Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
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Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#2Note that the article included concussions and multiple sclerosis.
If anyone had a concussion and has symptoms months later, you can do visual rehab exercises to help address long run symptoms. This + neck rehab resolved my post concussion symptoms very rapidly. They had persisted for months until that.
Now I’m wondering if continuing to do those exercises can affect the odds of brain lesions. I know my visual tracking is still not 100%. Do things go in both directions: lesions —> vision issues, improving visual tracking —> cause brain to improve lesions through focus to that region. Or would it only be one way? Very interesting to see the retina/optic nerve are from the same tissue as the brain.
Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#3I read that rapidly darting eye movements are characteristic of cluster A personality disorders (schizotypal, ...)
Wonder if it reflects something in the eyes.
Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#4This is anecdotal, but I've noticed that prepubescent kids under a lot of stress and anxiety often wear glasses at a young age - either they have very strict parents with lots of rules (and sometimes anger issues) or parents who are having marital issues that make the child feel very insecure.
Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#5I read that rapidly darting eye movements are characteristic of cluster A personality disorders (schizotypal, ...) Wonder if it reflects something in the eyes.
It should make for an interesting study to map eye characteristics with specific personality types. (For example, I suspect that anxious personality types make less eye contact, and or often short-sighted).
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#6When I saw the title I thought of people I know who have “crazy eyes” (as I’ve heard it called). I can’t even define what it is, but know it when I see it, and often that person seems off somehow. I’ve been trying to decide for a while if it’s real or some sort of confirmation bias after I know them better.
Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#7When I saw the title I thought of people I know who have “crazy eyes” (as I’ve heard it called). I can’t even define what it is, but know it when I see it, and often that person seems off somehow. I’ve been trying to decide for a while if it’s real or some sort of confirmation bias after I know them better.
There's a scene in Queen's Gambit where one character tells another something along the lines of "I had an alcoholic father. I see your eyes and I know what it is".
Having an alcoholic father myself, I know exactly what that line means. It really is a very specific look, though as you say it's hard to explain to someone.
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#8This is anecdotal, but I've noticed that prepubescent kids under a lot of stress and anxiety often wear glasses at a young age - either they have very strict parents with lots of rules (and sometimes anger issues) or parents who are having marital issues that make the child feel very insecure.
I always assumed the all kids having glasses anymore thing was just because they spend way too much time on phones and tablets watching tv.
It used to be common knowledge that sitting too close to a screen messed up your vision, and somehow we threw that advice out the window.
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#9This is just personal, but once I had to help my aunt during an extreme bipolar episode. She was violent, paranoid, and hallucinating. One of the most haunting things from that time was her eyes. They seemed hard and staring. When she looked at you, it didn’t feel like it was her in there. Her eyes weren’t shiny and expressive like normal. There was just something frantic and non human in them. Maybe it was just the extreme stress from feeling like people were coming for her, but it’s interesting to hear another avenue for getting insight into mental health disorders.
Re: Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions (2019)
#10This is anecdotal, but I've noticed that prepubescent kids under a lot of stress and anxiety often wear glasses at a young age - either they have very strict parents with lots of rules (and sometimes anger issues) or parents who are having marital issues that make the child feel very insecure.
I always assumed the all kids having glasses anymore thing was just because they spend way too much time on phones and tablets watching tv. It used to be common knowledge that sitting too close to a screen messed up your vision, and somehow we threw that advice out the window.
It is a myth that sitting too close to a screen will cause your eyesight to deteriorate. Time spent using screens contributes to eyestrain, but not a change in vision (supposedly)