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Informative Tumblr Post On Visual Snow Syndrome

So, in case you didn't already know, apparently it's not totally normal to go about your daily existence seeing "visual snow." So many folks just assume that this is how eyes work, and yeah, they're definitely not supposed to do that. Maybe this will be the little bit of enlightening information that you had no idea you needed. Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this post where Tumblr goes full mythological scientist mode on dragons. 

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    Happy - rjalker Dots... er e GHTYEAR Dots everywhere. Me trying to explain to someone that doesn't have Visual Snow about the static that covers everything I see. Here's a gif to demonstrate.
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    Rectangle - Imagine that, overlayed over your entire field of vision. Even when your eyes are closed. (especially when your eyes are closed.)
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    Font - skarosdrones *looks up from computer* now wait just one minute rjalker This is a real thing that exists, not intrusive thought. This is the reason I have glasses. I was a little kid, thought it was normal, tried to point them out to my mom, and she freaked out and brought me to an eye doctor. Where we found out I have shit eyesight. And also apparently where she learned what visual snow was. But. She deicded. Not. To tell me. (Like she's also decided not to tell me or my twin that we're a
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    Font - Which is whyI made this post. She mentioned casually last year to her boyfriend that she learned I had visual snow when I was little and l'm jyst sitting there, having already painstakingly figured all of this out on my own like, "and you didn't think that was worth explaining to me even when I brought it to your atfention?????" So ueah. It's a thing. If you see staticy moving dots everywhere even with your eyes closed, you’ve got Visual Snow.
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    Font - teaboot I HAVE THIS!!~- I tried asking my teacher in grade 2 what they were, and she just told me to drink water. Never went away. Wasn't even studied until like 2013 or something. Sorta fun, mostly irritating! adiwesga i have this too! no one explained it to me i just found out from a sixpenceee post like a fool. i just thought EVERYONE had static and floaters in their vision. and that afterimages were that bad for everyone.
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    Font - like even if im not looking into a bright light or my eyes pass over something slightly bright i get afterimages that can be blinding. when i close my eyes i always have after images of anything reflecting even a little light. i didnt realize that was part of visual snow until last year adiwesga here's some more symptoms for anyone curious if they have this:
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    Green - Floaters or static Impaired night vision in field of vision Flashes of light Color swirls Symptoms of Visual Snow Syndrome Seeing an object that's no longer there Sensitivity to light "Symptoms persist for over 3 months verywell (illustration by Emily Roberts) maskedfoxy Wait...NOT EVERYONE HAS THIS?? ulll we
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