Does Anxiety Cause Eye Flashes?
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- čas přidán 2. 11. 2021
- If you’ve ever stood up too quickly or spun in a circle for too long, you may be familiar with the sudden changes in your vision. Your vision may go black or red, or you might see white flashes across your eyesight. Or maybe you’re more familiar with the phenomenon of staring off into space and suddenly being confronted by small, round or squiggly shapes floating before you. But when you reach out to grab them, they’re not there - because they’re in your eyes.
But what causes these unusual - albeit usually harmless - sights? And more importantly for our purposes, does anxiety cause eye flashes (or floaters)?
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Could be that anxiety makes you hyper aware of everything so it's not the frequency that is increasing but your awareness of them.
It's also possible that the floaters create anxiety. I was constantly startled by floaters like something was coming at me or a bird was taking off.
Then nothing is there and it's like boo! Made you flinch over and over.
You might start to get anxious.
When my eyes dart is when I get flashes so as I nervously look around it starts them off.
Plus the anxiety may be the body warning that there's damage since there's no pain receptors.
Whenever I have been seriously injured I get a feeling something is wrong besides the obvious pain.
When my eye is acting up I get that same feeling only without any pain.
Been trying serrapeptase and nattokinase for arthritis and it seems to be helping dissolve the floaters.
Also trying a vitamin called Areds2 from Costco.
Hi, I don't know if this will help anyone but I started seeing the little lights in my right eye as I was going to sleep in a dark room. It was as though someone was shining a mini flashlight in the corner of my eye and it moved around for a bit. Then it started in my left eye. About a year later I had emergency eye surgery to repair a detached retina in the right eye and eleven months later, emergency surgery for a torn retina in the left. I see still the lights especially in a dark room or one with dim lighting. I don't see them outside. I have been to nine different specialists. Two with Johns Hopkins and two with Cincinatti Eye Institute in Ohio and Kentucky, I even had an MRI of my brain. I have had every exam, scan, and tests. The results were... my eyes were perfectly fine! Although relieved, I want to know what is causing them. So, I saw a therapist who said yes, anxiety will cause eye issues such as flashing and if you already have them, anxiety will make them worse. I am dealing with anxiety at the moment and the lights are bothering me. On other days, I rarely notice them. I have my 6- month eye checkup tomorrow.
Thank you. This was helpful.
do you know the process behind how anxiety causes eye flashes exactly? (I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious and I myself do not have the answers)
Good video, also appreciate your positive energy when explaining! earned a sub.
I was attacked by 6 people a year ago, I ended up with flashes and floaters a week later. I fight breast cancer and a brain tumour and the blows and trauma to my head has caused this.
Im so sorry. I wish you well ❤
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I’m so sorry you went through that. You’re obviously a strong survivor. Stay strong. I wish you well.
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Thank u so much but my coming from PTSD I think I'm going to a therapist 😞
Very well explained, thanks!
I mean, I've had these since I was 15, and I am 35 now.
What floaters or flashes?
I was diagnosed with anxiety three years ago and now I have problem with my eyes,i even went to the doctor and nothing seems to be wrong with my eyes.My problem is I can't see eye to eye,and when I do so I feel funny.. what might be wrong, it's real serious
Most likely if your parents have bad eyesight you can get it too, anxiety makes it worse since your thinking about it so I’m going to an eye doctor today so ye I’ll update soon
Thanks brother!!
Thanks for the video…
i know EXACTLY what you are talking about! thanks
Your explanation is so good and thorough! It is because of it I’m going to my optometrist tomorrow. I mean my floating jellies and flashing started two days ago and I just recently had an eye exam for new contact lenses and eyeglasses that I picked up yesterday. What are the chances of my doctor seeing them when I hadn’t yet? 😊
How are you now? It happened to me too
I see them too
Have you heard voices
Helpful thank you
Ive seen all of these throughout my whole life. My first memories are thinking what are these flashing lights in me eyes
Im afraid of going blind
@@benjaminreyes3624 I also am a bit afraid, but I'd rather go blind than deaf
@@benjaminreyes3624can you tell what is the shape of flashes when you see day or night plz rply
@@rivetRnCcan you plz say what shape is flashes can you say details how you are seeing them
@@benjaminreyes3624plz reply
Man I've had problems ever since i was little and it just got worse this year..... I got panic disorder , PTSD , feeling unreal and having really bad intrusive thoughts .... And right now just few minutes ago I saw the flashes i suddenly got up from my bed and ran to my mom's room anxious , fast heartbeat and heavy head... Now I'm back in my room scared asf ... For a long time my all problems were gone but now they're back , I'm feeling unreal , scared again..... Tho few of them started happening few days back it was a sign that I ignored.... Idk how Ami alive rn after what I've been through , I'm alone all the time i suffer alot .... My life is meaningless...... 😢 I'm dead from inside.... It keeps coming back.... I don't wanna die I'm just 16 tho I'm going nowhere in life...... One day
@@user-jf9fm7db5w i only saw them once.... While i was laying down on my pillow.... i saw gold sparkles running around on both sides of my eyes for a few seconds.... And i panicked tho my lifestyle is very unhealthy I blame it for my current problems.... Welp will know more once i visit th doctor
EVERYTHING you said is whats happening to me. I am only 13 and im scared i feel unreal i feel too aware about life. i cant look at light for a long time without feeling like fainting. My whole life ive starred at screens everyday and now my vision is bad. I have alot of anxiety im afraid what will happen to me... i am turning blind which scares me i dont know what will happen if i go blind i dont know if ill go crazy or not. My eyes hurt everyday and when i look around it gete worse. My family is poor and wont have enough money to check my eyes. Im scared for my life. Maybe im just paranoid?
I also dont want to die :( even if i did have a unlucky life, i dont want to leave. I want to live happy and be succesful in life.
Have you heard voices too
I seen them too
yes the chicken or the egg.
for me...
flashers more often in an anxiety state
Do you have a video about scheerers phenomenon? I've been seeing it everywhere when I don't want to and it's bothering me :/ Curious why I can see this indoors without blue light that I'm aware of.
You are KING 👑 !!!!
When your eye gets arrested for flashing 😂
Thanks for the video.
Im 21 and i have it
What can i do i see rainbow eyes and eye flashes like light spark from bulb
Thank you so much man
I had these in the past always tend to ignore it, until yesterday and this morning the flashes were happening more often as i got more stressed and i'm on antipsychotics meds, i thought they were hallucinations because my eyes got checked and apparently there's nothing wrong abt them! so i don't really know, they are making me go crazy, sometimes i would stop in the middle of the road and ask my friends if they have seen a camera flash! guys, how can i get rid of this?
I’m dealing with this right now as well any update? How are you now
Eska solution btay dyn plz
IT CANNOT BE AGE! I have had it since 5 y/o. no ingories or diabites.
Pretty much everybody can get floaters very early in life. They are often small and not very noticeable. You could ask your doctor about eye drops that slightly dilate your eyes as these can make it harder to see the floaters.
Age is age. Doesn’t mean old. Doesn’t mean young. Everyone’s body ages differently at different rates
Same here. I have had floaters and flashes since I was around 8. I am 53 now. Also, I just watched a video here on CZcams from a really great eye doctor who says it can be caused my anxiety.
Aslam o alaikum sir mri eyes mei pedashi msla h eyes mei light lgti h jb m tez dhop se rom mei aon ya rom se tez dhop mei jao m bht doctor ko chkp krwaya wo khty eska koi ilaj ni h koch sal bad nzr wsy khtm hu jay gi😥😭😭😭
So im not going blind with these floaters ?
Good ❤ from india
What if the flash is white?
How are you now I see them too
@@therandomisedo7175 I’m doing better it was just my anxiety don’t see them anymore starting to recover you should still get it checked out though just In case.
Most flashes are white. I have had them for over 40 years. It's normal.
@@DARKHOUSESTUDIOSOFFICIAL what if it's a different color tho other than white?, I've been seeing green, orange, purple flashes coming from just my right eye randomly sometimes, I might have anxiety and that might be the cause of it but I'm not sure
One could call this galactic joke, some vitreous humor.