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Near sightedness (Myopia) is common and affects an estimated 25% of the population. Near objects are seen clearly, but distant objects appear blurred as in this video.  

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[anusritanaskar]

Mine is -12 and tomorrow is my LASIK surgery. Wish me luck. Love from India, West Bengal, Kolkata 🇮🇳❤

[SwaggySahana]

mine is pretty mild lower then -2.00 it’s 1.75 on one eye and 1.5 on the other

[bethywethyy]

as a -4.75 it’s really hard to do stuff like swimming because i can’t wear my contacts or glasses so when everyone else is having fun i’m trying to find them 😭😭

[lona]

mines at 2 its not that bad but i cant see much when the teachers show presentations at the TV 😭 their fonts are so small

[MEMESCAV]

Idk imo i have -4 and my vision looks like your -8's

[cjbartoz]

Myopia, or nearsightedness is the condition when a person cannot see distant objects clearly without glasses. Nearsightedness is caused by focusing on close-up objects such as a book or a computer for long periods of time. The result is that the eyes get stuck in the close-up focus position and can no longer focus on distant objects. If we look inside the eye, we can see how this problem occurs. After focusing on close-up objects for extended periods, the focusing muscles in the eyes (which are called the "ciliary muscles") lock up. This results in the eyes becoming more and more elongated. Nearsightedness occurs when the eyes become overly elongated. When that happens, there is no turning back. The eye cannot go back to its previous shape. The ability to see distant objects clearly without glasses is lost forever.

What can be done to prevent nearsightedness in a child? The key is to catch the problem as soon as the child experiences the very first sign of any difficulty seeing distant objects clearly such as the TV or the writing on the board at school. Ask the child from time to time if he or she can see distant objects clearly. For example, ask the child to read a distant road sign or a newspaper held up at a distance. If the child is having any difficulty at all seeing such objects clearly, that is the time to act. Don’t delay - otherwise there will be an irreversible overelongation of the eye.
Usually, eye doctors will prescribe distance glasses for correcting blurred distance vision. The wearing of distance glasses aids the vision of myopes by bringing everything closer so that distant objects are within the range of focus. Unfortunately, distance glasses actually make nearsightedness worse and irreversible. This is because they force the focusing muscles to stay locked up. This in turn forces the eyes to further elongate, resulting in the need for stronger distance glasses as time goes by. The child is thus doomed to a lifetime of total reliance on distance glasses to see distant objects clearly and progressively worsening nearsightedness. Distance glasses are a false friend.

There is an alternative - reading glasses. If a child starts wearing reading glasses for prolonged periods of reading and other close work at the first sign of any difficulty with distance vision, the focusing muscles will relax and cannot lock up. Reading glasses relax the eyes. There should be no further elongation of the eye. Distant objects can be seen without the need for any glasses. It is important to note that the child will not be reliant on reading glasses. They are simply a protective tool that should be used during long periods of close work. If strong enough reading glasses are used, nearsightedness should be prevented. It is important that the reading glasses be strong enough to completely eliminate all focusing effort (accommodation) when reading. Whenever close work is done without the protection of reading glasses, it is important to:
1. Hold the work as far away as possible.
2. Use as much light as possible in order to reduce the size of the pupil and, consequently, the accommodation.
3. Look into the distance frequently to relax the accommodation.

What strength reading glasses should be prescribed? The rule of thumb is to prescribe plus lenses that are about 3 diopters more positive than the distance prescription, in other words a +3 "add." If the child is just moving into myopia, he or she might need a +3 lens. If the child is already a -1, he or she might need a +2 lens. This brings the limit of clear vision in to a typical reading distance of 33 cm or about 13 inches. Astigmatism is normally not corrected.
It is essential to tell the child that when using the reading glasses, he or she should keep the object far enough away so that it appears very slightly blurred, but still legible. As the eye tries to clear this slightly blurred image, the maximum relaxing force is applied to the ciliary muscle.
Can a child just use reading glasses bought at a drug store? No. A professional should be seen to obtain individualized advice. Drug store reading glasses are intended for adult-size heads. The distance between the lens centers conforms to the usual distance between the pupils of the adult head. If such glasses are used by young children, who have a smaller interpupillary distance, the "prismatic effect" of the lenses causes increased convergence. This can cause problems such as double vision and should be avoided. The distance between the child's pupils should be measured when the eyes are converging on a book. The centers of the eyeglass lenses should not be any farther apart than that distance.

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[aesthete]

Mine is -16
It was by birth
I got my glasses when I was 5 years old or something waiting to turn 18 to do a surgery >:)

[TranquilDisturbance]

I have -12 eyesight that has been worsening by the year and I unfortunately am not a candidate for LASIK because of my connective tissue disorder. Nobody will do it :| rightfully, but it’s still annoying.

[TheneMn]

sadly mine is -2.00 and so its hard to see when im in class, when i had clear vision i could understand stuff better on the board and always got straight A's now its just one subject i need to improve in.

[anonymousman]

Even, 0.8 is more than enough to tease me😭

[alexhutchins]

It's not quite right. But it's damn close. The problem is the depth. The further away it is the more blury it is. I have corrective lens of 5 and 6. And at 10 feet I can't see even see poles or think objects.

[JuliMuk]

Thanks for this video- I could finally show my friends how I see things around me with -4.0.

[FPotato.]

my vision looks like the -8 one, I have glasses and I want to improve my eyesight 😭

[otiebrown]

Time to go from 20/60, to 20/20.
Yes, possible.
Not easy.

[zephyr.]

mine is -6, this was relatable :')

[servantofallah]

Here is my -3.5 on left and -2.25 on right

[ya_boyaka]

Hi from a person with ≈2% vision (+ astigmatism😅). I would describe myopia sight not like just blurred, but rather like a lot of translucent layers merged together with a slight offset relative to each other. The more near-sighted you are, the more layers and offset are there.

Hope everyone with "bad" eyes will have their vision fixed one day 🥺

[viniciusmagnoni]

Since I have fine vision I was always curious about how near sight people see.

[newbestofthis]

I am - 1.75 on the right eye and - 1.25 on the left. I can go without glasses but not if I want to drive or watch something faraway. I feel bad for the people who need glasses all the time

[removedchannel]

Just got my glasses bruh...I'm reloading my save file from 16yrs ago