Feeling anxious about persistent eye focus issues; seeking advice and support.

eye focus

Please help I'm so scared. So I've been focusing on seeing pixels for 2-3 days now and today I woke up tired and I can't seem to make my eyes stay focused. I can unfocus them on command and I've been doing that the entire day. I can't seem to make them stay focused. Unless Imm distracted and focusing on something else. I'm so anxious that this is another symptom of something serious. Has anyone experienced this? I have extreme health ocd and I can't stop thinking about this

Username: Anonymous 567Anonymous 567

Date posted: 27w ago

You’re going to see more of them the more attention you give them. Same with eye floaters. I have floaters bad. Pixels are normal to see and so are floaters. You’re obsessing over them so you notice them more.

Username: PijaPija

Date posted: 27w ago

@Anonymous 12t Yeah I figured as much. My anxiety went down a bit because I was really scared that something bas is happening. Now I know it's okay so I can distract myself more

Username: KarlssonKarlsson

Date posted: 8d ago

@Pija I have seen a pixelated thing once. Does anyone else see flashes, squiggles, shadows and stars, even occasionally red stars?

Username: emma95emma95

Date posted: 27w ago

I get this. I am worried about my eyes and feeling weird things in them, or being too aware of whether I blink enough or right.. it's horrible. Try to not give attention to the thoughts as that powers it, maybe try to be like well whatever if I cant get my eyes to be focused, I shouldnt focus on this too much and then distract yourself

Username: PijaPija

Date posted: 27w ago

@emma98 yeah I've been thinking about blinking as well. It's so hard because I can't avoid my vision. Every time I look at something I think if I'm seeing correctly or if my eyes are okay or why did I unfocus my eyes? its hard

Username: emma95emma95

Date posted: 27w ago

@Pija I get it, I also have it with seeing floaters.. I try to say to myself no I havent focused on this for years before so I should not give it attention

Username: PijaPija

Date posted: 27w ago

@emma98 I have this but with pixels in my vision. It's hard to distract yourself from that. But so true if i didn't pay attention before why would I do that now

Username: cloudy place

Date posted: 4y ago

So I think my ocd that is connected to my peripheral vision has gotten worse. I’m paranoid that I have some brain tumor or a form of psychosis. I’m just constantly hyper aware of my peripheral vision. Just a small stain or mark on the floor makes me nervous cause I can’t ignore it. I sometimes feel I see things that aren’t there and idk if it’s my mind playing tricks on me but now it’s getting hard to focus on things in front of me because my peripheral vision will distract me. Ughhhhh how do I diagnose this. I can’t stop thinking about my peripheral vision. When I manage to distract myself and start enjoying and focusing on something in front of me my brain will bring it back to how wack my peripheral vision seems. I’m scared and I hate this. I can only seem to focus when I move around but when I sit down that’s when this shit starts up again and I’m just terrified of what this means for my peripheral vision and my wellbeing.

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Username: gbgsb

Date posted: 35w ago

vision?? PLZ READ

i’ve been posting a ton on here recently. my OCD is taking over. recently i’ve been playing this game on my phone for hours at a time for the last couple of days. today when i was about to fall asleep all my mind could picture was the game and all the features of the game. i couldn’t change it to anything else it always went back to the game , maybe bc i was focusing on it?? then i woke up and i thought it would be better because i did not dream about the game but now when i close my eyes for longer then a blink i still see a vivid image of the game and the features. it’s freaking me out and my ocd is telling me it’s gonna start happening when my eyes are open too. has anyone experienced this?

Username: emma95

Date posted: 31w ago

Worried about eyes

Im scared and sad. Have had this obsession about something happening with my eyes for years, and this weekend I got sand in my eye with contact lenses in and could not get it out. Kept wearing lenses bc I thought maybe my eyes were just really dry and my family didnt take me seriously bc I always worry about my eyes. Went to doctor today and it was still there so they flushed my eye but I need to come back tomorrow and cannot wear these lenses anymore Now scared for the future and not sure whether all the sand got out bc my eyes still feel bad :(

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