Social Anxiety Support

illlaymedown · 10-27-2009, 07:32 AM

When I was in college about 3 years ago, in a completely painted white bright room, I noticed this tiny little black dot...everywhere I looked it would follow and later I told my mom about it and she said she'd had one but it went away and mine hasn't. So I looked it up and found out about eye floaters. This thing may be tiny, but it is so annoying. Does anybody else have this? I'm only 23 and I hear it doesn't affect most people this young :/ Plus it kinda depresses me whenever I see it...does it bother you guys that have it?

mind_games · 10-27-2009, 07:41 AM

lol, don't worry about them I'm sure they're harmless - if a little annoying. I'm 23 and I've had them for years.

There was a thread about them a couple of months ago:
http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/...loaters-69909/

shadowmask · 10-27-2009, 07:47 AM

I usually have three or four in my field of vision, but I hardly notice them anymore. But they can be very annoying, I know >.< They seem to be the most apparent when I'm around fluorescent lights.

illlaymedown · 10-27-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by shadowmask

I usually have three or four in my field of vision, but I hardly notice them anymore. But they can be very annoying, I know >.< They seem to be the most apparent when I'm around fluorescent lights.

Ugh...I hate it though. My vision is extremely good and then there's a frickin' nat looking dot in my sight. I can see pretty well, usually can read from a lot further than most people I know or at least make out what something says, and it just is slightly depressing. I just wanna take the stupid dot out. Granted I don't always see/notice it, but still it makes me insane when I do. And looking at the sky is the worst! I hate the dark black dot looking one, but there are little clearish lines around it and these are in both my eyes. They are harder to notice, so mainly just the blackish one is the one that bothers me.

mind_games · 10-27-2009, 08:08 AM

Wear a blindfold?

Zombie Sheep · 10-27-2009, 01:28 PM

Ummm... I get this but the dots are white. Apparently it's fairly common, but I never heard of them being black before. I have mild cataracts like my dad, but thankfully I don't need glasses yet - I'd look really bad with glasses.

See your optician asap, there's probably no major problem but it's best to get these things checked out. Especially if it's to do with your eyes and it's annoying you.

Toad Licker · 10-27-2009, 02:26 PM

I rarely ever notice them.

njnuser · 10-29-2009, 07:55 PM

I got a cut in my eye when i was playing basketball. It hurt badly, but the cut went away after a few days. I had to deal with eye floaters for the next year or two. They mostly went away after that. Now, whats left of the floaters is so trivial I can barely notice it unless I try.

Amocholes · 10-30-2009, 02:48 AM

I've pretty much had them all my life. I rarely notice them

Dempsey · 10-30-2009, 06:08 AM

Yeah the last time I was at the beach looking at the sky I noticed them. Damn, I have a lot. Maybe 20 splotches?

Zephyr · 10-30-2009, 03:23 PM

They're common. I have faint, clear ones in both eyes that I hardly ever notice, but last year I developed a large, dark one in the lower part of my right eye. It must be close to the retina because it zips around like a fly in my vision. I'm fairly used to it now though and it only bothers me if I'm looking at a uniform surface (eg water) in good lighting conditions.

They typically show up in myopic (near-sighted) eyes.

Duke of Prunes · 11-02-2009, 07:13 AM

I've got millions of them but I've got used to them so I rarely notice them. I hear they can be a symptom of retinal detachment, so if you sustain a blow to the eye and lots of them start showing up it might be worth getting it checked out. In my case they're caused by the fact that I'm extremely short-sighted, though.

heyJude · 11-03-2009, 08:00 PM

I have one too. It isn't very noticeable...kind of a transparent gray color. It only annoys me if I focus on it, but for the most part, I hardly notice it's even there anymore.

Socially Anxious · 11-04-2009, 01:39 PM

I've had one since I was little and didn't know they were called eye floaters. I don't notice it as much these days.

Lovesick Loner · 11-04-2009, 09:22 PM

I serioiusly can see about 10 of these things at a time. They look like little microbes and amoebas of all sorts of shapes. Mine never go away, but I'm so accustomed to it that I don't even notice them unless I want to.

Alys · 11-04-2009, 10:28 PM

yeah I have eye floaters too..they are kind of irritating, but I guess I'm pretty used to them. I also have 20/100 vision and I find that I notice them less when I wear my glasses..

10-27-2009, 07:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
illlaymedown Status: Miseria Cantare Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mississippi Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 366	Eye Floaters When I was in college about 3 years ago, in a completely painted white bright room, I noticed this tiny little black dot...everywhere I looked it would follow and later I told my mom about it and she said she'd had one but it went away and mine hasn't. So I looked it up and found out about eye floaters. This thing may be tiny, but it is so annoying. Does anybody else have this? I'm only 23 and I hear it doesn't affect most people this young :/ Plus it kinda depresses me whenever I see it...does it bother you guys that have it? __________________ "I feel like a helpless puppet being manipulated in some major scheme."~ Squall Leonhart My avatar is my art...www.myspace.com/illlaymedown

10-27-2009, 07:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
mind_games Status: dances, like a fridge Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 23 Posts: 1,571	lol, don't worry about them I'm sure they're harmless - if a little annoying. I'm 23 and I've had them for years. There was a thread about them a couple of months ago: http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/...loaters-69909/ __________________ "this is not me, this is me reacting to your perception of me"

10-27-2009, 07:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,086	I usually have three or four in my field of vision, but I hardly notice them anymore. But they can be very annoying, I know >.< They seem to be the most apparent when I'm around fluorescent lights. __________________ Basically, I'm complicated I have a hard time taking the easy way I wouldn't call it schizophrenia But I'll be at least two people today

10-27-2009, 08:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
mind_games Status: dances, like a fridge Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 23 Posts: 1,571	Wear a blindfold? __________________ "this is not me, this is me reacting to your perception of me"

10-27-2009, 01:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zombie Sheep Status: Ovine Undead Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, UK Gender: Male Age: 29 Posts: 303	Ummm... I get this but the dots are white. Apparently it's fairly common, but I never heard of them being black before. I have mild cataracts like my dad, but thankfully I don't need glasses yet - I'd look really bad with glasses. See your optician asap, there's probably no major problem but it's best to get these things checked out. Especially if it's to do with your eyes and it's annoying you. __________________ Zombie Sheep Gentleman. Scholar. Thread-Killer. If I just killed your thread... I'M SORRY!

10-27-2009, 02:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,638	I rarely ever notice them. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

10-29-2009, 07:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
njnuser Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 21	I got a cut in my eye when i was playing basketball. It hurt badly, but the cut went away after a few days. I had to deal with eye floaters for the next year or two. They mostly went away after that. Now, whats left of the floaters is so trivial I can barely notice it unless I try.

10-30-2009, 02:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,599	I've pretty much had them all my life. I rarely notice them __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

10-30-2009, 06:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
Dempsey Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 637	Yeah the last time I was at the beach looking at the sky I noticed them. Damn, I have a lot. Maybe 20 splotches?

10-30-2009, 03:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zephyr Status: gone Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,579	They're common. I have faint, clear ones in both eyes that I hardly ever notice, but last year I developed a large, dark one in the lower part of my right eye. It must be close to the retina because it zips around like a fly in my vision. I'm fairly used to it now though and it only bothers me if I'm looking at a uniform surface (eg water) in good lighting conditions. They typically show up in myopic (near-sighted) eyes. __________________

11-02-2009, 07:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
Duke of Prunes Status: A prune isn't a vegetable Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 208	I've got millions of them but I've got used to them so I rarely notice them. I hear they can be a symptom of retinal detachment, so if you sustain a blow to the eye and lots of them start showing up it might be worth getting it checked out. In my case they're caused by the fact that I'm extremely short-sighted, though.

11-03-2009, 08:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
heyJude Status: Doodling in the corner. Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 190	I have one too. It isn't very noticeable...kind of a transparent gray color. It only annoys me if I focus on it, but for the most part, I hardly notice it's even there anymore. __________________ ~Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud. We'll be better off somehow...someday.~

11-04-2009, 01:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
Socially Anxious Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9	I've had one since I was little and didn't know they were called eye floaters. I don't notice it as much these days.

11-04-2009, 09:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
Lovesick Loner Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 164	I serioiusly can see about 10 of these things at a time. They look like little microbes and amoebas of all sorts of shapes. Mine never go away, but I'm so accustomed to it that I don't even notice them unless I want to. __________________ "Every day is Like Sunday, Every day is silent and gray" - Morrissey

11-04-2009, 10:28 PM	#16 (permalink)
Alys Status: mind bogglingly imperfect Join Date: Oct 2009 Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 87	yeah I have eye floaters too..they are kind of irritating, but I guess I'm pretty used to them. I also have 20/100 vision and I find that I notice them less when I wear my glasses.. __________________ "I got my heart set on what happens next I've got my eyes wide, it's not over yet We are miracles And we're not alone" - Switchfoot Net-burst.Net