It's the link that's given in the Description for this forum section. Good eye, clarknight! :)

Pikachu

David's method

7,067

09-29-2012, 10:26 AM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

Tried some more central fixation "look better, look worse" throughout the day, this time focusing on blinking and relaxation while doing it. I'll definitely say that there's improvement, but I still f...

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Bates Method

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11-23-2010, 06:04 PM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

I haven't posted my progress in so long that I don't really know where to start. For starters, I think I'm getting closer to getting the long swing right. I've worked on it for a couple of weeks now,...

Pikachu

Bates Method

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08-08-2011, 10:32 AM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

Thank you very much for the advice and encouragement! As for my friends, their current view of the Bates method is, "if you get your vision back, I'll believe that it works", which can be interpreted...

Pikachu

Bates Method

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11-24-2010, 05:24 PM

Thread: how many times do i exercise my eyes per day
Post: Re: how many times do i exercise my eyes per day

@Andrea Major: There is no need to apologize. You did not make any personal attack on me and I understand that you were trying to make your point clear. You mention not looking at the Snellen chart as...

Pikachu

Bates Method

27,212

01-20-2011, 04:33 PM

Thread: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away
Post: Re: The dilemma of not recognizing people far away

Bifocal Wrote:A true improvement in vision would be when the particular line on the snellen chart can be read consistently,weather one is tired,or rested.stressed,or not stressed.anxious,or not anxiou...

Pikachu

Complementary Methods

40,504

10-25-2012, 10:14 PM

Thread: Bits and Pieces from Chats
Post: Re: Bits and Pieces from Chats

ted: So how's your vision on a daily basis? Do you still "practice" these habits or are they mostly subconscious now? arocarty: I'll still have to pay attention each day at some time or other, and re...

Pikachu

Bates Method

16,544

11-18-2012, 07:39 PM

Thread: By accident
Post: Re: By accident

@Ahsen: I'm not too familiar with all of the sources online, but I believe that a lot of people advocate <a class="postlink" href="http://www.central-fixation.com">www.central-fi...

Pikachu

Success Stories

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01-20-2011, 04:38 PM

Thread: Avoiding people?
Post: Re: Avoiding people?

At the same time though, I don't think it's possible to avoid myopes in real life, considering how ubiquitous myopia is right now. I think that a good approach would be to pay attention to how others ...

Pikachu

Bates Method

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03-05-2011, 10:09 PM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

1. I need to correct something I wrote in my previous post. It seems that the Long Swing is even better when the attention is not diverted at all! Just notice the objects swinging by while keeping the...

Pikachu

Bates Method

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05-10-2011, 05:26 PM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

1. The reading to a child approach works, but only as long as I remember that I'm supposed to be reading to a child! I get the feeling that I've tried this before. Anyway, the trick is not getting too...

Pikachu

Bates Method

178

143,801

06-01-2011, 05:28 PM

Thread: Blurred vision clears if I only use half of the eye.
Post: Re: Blurred vision clears if I only use half of th...

I suspect that this has something to do with the so-called "pinhole effect". I forget the exact mechanics of it, but it's a sort of artificial effect and probably doesn't have too much to do with the ...

Pikachu

Bates Method

3,350

06-27-2011, 10:37 AM

Thread: Plus Lens therapy in combination with the Bates method
Post: Re: Plus Lens therapy in combination with the Bate...

jiminos more or less nailed it. There really haven't been controlled studies or experiments to support or refute plus lens therapy. I personally think that it is like any other technique in vision imp...

Pikachu

Complementary Methods

24,052

11-19-2012, 05:02 PM

Thread: Need advice regarding thoughts in vision
Post: Re: Need advice regarding thoughts in vision

@Nini: Thanks. That makes sense. @arocarty: That's something I hadn't thought of before. I'll have to think it over. When I say that my attention is mechanical, I mean that it is jerky (is that the...

Pikachu

Bates Method

10,249

07-20-2012, 03:13 PM

Thread: My Vision Journal
Post: Re: My Vision Journal

Daniel: That's true. I am not so crazy as to insist that I don't look down even when I feel unbalanced/ungrounded/etc. But I have played around with it for a while, and there is very little risk to go...

Pikachu

Bates Method

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10-26-2012, 08:41 AM

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