RE: Glare and Photophobia
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And so on a sunny day, a highly photosensitive individual may not be able to walk through at all and would have to literally close their eyes to walk through, they mostly squint to keep as much light away from the eye as possible.
This describes me perfectly. Ever since I was a kid I was very sensitive to bright sunlight - and we got lots of it in Cyprus. Even sunglasses weren't of much help in school (where they weren't allowed) or when the sunlight was so bright it seemed to enter from the sides. This often led to avoidance of sports and other very outdoorsy activities. Cos my options were either walk around with my eyes closed, or else let tears run down my face, and no male kid wants to be seen crying!
I can imagine the feeling, you felt helpless, i meet of lot of patients like yourself on the daily, some would literally come my consulting room crying because its a sunny day and would ask what's wrong thinking they are sad because of perhaps some pain they are going through, then they would tell me they are fine but the tears, well they just can't help it.
I hope things are better for now though? It quite unfortunate the glasses weren't solving your problem completely but i am certain it helped? Atleast it was better than without it, i think it was because it wasn't allowed to be used in school thus why you had to endure that torture, it tends to work a lot for my patients though.
It a pleasure seeing you around, thanks for reading and i look forward to seeing more of you, do not hesitate to reach out if you have any ocular issues you would want us to talk about. I am on discord as nattybongo too.
Again, 100% me! Embarrassing! Trying to avoid people, cos I knew they would see the tears but they wouldn't ask anything, and who knows what they would think!
Yes it definitely helped. It's just some summer days in Cyprus are so explosively bright that the light seems to come in through the sides, or in some way indirectly affect the eyes, dunno how to describe it! And yeah definitely at school the main problem was that the sunglasses weren't allowed.
Thanks for the article and response!
My pleasure sir, always available to help