This always annoys my son so much. I'm blind in one eye and he'll tell me "that would be ssooo weird to see half black" and I always tell him "I don't see half black, I just see nothing....like I only have one eye." Then he sits there trying to imagine what nothing looks like "I can't imagine nothing! I just imagine black!" He gets so frustrated lol
A friend of mine is half-blind, from the center to the right of each of her eyes. She said that it’s just a void, as if nothing else exists but that it most certainly isn’t black.
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· 5 years ago
I can kind of explain it I guess.
So I frequently get orthostatic hypertension, which is a condition of low blood pressure when I stand up too fast.
This happens to me because I grew 6 inches in 2 months and my heart is struggling to keep up(I’m 6’ 4” and 15 years old).
This results in temporary(lasting about 10 seconds) blindness, and when asked what I see, i can’t explain it. It isn’t black, it’s just nothing.
I also have orthostatic hypotension (mine is caused by a different condition I have) and it’s really scary. Not being able to concentrate on anything and feeling confused when the floor is getting closer is a really horrible feeling. The closest thing I could compare it to is static.
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· 5 years ago
Yeah it is really scary. I always try to act casual around my family, as if it isn’t happening, but it is reallllllly hard to hide.( I just don’t want them getting worried).
Do you also have to take a minute to remember what you were doing before it happens?
Most people just call it a head rush, and I thought that everyone alive gets it every now and then. Are there people that have never had a head rush?
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· 4 years ago
yep. and even if it does happen to you, frequency also makes a difference. some get it once a month, some once in a few years. mine happens 10-12 times a day...
pranav - don't hide it from those around you. Have a code word so they can help you safely sit or lay down until it passes. Safer for you and gives your friends and family
a way to help.
So I frequently get orthostatic hypertension, which is a condition of low blood pressure when I stand up too fast.
This happens to me because I grew 6 inches in 2 months and my heart is struggling to keep up(I’m 6’ 4” and 15 years old).
This results in temporary(lasting about 10 seconds) blindness, and when asked what I see, i can’t explain it. It isn’t black, it’s just nothing.
Do you also have to take a minute to remember what you were doing before it happens?
a way to help.