r/visualsnow

And i just discovered what is it NOW 😭 i thought it was normal so like what the fuck should i do? Like can someone even help me? + im stupid mf and i did 200mcg 1 cp lsd so i have really strong HPPD now but the vss i have since i was born

I encourage everyone to look beyond “it’s a benign syndrome” if they can. In my case, everything started out as this “benign” syndrome, but it turns out I have defective connective tissue and an unstable spine. I don’t believe this is truly a syndrome in most cases, especially those that progressively get worse. I think it’s a collection of symptoms caused by an underlying issue. Mine won’t necessarily be the same as everyone else’s, but if you’re able to, it’s worth researching and getting it checked out.

I am thinking of getting lasik for my Myopia

But I am scared it would make my symptoms worse

Help…? I just noticed it recently. When I cover my right eye and read with my left, the words are kinda distorted like idk how to explain it? When I look at lines, they seem to curve. I booked an appointment with my optometrist tomorrow… but it has been bothering me and I cannot sleep. And idk if it’s because I noticed it now, it’s more becoming prominent especially when I looked at my phone space bar, it keeps curving a bit. Is this serious? My heart cannot take this, it’s literally increasing my anxiety. I am 24 y/o with myopia and astigmatism, with my left eye like -4.75 and my right as -4.5 or -4.25…

this isn’t asking for a diagnosis or anything, just something im curious about.

all my life i’ve seen these faint, colorful little “dots” like static in my vision. i see them during the day but they’re just slightly more prevalent when im not wearing my glasses and even more prevalent at night/in the dark. (when i was little i used to think i was seeing all the atoms or particles around me lmao). i wouldn’t say they’re severe or anything, and im able to kind of ignore them during the day, but they’re definitely something i’ve noticed.

i had a conversation with my sister about this once and she said it was normal, but other people and resources online are saying it’s not. i know you can’t always trust the internet so now im not really sure.

so what is considered normal? does everyone see slight visual static? when looking at the night sky for example do most people really only see dark?

im a minor so i can’t really go and ask a doctor about this, and it’s not anything that’s worrying me. im just curious and really interested in this kind of stuff.

in case this is relevant, i already have some other eye conditions that i was born with (ROP, astigmatism, little depth perception) and i get frequent eye strain but this isn’t something i noticed to be particularly stronger when my eyes are straining.

so, what do u guys think?

edit: forgot a detail lol

I believe I had the static of vss since I was early teens or younger but never thought anything about it. I saw some videos about VSS about a month ago and started to notice the static everywhere I looked. About a week in came a bunch of floaters then a week after that light sensitivity and now I’m having bad afterimages. I don’t know if this is just hyper awareness that can get better again or I just developed these symptoms. Any guidance?

I assume this is a VSS thing? My fiancée has normal vision and she doesn’t experience it. Makes driving in the summer a struggle!

21f VSS since July 2025 first - first floater in may 2025

Hey everyone, I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this or knows what it might be.

I have normal eye floaters that I can see sometimes, but recently I’ve noticed something different. When I squint, I see a bunch of tiny ring-like shapes — probably around 50 of them. They’re kind of transparent with a darker outline, and they only show up when I squint. If I’m not squinting, I either don’t see them at all or maybe just one occasionally.

This has been building over the past couple months — it started as just a few, and now it’s a lot more noticeable when I squint.

I did see an eye doctor about a month ago, and everything checked out at the time, but this specific thing has been more noticeable since then.

Is this still considered normal floaters, or could it be something else? Has anyone had something similar happen?

Thanks in advance!

Static only in dark places? I have other symptoms throughout the day, but the static only appears when you sleep.

Unlocked something new , no one else here described , im scared and im writingthis after my second panic attack wave... Today I wore for the first time blue light glasses... which I regret. After taking them off my vision got full o f blue spots which made me over aware of my vision.That led me to notice in the very middle of my vision small pixelated lines worms ? like I can see highlited lines ( Not floaters.)If I close my eyes they feel like very tiny neon highlighted lines / worms. I dont know if the glasses actually did some kind of damage to the way I perceive my vision or my over awareness made me notice something I always had. I cannot calm down neither something similar , neither can i draw it or find a photo to explain. Its very scary. Idk how to calm down

Hi. I have probably progressive VSS, and i am so frustrated because my afterimages are going crazy.. how can i reduce them? I am just sad because i was very happy before vss

I take 20 mg of melatonin at night and wear sunglasses all day. I still get the short circuiting of the brain but it helps to start the day off. Going to try the pink glasses soon