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A rant about my Depth Perception

Why I have Glasses

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A rant about my Depth Perception
StormyShadow(Myself)

Everyone always asks me about my vision. It's not that things are blurry, but rather that I can't tell where things are. This does not mean that I am completely lost as to where things are either. I know where things are, but judging distance is a challenge for me. Take for instance the pictured carpet, all I see is a 3-D image... Similar to those you see in books where the objects pop out if you look at them the right way. Instead of seeing it as a flat image as most everyone else sees it, I see it 3-D, and definitely not flat.

My eyes play tricks on me, and the best way to describe it is "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear". Without my glasses on, I find it hard to drive at night because I cannot judge how far away I am from the median, or how far away I am from other passing cars. This results in me usually driving on the rumble strips quite a lot. Generally I was so used to living with my depth perception, that I do not even notice myself compensating for the lack thereof; it just comes naturally now. However I noticed a change when I got my glasses four months ago, and I realized then that I compensated for my problems, and I found out that while I drove I had been turning very wide in order to make sure I left enough room. Driving is not the only thing I had trouble with, reading was a problem too. Words would move around on the page because my eyes could not decided where to focus, and I started trying to read at arms length so I could focus better. It was the problem that I had with reading that made me think that I possibly needed glasses, especially with college coming up. So I made an appointment, and lo and behold I came back out of the doctor's office with a pair of glasses!

That being said, It would be nice if everyone can stop holding up fingers far away from me and asking how many they are holding up. I see your three fingers, I just can't tell how far away they are. Also, I get tired of being asked where something is, like people ask me where the wall is, and if I walk into walls...no I do not walk into walls because I cannot tell where they are. Things that I see are not blurry, my vision is almost 20/20. Depth perception people, it is the issue of trying to tell how close or far away from something you are! That is the reason I wear glasses. They are corrective lenses that aid me in seeing where things really are so I stop over or under compensating whatever I do. So kindly stop testing my ability to see things, because I can see them, maybe not where they are...but I can see well.
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