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As I was playing football on Thursday, out of nowhere I got struck with some light-headed/dizziness. It was strange as I was really enjoying myself completely out of nowhere.
When I got home I noticed that my vision was effected also. Since, four days on, my dizziness is subsiding but my vision issue hasn't.
My vision is difficult to describe. I struggle to read words as easily as before that. I have to really work and concentrate to read words and 'focus' on stuff.
I am worried because it raises worries with MS and the double vision symptom of it. I don't have double vision I don't think but I don't know if MS is something that gradually gets worse.
Getting quite scared now.
Yes anxiety definitely can affect your vision.
You should list all the terminal illnesses you haven't thought you've had yet. Give us a sort of heads up on what we can expect in the future. lol
That was tongue in cheek. You are well and truly on the health anxiety bus Ben. I see the signs. Your next "illness" is just around the corner. Talk to your doctor about it. ��
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Haha if health anxiety was a bus it would be an old double decker, riding through cobbled streets, full of smelly people with kids on the back row throwing things at everyone. There would also be a drunk in the corner shouting abuse and telling us the world is gonna end. And most importantly, the driver would make it near impossible to get off!
I try my hardest to tell myself it's anxiety but sometimes I can't accept how much of a powerful influence it can have on the body, physically.
Haha if health anxiety was a bus it would be an old double decker, riding through cobbled streets, full of smelly people with kids on the back row throwing things at everyone. There would also be a drunk in the corner shouting abuse and telling us the world is gonna end. And most importantly, the driver would make it near impossible to get off!
I try my hardest to tell myself it's anxiety but sometimes I can't accept how much of a powerful influence it can have on the body, physically. Ha ha you have a very bad view of the old days ahh I have met some nice people on those old buses and at least you wernt set upon they were actually happier days to me not like now. Cheers
TheGroundhog
24-04-17, 11:35
That's almost exactly how Russ Harris describes the bus (well boat) in 'The Happiness Trap' :D which is an awesome read btw, highly recommended. What you have to remember is YOU are the driver of the bus, and you don't have to listen to what any of the other passengers say. BUT the more you ignore them and press on with what you want to do, the louder and louder they will shout. You have to become deaf to their cries and carry on regardless and then eventually they get quieter and quieter and one day you stop and wonder where they went :yesyes:
lol Ben, I'm glad I read you correctly. I had a moment after I clicked submit when I wondered if you would be offended. :)
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I like the sound of that book groundhog. I will keep an eye out for it.
It takes a lot to offend me. I'm a Liverpool FC fan working at place full of Everton fans so I'm used to getting regular abuse :)
I've only ever had two illness worries, which are MS and ALS.
I'm sure that means something to people in the UK Ben. I live in Australia. We have real football, rugby league. My team loses almost every week. ��
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I'm sure that means something to people in the UK Ben. I live in Australia. We have real football, rugby league. My team loses almost every week. ��
I'll compare it to you working at a place full of kiwis during the World Cup (if it lasted for 9 months of the year) :)
Yeah anxiety can totally affect my vision. I couldnt focus on stuff, it was 'snowy' and blurry in general. I was really scared bc most sources tell u your vision only goes away for a couple of minutes during a panic attack and then comes back but then one doctor finally told me its not like that at all. Theres numerous ways how anxiety can affect it and mine stayed impaired for about 2 weeks? but that was while intensiley working on your anxiety and I've heard of people who have had problems with it for much longer
TheGroundhog
24-04-17, 12:59
[/COLOR]I like the sound of that book groundhog. I will keep an eye out for it.[/QUOTE]
It's a very good read, it's all based on ACT therapy which I think is awesome. Lots of focus on accepting yourself and accepting your anxiety and situation, but getting on with your life and moving forward. Harris says that you cannot shrink the part of you that is anxious but you can massively expand all other areas of your life, which in turn makes the anxiety appear more and more insignificant.
I like it because it takes all the focus away from their being 'something wrong with you' or 'needing to get better' and instead just tells you, you are a product of all you have experienced, now just take that with you and live your life.
It sounds a bit woo, but it really works.
Sorry for the derailment :D
MyNameIsTerry
24-04-17, 13:13
Ha ha you have a very bad view of the old days ahh I have met some nice people on those old buses and at least you wernt set upon they were actually happier days to me not like now. Cheers
Yep, I agree. People are largely respectful and may have a chat. Perhaps it depends where you live?
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Haha if health anxiety was a bus it would be an old double decker, riding through cobbled streets, full of smelly people with kids on the back row throwing things at everyone. There would also be a drunk in the corner shouting abuse and telling us the world is gonna end. And most importantly, the driver would make it near impossible to get off!
I try my hardest to tell myself it's anxiety but sometimes I can't accept how much of a powerful influence it can have on the body, physically.
But who would be the lucky person having a smooch, and maybe more :noangel:, on the top deck at the back? :winks:
Hah! Stokie here so boooooooo! :biggrin:
Fight or flight does sharpen vision. At my harder stages I found the light was harsher, especially from the sun. Those supermarket lights aren't pleasant either. Sounds get harsher & louder too. Studies have shown how smells become noxious, including things that previously had no smell.
Yep, I agree. People are largely respectful and may have a chat. Perhaps it depends where you live?
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But who would be the lucky person having a smooch, and maybe more , on the top deck at the back? :winks:
Hah! Stokie here so boooooooo! :biggrin:
Fight or flight does sharpen vision. At my harder stages I found the light was harsher, especially from the sun. Those supermarket lights aren't pleasant either. Sounds get harsher & louder too. Studies have shown how smells become noxious, including things that previously had no smell. ahh yes ;) and even the clippies would have a chat too! And fair (fare get it lol) point guess it did depend where you lived Ha ha and another stokie too here Yay :) Cheers
MyNameIsTerry
24-04-17, 13:27
ahh yes ;) and even the clippies would have a chat too! And fair (fare get it lol) point guess it did depend where you lived Ha ha and another stokie too here Yay :) Cheers
If only it was like On The Buses! (I'm not saying I wanted to flirt with Jack...:ohmy:)
If only it was like On The Buses! (I'm not saying I wanted to flirt with Jack...: ohmy:) Now there's a thought come to think of it even Olive wouldn't do it for me either :whistles: Classic comedy though ha ha :) Cheers
Haha I love reading how my quote of 'old double decker' has been taken out of context. I meant purely that it wouldn't be a smooth ride, and be bumpy, rackety, old firm padded seats etc :D. I take the bus sometimes into Liverpool and don't find it too bad! Smooth, comfy, free wifi!
Terry, what I'm saying is opposite to your point. My vision I guess you could categorise as blurry.
Thirdly, are you two white and black supporters or white and red? I'm originally from Crewe so I've had fun memories with home and away games back in the early 2000s
Haha I love reading how my quote of 'old double decker' has been taken out of context. I meant purely that it wouldn't be a smooth ride, and be bumpy, rackety, old firm padded seats etc :D. I take the bus sometimes into Liverpool and don't find it too bad! Smooth, comfy, free wifi!
Terry, what I'm saying is opposite to your point. My vision I guess you could categorise as blurry.
Thirdly, are you two white and black supporters or white and red? I'm originally from Crewe so I've had fun memories with home and away games back in the early 2000s Ha ha Hey you young uns today don't know they are born :) LOL we didn't need free WiFi to have a laugh and interact with other people! Ahh Crewe ehh used to live near Crewe ;) some times go back to see it how it's changed though! Cheers
MyNameIsTerry
24-04-17, 13:56
White & red, with a big greasy oatcake stain down it! :yesyes:
Wifi on a bus! What next? Legroom? We're still getting used to fold up little seats around here :biggrin:
I realise my earlier point was an opposite but it was just about how vision is a system of the body that fight or flight impacts. Take the bowels, which it either bungs up or loosens, but the more constant anxiety we experience shows how it impacts on that system in varying ways.
I remember when I started with anxiety that I would feel like things around me were going blurry and sounds became loud yet I wasn't really concentrating on them.
I suspect people having brain fog feel some of that too, I know I did.
You've lost me with all your pommy slang. :winks:
We Aussies say things like, put another shrimp on the barbie and she'll be right mate.
Not that I've ever said either of those, but apparently we do :unsure:
It's funny cuz you guys say 'prawn' like us lot so that phrase would be an impossibility haha
Apparently we also say, London to a brick
Like what does that mean? I have never heard a single person say it.
Don't come the raw prawn with me. Who makes this crap up?
:blush:
But the question is......do you say "g'day mate"?
And Duuny or the can Ha ha LOL :)
Catherine S
24-04-17, 17:24
Another scouser here Ben...Liverpool fc supporter all the way same as my brother :D but my dad was an Evertonian :lac: made for some interesting times in our house for sure!
As for the vision issue, as has been said, anxiety can affect every part of us because it affects all the muscle groups by making them tense and this includes the eye muscles. Having blurry vision...assuming it's been checked by an optician, can be the result of pupil dilation which is part of the 'fight or flight ' response and is triggered by the extra adrenaline released in times of stress and can accompany the dizziness/lightheadedness you described. It may be lingering because you're obv still stressed about it.
My right eye is very blurry these days but it's because ive developed a cataract and that's because I'm an old girl now...just like those buses!
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MyNameIsTerry
25-04-17, 00:29
And what are 'Sheila's'? :biggrin: And do they rally shear sheep? :ohmy:
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