So I went to the optometrist yesterday after many days of squinting, headaches, and general blurriness. I was convinced that I was going blind and was taking action.
So I'm sitting in the chair while the opto is directing a bright light into my pupil all the while, in my head, I'm wondering if this contraption may further damage my eye sight.. considering they tell you its bad to stare directly at the sun or bright objects (which I often do deliberately, partly in defiance, and partly because I think I can see what the sun actually is) but often to much dismay as I'm caught half-blind afterwards and seeing spots.
"You have very nice eye lashes", he says.
Oh crap, is he really flirting with me?This can't be happening.
"You know, out of 1000 people, only a few have eye lashes as long as yours", he continues.
Crap, crap, crap.
"It's probably the mascara", I reply dismissively.
"No, I can see that your eye lashes are very long".
Oh, God. After several minutes and numerous tests. He tells me that my vision is fine and that I have weak eye muscles. He prescribes me a light prescription and eye drops.
Apparently, my "weak eye muscles" coupled with the mascara I wear on a daily basis (which dry out my eyes) blur my vision. He prescribed me some eye exercises and told me only to use 'new' mascara and not to alternate brands.
Hmm..
interesting.
Anywho, point of the story: Wear mascara for external use only. And practice those seemingly useless techniques to strengthen my eye muscles that I learnt in Teacher's Training Course for Yoga.
So I'm sitting in the chair while the opto is directing a bright light into my pupil all the while, in my head, I'm wondering if this contraption may further damage my eye sight.. considering they tell you its bad to stare directly at the sun or bright objects (which I often do deliberately, partly in defiance, and partly because I think I can see what the sun actually is) but often to much dismay as I'm caught half-blind afterwards and seeing spots.
"You have very nice eye lashes", he says.
Oh crap, is he really flirting with me?This can't be happening.
"You know, out of 1000 people, only a few have eye lashes as long as yours", he continues.
Crap, crap, crap.
"It's probably the mascara", I reply dismissively.
"No, I can see that your eye lashes are very long".
Oh, God. After several minutes and numerous tests. He tells me that my vision is fine and that I have weak eye muscles. He prescribes me a light prescription and eye drops.
Apparently, my "weak eye muscles" coupled with the mascara I wear on a daily basis (which dry out my eyes) blur my vision. He prescribed me some eye exercises and told me only to use 'new' mascara and not to alternate brands.
Hmm..
interesting.
Anywho, point of the story: Wear mascara for external use only. And practice those seemingly useless techniques to strengthen my eye muscles that I learnt in Teacher's Training Course for Yoga.
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