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Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes?
Submitted 4 months ago by Stacyasks@lemmy.cafe to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
That shade of purple seems a bit off, but you might see colours depending on the light going through your eyelids
chunes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
everyone says this is normal but i’ve never seen it. am i cooked
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Don’t worry, friend, it’ll all be over soon. You won’t feel a thing.
BanMe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Purple, green, pinks and oranges (that’s the blood in my eyelids I think). If I rub my eyes, the pixellated screensavers get wild, which I think means you’re not supposed to do that.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 4 months ago
Uhhh everyone is saying this is normal and I don’t have it…
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It happens to me at night because not only does it have to be quite dark, I audio need to be dork dark adapted. Your pupil is part of your dark adaption and widens in a mater of seconds. However, your receptors also get doped with rhodopsin, which takes up to 20 minutes to full replenish (blue/uv light bleachers rhodopsin). It’s like being able to lower the F-stop on a camera like normal, but taking 20 minutes to raise the ISO
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 months ago
it’s too bright in the room i’m in currently, but i get it at night
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I have it, but there’s no purple. Just a sea of red and green dots.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Same. Had to check, but yeah, no purple static. Just nothingness.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
What you’re seeing is the inner workings of the holographic universe we inhabit. Your brain interprets the signal as static.
/Obviously I’m not serious…
tree_frog_and_rain@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But you’re right.
Only the hologram is produced by the nervous system. Not God’s super computer or whatever.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I mean, I guess that’s true in a peculirar sort of way in which nothing really exists outside of our perception of it.
What I mean by that is that whatever we see, hear, taste, etc… is merely neurons firing in our brain, processing a signal that it receives. So if we’re looking at a tree for example; that tree is just light/energy waves vibrating on a specific frequency. It’s only when it hits our optic nerve and travels to our brain that it’s translating into something that we call a “tree”.
So when the eyes are closed, the random interference pattern could indeed be interpreted as you say. Goog catch. Kind of makes you wonder.
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes. And if you want to see something really cool, take a look at a clear blue sky. You’ll notice tiny dots of lighter color moving quickly following constant short trajectories. These are your own leucocytes moving through the capilars right in front of your retina. The brain compensates the darker color of the predominant red blood cells, so you can’t see the capilars, but the white blood cells are translucent, so they appear as lighter dots!
card797@champserver.net 4 months ago
From m’eye experience. Yes.
ameancow@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes, it’s random firings of light receptors from the absolute ocean of potential stimulators for such sensitive cells and such sensitive neurons that connect them to your brain.
Your brain does a profoundly involved job at every moment editing your visual input into a coherent, moving picture, but your brain edits out a LOT of interference and noise every moment.
If you really wanna blow your mind and prove it, make a pinhole in a card and in a dark room and look towards a light source. If you wiggle the pinhole light beam across your retina you will suddenly see all the blood vessels that feed your retina. Evolution decided it would put them on the front for some reason, but your brain normally makes it literally disappear for you. When you wiggle the shadows of the vessels, your brain forgets how to edit it and they appear like a mass of floater-spaghetti.
madjo@feddit.nl 4 months ago
For that edit you now have to breath manually!
ameancow@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Jokes on you, I’ve never stopped. AND Good news everyone, you read this in Farnsworth’s voice!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 months ago
that’s what that is? cool.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 4 months ago
Oooo, cool!
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 4 months ago
If you really wanna blow your mind and prove it
You can also see them by holding a (not too bright) flashlight against your cheekbone and pointing the beam at your eye. The light needs to come from right below and you might need to move it around a little until you get the angle just right.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Mine varies from the static to a fine lattice grid that is constantly changing.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I do, and have had the same question.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
for the topic of discussion it might be worthwhile to also look into en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
1/10 people have it and have no idea it’s not normal, my sister and mother too
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
In poor light I see an outline to all visible shapes. The outline is in green color.
arsCynic@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Yes. I “see” it too but can unsee it quite easily. I think it’s more apparent in unlit environments.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
i see it more when I look up at the bright blue sky or a bright white wall
arsCynic@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Hm okay. I’ll check again in six months when Belgium isn’t a depressing film Noir scene straight from Max Payne 1 & 2.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
This is just the result of neurons firing and chemical reactions taking place, and it’s normal. Personally, for me it depends on my state of mind when I try to sleep. When agitated, I see noise like in your picture. When calm, I see flat, colorful shapes with soft edges that float around and change shape more or less rapidly (kind of like a lava lamp).
Draegur@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Ohhh yeahhhh the lava lamp like ones are cool. Sometimes vague impressions of cyan and red, sometimes propagating in waves. I’m so glad other people are describing it!
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I also find them really helpful for falling asleep. Sometimes when I feel stressed and see mostly noise, I’ll try to spot the color shapes and focus on them. It’s kind of meditative and helps me fall asleep faster.
Zetta@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Mine can vary wildly dependsing on what kind and the quantity of psychoactive substance I’ve taken.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Vision floaties?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Probably just your tuner that’s unplugged. Feel around for any loose wires.
madjo@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Or “upgrade” to digital, the downside to that is that you either have vision or no vision at all if reception is kinda weak.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 4 months ago
I personally don’t see it as intensively
87Six@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Bro is a CRT
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think it’s called visual snow, and it’s normal.
quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 months ago
Just don’t snowcrash
LwL@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Visual snow is when you see it with eyes open afaik. But yea, still not terribly abnormal on its own. Visual snow syndrome is a thing though, but it’s more than just seeing an abnormal amount of visual snow (the normal amount seems to be when looking at unicolored surfaces and in dim light).
justastranger@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Seconding this. It’s not incredibly common but it’s not incredibly uncommon. Research shows that most people who have it don’t notice it until it’s pointed out. Drugs and stress tend to exacerbate the effect as well.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Better than seeing weird letters and 80 style colored geometric shape sliding around.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
I only get patterns (usually floral-ish) if I press my eyes a little. You guys are getting them for free?!
deus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Here’s an artist’s impression of what that might look like.
Venator@lemmy.nz 4 months ago
probably caused by some small amount of light getting through your eyelids , or random noise in your nerves
TheTurner@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I see patterns and colors. Almost like a screensaver.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 months ago
a small proportion of people have this, i have it mildly as well. my opthamologist at the time said it wasnt common and he only knew a teen that had it. its mostly because of the part of yuor brain thats active.
wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I always assumed everyone saw it. I’m not special after all.
Though mine is gray, definitely not purple.
mental_block@lemmy.wtf 4 months ago
That gray is unique to individual. And if course has its German term. Similar to the other links floating about in this thread.
wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Of course it does. Germans have a word for everything.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 months ago
i had it intensely when i also developed other neurological issues like peripheral neuropaty, and palinopsia(afterimage)although symptom was temporary. now its more of a background if i concentrate hard enough i see snow.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I can make static if I squeeze my eyes very tightly, sometimes spots. No one i asked when I was little had the same results. Haven’t thought about it in a long time.
MrShankles@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Yes
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 months ago
is it like swimming lights.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Aight! I want to heart from people thinking this is normal, or not, and if you can actually see pictures in your inner space. I feel a doctoral dissertation could be written here.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I feel a doctoral dissertation could be written here.
i feel you may be trying to break into open doors.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
You have too much gain.
But yeah it’s normal.
Meron35@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you see this when your eyes are open then it may be visual snow.
Visual snow syndrome - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow_syndrome
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
What if you can at-will toggle the perception?
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I have it. I’m used to it. It’s not as if I can do something about it.
DrWorm@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I have this… I just thought this was normal vision. I hate my eyes 😔
Cenotaph@mander.xyz 4 months ago
So did we all, friend. You’re one of the tv static people now. Welcomd
Zirconium@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I have this in my right eye without break but also no migraines
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yes, but its not purple, its just like as if your soul was drifting through the universe and you see tiny dot-sized stars from afar.
Sometimes I couldn’t sleep and the lights are off and there is a tiny bit of ambient light outside, and I just open my eyes and stare at the celing and also notice a sort of static like that, but with a brighter background light.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 months ago
If there’s no light, you should see eigengrau.