MYOPIA vs NORMAL vision

Today we talk about what near sightedness or myopia feels like.
myopia
near sightedness

[@ivie8630]

I would love to have us high myopes included. I'm currently at -10.25 with severe astigmatism. I try to explain how I have no facial recognition but people tend to think I'm over-exaggerating.

[@shlorp2643]

We the binocular-people shall rise up!

[@donnaknudson7296]

No, your are definitely not exaggerating!! What's wrong with people? Why didn't they just take your word for it? I understand. I have some pretty bizarre health problems and it's one thing if some people just don't get it, that's understandable, but when people doubt your own experience, and the people close to you don't at least try to understand what it's like for you, that just sucks. It's like, how can they be in your corner? I'm sorry your parents are this way. Hopefully he'll make a video about more extreme nearsightedness and your parents can watch it. Also though, even if one's vision is perfect, some people don't have facial recognition, or don't have good facial recognition. That's an actual problem that does truly exist too. And it's not something one can help with a better attitude or something. It really exists.

[@javad_media]

-5.25

[@kimarnina]

You’re at -10.25 w/ severe astigmatism and people think you’re exaggerating? Heck I don’t even know anyone personally who has an eye grade that high. I’m only at -2.00 and can barely recognize people while walking. Tell we where they’re at and I’ll talk to them 😂

[@victoriamckee9103]

I agree Brittany! I'm at a -9.50 and have been a technician and optician for 11 years and my patients don't understand that I can't even tell if they are a man or woman without glasses from 4 to 5 feet away unless they talk. I can tell they are a vague human form.

[@ashtonthegmodaddict3620]

As a person with myopia this video does an amazing job at showing what it's like.

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

👍👍

[@charityehlers]

@@AntoniotheOptometrist Could you maybe make a video where you layer myopia with astigmatism? idk if that's possible, but that's what I deal with and it'd be cool to have a way of showing people how I see the world. Thanks for making such great content!

[@sorosoro2690]

I just wonder.. why is the light not forming a star shape on the video? is it because it's not focused? Personally, how I see a single point light source from a far is like having to see the light at multiple times all at the same time, and it expand the farther I am from it.

[@katobytes]

One of a kind video tbh.

[@ulogy]

@@sorosoro2690 Do you have astigmatism?

[@Nordlys]

As a person with about -2 vision, it looks pretty accurate but at the same time a little bit weird. I can't pinpoint why exactly, but I think it's due to the constant focus of the camera. Being near-sighted you can focus your vision more towards certain elements, while outlying elements become harder to acknowledge. The blurriness is pretty much what happens though. The further away something is, the more two colours flow over into each other, so similar colours and small details are smoothed out to a mixed gradient while high contrasts flow into each other like a double image. I first got glasses when I was pretty adult, and I especially recall being able to see individual leaves on the trees as a mind-blowing experience. And it made it easier to read where the buses were heading before they were at the bus stop.

[@alsy6813]

When I got my first glasses when I was around 12, I legit cried from the fact that I could see separate bricks in a wall. Back then I had around -2, now it's nearly -6 and doesn't seem to stop getting worse, ha-ha...

[@MrScorpianwarrior]

@@alsy6813 I got glasses at about 13, and I actually did cry walking out of the store because I could see so much detail in the carpet. I don't know what my prescription is but based on this video I would say it is around -3.5 or -4

[@maddyterrell0]

I have about -3 if I'm remembering correctly. I have been wearing glasses since I was like 9 or 10 and I can't stand not wearing my glasses. If I take my glasses off and look around, I end up getting very frustrated with how my vision isn't good and I can barely see things

[@iammidus2012]

Didn't get glasses until college. Never noticed something was wrong until I had to sit in a big lecture hall. I too recall having my mind blown by being able to see individuals leaves.

[@annamattos8627]

I started wearing glasses when I was 8. My first comment was: wait, you people can see the leaves on the trees as individual leaves?!

[@maggielovestoads]

I remember the first time I got glasses to correct my myopia. The eye doctor has me look out the window of the waiting room to show how much more clear the things across the street were. It was mind blowing, I thought that everyone just saw like I did😂 I was in high school at the time and realized that I couldn’t read things on the board that others could perfectly fine. I’ve become very good at guessing what things say without being able to see them clearly which is not very good lol

[@Cheekypowpow]

Ahh reminds me of the first time my son got his glasses and he looked at me across the room and said "i didnt know how many wrinkles you have but now i do you look so different" he also told me he thought his sight was normal :) hope you are doing well!

[@stefani.m.1987]

I didn’t have my eyes checked until I was 31, only 3-4 years ago. I did as a young child but that’s it. I have myopia as well, with astigmatism. I remember being so excited when I first got my glasses that I could see so clearly while driving, nothing was blurry like it had been. It was kind of a shock to me, because I had always assumed no one could see clearly at a distance anyway, I was acting so dramatically happy over the fact that I could read what time it was on the microwave in our kitchen, when I was on the other side of the kitchen🤣 At my recent check up, my left eye vision has progressed a bit worse, so I’m waiting on my new glasses to be ready and I think once I put those on, I’ll be excited all over again! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

the experience of getting new glasses. suddenly everything is so incredibly clear and sharp.

[@mirageowl]

yeah I didn't realize until I got to a huge lecture hall in Uni

[@LittleLulubee]

I started wearing glasses at school when I was 8, to see the blackboard, lol 🤓

[@wort4867]

people have said this before but i’d love to see higher prescriptions shown just to let people see just how debilitating it is to have these vision issues. i’m under -6 in both eyes and i can’t do anything without my glasses. (EDIT: i’m -6.50 in one eye and -8.00 in the other)

[@LucyLynette]

Same. -6.50 here. I was really hoping this video would show something close to that, so I could share it with people. My world without my glasses is very different place from what people with more normal vision see.

[@katyb8842]

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[@bruh._.2911]

you lucky im -5 +2.5 on the left eye and -5.5 +3 on the right eye. i cant do shit without my glasses because the difference makes my head aches.

[@TiaKatt]

-5.75 and -4.75 here. With a mild oblique astigmatism (opposite directions) in both eyes. People often really don't seem to understand that we're legitimately nonfunctional without our glasses. Hairdressers in my experience have been the best about this, though? They ask me to take my glasses off and it's like "Okay, I trust you, just realize I can see *nothing* of what you're doing while they're off" and they're cool about that and believe it. Probably because of how often they have customers who need to remove their glasses for a haircut. They're just exposed to that reality more than a lot of others.

[@Ubya_]

@@TiaKatt xD -5 gang here, i usually just say that without glasses i can't see anything pretty much, but most of the time they forget that and ask me if i like what they are doing (following an akward 15 seconds of me trying to find and fit my glasses to just nod "it's ok"). pretty fun to look at the blobs in the mirror and imagine how my hair are looking now

[@shockwavve]

As someone with -13 myopia (probably higher now it goes up every year) this video was a bit almost emotional, lol. They can't correct my eyes all the way anymore, so even with glasses I feel like I'm constantly living at -1. People don't really understand until I tell them to put on my glasses and it gives them an instant headache. It sucks when a camera can see the world better than you can, so videos like this has always struck me as very important for making people realize how debilitating bad vision actually is... why vision isn't automatically covered under Healthcare, I'll never understand.

[@agermanpotato6009]

So true i mean it's not your fault, that your eyesight is that bad that you can't even do simple things anymore..

[@dreamy5572]

Oh my gosh I cannot even imagine! People don’t really understand until they have bad vision themselves. I have -3 myopia and that’s probably nothing for you, but yes even with that it’s quite a struggle…

[@dittuz]

Check if u can get laser surgery , -13 seems so low

[@C4Oc.]

I know this might be a bad idea, but maybe you can correct it all the way by using contact lenses along with your glasses?

[@mangersavoir4213]

​@Shadowz at -13 they won't

[@ded24lol26]

as a person with -3 vision, the most scariest thing to me is going outside at night without my glasses or contacts. It is one of the most traumatic experiences I had.

[@JannatHashimKhan]

Me also😭😭😭

[@xristinarose2409]

What happened? :o i have -2.5 and always go without glasses if its for a walk or something like that

[@popenieafantome9527]

@@xristinarose2409as someone with terrible vision, if i take of my glasses out at night, the ground is difficult to see. So any cracks or tree root blend into the ground and darkness which i can see if i put my glasses on. Commentor could have night blindness. My brother has it so it makes his EVEN MORE terrible vision than mine, worse at night compared to the average person.

[@dreamy5572]

Yes -3 as well 😭 I cannot even imagine what people with powers like -10 have to go through

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

I feel your vulnerabilities. It makes it feel like a dreamscape. 😂

[@darxvenger5424]

I’m a -0.75 in both eyes. For a long time I thought my vision was normal and things were supposed to be blurry when far away. Once I went to the optometrist and saw what I was supposed to be seeing, I literally had my breath taken away. The thing is my vision “isn’t that bad” but I’ve been missing out on the beauty that is our earth and even the moon. I always thought people were weird when they said there’s a face on the moon but now I see it with my corrective lenses.

[@Melanochrysums]

Same, the moon is so much prettier than I thought! And wow the stars!!

[@realtimestatic]

I had -0.75 and -1.25 and it was pretty frustrating because it was hard to read from the board in school and I felt like I couldn’t see nice things in the distance anymore like the beauty of the world. I was frustrated that this would mean that I’d now have to use glasses to see things sharp again but I’m so happy I can

[@Yamper15]

Same

[@kraus7050]

@@realtimestatic i have the same 0.75 with 1.25 but now it went worse in half a year some people still don t belive me when i tell them i can t see something or that i rly can t see human faces from a distance

[@realtimestatic]

@@kraus7050 bruh people can be so inconsiderate man. Still dislike glasses but best i have right now. Lenses take quite some effort getting used to

[@Pedro-hu2eo]

I am a -3.00 myopia and I feel extremely out of place when I'm in a social setting without glasses or lenses. I just can't see people's facial reactions. It's terrible

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

😢

[@pokrec]

Do not worry, when you are hit with presbyopia, you will easily read books and smartphone without glasses. It is better to have even mid-low myopia like - 3D than being hyperopic with +1 D. A hyperopic person (with presbyopia) cannot see clearly from any distance without glasses. If he still can accomodate, he will see very sharply in distance, but looking at the watch or a smartphone without glasses would be futile.

[@ember9361]

@@pokrec hopefully technology has advanced enough til then and we can get treated for it

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

​@@pokrec at that point we lose the ability to focus up close as well, so simply everything is blurry.

[@pokrec]

@@HappyBeezerStudios But with myopia three is a distance at which the picture is sharp. For, like -3D it is about 10 - 15 inches. Perfect for close work like book reading. With 0D this distance is formally an Infinity (say several meters and beyond). With hyperopia there is no distance at which picture is sharp, even infinity is too close, technically speaking.

[@whimsyfreckles]

Thank you so much for making this video. It was difficult for my parents to understand how I see (or rather, can't see) without glasses due to my nearsightedness. This video was very eye opening (sorry for the pun) and helpful. It would be cool if you considered making another video with more severe examples past -3.00.

[@skyral4137]

Why not just get an eye exam?

[@colleenr7268]

Fortunately, most everyone I knew understood the nearsightedness, the astigmatism was tougher to explain. In fact I never truly understood what it did to my vision, other than making it harder to focus until I watched this guy's video on it. Never knew that everyone didn't see lights the same way I did.

[@berneserainbow1407]

I think I was around 12 or so, when I had this good a vision (-3.00). I'm at a -10.75 currently and there's no sign of stopping getting worse every 4 years or so. It would be great to have such vision simulation videos for more than just the -6.00 I've found so far. People cannot comprehend how bad my vision is without glasses. It would help to explain.

[@keen283]

if you can afford a laser eye surgery you should get it, otherwise you risk going BLIND! if not try to resist looking at screens a long time without blinking, and every 20 minutes of looking at a screen, take 20 seconds to look something at 20 feet (6 meters) distance! Good luck out there!

[@berneserainbow1407]

@@keen283 Thank you very much for your suggestion. If you mean lasik by laser treatment, that is not done if you have more than -10. You simply lack enough cornea to do the surgery. I have checked it out with experts here in Switzerland. Maybe I wasn't clear in my previous post. People ask me what I can see if I'm not wearing my glasses and it's hard to explain it to people who have no concept of how blurry the world gets for me without my glasses on. The simulators I found so far show a max. of -6. That's a bit over half of where I'm at. So, I'd love to have simulators with a broader spectrum. Aww, thank you for your concern. I'm under supervision of my eye doctors. I have regular check-ups every 6 to 9 months.

[@keen283]

@@berneserainbow1407 I didn't know it wasn't possible to do eye laser treatment if you were past -10, I gotta be careful to not get anywhere near that range, you learn something new everyday! Hope your eye doctors treat you well! Have a good day/night

[@berneserainbow1407]

@@keen283 Please do what you can to keep your myopia in check. Get regular check-ups if possible. Take care and have a great day, too.

[@annarichter484]

Hiya, sorry to hear that you eye sight is that bad. I have -6.5 on both sides but my vision stopped regressing when I reached age 27. Depending on glasses is exhausting. Lots of people don't understand that even with glasses we only have a field of vision which is not comparable to normal vision at all. I had a few falls because the edge of my glasses made me see steps where they are not. Also so far I have spend about £3500 on glasses and contact lenses (and I buy cheap). I finally decided to get my eye side corrected and did some research. When looking at possible procedures, I have read about a surgery where they implant contact lenses (Implantable contact lens (ICL) surgery) which goes to -18. I hope you find something that works for you. Good luck.

[@desertdweller9003]

From what I remember, I had near-perfect (if not perfect) vision when I was little, but around 3rd or 4th grade I remember starting to notice it being hard to read the classroom board from the back of the class. I went maybe 8 or so years like that until I finally got glasses. And the first thing I really remember noticing was the details of trees from a distance. Specifically being able to pick out every single leaf was crazy to me. I don't have severe nearsightedness, (maybe around -1 going off of the video), but I had never realized how much detail was missing from my vision.

[@semrappange2013]

I have -1. I experienced the same thing, except I thought it was normal I couldn’t quite read everything on the board (then again I usually sat in the front of the class), the amount of details I could see (especially in trees) was so weird.

[@amemelia]

The exact same happened to me. I come from a family with glasses wearers. I was little and could see fine but through the years I'd have to ask classmates what was on the board so I could do work. At 10 when we had exams comings up the head asked me what was on the board (it was a small group and I wasn't too far) and I literally went "I dont know, I can't see" so she rang my mum I assume thinking I'd gone blind and got an appointment that day. Nope just needed glasses. Honestly knew my eyesight was getting worse a couple years before but I honestly thought deteriorating sight was part of puberty, especially when my whole family wears glasses

[@Triadii]

The most I realised i had been missing was the gravellish stones texture of the roads. They looked smoother without spectacles, also every sign became readable. Although i really dont Like classes because i get a head ache, i always have to focus my eyes through 2 Windows; and they fall off if i bend over which is too annoying

[@oreopop9009]

Same, the trees started to appear blurry and i knew something was wrong, i couldn't see the board clearly, but my vision during day is perfect, during night time however specially with lights around (in malls, airports and crowded places) i cannot see clearly. I didn't even realise it until now

[@lieliebaby]

I have a little under -3.0 and one of the issues I've had walking the street without glasses it's actually the curve. Since you lose the sense of depth and distance with all being blurry. You get to the corner to cross the street, you know there is a step to get down to the street, and staring intensely down you take a leap of faith and drop your foot. And maybe the step is just 2 cm deeper than average, and you have a micro heart attack on the way down, there is no way to know! Is like when you dream you fall, or when you didn't notice the last step on a staircase. Awful!

[@rachaelbudgie8390]

So accurate!

[@sahlahanifa8402]

as a person with normal vision, i looked up this video because i was curious about how having myopia feels. now i understand the struggle yall go through everyday, respect

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

and the video only shows up to -3.00, now imagine us people with -6, -8 or -10

[@christianhalstead1437]

@sahla hanifa same, I have normal vision, and I was just really curious about how having myopia feels

[@Apathetic_98]

Protect your health its one of the most important things

[@daixensorest]

thank you for the respect, however, I still can't see it

[@Apathetic_98]

@@daixensorest whats your prescription eyes? can u tell me the range of sp and cyl?

[@lindaj5492]

I recall being constantly told off for sitting too close to the tv; until I was found to be very short-sighted about 8 years old. And once I had glasses, was amazed that trees had individual leaves! James Thurber wrote a short story about being myopic: can’t recall the story title, but he wrote of a very well-behaved dog on a balcony opposite his apartment that he saw every day - until he got glasses, and realised he’d been looking at a large pot of plants!

[@missmae7996]

As someone closer to -5.00 in both eyes with an astigmatism, I'd love to see this increased to include some larger values! Amazing examples and great explanation

[@tolbizejena6210]

I live with -5.75 every day without glasses and I'm only 19....my life is a real nightmare guys!

[@shlorp2643]

Go get some glasses if you can it will change your life

[@RatusMax]

I see you wear contacts!

[@v3_venom_78]

Sad to hear 😥 Get lasik treatment It takes around 2-3 hours treatment and 4-5 days of bedrest in a dark room U will get 0 sight after treatment immediately but eyes get wet and full pain so 4 days of bedrest is necessary Hope you understand my Poor English 🙂

[@lapitohaya]

I had a normal eyesight until 31. Now I am 32 and I missed that good vision

[@Lorandoriginal]

y’all have no idea how much joy it gives me to see clearly when I wear the glasses

[@professional.commentator]

This is amazing! It perfectly illustrates how us near-sighted folks see. Great work!

[@mrssmith1691]

When they first told me at the dmv I needed glasses, I got them but thought it was ridiculous. Shortly after we went on vacation to the southwest, my spouse driving, me without my glasses on. He kept looking at me asking me if I was happy, and I thought he was nuts. Finally he said, put on your glasses, and when I did the dull brown world around me suddenly became the gorgeous desert I so love! Never went out without my glasses on again!

[@chrisvalhallalalala8242]

Thanks for this! I'm somewhere around -1.00 now, but my vision used to be perfect. I thought I was a nervous driver, turns out I just couldn't read the street signs. People are like "but your vision isnt even bad" but i'm gonna start sharing this like "seeee i can't see writing in the distance!". it makes all the difference when driving, idk why anyone would be against wearing glasses for this reason alone

[@laurendao4467]

I love that channels like yours on KZbin is providing people with really understanding how each of us can differ in more of a firsthand way. Now imagine having -16 in both eyes! I rarely do ANYTHING without corrective lenses. And even then, sometimes it can feel like my vision isn’t fully corrected and I’m still walking around as a -2 most of the time.

[@LilKing420s]

WOW! This is an extremely helpful video! This is an excellent example to show those who do not live with nearsightedness. As with all of your vids I've seen, a profound thank you for taking the time to make and share this video @Antonio!

[@27qwljrob2]

Great job with this video! I was a bit self-conscious about getting glasses, and put off telling my mom for longer than I should have. By the time I got my first pair of glasses, my prescription was about -2.00. I remember that my bare-eyed vision looked almost exactly as depicted in this video. My uncorrected eyesight was too blurry for me to read most signs at typical viewing distances.

[@NatTy1999_]

I’m -2.75 it’s a nighmare at night when it’s raining😭🔫 I’ve even tripped and bumped into things in pure daylight lol, you get confused with what things actually are and look like. Once I had my glasses off at work and I thought manager was carrying a monster drink, turned out it was a little plant haha

[@bibia.9045]

Man you’re lucky I’m at -4 something 😂

[@nigususolomon8226]

@@monya_fluff and now you cured or what?

[@981maggie]

Before my surgery I had minus 6 in left eye and minus 7 in right eye. And I still have astigmatism as there are no surgery for that. It could be interesting to “see” what Was the normal sight forme. My family was initially against to let me do this eye surgery as they thought it was not such a problem for me. They have minus 1.75 per eye.

[@willmariegirona2911]

I have both too myopia and astigmatism and been wanting to laser correct, but my dad tellsme that I would have to still use glasses for my astigmatism. Curious to know your opinion if it was worth it? I told him, to use it some times for certain things is ok for me, I'm just tired of needing to use them everyday for everything and if I happen to misplace them, ugh 🙄, it's a pain to search for them. And contact lenses are also a pain, my eyes get to tired and when I switch to glasses, I feel I see blurry with them 🙃. Anyway, sorry for my blabbering 😆 but curious about your opinion. Have a blessed day

[@banyalaplace]

I have the same measurements and wondering if I should have surgery or not. May I ask you for a suggestion? Did your vision improve significantly? Would you reccomend it?

[@Ariel-gj7bi]

@@banyalaplace So, this is my third time trying to write this comment since youtube recognizes cntrl backspace as "delete the entire comment", instead of only the last word. Anyways... I had around -6 myopia and some astigmatism as well, and did laser surgery as well. In my opinion it was definitely worth it, since my life is a lot better not having to DEPEND on glasses anymore. Now, my vision isn't as good as it was with glasses before surgery, but it's plenty great. I have now around -0.5 myopia, and some astigmatism, but I can do just about anything no problems, on the list of downsides, my eyes don't moisturize as well, and on dry days I need to put some eye drops sometimes. But overall, I really would recommend, I'm at around 4 years now since I did the laser surgery, and overall my life has improved a lot. Besides, if I decide I really need to see something PERFECTLY I could still wear glasses to correct the leftovers, but for daily life it's unneeded.

[@Ariel-gj7bi]

@@willmariegirona2911 I'm tagging you as well, so you get notified in case my answer helps you out. By the way, I also always hated contact lenses lol! Anyways... I had around -6 myopia and some astigmatism as well, and did laser surgery as well. In my opinion it was definitely worth it, since my life is a lot better not having to DEPEND on glasses anymore. Now, my vision isn't as good as it was with glasses before surgery, but it's plenty great. I have now around -0.5 myopia, and some astigmatism, but I can do just about anything no problems, on the list of downsides, my eyes don't moisturize as well, and on dry days I need to put some eye drops sometimes. But overall, I really would recommend, I'm at around 4 years now since I did the laser surgery, and overall my life has improved a lot. Besides, if I decide I really need to see something PERFECTLY I could still wear glasses to correct the leftovers, but for daily life it's unneeded.

[@willmariegirona2911]

@@Ariel-gj7bi thank you for the response. Super happy for you. Sounds great and worth it. I have a cousin who corrected her vision and told me that that's her only issue, dry eyes, but it's still worth it for her. Will check with my optometrist for more info. Blessings

[@atizzlefoshizzle]

Last time I got my eyes checked, both of my eyes were at -11 with some change, but I’m sure my eyes have become a bit worse since. My eyesight has changed my life and I can’t imagine living life without my glasses anymore. I love to see these videos so much but would love to see another with the highest prescriptions like -10 to -14 because these are very accurate descriptions but the extremity of the higher levels is truly unmatched. No one truly understands what I mean by “I can’t see” without my glasses and it’s hard to explain how bad it truly is. Videos like these are so helpful and informative for those who do not have the same visual handicaps as myself, so I’m so happy that someone is talking about it as such. 😊

[@nibnubby]

OMG, Ive always wanted to show people what ive always seen. This does a immaculate job at it. Thank you for this..

[@kasualbeauty309]

I have perfect vision. As well as color detection my dad has always had terrible near sightedness. He can’t see shit far off at all. Without his glasses he is basically blind. I have never been able to fathom or understand what he sees without his glasses until this video thank you so much for helping enlighten and provide empathy for those who experience the world differently than the rest.

[@RatusMax]

My dad has good eyesight..my mom had somewhat bad eyesight..I have very bad eyesight..you give me hope that it won't be passed down...

[@meurer13daniel]

you could've just used his glasses

[@katieneveu4286]

As someone who is -2.5 in both eyes (with astigmatism too) I never understood my friends who chose to never wear their glasses, not realizing their vision was still way better than mine haha. I also didn't like plays until I got glasses because I couldn't tell the characters apart so the story was hard to follow. I take my glasses off on some rides at amusement parks and I always hate it, it makes me feel so vulnerable. Even just walking around, I can easily navigate and not bump into people or things, but not being able to distinguish faces or signs or details is pretty unnerving and I never really get used to it, not matter how long I have my glasses off. What REALLY confuses me is people who are far-sighted! Moving things closer to my face in order to see it better has been an reflex since childhood, so it always baffles me when someone (like my mom) moves things farther away in order to make it clearer. That just makes it worse, how can that possibly help?! I would love to see a video on how things look from that perspective.

[@Pidalin]

I noticed that many older people who need glasses for close distance totaly don't realize what it is to see badly on far distance, they just don't get it, they don't know what are you talking about, they are constantly asking about something and showing it to you when you don't have glasses and you have to always explain that you can't read that and they still don't remember that and do it again next day. 😀

[@professional.commentator]

You just perfectly described my experience as a near-sighted person. And about the far-sighted people part, I was actually always jealous of people who were far-sighted because they never had to wear their glasses outside or just rarely in general. I was like, "you guys are so lucky! I hate having to wear glasses all the time especially when I'm outside."

[@mranon42023]

old people cant accomodate basically

[@valxxqina]

only have -1.75 in both glasses but i can't explain the joy i felt when i got my glasses and saw everything around me clearer! everyone's faces looked so "sharp" and detailed, i almost cried tears of joy. it's crazy to think that other people can see this way on the daily!

[@scotttrogers]

This is a great start to show what those of us with myopia is like, but I wish it went further. For instance, my contacts have a -7.5, and I've never been able to show people, like my wife, what things actually look like for me without my glasses or contacts.

[@entitree.]

this video actually made me feel better about my vision. I've been wearing glasses my entire life, but based on this video my eyesight is far better than even the -1.00. The only think I struggle to see is writing that's further away, but everything else is pretty clear.

[@anistondana5447]

I really like seeing videos like this as I only know my prescription (-2.5 and -2.25) not my _/20 vision. It is really hard to explain how I see things to my friends and family and this really helps so thank you!!

[@yogasadana402]

what a beautiful world we are living! 😭 currently im around -4.25 , this video does exactly represent how myopia look like 👍👍👍

[@Blacksquareable]

Thanks Antonio, this breakdown is really good.

[@SometimesMakayla]

Would love one for astigmatism! If so, can you go up to astigmatic cyl of -5 and -6? 😅 And maybe also a combo of myopia and astigmatism!

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

I’m working on it!

[@fredgwg]

@@AntoniotheOptometrist Looking forward to that video! I have a friend with -5 and I've always been wondering about her vision.

[@elvismostafa8603]

Yeah I want to see that too😂

[@PANCHOSWAY]

@@elvismostafa8603 you can’t see nothing further then an hands length properly. You can see the basic form but reading or nothing you need to have the book Almost at your nose to see

[@isuzuke]

@@PANCHOSWAY Yes, accurate

[@retsardp2714]

Love your content as always. Thanks. Keep it up. Looking forward about astigmatism.

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

thanks I get onto it right away

[@petresko1041]

For the longest time I've been trying to explain my vision in words and with Photoshop-edited images as someone with -2. This is the perfect example - the distortion with an actual lens replicates the level of detail based on distance. Thank you for making this video!

[@tweedythe9131]

This is very accurate, thank you for informing so many people.

[@uzmeyer1752]

God, the feeling i get when you put the corrective lens in is so familliar, i automatically adjusted my glasses. I've got worse myopia than present, around -5 on both sides so it's kinda interesting seeing how it would be with "better" vision. It also makes me more confident in my oppinion that some of my friends, who are in the -1 to -2 range and almost never wear their glasses are insane

[@Noah-ot1sv]

I am -1 and never even knew until a few days ago. My eye doctor said “this is what things look like with the lenses… and without”. Absolutely blew my mind away as I never knew my vision was worse than it was supposed to be and with my glasses I catch myself taking them on and off and just appreciating how clear everything looks. I feel like I just updated my graphics in a video game as sad as that sounds. It’s crazy how I went 16 years of my life and just know saw the world in full clearness. 😮

[@capital_underscore3472]

You have no idea how eye opening this is

[@CraftingwithKas]

I have a prescription of -3.50 in my left eye and -3.75 in my right, this is the best video I've seen that actually gets what i see right

[@jannettw]

Really good video, thank you for making it. I have +10.75 (hyperopia) in my right eye and -7 (myopia) in my left eye. I would love to see another video that shows high levels of myopia, and also a video dedicated to its opposite, hyperopia, would be awesome as well! I have such a difficult time explaining to others just how terrible the myopic eye and hyperopic eye are in their own very different ways.

[@agusticuria3331]

Wow! That's the widest dioptric range between eyes I have ever heard about ( 17.75 dp in total) . It seems that the brain has problems to blend images from eyes which refractive error differs more that 4 diopters when using eyeglasses. How do you manage to see? Do you use contacts all the time? (I have +6.00 in each eye btw)

[@austerloowaterlitz1543]

I remembered talking about my myopia to my parents when I was a kid. I always thought that everyone had my kind of eyesight. I had to go on the front row of the class to see what's on the blackboard. When I first got my eyeglasses, I was so shocked to see how different things were.

[@thomasvlekke5365]

I have an eye with -2 and an eye with -2.25. This video is pretty accurate, thanks for showing the rest of us who are fortunate enough to have good eyes since explaining my sight always ends up with someone thinking everything is still well seen by me or just thinking I'm fully legally blind

[@zachmalone6233]

I have -6.5 in both eyes with an astigmatism and I have never been able to describe my sight to my friends without just saying “it’s blurry”. This video really showed what I see.

[@OZZ___]

Great comparison video! Keep up the great content👍🏼

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

Thank you thank you 😂😁

[@ZachDee46]

i am -3 / -3.5 in left / right eye with an astigmatism. and while maybe its just me, i dont think this video does quite the justice. I see much worse walking around without corrective lens than the -3 shown. never the less nicely done!

[@louloufitz86]

I'm similar to you (-3.75 and -3.25) I think you can't properly convey in a video how unsettling it is to be walking and unsure about your footing, will you trip up or miss a kerb etc!

[@TiaKatt]

@@louloufitz86 Seriously, the way it messes with distance perception is awful.

[@keanynolsen739]

I'm 19 and have -5.50 myopia in both eyes. This has become my go-to video to show all my friends with perfect vision a glimpse of what it's like.

[@anasa3032]

I have -5.00 in the left eye and -3.25 in the right eye

[@isabellehaag3973]

I have -1.00 vision in one eye and -0.50 vision in the other eye. While this not seem like much, let me tell you, it’s hard to read the board in class, and even identify teammates when playing sports. When I got contacts, it was life changing, even though my prescription is quite light. Great job! I was quite intrigued by this video, as I have this vision and you did a wonderful job showing what it would look like.

[@acq8097]

This is soo true, Antonio! I am nearsighted! Tnx for this!👍

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

You’re welcome!

[@SometimesMakayla]

Love this!! It's like you're reading my mind what I've been googling and not finding T__T

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

Weird things you find on the internet these days, like this channel I guess haha

[@donnaz836]

Wow, just stumbled upon your videos & yes they are great at showing my family what I am actually seeing. Loved the video on astigmatism as well. I am shortighted -4.50 in one eye, about - 2.75 the other eye, astigmatism in both eyes & now because I am old long sighted in both eyes. Glasses are a nightmare. They keep telling me because my eyes have different short sighted scripts as well as differing astigmatism values in both eyes that trying to get the long sighted vision decent will never be possible, so it's pretty much here are your glasses & it's this is the best we can do! I am tired of being told that. Would love to see a video with short sighted vision combined with astigmatism vision. Thanks for a really great series of videos. Have a lovely day. Cheers Donna

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

at that point I would either run contacts for one (if the eyes aren't too dry) and glasses for the other (that include the contacts) or well, just having two pairs of glasses, one for going around and one for reading

[@Rodo079]

I remember back when I was 9 yo, my teacher ALWAYS put me at the very end of the classroom because im tall, and bc of that I could never read what was written in the chalkboard, I remember saying in my mind ''Man the board is so far, I need binoculars rn'' At that time I never thought my vision was bad, I thought the board was too far for me lol

[@ihateracin]

Astigmatism and -2. Wow, this video is what I’ll be sending to my friends to show them why I refuse to drive without my glasses. Short (not really) story for anyone who wants to read it 😊 When I was 18, I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Well, upon reaching the vision test at MEPS I was fairly confident that my vision up until this point was 20/20 and that everyone just had a little bit of blurriness off in the distance. It wasn’t until I got to the vision portion of the test that I realized I in fact do not have 20/20 vision. When the medical personnel in the room asked me if I could read them the line in the slide device. I peered into the lenses and I asked if they could put it into focus first. They asked me what I meant and I was faced with the gut wrenching realization that, in fact, I did not have perfect vision… “Don’t worry buddy, you don’t need 20/20 to enlist, let’s check your vision on the machine behind you” they comforted, “you’ll just need to get some glasses and come back when you ship out to complete these tests again.” After recovering myself and letting out a sigh of relief I returned home to schedule an appointment. Fast forward to the moment I stepped out of the store with my new specs and, holy Toledo, I could read license plates from over 10 meters away! What the hell was I doing before? Night driving became enjoyable, to the point I preferred it over day driving. A set of prescription sunglasses later and I’ve been rocking my favorite frames on both for over 4 years now! Took me a while to find frames for my nighttime and indoor glasses (Flexon 610’s for those still reading, a very VERY light, nigh weightless design) but the pair I just mentioned worked wonders. I made a firm decision on some MCM aviators because why not, and even after they’ve been through new nose pads and the logo peeled off the sides, (and some scratches 😅) I can’t see a reason to change. I could probably do with some new prescription 6 years later, but, honestly? My vision seems preferable at the current correction. I know I know, that’s what I said before needing them at all, but that new prescription headache lasted weeks the prior two adjustments and at this point I think I can manage another year or so just fine on the current setup. If you’re not sure you need them, and you think your vision is great, just for giggles stop in at your local optometrist and get a checkup just in case. Ya never know what you’re missing out on :) Cheers, and great video mate! P.S. Don’t waste your time serving if you’re bright enough for higher education. If you want to serve, get a college education and become an officer by any means. The pay is better and everyone will hate you, but, the pay is better and everyone will hate you.

[@ferrarimonster8089]

Wow man I’m so blown away that you were able to capture the real effect of a -2.00 myopia, when I seen your demonstration in the astigmatism video I was so blown away because I did not think cameras could replicate my type of eyesight, but I lost my glasses so I have to squint at even my monitor that is usually 1-2 meters away from me and everyday life is quite unpleasant especially when trying to identify passing cars which usually become identifiable at about 50 or so meters away from me with squinting

[@Rabidanti]

GODDAM this stuff is so ACCURATE!

[@kzab59]

-1.0 on both eyes and though mine is “not that bad” yet, I can assure you wearing glasses with the right grade is so much better because not only it gives me a clearer vision it also avoids headaches at the end of the day 😀

[@Acenis]

Astigmatism showcase please! Thanks for the vid Antonio was really fun and educating :)

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

I will work on it right away! 💪

[@Tombombadillo999]

Really cool channel! Thanks!

[@brandonlaw680]

Thanks for this video! I have myopia at around -5.25 and astigmatism and trying to explain how hard it is to see without glasses is difficult as I haven’t found anything I can really compare it to. Now I’ve got something to share and show what it’s like. Thanks!

[@achinaaiko4469]

I enjoyed watching the video. I'm looking forward to more of your content 😎

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

appreciate it!

[@Beading_Kate]

Would be great if you also showed other conditions such as hypermetropia and amblyopia; and also common things like myopia or hypermetropia combined with astigmatism. This helps us poor-sighted people to explain our life to people with healthy eyesight. It will also be cool if you explained that severe cases cannot be corrected to perfection with only eyeglasses or contact lenses; that severe cases can only be corrected to some extent. People often think that eyeglasses just solve it all and magically grant me eagle’s eyesight… which is not true (sadly).

[@Yoshi92]

Wow, excellent video! I have -1.15 and this is a super accurate depiction of what it looks like, man! Now I can send this video to my friends with perfect eyesight, because they never understand and they can't imagine how I can't read certain things in the distance! :D

[@mauriciojcYT]

great video man!

[@SharkyLunasaurus]

I wish this showed how it looks when your prescription is way worse. I need a new prescription cause I haven't gotten one since 2014 and then it was -9.50 in both eyes with some astigmatism. So right now my eyesight with glasses is around a -2. I wish more people could see stuff like this so they understand how hard it is to see.

[@SofijaSofijaSofija]

I wear -2 glasses and this video triggers my impulse to find my glasses and put them on even though I wear them atm

[@idrunn8764]

I'd love to see a video examining highway and city night driving. What sort of glow, halo, starburst, etc around light sources are normal versus symptomatic of a correctable distortion. I have glasses for myopia and astigmatism but still struggle so much with headlight glare and find the intense contrast against poorly lit surroundings tiring and uncomfortable.

[@jessicasheilds5346]

Pretty accurate with my myopia. I am fine around the house without my glasses but once I go outside it's a differnt story. I recently started needing my glaases to drive. Very good video.

[@_bhushan_rathod]

your power?

[@theboyofjoyy]

Great video!❤️ Not just using some blur fitler and lot of hardwork put in!

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

appreciate it 🙏

[@otiebrown9999]

Antonio, Please, a suggestion; Do this video, using a Snellen Eye Chart to show the effect of the minus lens, in the 3 cases. Thank you!

[@Geotubest]

Great idea. I'm looking for exactly this.

[@vonilla8341]

Finally ! Thanks man 🥂

[@spiritofthewinds9089]

So interesting to see the comparison in different sceneries! Would you do another video where you go up to the maximum of myopia? or at least -10 or sth really strong? I just can't imagine what that would look like and I would love to see

[@manateewaifu8787]

Love all of your videos! I just watched your newest one this morning. I'm a -3.00 OU and have pretty much always been nearsighted. Would you be able to do a video for farsightedness as well? As someone who's always been able to see up close, it's hard to wrap my head around the opposite refractive problem. I'm excited to show my husband this video so he can see how I see the world. He's just a -1 and can get along without glasses for the most part, but he's always surprised when I tell him I can't see something.

[@abhyudayapandey3346]

Is ur power constant......if constant then for how many years? Plz tell

[@michellegossett8076]

Hahaha I have -3.25 and I'm 16 😎😎

[@krollpeter]

Far-sightedness seems to me is not as bad as near-sightedness. I did see for most of my life still good in the distance, even without glasses, though I had in between 1.50 and 2.00. With glasses however I had better vision than anyone I knew. Even now at 63 yo I can see the bus number clearly from 25 % farer away as compared to my waifu, who is mildly near-sighted.

[@IrelandFyre]

@@krollpeter I would 1000 times over prefer to be far sighted as opposed to near sighted. It's such a pain in the ass and there were a couple times my cat knocked my glasses behind my nightstand and similar without me realizing and I couldn't find them for the entire day. The first time I had nothing else and was essentially disabled by my vision. My balance was off so I kept bouncing off the walls, I almost fell down the entire flight of stairs the one time I attempted to go down them and I couldn't really see things on the floor or tell how far things were from me so I'd tell over things or think I was gonna lab against something but fall into it instead. The second time I had an old pair of partially dried out contacts that I soaked till supple and put in ... Which was a HUGE mistake, don't EVER do that. The next day one of my eyes was swollen shut because I had a scratch on my cornea. All around bad time. I not keep my glasses in a pouch I've nailed to the wall next to my bed, have a backup pair in my desk, AND keep a fresh, unopened pair of contacts just in case.

[@krollpeter]

@@IrelandFyre That's a vivid description. It seems to me you are right. However, no glasses is the best. (PS: That was a good drummer there in your band)

[@hannersg8850]

Hiya! I had severe myopia (-10.5 in both eyes) before getting PRK laser surgery last year, and I was wondering if you might be able to make a small clip of what it would be like for more extreme cases beyond -3.00. I used to have my focal point be at the tip of my nose it was so bad, and I have a hard time trying to describe exactly what it was like other than things being incredibly blurry. Btw what you've done with this vid and the stigmatism one is fantastic, and I thoroughly appreciate it. I hope more people find your channel and can get a better understanding of how some others see and how the eye works.

[@dominik396]

Hello. How big myopia do you have now after surgery?

[@kamihayes5147]

Please please PLEASE do one for higher prescriptions! It’s been echoed a lot here, and my experience joins them! I’d love for people to understand what life is like at-9.00.

[@Moonfairy-nr7no]

Wow i was so curious so thank you

[@rnh13]

Before i got my glasses, I used to curious how it looks like for someone who has myopya. i've just got my glasses few months ago (for -0.75 on left side and -50 one on the right side) and now i realized how worse was my vison became without glasses on It really does feel like this -1 on this video.

[@Realunmaker]

I started at -1,50 at 12 years or so and now I'm at -3,75 at 38 I've taken care of my eyes as much as I could as a heavy user of screens, so I'm kinda glad it hasn't increased that much over the years I don't know if I'll have the laser surgery but this video is very useful to explain to my nephews and nieces how I see without glasses to some extend.

[@user-vx3vt7nj5n]

it could've been worse. the difference is 2.25 in 26 years. my sibling got from -1 something to -4.5 in like 3 years or something

[@budgiefam2912]

How did you prevent your vision from getting more worse over the years?

[@Realunmaker]

​@@budgiefam2912 I didn't do anything in particular, but it's probable that I constantly adjust my vision between medium and close distances (phone and desktop) and that the first thing I do when I wake up is put on my glasses and the last thing I do before going to sleep is take them off. Maybe one of those things?

[@budgiefam2912]

@@Realunmaker that kinda makes sense, or maybe you just have good genetics 😂

[@humam2408]

Such a great vid thamks bro

[@kealarson550]

This is such a cool video! I’m nearly a -5 in both eyes with a slight astigmatism in my left eye. Recently I got a corneal ulcer in my right eye and was told to stay out of contacts. For the first few weeks I didn’t have anything close to updated glasses so I went through my first month-ish of school not being able to see. At all. I didn’t realize how agonizing it was to walk around not seeing how close I am to people or having to ask who someone is when they come and say hi let alone needing accommodations in every single class because I couldn’t tell if words were written of the board. That was nothing compared to the insane amount of pain I was in. There were days I was face down on the floor with my face in a pillow for hours on end crying because it hurt so bad. It felt like a hot needle was stabbed into me eye and was being slowly rotated on bad days, on good it felt like I had something stuck in my eye. 24/7. I had to wait until I was healed completely to get an eye appointment for new glasses because my vision was really bad in my right eye due to the trauma. Once I was finally done with treatment the ulcer reoccurred so I was back at square one and now I’m on a slow journey to being fully healed.

[@marinapedrinha7946]

Wow, I feel for you. I had prk laser surgery to correct my -6 myopic left eye and -2 astigmatic right eye and recovering from that was exactly as you described, but only for three days, can't imagine what it would be like to live with that pain for longer. Hope you're ok now!

[@szelda]

I wish someone would do this but with higher numbers. I'm currently at about -13 and nobody understands that certain objects depending on the size can literally completely disappear from my vision because it blurs so much it becomes invisible to me. Also I literally cannot recognize people without my glasses, they're all just blurry blobs. Explaining myself with this strong degree of near-sightedness and no visual examples for people is.. a pain.

[@Cheekypowpow]

My son eye muscle is too long and it causes his sight to rapidly decline. The last 6 months hes been on atropine (we from netherlands dont know if its called the same abroad) and has been faring better now. Thanks for this video so i can see what my son sees and understand him better.

[@gldlks219]

I was at about -3.75 before LASIK almost 20 years ago (it will be 20 years in 4 months). Watching this brought back such memories for me. It was so disorienting to do anything uncorrected. For the past almost 20 years I have had better than 20/20 vision (20/40 the day after and it improved to 20/15 within a week or so and stayed there… from 20/200 to 20/15). LASIK was definitely a fantastic decision for me.

[@Ariel-gj7bi]

This reminded me of the time, before I did laser correction, when I had to find the glasses store as I had broken my glasses, all that with a -6.5 in one eye, and -6.0 on the other, plus some astigmatism. Either way, I was wondering if you could make a video about laser surgery. I'm pretty happy with my results, and while my vision is now 20/20 according to the last time I went to the optometrist, it isn't quite as perfect as it used to be with glasses. Plus, my eyes don't moisturize (is this the word?) as well. Overall tho, definitely worth it as I do not need glasses anymore. I suppose if I wanted I could even try to fix the probably -0.5? I have left with glasses, but it's definitely different than the need from having -6 or so lol.

[@mittenpandas299]

i was recently told i had myopia and had no clue what it even was, i love how accurate this video was! without my glasses i can usually just see blobs or blurred things from afar

[@ericacm9035]

Really cool video! 👍👍

[@Madison-gq9yc]

I think it would be interesting to see an example of severe myopia. My eyesight is -8.00 in my right eye and -8.25 in my left. I try to explain what my eyesight is like to others by saying I have a little window near my face, about 1 to 1.5 inches long, where I can see objects clearly without glasses, but I think it's hard for other people to comprehend the idea that someone's eyesight could be so bad.

[@TiaKatt]

Oh gosh, my window of clear vision is 5 inches distance. 1 - 1.5 is just awful.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

mine is pretty much the width of my hand. everything beyond that just gets progressively more unreadable

[@odellwalton3524]

I have a question for anyone who knows. Do a -1 uncorrected for nearsightedness, wear a -1 corrected lense? Do the numbers stay the same with a reverse process? When the vision is corrected, do the number for eye strength stay the same as -1lense?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

my eyes are -6.25 and -7.25, and I wear lenses in -6.50 and -7.50 respectively, rather have a little overcorrection than loosing the distance again. You basically wear the value that your eye is off. so if you are at -1.00, you put in lenses with -1.00, the value on the prescription is basically the amount that is to be corrected.

[@cishthefishcat]

This video was really cool to watch as someone with myopia. Im currently 16 amd I only got glasses at 13 because I thought blurry sight was normal for everyone. Its been awhile since I went to the optometrist but Im pretty sure mine was somewhere around a 3. It doesnt help that i have astigmatism and issues with depth perception. But my glasses are a huuggee help and now I can actually see the white board in class :D

[@FriedEgg101]

Pretty good representation. The quality of the bokeh is different, but aside from that spot on. I'm -6 in both eyes, and what I don't see talked about much is the super close-up vision you get when myopic. I can examine all the details of my finger print, and even make out the individual pixels on a phone screen when I have my glasses off. This somewhat makes up for the inconvenience, to the point that I don't think I'd want corrective surgery. I like to be able to take my glasses off and be in microscope mode. It's not comfortable focusing that close, and probably isn't good for my eyes, but it's nice to have the option.

[@stephaniehoughton89]

My prescription is -1 (Left) and -1.45 (Right) but I definitely identify more with the -2 video, sometimes somewhere between -2 and -3. I wear my glasses everyday because I feel really overwhelmed and have to squint if I don’t. My glasses make my eyesight clear so they’re obviously the right strength but I feel like I see worse than I should?!

[@stephaniehoughton89]

-1.5 right eye, don’t know why I wrote -1.45

[@_dyson]

@@goos8841 why is it common that you see worse than your Power

[@_dyson]

@@goos8841 what do you think my vision is like 0 to -1 in one eye and -2 approx in another by this video. What do you think how much power will I get 🤔 I'm really tensed

[@_dyson]

@@goos8841 just guess is it same as video or worse or less

[@_dyson]

@@goos8841 i scored 20/50 and 20/100 in snellen chart

[@drz2803]

Hey Antonio! I just got new prescription. I've noticed that I see slightly better with my right eye than my left eye when I cover them. Was wondering if it's something I should bring up to my optometrist or is it normal?. Vision is sharp with both eyes. My prescription is -4.25 on right and -4.00 on left.

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

Every brain will have their “favourite eye” also known as the dominant eye. I have the exact same thing as you do where one eye is just not vivid or harder to perceive in general

[@cobaltdev]

@@AntoniotheOptometrist I thought mine was like this but turns out my right eye is slightly nearsighted

[@yeetfeet731]

My left eye is always red but it is much more clear than my normal right white eye

[@cobaltdev]

@@yeetfeet731 my right eye is constantly red and also in slightly bad condition

[@wellaur]

I have -12.5 myopia and -2 astigmatism and people tend to think I'm an arrogant snob because I couldn't recognize them across the street. Like, "Can't you get better contacts/glasses?"

[@Theroguefrenchman]

It depends, the brighter it is during the day, the more sunlight goes into your eye and you see better. I was diagnosed with myopia. So I have a basis to speak.

[@drokz5656]

Seeing words is the hardest part

[@timothycao3851]

Ikr. Like you can see everything around you. It's just that we can't read anything. That's the hard part

[@tuankiettranle1738]

I am -4.75 on my right eye and -3.5 on my left eye, it is wild when walking outside with out glasses.

[@pepperam5694]

Super interesting! Using this video as a guide, I think my left eye is around -1.5 and my right is probably -4 or so. Together my left eye takes dominance and I can see at -1.5, but if I have to look with just my right eye, even with glasses it's blurry, and without I can barely recognize myself in a mirror a foot away.