Everytime I look at the sky...

drdesignz · 8 months

nevdash · 8 months

I have these along with this. Together, they make reading an absolute nightmare. And I'm a law student. :(

shematic · 8 months

Minor interesting factoid: these are the smallest things you can see with the unaided eye (because they're behind the lens).

this_time_i_mean_it · 8 months

When I was a kid, I always thought these were microscopic bugs that were trapped at the centre of your eye, which acted like a magnifying lens, so you could see them.

HawaiianDry · 8 months

Relevant

Darth1 · 8 months

When I was younger (8ish) I always thought they were worms coming to land.

How silly of me, they are obviously centipedes.

hatchington · 8 months

Relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

KyleW17 · 8 months

I don't ever remember having eye floaters at any point in my life, is that good or bad, what am I missing out on?

maliciousme · 8 months

When I was a kid, i always wondered if they were microorganisms chilling on my Retina.

SwarlesBarkley · 8 months

My whole life i've wondered what the hell these things are. about 3 months ago i saw a post similar to this, i was ecstatic. I thought i was going to finally learn what these were. Then the power went out and i could never seem to find the post. Finally learning what these things are has eased my hypochondriac brain just a little. Thank you Reddit.

chendiggler · 8 months

"Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid. I see you lurking there on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you, do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's alright, you are forgiven."

— Stewie Griffin, 2007 "The Tan Aquatic", Family Guy.

[deleted] · 8 months

But at night -- it's the one time they don't interfere with one's vision -- staring up at the stars. I call it nighttime floater relief.

dubloe7 · 8 months

What the hell?

PancakePirate · 8 months

As well as floaters, does any one ever see little flashes of light that aren't actually there? They are very hard to notice, but you can catch them if you pay enough attention.

MianBao · 8 months

I always thought they were caused by looking at the sun: the trail looks like a 1 second burn path of a sun ray on the retina..

TheHappyRogue · 8 months

I just have a single, tiny little black spot in my field of view, in one eye. Is it the same thing?

blubbersoul · 8 months

I'm not saying it was aliens but....

TomSelleckPI · 8 months

When I was a kid, I used to think I had some crazy ability to see "molecules" with the naked eye. I never told anyone about it cause I thought I would lose my powers if anyone found out. When I got a little older, I stopped thinking it was "molecules" and just thought it was a sign of the onset of schizophrenia. So once again, I didn't tell anyone. Finally saw a link about it on Reddit a few years back. Thank you Redditors!

Silenced_is_Foo · 8 months

I always hated trying to sort the floaters from the subject when I was using a microscope in highschool.

"Yes, it's in focus! Wait, no. Floaters. Fuck".

revital9 · 8 months

What really annoys me (except for the fucking floaters themselves) is the total dismissal doctors seem to have towards this phenomena. OK, so it's not life threatening - it's even sort of a first world problem - but it's so disruptive and irritating, and so many people suffer from it... How come no one has bothered with a solution yet?

I have a few in my left eye and I will pay good money for a safe treatment that will rid me of these damnable floaters. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. Ophthalmologists - go for it!

ElMabo · 8 months

Whoa!

32 years, and your the first one to acknowledge that this exist! (In my circle of friends anyway... )

Thanks!

Angus99 · 8 months

Anybody else have the fun of the occasional ocular migraine? It's not a headache, as the name implies - it's a transient phenomena where you see a flashing shape (I always liken it to the experience of looking through a raindrop on a piece of glass) move across your field of vision. It flashes or shines a little bit around the edges, and lasts for fifteen to twenty minutes. I get an annual eye check, without fail, and I highly recommend it. If you've got insurance, take advantage of it. They still aren't sure exactly what causes these (I don't have detached retina or macular degen), but believe it's something in the optic nerve. I'm 48, and it's happened three or four times in my life. It will get your attention, believe me. :)

KEYBORED10 · 8 months

that is a worms eye view

mellooo · 8 months

woa i thought i was the only one

codesnik · 8 months

just worms in your eyeballs. no big deal.

inkabinka23 · 8 months

That happens with me.

Albaek · 8 months

This look oddly familiar.

pifarm · 8 months

for me its

HOLY FUCK THERE IS SO MUCH BLOOM

I have sensitive eyes

Harmswahy · 8 months

Oh squiggly line.....

excommunicated · 8 months

Trying to spot fungi through a microscope with those in your vision is annoying...

(they have a similar appearance to un-stained fungi)

elevenyearoldchild · 8 months

You'd think Reddit would know what this is by now, seeing as this stuff hits the FP twice a week all year every year.

Never been noticable for me.

WhiteHeather · 8 months

When I was a kid I liked to think they were weird little fairies.

BrokN9 · 8 months

I sometimes become blind and lose my balance for 5 secounds after standing up, is that normal aswell?

lighght · 8 months

oh boy i was afraid to be the only one who sees this!

nnxion · 8 months

This was on reddit askscience a just a couple of weeks ago, plus more like Troxler's fading and Blue field entoptic phenomenon, which the expert, as a kid thought were atoms. Of course I knew it couldn't be atoms, way too small to be able to see. I instead thought they were molecules. Lots more! Check it out! Learn a lot! :)

TheAnnoyingLife · 8 months

Me too.

[deleted] · 8 months

yay floaters!

[deleted] · 8 months

Eye doc here. Floaters are very common I have a ton of them myself. If you notice any you should def get your eyes dilated once a year and keep a lookout for any new floaters cuz that could be a sign of retinal holes, which are treatable.

SomeoneWhoIsntYou · 8 months

Someone told me as a kid that they were worms you get from biting your fingernails. The same ones you get in your butt that makes your butt itch. But that they migrate to your eyes eventually. That's pretty much an exact quote.

thebowlofpetunias · 8 months

When I was little, I thought I had super microscopic vision as a superpower and was able to see germs in the air.

paydayadvanceuk · 8 months

Haha.. I remember a Family Guy episode about this.... where Stewie goes...

STEWIE: Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid, I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line?

Why only when I ignore you do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's all right. You are forgiven.

Hahaha...

footballa · 8 months

YES!!! SOMEBODY DID IT

roythunder · 8 months

Oh, squiggly line in my eye fluid, I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy, squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you do you return to the center of my eye? Oh, squiggly line, it's all right. You are forgiven.

M374llic4 · 8 months

Good lord, I had a ton of these this morning for some reason when I went out for a smoke and looked out in to the trees / sky.

zephyy · 8 months

Mine are kinda fuzzy black instead of clear, and smaller.

erikpdx · 8 months

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!

soothfast · 8 months

When I go on a plane in a pressurised cabin I get something happen to my eyes. It isn't floaters, but I see a strange grey and round kaleidoscope pattern in my vision (that's the only way I can describe it).. I do think its something to do with the pressurisation on my eyes though. I've tried to search but I only ever get results for floaters and its definitely nothing like what the OP posted. Anybody know?

Bmandoh · 8 months

Mushi

[deleted] · 8 months

ANGELS

leif777 · 8 months

It is very satisfying to be able to finally look right at one without it moving away.

chad77 · 8 months

Seriously, for some reason, I thought I was the only person that experienced this. I have even brought in up in conversations and people look at me like I'm crazy.

Benassi · 8 months

That's the parasite in your eye.

pyrojo · 8 months

I don't get these, it makes me kinda sad in a weird way :(

frankus · 8 months

I want that in a screen saver.

gilligan156 · 8 months

oh my god, you too!!?? I got one this past april, I've had perfect vision for 25 years and now all of a sudden I have this floater. it really really upsets me and is distracting, I hate it, but at least there's others that share this :(

elanti · 8 months

And I thought I was the only one with special powers

Navae26 · 8 months

SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!

nothatsstupid · 8 months

Now I know what Regina is talking about at 1:43 of the Hotel Song.

redandwhitekop · 8 months

same image used in the animation as in wikipedia?

hawk135 · 8 months

Mushi?

cafeconleche91 · 8 months

Any one else not get these? I get the little black circle floater which pissed me off but I think that's about it.

jonpotz · 8 months

I remember first running into these things while taking my SAT test end of senior year high school. I was looking at the test and kept thinking a bug was flying in my vision. When I realized they weren't bugs, I thought I was going blind and damaged my eyes some how. I didn't mention them to anyone until a year later, I brought it up at a family dinner. My grandma says to me "oh those are just floaters, I have them too." LOL.

Coolunix · 8 months

Am I the only one who doesnt know what causes this?

Illuminaughtyy · 8 months

Every time I look up at the sky in the daytime, I see a weird kind of static.

AZJ0SH · 8 months

I haven't seen floaters since I was a kid, from what I read it's common in children, not so much in adults. I miss the floaters, they were my friends.

0c34n · 8 months

Phosphenes!

danny10846 · 8 months

Oh Squiggly line in my eye fluid...I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision. But when I try to look at you, you scurry away. Are you shy squiggly line? Why only when I ignore you do you return to the centre of my eye...Oh, squiggly line, it's all right. You are forgiven.

GinAndTrees · 8 months

You're lucky, 5 years ago I had a rare eye infection that left me with an entire visual field composed of floaters, reducing my vision in one eye by ~50%. Many of them have reabsorbed, but i still have way more than normal in one eye.

BatteryGraveyard · 8 months

I have glaucoma and amblyopia, along with a shit-ton of these floaters. Not sure if that is common with most early 20's cases of those, but trust me when I say that it is beyond annoying. And not just when staring at the sky.

[deleted] · 8 months

I've always had floaters, but one day all of sudden they got thicker and more, so I started worrying and for almost a year I was being miserable looking at them and if anything looked strange and I would freak out and call my optician. If you are worried about floaters, there is 'nothing' you can do about it, just stay calm and one day you will get used to them, sooner than you think :)

Sanjuro7880 · 8 months

Got my first one at 25..

Rockinanimz · 8 months

Don't remind me :|

jmaxymiw · 8 months

holy shit I thought I was the only one. I used to think these were cells or something odd

Barstow123 · 8 months

you have no idea the amount of OCD this has caused me...

theshoelessone · 8 months

I fucking hate my floaters.

rific · 8 months

THAT'S NOT JUST ME?! What the shit... now someone's going to tell me that I'm not the only one who can talk inside my head or something

iusedto · 8 months

thank you. i feel like for the first time, i was able to look directly at them. STOP RUNNING AWAY, DAMN YOU!

Loranda · 8 months

Why the hell does stuff like this get over 2.000 down votes? I mean, seriously. WTF?

Parchedflame · 8 months

I hope someone can diagnose this.

This only happened when I'm looking in the sky when it's day. I see thousands of circles, slightly hues with red, green, and blue. Out of these circles are tiny crescent-shaped figures that shoot out of the circle, travel a very short distance, and then they just fade. This happens with each and every circle in my eye and it happens quite rapidly. About 3 times a second on average.

EDIT: happens*

apman90 · 8 months

ITS NOT JUST ME?!

Canadian_Infidel · 8 months

It says they are age related but I've had them since I was very little.

Cavetodaface · 8 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7_al4mrfg

nickels55 · 8 months

Too bad there aren't many doctors in the US that fix floaters with laser eye surgery: http://www.eyefloaters.com/ - hopefully someone invents some eye drops or figures out an affordable solution to this horrible problem!

Holmania · 8 months

I always thought that these were little specs of dust on your eyeball. It's saddening to know that they actually are part of the eye and will never go away... :\

doubleknot · 8 months

I had those my entire life. They use to bug the heck out of me. As you get older your optometrist will begin to ask you if you've noticed that they've gotten any worse.

renegadeofunk · 8 months

You are now aware of your floaters.

Bigbuddha · 8 months

Thats nothing, Every time I look at ANYTHING

Visual Snow

nickfromredcliff · 8 months

You're not alone.

wayndom · 8 months

Excellent presentation! Looks just like the real thing!

Strangely, I only see floaters some of the time when I look at the sky. Never figured out how that could be...

Minioreo · 8 months

I used to think these were molecules and I was the only one who could see them because everything thought I was a crazy. I kept it to myself after that, until I seen Peter from Family Guy see one. Then I burst out and said told ya when I was visiting my parents.

Edit: I a bunch of words.

DamnSpamFilter · 8 months

im 19, and have had it for as long as i can remember, i thought i was the only one

worstenememe · 8 months

floaters, man.

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