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Thread: my recently discovered myopia
Post: Re: my recently discovered myopia

Hi Ana, Welcome! Many people with much more long-standing myopia have been helped by the Bates method. If you don't strain your eyes while not wearing your glasses, your vision should not get worse...

David

Bates Method

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03-06-2006, 11:50 PM

Thread: What about Stereograms?
Post: Re: What about Stereograms?

I don't have much of an opinion on them myself, just that they can be of some benefit. They won't really teach you how to use your eyes right, because by nature they have you use your eyes in an abnor...

David

Bates Method

5,770

03-15-2006, 12:24 AM

Thread: the eyes are different
Post: the eyes are different

Just something I was thinking about. I guess it was MacCracken's book a few years ago that initially inspired this line of thinking. He was a medical doctor who got training from Bates and taught his ...

David

Bates Method

5,917

03-15-2006, 01:23 AM

Thread: Clear Flashes
Post: Re: Clear Flashes

Hi Nicolas, In what I would call "real" clear flashes, the eyes don't water. Watering of the eyes creates a bigger layer of tears over your cornea so that your focus changes like if you were wearing ...

David

Bates Method

5,013

03-30-2006, 01:23 AM

Thread: twitch under my eye
Post: Re: twitch under my eye

Hi Suelin, Welcome to the forum! If you have other vision problems, nearsightedness or other, it's probably just another symptom of strain and would be best dealt with by learning and practicing the...

David

Bates Method

6,592

03-30-2006, 01:26 AM

Thread: The most important habit IS sketching
Post: Re: The most important habit IS sketching

Hi Brett, That just goes to show how simple it can be. Like I say every now and then, there's so many books, so many people to learn from, but when it comes down to it, it can be something so simple ...

David

Bates Method

4,788

04-03-2006, 11:56 PM

Thread: Introduce yourself here!
Post: Re: Introduce yourself here!

Hi Minesweeper, Those are all good books. The Better Eyesight magazines especially. Tom Quackenbush has done an incredible service in providing so much for such a low price (the "list" price is only ...

David

Bates Method

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113,903

04-04-2006, 08:22 PM

Thread: practical use of observation
Post: Re: practical use of observation

Minesweeper, Glasses and Bates is a pretty complex subject, partly because for most generalizations about it, there are exceptions that go completely against the rule. As far as what you say about r...

David

Bates Method

4,775

04-04-2006, 08:59 PM

Thread: Just a few questions
Post: Re: Just a few questions

Minesweeper, The best way to tell whether it's a "real" clear flash is to notice how your eyes and the rest of your feel during it. People notice a profound absence of tension, or the eyes feel light...

David

Bates Method

24,190

04-07-2006, 12:26 AM

Thread: Can't get over a slump - some advice?
Post: Re: Can't get over a slump - some advice?

Hi bjsilva, You sound like you're getting good at mental imagery while in what some call the "alpha" state, which is an incredibly powerful state, so see if you can continue the imagery when you open...

David

Bates Method

5,680

04-07-2006, 12:31 AM

Thread: My aquired myopia is getting worse and it's driving me mad. Thoughts please.
Post: Re: My aquired myopia is getting worse and it's dr...

Hi naturegirl, It's of course true what you say - People don't all become myopic under conditions that seem to have a lot to do with other people acquiring it. The distinction lies in how misusing th...

David

Bates Method

4,572

04-09-2006, 12:19 AM

Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

Oh that's fine, no need to apologize. I have some books on www.batesmethodstore.com also (and will be further expanding the selection soon), but Amazon definitely has some good ones that aren't among ...

David

Bates Method

16,963

04-10-2006, 05:44 PM

Thread: Constant, involuntary, half blinking
Post: Re: Constant, involuntary, half blinking

Hi Roy, It sounds like you may have figured it out! Constant blinking can be misused as a substitute for shifting, to keep the eyes moving, but as you're finding out, when you learn to shift more, yo...

David

Bates Method

6,098

04-14-2006, 02:18 AM

Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

cat Wrote:1) What are you supposed to do during palming? For how long? 2) What are you supposed to do during swinging? 3) What exercises have been most effective for you all? 1. People's experiences ...

David

Bates Method

16,963

04-14-2006, 12:59 PM

Thread: How much does your prescription vary?
Post: Re: How much does your prescription vary?

Louise, If you can afford it, it would be interesting to find out what reading a female optometrist you're more comfortable with gives you, perhaps in the near future, to make a point about there bei...

David

Bates Method

9,248

04-16-2006, 12:13 AM

Thread: you opinion about this
Post: Re: you opinion about this

It's a parody. :) Dave

David

Complementary Methods

5,840

04-20-2006, 09:56 PM

Thread: Pinhole Glasses
Post: Re: Pinhole Glasses

Hi shadymc, It might have to do with the quality of the pinhole glasses, ie: how far apart the holes are. If they're too far apart, you'll get the problem you describe, although even with good qualit...

David

Complementary Methods

6,885

04-24-2006, 09:27 AM

Thread: Thoughts on looking directly at the sun
Post: Re: Thoughts on looking directly at the sun

bjsilva, I agree completely. Squinting and tensing several facial muscles doesn't do any good, but most of us do it out of habit in bright enough sunlight. That interests me much more than the suppos...

David

Bates Method

5,368

04-25-2006, 06:19 AM

Thread: Strange thing
Post: Re: Strange thing

That's true in my experience too. Aspects of normal vision seem weird and exciting, but after a while I was totally used to it, and it stopped seeming weird at all. It's because normal vision is what'...

David

Bates Method

23,972

04-25-2006, 11:10 AM

Thread: MOVED: Vision for Life...?
Post: MOVED: Vision for Life...?

This topic has been moved to Side Topics. [iurl]http://www.iblindness.org/forum/index.php?topic=80.0[/iurl]

David

Bates Method

4,009

04-26-2006, 05:24 PM

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