because you see something. So explaining blind didn’t spots can be very difficult. Photophobia. Oh, my gosh that can be one of the worst things in the word, because there is nothing more difficult to explain to people need all kinds of light in order than, “I to see but light hurts my eyes, so going to wear these I’m dark glasses in order to protect my eyes from the dark So when trying to explain photophobia glasses.” you’re and why the light bothers you, but yet you need the light, contradictory. And hard to explain the it’s very it’s very technical part of it as to how your retina works and why it’s not going to do it properly and why it process the doesn’t light properly. just easier sometimes to say, need light behind me, It’s “I not in front of The light in front of me hurts my eyes, me.” the light behind me helps me see. And so that can make a really good way to be able to take care of that. Another one that people really understand a lot of times is don’t people who can see better at night. Now this is not me. I cannot see better at night. But some people actually can see better at night. And because it really is a different it’s part of your retina that sees in the dark, but trying to explain that why you can see better at night, why that part of your retina works better, you have to really know the technicalities. You have to be able to tell somebody, because this part of my retina works better. I “Well, it’s have much better vision with my rods and therefore it’s –
because you didn’t see something. So explaining blind spots can be very difficult. Photophobia. Oh, my gosh that can be one of the worst things in the word, because there is nothing more difficult to explain to people than, “I need all kinds of light in order to see but light hurts my eyes, so I’m going to wear these dark glasses in order to protect my eyes from the dark glasses.” So when you’re trying to explain photophobia and why the light bothers you, but yet you need the light, it’s very contradictory. And it’s very hard to explain the technical part of it as to how your retina works and why it’s not going to do it properly and why it doesn’t process the light properly. It’s just easier sometimes to say, “I need light behind me, not in front of me.” The light in front of me hurts my eyes, the light behind me helps me see. And so that can make a really good way to be able to take care of that. Another one that people really don’t understand a lot of times is people who can see better at night. Now this is not me. I cannot see better at night. But some people actually can see better at night. And it’s because it really is a different part of your retina that sees in the dark, but trying to explain that why you can see better at night, why that part of your retina works better, you have to really know the technicalities. You have to be able to tell somebody, “Well, it’s because this part of my retina works better. I have much better vision with my rods and therefore it’s –
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