People With Visual Snow See Things Differently
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- A video representation on Visual Snow and how it affects peoples lives. What's the difference of seeing the world with static and not? How does it move and when does it start? Bad Reception is about spreading awareness and viewing Visual Snow in an artistic light! Please pass along the knowledge and share!
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i have this, and i had it since i was a little kid, i didnt even realize that this was a thing. I thought all people have it.
Meeeee to
Same I see those colourful dots since childhood
same
SAME :((
I still think that everyone sees it that way, but they don't know it lol
Holy shit. I've been saying I can "see the air" since I can remember. Definitely worse at night. And I thought everyone saw crazy shapes and galaxies when they closed their eyes! Crazy! I thought all this was completely normal! 😳
Glad you know the name of it now. And since it doesn't bother you that's great. People who have had it for as long as they can remember aren't affected by it in the way someone who didn't have it until later in life are, since it was the way they have always seen.
Same here! It sucks so much
Holy shit people don’t see colors when they close their eyes?
@@careditlegends When I ask friends and family what they see when they close their eyes, they just look at me like I'm crazy and say something like "black" or "darkness". 🤷
@@meganbowles437 ngl I think it’s a genetic thing because my sister sees the same thing I do
I’ve had it all my life but I only really noticed what it actually was when it always looked like it was raining and I started googling. I know I’ve had it all my life because I used to close my eyes and “watch the stars” when I was little haha
About the same for me haha
Yes! Me too. I always thought it was normal and everybody could see it. I always saw squiggles too and thought I was seeing germs or something when I was little 😂
It also makes it really hard for me to drive in the rain or snow, especially at night.
are u okay now? any improvement???
@@nazlaamanda6901 no but it becomes less of a distraction
Is it dangerous?
When he changed the forest view I was like "what's the difference?"
Same. I didn't notice a difference
@80% suicides are men but no one cares Same here.
Lol you don’t see the static type filter...I’ve delt with this all my life and thought everybody saw this way but mine is a spitting image of how video portrays it
Fr!!!
lol same I can't see the difference 💀✋️
I’m 90% certain that I have visual snow as I always see what I would describe as a faint layer of tv static over top of everything I see, however watching videos of it, the clips usually show vs to be a lot more intense than how I see it. Personally, my vs is not as intense as shown in the clip of the forest, *however* the clip at 1:30 show *exactly* how my vs looks and I don’t know how to feel about it. Excellent job
Thanks for sharing! People do have it at all different degrees of intensity. Glad you have it low level :)
Yeah mines exactly like that. It’s not super intense + I see floaters & have light tinnitus
Yeah mines exactly like that. It’s not super intense + I see floaters & have light tinnitus
That is exactly like mine but I don’t get floaters
mines just like that too
It's so good to see someone bringing awareness to VS! Great video
Thank you! Much appreciated!
This is so good. Best I've seen at really illustrating what it's like with VS.
Thank you so much!
@@badreception no really that’s like pretty much how it is
I've had mild VS for a long time, it never really bothered me until a few years back... mainly because I didn't know any different. After a really long chat with a few friends one night about psychedelics/perception/colour/vision I realised that not everyone has static the whole time.
I've spoken to my GP and an optometrist who both looked at me like I was crazy (I pester my GP about it every time, i see her for blood work etc). Seems its still a mainly unknown condition to a lot of the medical world.
Thanks for the vid and bringing a bit more awareness.
That's a pretty good interpretation. My snow gets worse as I get more tired though out the day. It's all the other symptoms that really make it suck. The snow is just a small part of a bigger shittier issue.
Same here the nitro man, I'm planning to talk about that in another video. Exercising, such as bike riding too long, makes it sometimes absolutely horrible for me. I have to give it several minutes before I can see enough to move around. Thanks for watching!
Just curious....Either of you have tinnitus as well?
@@tmi9466 I have it occasionally, but I know many have it way worst. I covered tinnitus briefly in my First Person Experience video on this channel too, if you're interested in watching :) Do you have tinnitus a lot?
@@tmi9466 sure do.
I have pretty severe tinnitus, always have. But I've had ear issues all my life and my eardrums have ruptured more than once, so it's always been thought that's why I have tinnitus.
I only recently learned of VS when looking up what it meant (some random person had mentioned they had been diagnosed). When reading the description, I thought it sounded like a visual version of tinnitus...next paragraph on the page mentioned that many with VS also have tinnitus.
So...did the ear damage also trigger VS? Are both issues totally unrelated to my ear damage or each other? Did I maybe develop these issues because I had scarlet fever when I was little?
Who knows?! But it's interesting knowing what I have and how I see actually is different from the average.
As someone who had normal vision then woke up with VS, I can definitely say there’s a learning curve and if you don’t find ways to cope it very well can destroy you. My vision was completely normal until about eight months ago, I am 19. There are moments that are more intense than others, it’s also caused pretty severe anxiety. If my heart speeds up in any way whether it be from working out, lifting an object, running for just one block or too much caffeine I get a panic attack cus I immediately overthink, I can ALWAYS feel my heartbeat. Though I will say after dealing with it for this long it has gotten easier to stop panic attacks and just live thru my eyes.
I do believe for some it’s accompanied by tinnitus, which is the case for me, if it’s silent I hear like a pulsating wooshing noise, can’t even explain it, imagine everything in constant motion while hearing that in your head, could drive people crazy.
Wish I could go back. It’s been controlling my life.
hi, i' m 23 and i noticed i have visual snow since last week. i am upset and i m afraid it could get worst
@@nairu2440 I’m sorry to hear that, it can be debilitating, it was and definitely still is for me. While it can get worse or better I wouldn’t worry about it, my snow goes crazy if I’m overthinking or if I’m really stressed out. My snow hasn’t changed a bit in the past 8 months, it’s exactly the same. We in this together, try to relax, living for the day I can see a still image again. 💪
you are not alone, i have the exactly same symptoms as you (the anxiety is severe in me) and im learning to cope with this
I think I always had it. I was scared. I knew it wasn't normal but I couldn't discrabe it... At least now I know what is the name of it.
Happy you found it! Took me forever to discover the name. We're all in the same boat :)
Thank you. The more awareness people are bringing, the better.
i have this but its not noticeable but the more i focus or pay attention to it then yeah i can actually see it, but at night it is waaay more noticeable
I've had it my whole life, coming from a chemist family i thought it was the different moloecules air is made of floating aroung when I was younger. Great video, thanks for it!
good representation of what it's like to close your eyes while having this condition (along with others). i think this is the only attempt at this i've ever seen, so thank you for making it!
Wow, I’m 16 and I just now found out I have always had this condition. Everything makes so much sense now, especially knowing My tinnitus, migraines and depersonalization Episodes are linked to this same issue. I am honestly mindblown that not everyone sees the world like this.
Could you describe a depersonalization episode for me? I'm having a lot of weird sensory and psychological things like this going on right now, it's all very new and scary, and one of the effects are these weird states of mind that I can't describe.
do you have palinopsia
I don’t know if my explanation will make much sense because I’m not a native speaker but i’ll try: my depersonalization makes me suddenly feel like nothing is real, as if i was looking at life behind a screen or something… i feel detached from my own conscious mind and reality and myself as well as other people don’t feel familiar anymore. This is also often accompanied with feelings of anxiety and increased visual symptoms…
@Hammer and Sickle yes i have palinopsia too. As a child my mom would wonder why I was always twitching my eyes so intensively. I was actually ”connecting” the lights with the tray of light that would remain in my visual field after moving my eyes from the light hahah
@@taruemilia9335 the after image of light is normal ,if you have palinopsia you will see after image when you stare a black object then look away white back ground
When you just wake up and it’s pitch black sucks man
Oh yeah haha
I have not been diagnosed yet but after I found out about it and read some stuff about it and watched a few videos I think I really have it.
Used to say I could see particles
Lol I was convinced until a couple months ago that i could see atoms.
That's what I thought as a teenager lol. Then I assumed everyone saw what I see
Holy shit so I’m not the only one
SAME
Me too!!!
I have this. When I was a kid, I noticed it but thought everybody had it, and somehow I started imagining that it was me being able to see atoms. It helped me ignore it.
i didnt just imagine i saw atoms. i thought that what i was seeing WAS in fact atoms🤣
I miss how I used to look at the stars but now I can’t really see them as before
Me to 💔
Thank you!
This realy helped me show my mother what i see!
Happy to help!
I'm gonna be completely honest. I have this, and it took a minute to figure out when certain parts of this video were with the noise filter.
This was such a good recreation
I’m really unsure if I have this or not. During the daytime, especially when outside, I don’t seem to experience the static effect over my vision. However in a a dark room and in the evenings and night I get it really bad all over my vision, except on my phone (because I turn the brightness up and I don’t seem to get it over bright things). Really good video though man, visual representation was very accurate for what I see in the evenings.
Hey i exacftly feel like you...during day time or over my fn everything is normal..but when i stare at wall i get feeling there is some space between me and wall thats pulsating...is it vss ?
I grew up wondering if it was normal, but no one ever seemed to understand what I was talking about. When I told Doctors that everything I was was made of flashing colored pixels, they always said that they were "floaters" or that it was just my imagination.
I find it fascinating that most people don't see this way.
I feel to call it distractive is subjective. For those of us who have had it our entire lives, and only just found out it's a thing and we dont see normal werent distracted by it, or anything like it. It's not distracting if you dont even know any better. It's just how you see the world. I'd say it's more of a distraction for those who weren't born with it and just develop it out of nowhere.
Also, do you know if there is any research into the anthropological possibilities on visual snow? One thing I wonder is if it's actually a disorder, or an inherited trait from past ancestors that most have lost, and for others, has just gotten worse?
I remember always asking my friends if they looked through their eyes and just noticed that it looked like a staticy tv. Everyone always said no and it made me feel like i was just weird or something. And to also add, the representation to what it looks like when people with this close there eyes is so relatable and cool. Alot of the time i used these patterns and lightshows to help me relax and go to sleep. And like most people here i also thought that this was normal for everybody. Also idk if this is a symptom but i notice then whenever i stare off into space and or hyperfocus on something. My vision starts to get darker and the static gets really bad. almost to the point i cant see anything else except for what im focusing on. is that i thing here or is that something else going on aswell?
U are not alone, i have this too.
What you wrote about darkening in the eyes when focusing. This is a common visual effect that all living things have. And about static noise, all healthy people see it. The only difference is that people who have VSS are always visible throughout the entire field of vision, while healthy people see it only under certain conditions, for example in the dark.
Is this a joke? I always believed that this static effect was how everyone saw the world.
@@dantedenardis1385 You're right, everyone can see it. Even Wikipedia writes about this in level 1 visual hallucination. You should not confuse visual noise with visual snow. Visual snow increases visual noise and adds at least 2 symptoms: tinnitus, palinopsia, photophobia, etc.
yo tambien si fijo la mirada mi vista se pone oscura,acabo de darme cuenta que tengo nieve visual,tengo tinitus,pos imagen y casi todos los demas sintomas
along with this many other things have started to happen to me..
flashes of light seeing the same object in many different colors,,, seeing very shiny dots.. multiple images..
and the most annoying thing is... the doc said " you are making it up,,.."..
now the particles move a bit too faster then they used to a few years ago and are causing headache from time to time..
i have had it since i was a kid but somehow its getting worse ,.🥺
Those all sound like similar VS symptoms many people with VS have as well. Not many in the medical community are aware of VS yet, but awareness is being built by the VSI and the community who has it. Try looking into the database the VSI has been creating to help people find medical professionals who are aware and treating people with VS and reach out to others experiencing the same thing you are. You are not alone! www.visualsnowinitiative.org/visual-snow-syndrome-doctors-and-specialists/
@@badreception thnks
Great job! I love the creativity used to help spread awarness on VS. Keep them coming!
You did an amazing job with this video. A cure or even just some relief of visual snow would be great. Thank you for bringing awareness to this
Thanks so much! There's hope! Have you seen the new VSI videos? Looks promising! :)
I have it too. Didn't think it was a problem. I thought it was part of life. Something every person have.
It did go away for a day a few years ago. That's when i realized i had a problem with my vision. I also hear a noisy sound that seems to be connected with the visual snow. Both increases when i get dizzy.
That’s very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Also that noise you hear might be tinnitus. Thanks for watching another video!
@@badreception thank you!
i never had a headache in my life. Do you think it might be related?
@@Colors.TF1 Not sure. Visual Snow is neurological and there are a lot of symptoms and variations in what people have and how strong it is.
Official Colors how have you never had a headache in your life, bruhhhhhh that’s crazy I have them literally every fucking day and I get them so often that they don’t even hurt till I concentrate on them, I only complain about the ones that hurt so bad that light hurts my eyes... those hurt like a bitch
As said above tinnitus and I'd say possibly vertigo. Both symptoms are associated with VS
Dark room looks absolutely insane to me sometimes static sometimes shadowy tentacle’s reaching to words me . Constant Tinnitus and visual static during the day with trails and after images
There will never be a cure because the pharmaceutical companies is driven by greed, and there's not much money in a cure, so what we can hope for is an ongoing treatment.
I've had V.S. all my life but it became impactive about puberty when my vision degraded and I started needing glasses. I knew others did not have it because of the childhood propensity to ask why. "Why is the sky blue? Why do the dots get worse at night?"
I spend the first 16 years of my life thinking that everyone saw the world like this.
Wow the closed eye part is on point and the static is very accurate I see on walls and on the sky. Although mines not quite as bad as the visual snow in the woods
In fact, healthy people see almost the same way. The difference is that people with VSS see throughout the entire field of vision, while healthy people see only under certain conditions, for example in the dark. Many people misdiagnose themselves and live with it, not knowing that this is normal. I thought so too, until I found out that all my friends and relatives see the same way with a similar dot effect. Later I met a girl who has suffered from VSS since childhood and she explained the difference between the normal visual effect and VSS. So maybe everything is fine with you and you came up with a problem for yourself)
Had it my entire life and never even thought about it until a few months ago when I noticed it and actually thought about it and decided to look it up, pretty good representation!
Now I have something to show ppl instead of awkwardly describing how "...it's like, 'TV static goggles' but like... uh, different." Thanks!
Wow! Finally others who have the same. Sometimes I can't tell when I'm asleep and when I'm awake. It's becoming really stressful to focus on which is which and truly, my disassociation with reality is depressing me to no end 😔
i have this, im 13 now and have had it since i was born, i thought everyone had it till i told my mum i couldnt read a book for school because "the dots infront of my eyes were going crazy" i dont mind it much tho, it sometimes is helpful, little details stand out alot for me, for eg. I can walk up to a patch of clovers and come back with about 20, 4 leaf clovers in my hand sometimes i could even find 5 leaf ones. But yea idk what it like to not have it so i cant say if its difficult or anything like that
its subtle or temporary, but seeing a image distorted to imitate visual snow then seeing the image without the distortion, makes me "feel" like im seeing the image clearer for a moment, nice trick on the brain.
Glad to see that I am not alone
You're not alone fellow VS person! :)
I think you did a great job depicting it in the dark. I can never relate to the static comparison to me it looks like a blizzard and large rain drops along with smoke.
Can you describe the large rain drops? I've never heard that comparison before. I understand what you mean by blizzard and smoke though.
it makes me depressed :-(
Understandable, it gets me down sometimes too
Agenttylo Studios right I get what’s up
i can turn it on and off for the most part. The level of focus determines it. Relaxed eyes make it come to life
I always had visual snow. I thought it was normal until I brought it up with someone.
Mine's not as intense as in the video gladly. I've always had it or at least I don't remember not having it. It's like the air is never still for me, it always has a movement. I used to think I saw energy in the air when I was younger lol
I'm pretty sure I have tinnitus too, it's just very low and I forget about that too because it's normal for me. It sounds higher when I sometimes stand up and my vision goes grey too and I get dizzy.
Exactly the same for me. I thought I could see the molecules moving.
Lol like I told someone else on here, until a couple months ago, I was convinced I could see atoms. They even move similar to the way atoms would move in different states of matter. Like if I'm looking at solids, they're compressed and fast moving, seeming to bounce off one another. When I look at the sky or liquids, they're more loose and fluid like. But always there. Always moving.
@@Rhaenarys Yeah kinda same for me. The sky is especially different for me.
Maybe we have some type of powers? Lol I’m serious
I grew up seeing the static thinking it was normal but when I would ask about it no one understood what I was talking about.
You are not alone! :)
when i close my eyes, everything i still see evrerything in front of me for a few seconds
Optometrists need to be Educated on this Rare Phenomenon. I had it since 7 years old. Thought nothing of it, untill it got a bit more intense around 2007 and 2014...2014 a Neurologist told me I have what's called Visual Snow or Visual Statics Syndrome. Nothing to worry about.
I also, have Central Heterochromia, which my eyes change Color varients. The Iris is Green with brown and yellow pigmentation.
I've schooled my optometrist on it haha. He originally thought it was phosphenes, which helped me on my journey to find out the name Visual Snow. I completely agree. The more awareness the better.
@@badreceptionGot to.... College has become more fast learning, much as you can while skipping things on exams... Mine didn't even know what it was back then. Some still don't, even today.
@@courtneysrodgers8317 Have you talked to disability services to help you with school? I got assistance in my Community College and University that really helped me succeed, such as extra time on testing.
@@badreception TF would I need a disablity Service for
@@badreception they need to have better ways of teaching rare disorders to students who are becoming in the medical field. More informed, not just focus on Standardized testing....this has nothing to do with disablity Service. Think you entirely missed the point
I've always had it and I have great vision anyways.
I'm born with it! I also see clear magnetic fields.
Thanks for watching! Could you elaborate on what you mean by seeing clear magnetic fields? That's interesting
@@badreception I see visual snow and also clear energy or magnetic fields on air, around people and most things. It's a like a transparent field around and with an object or space I'm looking at. I really can't clearly explain it how it looks like...It doesn't have colours tho. like our visual snow.
@@trish.goes.ironman Ah that's fascinating. Thanks for sharing
@@trish.goes.ironman wait- I sort of can see that but mostly around people
Thank you! 😀 I’ve always seen this all the time, everywhere since I was little. I could never describe it to anyone.
Same here! Glad you found my channel!
Excited to see you had finished a new video!
Only time it is at night but I'm pretty sure I have it, actually I have tons of symptoms of several problems to where it's concerning but my parents won't do anything -_-
Sounds like you have it to me. Might not be super strong, but if you have static, that's Visual Snow. Have you looked into the Visual Snow Initiative? They have all the info and help on reaching doctors who know about it.
I didnt even realize I had it until I watched viseos about it
my snow isn't in the way like these videos..... i can see extremly good it's just everything bright has the snow on it like a tv picture..... an hd tv though lol
That's good! Everyone has it differently. VS is weird haha
I've had this all my life, I'm more aware when I shut my eyes or I'm going for a walk on a dark night. I'm 35 now, but I remember being perhaps 7 years old, or less and trying to explain it to my doctor with my parents who thought that I had something floating in my vision, like when something is stuck in your eye. I assumed I was just describing what everyone must see. Now I know, what do I do? I'm kinda ok being the way I am I guess.
Thanks for sharing! Right now there’s not much you can do. There’s people working for a cure, for there are a lot of people who have VS at a debilitating degree, but it’s different for all. You can look into the Visual Snow Initiative to find out details, symptoms etc. if you’re interested, but if it doesn’t bother you at all, go on with your life. :) If you’re interested in chatting with others who have it, a lot of awareness has been made these last few years so there’s options of forums and pages to meet others and help spread awareness. All up to you :)
@@badreception thanks for the info. For me it can be quite unsettling when I shut my eyes as it's like a dancing light show of innumerable and unidentifiable switching colours.
@@bigjamiel Yeah I hear you. It’s worse for me in the dark as well and I have the color too. VS is so different for everyone, it’s extraordinary. If you’re interested, I have a lot of video representations/vlogs talking about my personal experiences with it on here. They might be helpful to you.
@@badreception I'm definitely going to get around to watching them. This is something so new to me, not the visual snow itself, but that it's not how everyone else sees. Thank you
ua-cam.com/video/JStDb4EiYAs/v-deo.html claims to have treatments
I can still remember the first time i truly noticed it
Best editing to show what VSS looks like for me honestly exactly how it is sometimes worse with Floaters ofc
Thanks, I really appreciate that. :)
I have vss, but mine isn't this severe except when Im have periods of migraines, then it's worse. Or when im on the phone and computer a lot, then tue more my eyes strain and the worse it gets, which doesn't take much. I now wear prisms which help a bit, except like I said, I have migraines and eye strain.
I've had this for as long as I can remember. When I was little, I used to think I could see atoms xD
you are not alone brother...
Thanks, right back at you! :)
wait i see static but it’s not foggy and i don’t really see those squiggly lines i just see static is that the same?? i’ve always seen static especially in the dark
Yes, it's the same. Everyone has different levels of intensity, symptoms, etc. If you have any static at all though, that would mean it's Visual Snow. :)
Legit thought this was how everyone saw the world till a random Facebook video popped up
Everyone should research visual snow stretches that help stenghten imbalances that cause pressure on the optic nerves
Thank you for making this. :)
Does anyone else get the honeycomb patterns in the dark?
Geometric math of the universal & auditory plane. Golden ratio
I have this, plus all the other visual symptoms associated with it and many others. Also tinnitus and strange sensations in the body, such as derealization.
Ive had this ever since I can remember
I think I have this but it may not be as severe I guess you could say. Like I can see static all the time but I don't notice it unless I'm really focused or just staring off into space- it may be that I'm just used to it because as long as I can remember I've had it.
Sounds like you have it. Everyone who has it has it at different degrees of intensity :)
I now understand why all the cliche Matrix moves looked wwaaaaaayyy cooler to me.... and why 3D doesn't always work for me .... anyone else?
I got this for years. Still do. Mine got so bad that I saw random sparks in the dark at night.
But I took an anti-convulsant for migraines and it stopped. However, when I quit taking it, it came back but much less severely than it had been.
Omg. I was today years old when I realised this was a thing. I've always had issues seeing in the dark, and thought it was "night blindness" as my dad and bro both have that. But now I've realised it's because I have VS and it's so bad in the dark that I can't see through the "snow". Wow.
Amen brother 🙏
Thank you. This is a wonderful representation of VS.
You're welcome! More videos coming in the future! :)
Idk even how to world looks without VS, hoping itll get cured, thank god my VS isnt too bad
do you have palinopsia
I actually believe people with visual snow see BETTER in the dark because the sensitivity is amped up. Any time a room is dark I can confidently see where I'm going and navigate with no issues. When somebody else enters the same room it's a "oh my gawd I can't see where's the light switch?" Like Instantly, not confident enough to step foot and walk around. Like its too dark for them
I have visual snow but I'd say i have it médium i can allways see it but I can ignore it but when i look up at the sky it looks like im looking at water thousands of sparks wising around and the sky looks like its moving and ripeling around
I think I have visual snow but really light
Lloyd Ravariere me too, mostly noticeable at night
I have this, I didn’t know this was a thing till now… crazy
I've had tinnitus seven years visible snow new one year you can get used to anything wasn't easy
I seen the world like this my whole life. I really thought this was normal. I’m shocked.
I smoked Spice and after this horrific trip I still have visual snow.
i wonder how youtube looks without this dots... i think it would look cool, actually, i can't imagine it.
Hey I see VS static AND sometimes rainbow 🌈 in peripheral vision!! I’ve had it for years now. What can I do to help this not happen?
wtf, so not everyone else is seeing it like this?
if anyone asks i say its like trippy vision, like literally you can develop it from taking psychedelics, but one thing i see often in depictions is blur, which isn't always the case, its more like a filter over the top of everything, it doesn't affect resolution
Ah yes,that unremovable VHS filter.
Apparently people who suffer from hppd usually have visual snow but I've never had snow and I've had what I'd consider to be severe hppd lol
I had this, but found a cure
How?
@@hungryburger6195 ua-cam.com/video/ks9hDu4ni2A/v-deo.html
Listen to this at least an hour a day. It really helped me out. Still listening, but its almost gone.
@@bighead3029 your visual snow gone completely?
@@wafamochten846 no, but it has reduced a lot, I’m still working on it:)
@@bighead3029 how ?
Mine is worsening because I'm hyperaware of it ....
Omg... I'm almost 40 and didn't know this was a thing... I have this.... sometimes it gives me motion sickness at weird times to weird things.... I can't believe this is not how everyone is seeing... mine is worse in the darkness... but it's weird because I also pick up on movement in darkness, easily. The dots move different. Idk how to describe it....I constantly try to shift my eyes...i get spurts of clarity sometimes.... I noticed it when I had a bunch of water in my eyes while swimming at a fresh water lake once... it was still blurry.. but not with the dots.. it was different, and, if I sneeze really hard and open my eyes quickly...if I blink really really hard and fast.... and all these cases are sporadic ..not guaranteed.... my depth perspectives are off.. badly, and I am a bad night time driver. I don't drive far if I don't have to... and because of the motion sickness... I don't like to leave the house much anymore.. it's gotten worse with age... the light sensitivity is a big one... people constantly joke about me being part vampire... even I joked about it... not realizing it's all connected to this..... now I can put a name to what I'm going through to my new optometrist... I just told her I was seeing dots... she called them floaters, I've had them since 3rd grade from what I can remember, maybe sooner, but this video... this is it... this is how my vision is 99%of the time. Static dots....
When I was 13 I started seeing statics. I thought it would go away but then It started to get worse and I started to get scared. I didn't know what it was. I tried to explain to my family but they always said 'Your eyes are just fine'.Then I searched this on internet and I showed this to my parents but they still didn't believe me.. Having visual snow is so hard and tiring... When I look at the sky I don't see it how I used to see it before and I have a lot of symptoms. I just want to see how I saw before. Now I'm 16 and I can see that it is getting a lot worse.
I'm sorry to hear that. Lot of people have trouble convincing their family about the syndrome sadly, and that's never helpful. But please know you are not alone in this, because there are thousands of people out there like us. Keep educating yourself on it and try reaching out to those in the VS community. Make sure to look at the Visual Snow Initiative. It really helps having someone to talk to who shares the way you see. VS usually settles and won't increase and it has never led to blindness. Anxiety can make it grow worse for a time, so try your best to do calming things and stay preoccupied. Once you come to accept it, it helps a lot. If you have any questions let me know and feel free to learn more from my other videos. :)
uhhhhhh thiojoe says that is is VERY VERY MILD. and i really trust thiojoe, he is one of my favourite youtubers.
I noticed the Forrest visual change so why do I see static especially at night? Is it my anxiety or phone? Both?
Some people have it worse at night. I'm like that too. It all varies from person to person. Anxiety and phone could play a part in it too though. But a lot of people just can see it easier at night. I think that is because of it being a clean black background.
There are also some videos in the internet that helps relieve visual snow temporarily (for around a minute or so). It makes us focus on a static much worse than the static we normally have.
I am having visual snow since the past few months. Also I use computers for a prolonged period of time. Does that mean anything? I know that eyestrain from computers can cause migraines, dry eyes and even myopia. Since VSS is not very recognized, do you think there is a possibilty of visual snow arising from prolonged computer use or bad lifestyle choices?
I also believe that visual snow is genetic since both of my sisters also admit of having it. But my visual snow was noticeable only since the past few months. I never had any experiences of visual snow as a child or a teen. I'm 19 btw.
Who had visual snow their entire lives like me and thought it was actually normal until just then 😂😂
Mine is very mild and i only notice it in the dark so when im outside in the day it goeas away
I started developing this in hs. I did notice it while staring at the sky, then it became more blatant while staring at white surfaces or walls/things that are plain-coloured, AND ON CARPETS. HELL THE CARPETS🤣🤣. Still it gets very noticeable in penumbra, when I stare at something in the distance, while when it’s very sunny I will notice it on bright- coloured surfaces.
Tbh in hs I started suffering from anxiety, so I do unconsciously know this might connected to VS because somehow I’ve read about so many people developing it due to anxiety and stress. However I also have the suspect I might have mildly been suffering from this since I was a child. When I woke up at Grandma’s and it was night or dawn, I would see tiny coloured dots in the atmosphere. Idk how to explain this, but once I told my professor in middle school and he looked at me in a weird way XDDD
Thank you for sharing! You are not alone! A lot of what you just said I, and many with VS have, and do experienced. Anxiety is known to be a big symptom to VS, so your VS is probably why you've had some trouble with anxiety.
@@badreception ah I thought my anxiety had provoked it!