I have a fake eye- answering ALL your questions! (FAQ)

[@thegalaxyfox8148]

i never realised til just now that my attention span is grasped so much easier with this type of format, the moving around and stuff, rather than the sitting in one place through the whole video format, huh, who knew. also you're doing such a great job with distigmatising disability, as someone who has a health condition which has greatly impacted my life, i appreciate it c:

[@ryanmullett8832]

good point

[@therapods9478]

You are adorable and f'n hilarious! Thanks for being so confident and not hiding your talent! If I make it to the UK, I hope I get to see you perform.

[@zabavnaya-xt8tb]

This is horrible format I got motion sickness from video

[@KitsuyuutsuR]

Please hear me all the way out… I have a major issue with eyeballs… It stems back to this tv show I watched as a kid where they did cataract surgery and I almost puked. Ever since then, I can’t even watch people put contacts in or take them out, it’s so bad, I start gagging. At first, I was like that watching you, but as the video went on, it got better. You’re so comfortable with taking your eye in and out, talking about it, you have an amazing outlook on your situation… Honestly, I think you’ve helped me get over my fear and ick of eyeballs that I’ve been suffering with for about 43 years. Thank you for that 😊 I think I’m going to go watch you try on the many different eyeballs to see if I can do it 🤞🏻 You really have such a great personality, I think that’s what’s helping. We’re artistic people are just that way, aren’t we? 😉

[@arualstarr]

My mom had the same childhood cancer, but she lost both eyes. Unfortunately, she got a secondary cancer as an adult and passed when I was in 3rd grade. I still have one of her eyes, which is pretty cool!

[@xXAtomQueenXx]

So sorry to hear that 😢 sending you love ❤

[@v3ldin]

From so shy to to confidend online talking about your eyes, glow up for sure.

[@Lewis_MrGore]

After being with you for over a decade now, I get 2nd hand frustration from the eye remarks that aren't thoughtful towards the sensitivities of the subject 😅 It's great how much more comfortable you've become with your disability, the sharing and education, all very important and a more content and happy Kelsey is great! ❤

[@KokoroKaisen]

howdy! im new im an artist and ive had a very difficult time figuring how to research stuff about missing eyes for character design stuff. this vid was super informative! so thank you for being so open about the topic youre also a lot of fun to listen to will definitely check out your other vids

[@DN-kz7xl]

You are a hoot! Just love your sense of humour.

[@NormaNight]

Haha thank you!

[@audie3600]

This is so fascinating to me as I have always had so many questions about fake eyes and how they effect day to day life. The first time I saw a person with a fake eye was Peter Falk who played Columbo in the show Columbo as a young kid. Hearing someone speak so casually about it and being very candid about it instead of just reading sort of medical journals to understand how it all works and effects people and learn about it, so thank you for sharing your story and answering tons of questions I’ve always wondered! Thank you so much!

[@Appl3sause]

Here is a tip Try to wink using one eye and that’s how it looks

[@DangerNoodle68]

My dad is blind in one eye, and he explained it to me what he sees like this: *Close one of your eyes* Your vision doesn’t go half black. You just.. can’t see out of the closed eye. (Of course, it’s different for different kinds of blindness)

[@tompw3141]

When I close one eye, my vision is half black.

[@whisperghxst]

I've never been able to comprehend the "seeing nothing" part of blindness, but this helped so much, thank you!

[@Orion3T]

Interesting thought. When I close both eyes I see black, or maybe red if there is bright light. But some shade. But with one eye closed it's like my brain just switches it off. I even tried doing it with sunlight shining so with both I see red - but same thing, I don't see any red with just one eye closed. I think this shows how much your brain is involved in sight - it's constantly processing whatever is coming in and trying to turn it into useful information and filter out useless information. I sort of knew this anyway as I have had mild cataracts all my life, one eye is worse than the other and my vision is affected but with both eyes open it's not an issue as my brain combines both. Very interesting.

[@ngm3673]

​@@tompw3141 lol i think maybe its cause your looking for the half black would be different if you wernt so used to looking out both eyes but then again it would be really interesting to know what someone sees thats completly blind or has both eyes gone obviously the wouldnt see anything but what there perception of vision or wha they think they see would be

[@RangoTheBeardedDragon]

When you said you see nothing out of your fake eye not even black my brain broke trying to think 😂

[@Emperor-Quill]

Thank you so much for making these kinds of videos! I write as a hobby, so knowing all sorts of things about all sorts of people is pretty important to me! Not seeing anything, not even black, from the socket is super fascinating! Confusing for a few seconds, sure, but I think I grasped the idea. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but here's my general comprehension of the concept. When I close my eyes, they don't just stop working, since the eyelid isn't an off-switch, it's a cover the eye to block out light. So if an eye socket is empty, and has no systems to sense light in the first place, darkness can't possibly exist to it!

[@RoundSeal]

This rules, thanks for talking about this! As I have both of my Meat Eyes, I never even considered that not keeping the prosthetic in while sleeping could cause the socket to get debris in it. It's really so obvious when you point it out. Custom prosthetics that are art pieces as well as functional are wildly cool, and I'm so happy to see that false eyes get that same artistic treatment!

[@thesavingsorceress]

This was so interesting and fun to watch! I’ve been following you for ages at this point, but I still learned a ton. I’m glad you’re setting boundaries about the uncomfortable comments too ✨

[@CreativeCarrah]

Been following you for so many years, but never thought to ask some of these questions! This was a pleasure to watch and learn from! 💕

[@FinleyWinley]

It wass❤

[@oceanlotion73]

Oh hi! Didn't expect to see u here i love ur vids!!

[@jamiegdubois]

Just discovered your channel and just wanted to say A) I love your content and how open your are about yourself (as someone who went through cancer as a child as is permanently disabled because of it, it’s so refreshing to see 😊) and B) I love the one green eye, one brown eye look! So pretty!

[@fancydeer]

Thank you for making educational videos like this. I think the best way to destigmatize disability is to just talk about it.

[@thejohnmarkproject]

So - not having an eye means you see absolutely nothing? Not even darkness ? This changes everything. I just can't imagine it. This is making my mind go crazy. I mean I get that your vision is all coming out of one eye, so of course you can't see through something that isn't there. I never thought of this before.

[@thejohnmarkproject]

@@FINALGAMER25 Yeah, that worked. I was doing it as I read your comment. I was like "Wut? Why have I never noticed this before. "

[@meowmowraa]

I haven't seen any of your videos in quite a while actually but your confidence levels around your eye seem to have grown sooo much which is amazing and really nice to see! You came across as fun and bubbly before but now you just seem way more comfortable and proud too :)

[@mitchellanderson3068]

the concept of seeing nothing is actually really fascinating

[@CommanderNeutralGray]

I can actually see why people might be curious about you sleeping with the eye in or out. It's not the same but due to a gum disease I have which went untreated for a long while, I lost a 1/3rd of my teeth. The partials I have to make up for the missing teeth are amazingly well molded to my mouth and use my remaining teeth as excellent latch points but people like me who have partial dentures are still advised not to sleep with them in. I think this is due to potential choking hazard regardless of how well latched they are and in case you sleep in a weird way which may cause the denture to push in? But still, I can see how one may wonder if another facial apparatus like an artificial eye needs to stay in during sleep or if there's a hypothetical health concern they may be wondering about.

[@Sully365]

I am so happy to have found this channel. I have always been curious and never knew any of these things. Thanks!

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

Hi Kelsey 👋 😊 Have you ever considered using an eyepatch just to kind of look like a badass? I think I would rock an eyepatch to look more intimidating 😂

[@nottzo]

3:31 i actually understand what she means by this!! Since there is no eyeball on the right, there is no way her brain can receive any information from there, so she just sees everything through her one eye. Like cyclops

[@deannaleejackson5777]

You are such an inspiration. I recently had a really bad eye infection that caused a severe scar over my left cornea. I’m going to be having a cornea transplant in a couple of weeks and I’m terrified! But being that I have had both eyes for 40 years I’m struggling with the blindness in the left eye and my right eye has a partial scar, so I’m having trouble seeing out of the right eye as well. I get lost if I try driving somewhere I have never been because I just can’t see street signs in the right eye. But I’m also super curious about the potential of me loosing the eye completely. I love that you chose a green eye it’s super cute 🥰 you give me lots of hope!

[@seppo532]

Oh man I thought my allergies were bad. I can’t imagine what my entire eye socket itching would feel like. My roommate had a cat born with one eye, named Ian(cos one eye/I). He didn’t have a fake eye because he was a cat. So his eye looked like yours does without your fake eye in. When you take it out, I’m always reminded of that kitty. He was a grey tabby with a green eye.

[@Saavik256]

You are such an amazing Lady! Eye or no eye, you are awesome! Please stay that way! Much love from Slovenia!

[@Riomaka2525]

I have coloboma in both eyes, right eye it is by my optic nerve and does not effect vision and is not visable in any way. My left eye has iris coloboma and is smaller than a normal eye and legaly blind where I can see very slight shadows. So depth perception and extra clutzyness I feel for you! Keeps life fun and interesting and all in good humor though! I love hearing others stories and life experiences online as there is so little representation out there or people willing to share their stories so thank you so much for this video❤

[@angelawossname]

I have dyspraxia on top of being legally blind in one eye. I always have bruises!

[@innocandy1]

i dont know how i found ur YT but im happy i did, i also have a fake eye and this makes me happy

[@KATinBLACK]

I was taught to not ask questions about someone’s disability, condition, or scars unless they bring it up or you’re really close, even then don’t be rude about it. Maybe online people don’t have such boundaries, but it’s nice you’re talking bout it openly here. My only eye question is, how often does cat hair get stuck in your eye? Your real and false one? When I had a cat, every maybe month I’d find a long cat hair sticking out of the corner of one of my eyes and I’d have to pull it out and it felt weird. Ever experience that?

[@Authorthings]

I like the "seeing out of your elbow" analogy!!

[@maki1404]

Was thinking of old KZbin and I suddenly remember your wreck it ralph cosplay!!!! Glad to see you’re still uploading and well ❤❤❤❤❤ part of my childhood

[@tomjohnson4922]

Hiya. I commented on your short that was on my KZbin recommendations and hopped on over here. As I said on that I lost my eye a few years ago from Uvietis, it blew up the optic nerve so the eye no longer communicates with the brain so like you I see nothing. I can still technically lose the other but I take medications for that. My only question that wasn't answered is can you drive? Are you allowed? Here in the US as long as my periphery us 130 degrees I can. The only change I have made is I don't do large crowds. Anyway, I also like the music you make so I'll be subscribing to keep up on all of that.

[@josiejohnson2679]

I love your vids! You're killing it :)

[@Sully365]

Best explanation of 'what do you see out of this eye" Point your finger at a painting while you are blindfolded. What does your finger see?

[@musicjam4131]

It feels illegal to be this early. 😅 Also keep killing it!

[@bchrkids]

Frfr

[@NormaNight]

Weee ooooo the KZbin police!!!

[@kimuires]

I still have my eyes but my left eye has a serious peripheral defect and to compensate my eye has just looked at my nose my whole life and had quickly become very bad at seeing anything, it may as well not be there, to the point that I’ve had glasses since I was a year old Anyway the reason I mention this is because I’ve noticed that my depth perception in my dominant eye (the right) is completely fine and I barely miss my left eye while it’s closed.

[@ninaoneill648]

Thanks so much for making this video! I have a character that has a prosthetic eye and this is a very cool resource for writing her more realistically.

[@LunaFicsASMR]

All of the glass eyes I've seen you wear are absolutely beautiful and you are absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤

[@jamesstewart2176]

I lost my eye to retinoblastoma at the age of 2 in the UK too. I never knew you could get different eyes. Only ever had the one that mstches. I'm going to use this video for eeveryone that constantly pesters me questions, weird to think we were maybe at Barts at the same time.

[@blueangel5727]

I just came across your channel today and loved looooved your videos. Well done for educating us all. I actually had no questions whatsoever regarding your eyes. I just thought was so cool you can change the colour of your fake one whenever you want, you are gorgeous, very funny (really enjoy your dark humour on some of the videos I've watched so far) and have a great voice. You have a lot of talent. Also I have to say, I totally agree, you are much more than whatever happened to you, it is rude people commenting on your eyes when you the videos are not about them. Shame people cannot see far beyond their ignorance. You have a lot of potential and I would love to see more of you. I am glad I've found your channel. ❤❤

[@Adventurekm]

I have slept with my eye out, because i was getting a lot of dryness and it was just bugging me. Put it back in the morning felt better. Its very expensive to get them done in Canada.

[@donovanwoznick637]

Your title is interesting," I have a fake eye-answering all your questions. I don't have any questions outright but you reminded me of something that I experienced at age 3 I met an individual who had a glass eye, he looked at me and took his eye out, set it on the table sitting across from me and said "I always have my eye on you!"

[@meridanrichardson9631]

Not a question, but I used to have a mate in Uni who had a fake eye. He wasn't born with it and had only had to deal with it for 4 years previous to me knowing him. Anywho, he used to take his eye out and put it into people's drinks on a night out!

[@angelawossname]

My right eye is legally blind. Would I give up the remaining vision in my right eye if I could wear sparkly pink fake eyes? Probably. It looks amazing.

[@MainelyAcresFarmBrooks]

I would like to know about the company that made your eyes. I had an eye made and I can't stand wearing it because it feels like someone is pushing my graft in while I 'am wearing it. Plus the company that made my original eye was wicked expensive (Over 1,000 USD). I had to make like four appointments while an artist painted my eye in office. I thought it was cool how they made the veins using thread that they frayed with a scalpel.

[@moonkitten420]

I honestly love how happy you get when you play with them, reminds me of my autism stims and that feeling is so wonderful 🥲🥰

[@Xx_Forgotten_xX]

Hello. I lost vision in my eye in a trauma accident, so my situation is slightly different. Although, I do have a 'fake eye', which fits over my real one. I'm still young, and I'm quite scared to drive. I was wondering if you have anything to say on the topic of driving? (Mind you I just found you recently and I haven't looked to see if you had other content on that.) Also, I'm really trying to to pry either, there just isn't many people who are helpful on the topic of driving with monocular vision.

[@NormaNight]

I actually mentioned it in my previous “what happened to my eye” video! But basically, I don’t find driving fun lol

[@Xx_Forgotten_xX]

@@NormaNight Alright, well, thank you. Guess I'll give it my best shot when the time comes :) Thanks so much, I love your eyes by the way :)) And you truly look amazing, I love you channel.

[@DivineLightPaladin]

Hello, I've been fully blind in one eye since I was 5 and learned to drive like "normal" as in no special helps, same classes as everyone. I've been driving for over 15 years now and personally find it enjoyable as it gives me the freedom to be independent! I don't know what it's like to have two eyes and depth perception so I cannot compare to binocular drivers but for me, I just turn my head more to compensate for my blind side, and I use the size of things to guesstimate size. You can also use timing, such as looking at a sign and going 1,2,3 to say you're "3 seconds distance" or more between cars when driving to maintain the gap. When first getting used to a new/different car, just going slow really helps in getting used to the size of the vehicle and where it is taking up space. Really good if you don't have a car with a backup camera, like many new cars have today. I also now have a self driving Tesla with 8 cameras and radar to help me see so much easier all around without turning my neck so much and gauge space really easily, as it just tells me visually and with sound if I am parking too close. I did not learn to drive with this help, just to note, I was using the same basic feature gas cars as everyone else no issues. This just made it way way easier. With practice it is the same as everyone else, just a few modifications needed! And as with any new skill, have a lot of patience with yourself, allow for mistakes and keep trying! It took me a while to figure out where my car is related to the lines on the road and in spaces, I parked over lines a lot because I thought my car was more to one side from my blind side being on the other so I just learned to move my head, check from the mirrors and kinda stay over to one side more than I thought I needed. I believe in you! You've got this! ❤ Hope this helps anyone else with mono vision!

[@Xx_Forgotten_xX]

@@DivineLightPaladin Thank you so so much :)

[@cryinginstyle]

I’m not blind but I was born without binocular vision! My dad was also born without binocular vision. Driving was very difficult for me. I learned to drive when I was 20, and I learned to drive inside of a small, cheap car because I tend to hit curbs and small cones.

[@greyLeicester]

Kelsey? I thought your name was Norma?! 😅 You have the cutest face and vibe. You are also a great singer and dancer. Plus, body goals 🥰

[@aliyakrebs8754]

Your voice is beautiful!

[@jpofgwynedd3878]

All the questions I didn't know I had and the answers I didn't know I needed. Thanks.

[@kenziehurlock]

It makes sense that the eyelid doesn't close completely when the socket is empty because it needs a hard surface to wrap around. So, sleeping with the fake eye does make sense. On the other hand, I don't understand why people remove false teeth while sleeping.

[@bchrkids]

Ur awesome!

[@blankanagy856]

I also had retinoblastoma, when I was 3.5 years old my right eye was removed. Since then I have 2 wonderful little boys. They are 5 and a half and 2 years old, they inherited the disease, but they both have 2 eyes. They received chemo and have been fine ever since.

[@Hauptseite]

If the science was to advance enough and it was affordable (or even free!), would you ever get a cybernetic eye that grants you vision for the right side? Loved the video and I must say that I find the collection of eyes to be rather cool.

[@Uniqorn]

I’ve always wondered if you can move your artificial eye? Like following your other eye? Sometimes I notice you can but then I wonder if I imagined it lol

[@get.sassyxd]

My friend had a false eye from an accident. His moved if it's a large muscle movement, the false eye shifted some but not like eye tracking. It's not physically attached to the socket with the same cording a natural eye has, so it's not able to track. The muscles around the orbital and the movement from blinking causes it to seem like it's shifting. At least that was my understanding ❤ she may have a better answer

[@Osoriocesar]

Nice to know a little bit about your eye, cheers from Brazil

[@rasaan2011]

I wish i could see a live performance from you cause your dancing and singing is it!!!

[@bchrkids]

I think ur fake eyes are pretty cool!

[@NormaNight]

Thank you!

[@markburgess8603]

Cognac amber on your pendant, I have exactly the same one only a little smaller. Great energy and protection from these.

[@unchainedmel1475]

I have had myopia since I was two. Without glasses everything is blurry. I imagine as my eyes compensate for not having glasses, the remaining eye would compensate for a missing eye. coz it's been since a toddler, it's the only experience I've ever had.

[@powersww1reset]

Good day! How about doing things that you would typically close one eye to do? For example, aiming down a billiard queue or something like that. I’m curious if you would actually have any noticeable advantage. You’re a lovely young lady! Cheers, from Oklahoma, USA

[@riensaur]

3:30 i feel like the best answer to this question is if we just closed one eye & see out of the other eye?

[@ashhhton]

amazing video and so empowering

[@anayarey]

Love your channel! 🩵

[@chchcho]

I'm glad I've found your channel 💖 You're so cute and I love your energy I'm a musician too

[@NormaNight]

Thank you so much!!

[@beep3121]

Loved this! Can you maybe do vlog kinds of videos?

[@tylervilbert5071]

I love it. I think it’s super cute and you’re already super cute and talented sooo 😅❤🥵

[@lawrenceragnarok1186]

You're really beautiful, i like the fake eye it's actually pretty neat

[@wyntresorrow403]

Can you feel the socket? Meaning is there feeling in your socket, can you feel when the eye is in and can you fell blinking and does it ever itch and if so how do you scratch it?( sorry for all these questions)

[@selenawolf2466]

"can I see out of this eye?" To be fair, with how technology is going, I'm more surprised the answer is no. Give it a few years, you'll probably see in all colors, infrared, and video feed. XD I hope you take the epic opportunity to have some badass Halloween one(s)! (And that you don't get offended by either question, I actually kinda love seeing people showing off how different is cool)

[@ruibestboi]

Hey there, I just found your channel and I wondered how the fake eye can move almost identical with your real eye, despite being not a real eye. You don't have to answer this but I'm just curious ^^

[@GrahamSwindell]

I like that particular eye . It suits you well. I have a bunch too

[@pragyashree1403]

My story is same as urs !!! I was 2yrs old when i lost my one eye because of retinoblastoma.....my friends always tell me that if i had my both eyes i will be the most beautiful girl in this world..LOL ....but there's no scars to my beautiful infact the scars are to beautiful

[@SunnyDLux]

Thanks for answering these questions

[@AZodiacCancer]

I know, or knew, someone who has a fake eye. She got really sick and had to have surgery which cost her eye. She showed it to me years ago and i didn't even know it was a fake eye until she took it out.

[@NO-fx8nb]

Well i think you're divine and beautiful with the eyes you have 🖤

[@netwolfe]

A thought has now recently entered my head that leads to a question. People who have lost a limb are called amputees. Is there is a similar kind of terminology. Is there a similar type of one word terminology for people who only have one eye?

[@barbarasilva9739]

Thanks for the video very informative. Question are you allowed to drive or no?

[@KLK01]

Great video

[@henrydickerson9776]

Do you like saying "aye"?

[@daniellashadowdance]

You're adorable)❤ Thanks for making us more clever)

[@gokaijourney2105]

Thank you for this video. I learned a lot.

[@ariadna4030]

My question would be, why did you have the artificial eye made in a different color and not in the color of your own eye???

[@lukearts2954]

@normanight So interesting to hear somebody try to explain the concept of nothingness... Imagine having this in just part of the view of a functional eye. That's what I experience and it's so hard to explain, even to doctors. They ask if I see colors or spots or a haze, and then I say, "no, just nothing. It isn't there. The space disappears." Then they go "ok, but that space then has a color instead" which makes me facepalm because it doesn't. It's just not there... Anyway, my question: you alluded to the fact that you know several (or many) people with fake eyes. How do you find people who share ocular disabilities? Because I sometimes feel the need to talk about it with people who actually know what it is, but I haven't found anywhere to find such people. And like you say: it's not something you bring up when encountering people in any other setting...

[@KrisRoberts114]

I like how it goes cockeyed sometimes, i have a lazy eye and if im tired or high as a kite it sometimes does the same😅

[@ForeverEurus]

It would be cool if you had 1 million followers

[@adilsonamaury]

Beautiful

[@nikkifranklin6440]

You're so beautiful and I really love the way you talk ❤❤❤

[@PriyaPans]

Great video! Where is your accent from? It dounds northern to me but I'm useless at accents!

[@NormaNight]

Yorkshire with a mix of living in London for 10 years with an American partner 😆

[@izzymoon7648]

Its like you just close one eye. It's not black, you just can't see out of it. If you close both eyes it looks black, but just doesn't. At least for me.

[@Seca90]

as someone with something like the "usher sydrome" in both eyes its possible that i may be blind and or deaf some day (or "Only" partly) how did you cope with everything`? what was the inital point of time where you got like "well it is what it is"... because im feeling like i will never deal with my weak genes, how did you overcame this problem i just feel so useless and weak in every value of life, since it has started greetings

[@awaismalik4782]

I have also one artificial eye I am from pakistan❤

[@KarenAlessandra]

❤

[@andrewholl2108]

You are Amazing ❤

[@LunaFicsASMR]

Do you go by Norma now? Ive been calling you kelsey for ages.

[@dengakurin]

The "do you see black?" it's easy to explain. It's like the viewer trying to see what's in the video outside of the plane. It just doesn't exist for us.

[@InsaniaTHEGREATONE]

You look cool as hell :D

[@MsDemonism]

The not seeing anything or anything a so weird Neither here nor there. My bother died and was recovered but said it felt like nothing, like a deep rest. But nothing not how we perceive it an was peaceful. Idk it was weird when he told me that too.

[@jjlouie6418]

Lol oh my gosh my my eye my eye 😂 2:29

[@aranha6285]

Girl you are still beautiful. How old are you