fee lucky you're nearsighted. that means that you will almost always have your glasses with you, and you have the possibility of wearing contacts or getting corrective surgery eventually. i've been farsighted since i was 10, and that's definitely one of those things that's bound to just get worse...and i cant wear contacts for it...but hey!! welcome to the glasses club!!
Every 10 minutes?! So when you've finally gotten into the flow of whatever you're reading, you're supposed to stop and then try to recapture that state, over and over again. Hmmf.
When I remember, I do try to look away from the computer screen or book during natural breaks in the process, but I usually don't. I read somewhere that it doesn't do anything for eyesight, except way at the beginning when it might be the difference between no prescription and a very weak prescription, but maybe that's where you're at anyway. What it's definitely good for is preventing eyestrain, which just creates discomfort and temporary vision problems, right?
I had a period of time where I couldn't see the chalkboard very well but wasn't bothered by it because I was always drifting off in class anyway and still had all the right answers. I wonder how many Swatties went through years of schooling with problems going undiagnosed because their hampered performance was still better than the unhampered performance of most of their peers.
That's exactly how I ended up with glasses over Christmas. I went to my optician because I got a nice little letter telling me it was time, and ended up with a very high prescription. He asked if I was doing a lot of reading and looking at the computer screen and then looked on askance as I laughed hollowly and told him I was an Eng Lit student.
Entertainingly, despite being short sighted, I have to wear glasses to read because of how far away I hold the books.
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When I remember, I do try to look away from the computer screen or book during natural breaks in the process, but I usually don't. I read somewhere that it doesn't do anything for eyesight, except way at the beginning when it might be the difference between no prescription and a very weak prescription, but maybe that's where you're at anyway. What it's definitely good for is preventing eyestrain, which just creates discomfort and temporary vision problems, right?
I had a period of time where I couldn't see the chalkboard very well but wasn't bothered by it because I was always drifting off in class anyway and still had all the right answers. I wonder how many Swatties went through years of schooling with problems going undiagnosed because their hampered performance was still better than the unhampered performance of most of their peers.
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Entertainingly, despite being short sighted, I have to wear glasses to read because of how far away I hold the books.
My eyes are doomed.
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