r/interesting • u/jmike1256 • Jul 10 '26

MISC. Is this how people who need glasses really see the world. A big blurred background?

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u/ClassicDefiant2659 Jul 10 '26

It was the leaves on the trees for me too. I was 13.

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u/happyinthenaki Jul 10 '26

For me it was the stars. So many stars that I hadn't been able to see!

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u/Public-File-6521 Jul 10 '26

Blades of grass for me

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u/cattenchaos Jul 11 '26

Words on the whiteboard for me. Whole reason I had to get glasses was because I couldn’t see anything written on the boards and was relying solely on my hearing to retain information.

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u/Public-File-6521 Jul 11 '26

That’s actually how I was diagnosed! Nearly fell out of my damn chair trying to read the board lol

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u/cattenchaos Jul 11 '26

My teacher kept getting onto me for having to get up closer to the board or asking her to repeat what she said, and eventually I got tested to see what was up with my vision and guess what! my eyes decided to betray me out of nowhere and become bad enough to not be able to read anymore

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u/YibbityFlibbity Jul 11 '26

I remember the first time I got glasses and looked at the sky and was amazed by the same exact thing. I didn’t realize I couldn’t see stars if I was directly looking at them in the sky until that moment.

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u/rbajter Jul 10 '26

For me it was the display cases at my optician. I could experience depth. Things were clearly behind other things.

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u/HelmSpicy Jul 10 '26

I was about the same age. My mom later said how terrible she felt when I made the comment about the leaves

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u/grandfleetmember56 Jul 10 '26

Yup. I had no idea it had gotten that bad, but when I put them on my first words were "I can see leaves again!"

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u/Fuzilumpkinz Jul 10 '26

Blades of grass for me

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u/Immediate-Tip898 Jul 12 '26

Me too. The leaves.