ASTIGMATISM vision vs NORMAL vision

Today we talk about what astigmatism feels like (What it feels like to have astigmatism).

and also this video isn't sponsored by Coopervision, from my knowledge Biofinity XR toric is the ONLY soft contact lens that corrects up to that amount in the market (but correct me if this is inaccurate).

[JoyceTJL]

I remember being 17 and was asked by my friend of why im staring at a light source. Was telling her that i was wondering about the lines formed by the light, and she said "Everyone sees that you know". 2 years later, we met after being apart, and found out that we were both diagnosed with astigmatism.

[ryanwalton]

I got my first set of glasses when I was 27, my optometrist told me I had mild astigmatism and most likely had it from birth. I still remember walking outside with my glasses on and being absolutely blown away by how crisp everything looked because I was under the impression that I had perfect vision and most people saw things the way I did.

[little]

I have an astigmatism. I didn’t know not everyone saw that “light streaking” until now. I thought that was normal. No wonder my husband looked at me strange when I mentioned it to him! This was an incredibly well done video on the condition. Thank you.

[RedElm]

As someone with both nearsightedness and astigmatism, I find reading street signs extremely difficult (especially at night) even with corrective lenses. I wish they made them bigger so I could read them before I'm supposed to make turns.

[dbdnights]

I also thought everyone saw the streaks of light coming out of artificial lights at night. It wasn't until like a year ago that I found out it was a symptom of my astigmatism. I hate driving at night in general, but I especially hate driving at night when it is raining because the streaks are everywhere, including the in the water reflections.

[sankyumiku]

I've gotten so used to the light streaks during night that when I finally got some glasses to deal with my astigmatism, it just feels weird with the light streaks gone. I know it's weird but I honestly really liked the light streaks too, I've associated them with some of my best core memories during childhood, like going for a road trip during night and seeing the light streaks coming from the headlights of other vehicles.

Edit: I should've probably worded this better. The light streaks aren't completely gone, but they look different with the glasses. Still feels weird tho

[GuruMeditationError]

As a person with astigmatism, watching this video hurt my eyes. I could feel my eyes straining to try and clear up the picture, as they have been trained to attempt when I am not wearing my glasses. But since there was no helping that picture, they just worked and worked to no avail.

Taking off my glasses helped. But then I just saw more astigmatism than intended...

[zebra]

I also was diagnosed with astigmatism many years ago but I just recently learned that my over-sensitivity to bright light is due to astigmatism (I mostly need sunglasses even if it is cloudy). I always thought I was weird. 😅

[DeadSlugg]

For those wondering, don't confuse astigmatism with night lights seen through car windscreens. The light refracts differently when looking through a glass pane/windshield. Don't panic like I did lol

[timb]

That’s interesting, whilst I have an astigmatism, I don’t get the single streak of light at night time, all lights I look at are just like massive star bursts or fireworks, but relatively uniform. It is making night time driving, even with my glasses on, especially on dark country roads, quite uncomfortable these days. Around town with more ambient light it isn’t as bad.

[mollyanderson]

I have astigmatism and growing up my mom never believed that there was anything wrong with my eyes. But i sure everything was more blurry than it should be and I was sure I needed glasses. So sure that when she wouldn't get my eyes checked I did an at home test. All it told me was that I was neither near nor far sighted. Thought I'd just have to live with a blurry world and it was all in my head. I didn't even know what astigmatism was. It wasn't until I was getting migranes in college that I finally went to the eye doctor. Sure enough, perfect sight with just Astigmatism. It felt so good for the headaches to go away and to finally see things

[MissDashwood]

Great explanation! Astigmatism with the rule here. For years I carried all sorts of cleaning supplies and special cloths and paper towels in my car because I thought I had some sort of film on the windshield that I could not get clean. I probably had the cleanest car windows in town but still at night all lights looked smeared in a vertical streak. Finally got glasses and they help 90%. The more I age, the harder it is to drive at night though..

[victoriamckiernan]

I think it’s a widespread problem that people are diagnosed with astigmatism and are never told what that actually means. I was diagnosed in kindergarten with a very mild astigmatism in both eyes and I never knew what that actually meant. Imagine being told you have something like diabetes and never having the disease explained to you. Thank you!!

[sailorarwen]

I tried to explain to people what I was seeing when I drove at night and when it rained it was 1000x worse. No one understood my struggle. Then I worked for a sleep doctor and we got to talking about our vision and he explained that he had astigmatism and what it was and that’s how I figured out I had it. I was very annoyed because none of the eye doctors I went to had mentioned it. My most recent ophthalmologist put in some sort of feature in the prescription to correct it. It’s not 100% but it’s definitely better

[bananaboiled]

the first comparison of the bottles is literally how i see things. ive never really been able to relate to vision comparison pictures where the other image is just blurry, but here u can see its more shaky looking than anything and its cool to finally find out its indeed astigmatism. didnt even know it affected more than your ability to see lights.

also im getting new glasses today and i cant wait to see more clearly

[ting]

Now I know the word to describe is known as “streak”. I was trying to explain to 2 different eye specialist at a government eye center in Singapore that I keep seeing a “long line across” at night time from lights. And was told they have never ever heard of such cases before 🙄

Despite not understanding me, they actually told me not to worry 😅

Thank you for this video 🙏🏻

[notmyregret]

Honestly, I thought the streaks of light were something that everyone saw... For the longest time I'd been doing theorycrafts in my head to figure out why. I thought it might be some sort of interaction with the humidity in the air or something like that.

[Nilns]

I have spent my entire life being uncertain of what those lines when I looked at lights were all about. I remember asking my mom when I was little and her not really knowing what I was talking about. I've always known I've had astigmatism in both eyes, but I never knew that the two things were related. Also, it was kind of fun watching this video and trying to guess how much of what I was seeing was my own vision screwing with the image and how much of it was supposed to be there.

[MsDragonlady]

I have astigmatism and I wear progressive bifocals to see properly. I hate driving at night especially if it’s raining, it’s a horrible experience for me. Thank you because now I can explain to my son what I see as opposed to what he sees. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[e_velog]

I've been complaining about not being able to "focus" on letters even with my glasses. This 100% explains why I could always "guess" every letter on the optometrist's board even though I couldn't actually read them 🤡