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Totally normal, and nothing whatever to do with any illness. I've enjoyed that little "movie" for most of my adult life. There's a little dot of a round shape or what can seem sometimes to be like a round object that grows bigger and bigger and then totally encompasses the field of "vision." Then the "movie" of the thing getting bigger and bigger and filling the entire space plays over and over, like a little movie. The reverse can also happen, where the round-shaped thing starts large and then reduces to a tiny dot.
Totally normal. I've never researched exactly what it is, but it is not unknown to science.
My little movies from start to finish last from 4-6 seconds. Sometimes I just watch the little dots either increase in size or reduce in size and wonder what it is, but I can assure you that it is not related to any brain illness.
Totally normal. I've never researched exactly what it is, but it is not unknown to science.
My little movies from start to finish last from 4-6 seconds. Sometimes I just watch the little dots either increase in size or reduce in size and wonder what it is, but I can assure you that it is not related to any brain illness.
totally relate. Used to have this on and off for years. Never did me any harm, if anything, I found it kind of fascinating and exciting, perhaps a little too much. You probably won't find people around the water cooler will relate to it, but it's completely normal when you have active anxiety issues happening all 'round. If it really bothers you, keep a little nightlight on in your bedroom, that should eliminate them beyond recognition.
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Here's one for you guys...
Has anyone have this feeling in your eyes where it feels like your crossing your eyes but your not?
You know that feeling you get when you cross your eye? Well I get that feeling when my eyes are closed sometimes before going to bed, and sometimes I get it out of nowhere during the day....
If feel like my eyes are going to go cross eyed but they dont.... :?:
Has anyone have this feeling in your eyes where it feels like your crossing your eyes but your not?
You know that feeling you get when you cross your eye? Well I get that feeling when my eyes are closed sometimes before going to bed, and sometimes I get it out of nowhere during the day....
If feel like my eyes are going to go cross eyed but they dont.... :?:
Not so fast, oh bright one. Btw, I know you were trying to sooth the original poster, but I thought you were saying the eye thing was typical of anxiety and I wanted to say that it's got nothing to do with anxiety. I've had this all my life. I do find it fascinating to watch. It is something real that's happening in either our brains or our corneas (probably the cornea). You know how when you come out of the movies into the daylight it can hurt your eyes? I think this has something to do with the same mechanism, or maybe with some muscles in the eye itself that do something on their own when all visual stimuli is removed. Or maybe it's a neural thing.
If I'm still here, that means I'm not totally out of the woods. The other day, two nights ago in fact, I had a touch of anxiety as I was getting ready for bed and felt as if I was going to freak out again. But it was just a short-lived thing because I knew what to do and it passed.
Last week was a killer, actually. I decided not to go to California for a job; I have no idea if that was what was making me have anxiety attacks or whether it was a dental thing.
I'm out of the woods for the moment. I don't think one can remain alive and not be subject to existential anxiety. More people have an awareness of what we all think is a highly unusual experience than we are aware of. Most people know DP feelings, anxiety, and so forth and accept occasional bouts as just part of life. I could bring up Job, but I won't -- only for fear that Martin will slap me silly. :evil:
If I'm still here, that means I'm not totally out of the woods. The other day, two nights ago in fact, I had a touch of anxiety as I was getting ready for bed and felt as if I was going to freak out again. But it was just a short-lived thing because I knew what to do and it passed.
Last week was a killer, actually. I decided not to go to California for a job; I have no idea if that was what was making me have anxiety attacks or whether it was a dental thing.
I'm out of the woods for the moment. I don't think one can remain alive and not be subject to existential anxiety. More people have an awareness of what we all think is a highly unusual experience than we are aware of. Most people know DP feelings, anxiety, and so forth and accept occasional bouts as just part of life. I could bring up Job, but I won't -- only for fear that Martin will slap me silly. :evil:
And while I'm on the subject, I'd like to just say this:
I don't think the feelings attributed to DP or DR or even anxiety are always -- and I stress "always" -- an illness in and of themselves. I think that what is often an illness is the inability to accept the range of feelings that human beings normally have.
I think many, many people here do not have organic problems at all but psychological problems.
I'd much rather tame the debilitating aspects of anxiety with psychological tools than drugs, but I have Ativan here if I'm ever in a bad way that I can't get out of using psychological/spiritual tools.
I think that when we are NOT anxious or depressed, we should take a bit of time and consciously acknowledge to ourselves that the feelings that we call anxiety and depression and depersonalization are really scary feelings. I think this helps keep things calmer. What I'm saying is that I think that if when we feel terrific we never think about how we felt, we are somehow "running" from the fear by not remembering it. As long as we "run" from the fear, it will continue to pursue us, so I think that when we are not scared is the time to bring to mind that we really know what "being scared" is like and we accept consciously that we really did feel that way. If we do this when we feel GOOD, we are strengthening our ability to shake off the scary feelings. At least that's how it seems to me. I suppose what I've just written probably doesn't make sense to anyone else but me. I guess I'm saying that when we are scared it's so hard -- it's impossible, actually -- to FACE the feelings because we are sooooo scared out of our minds. But only by facing the scariness of it can we TAME the feelings that are dogging us. Still, I fear, I am not able to express this properly. I give up, but maybe some of it came through coherently. I am just trying to say that it helped me not to push out of my mind the horrible experiences I've had when I finally feel good. It helps to remember and feel the difference and to say consciously, "I want THIS, not THAT." I believe that that autosuggestion has great power -- immense power -- to sort of innoculate us against anxiety to a degree. But maybe I'm just babbling nonsense, I don't know. That's okay; I obviously needed to say this, even if only for myself. If anyone identifies, that's great. :lol:
I don't think the feelings attributed to DP or DR or even anxiety are always -- and I stress "always" -- an illness in and of themselves. I think that what is often an illness is the inability to accept the range of feelings that human beings normally have.
I think many, many people here do not have organic problems at all but psychological problems.
I'd much rather tame the debilitating aspects of anxiety with psychological tools than drugs, but I have Ativan here if I'm ever in a bad way that I can't get out of using psychological/spiritual tools.
I think that when we are NOT anxious or depressed, we should take a bit of time and consciously acknowledge to ourselves that the feelings that we call anxiety and depression and depersonalization are really scary feelings. I think this helps keep things calmer. What I'm saying is that I think that if when we feel terrific we never think about how we felt, we are somehow "running" from the fear by not remembering it. As long as we "run" from the fear, it will continue to pursue us, so I think that when we are not scared is the time to bring to mind that we really know what "being scared" is like and we accept consciously that we really did feel that way. If we do this when we feel GOOD, we are strengthening our ability to shake off the scary feelings. At least that's how it seems to me. I suppose what I've just written probably doesn't make sense to anyone else but me. I guess I'm saying that when we are scared it's so hard -- it's impossible, actually -- to FACE the feelings because we are sooooo scared out of our minds. But only by facing the scariness of it can we TAME the feelings that are dogging us. Still, I fear, I am not able to express this properly. I give up, but maybe some of it came through coherently. I am just trying to say that it helped me not to push out of my mind the horrible experiences I've had when I finally feel good. It helps to remember and feel the difference and to say consciously, "I want THIS, not THAT." I believe that that autosuggestion has great power -- immense power -- to sort of innoculate us against anxiety to a degree. But maybe I'm just babbling nonsense, I don't know. That's okay; I obviously needed to say this, even if only for myself. If anyone identifies, that's great. :lol:
Poonnany, I get all those wonderful oscillating circle things happening as well. Colours change from deep red, rose, black, grey. No big deal. It's only when you focus on it, wonder about it, then it may freak you out. Much like breathing, it's always happening but your never conscious of it until you bring your attention to it. Maybe leave the TV on in your room it your find it too distracting.
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