ToughDiamond wrote:
MarkMartino wrote:
Same thing with my eyes, in a way, I have a sort of static overlaid on everything (like old television snow).
Depending on the intensity, that could be normal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigengrau
I don't think so; I've considered that. Eigengrau is described as a uniform gray, and as temperature-dependent. Mine's static, lighter and darker, really like old black-and-white TV static overlaid on everything else. I don't see white as absolutely white, for instance, or black as black; I recognize them as white or black, but they're an infinite variety of shades of tiny spots/particles between absolutely white and black. And mine doesn't change depending on temperature, it's always there. It seems to be the visual equivalent of tinnitus, a sort of grainy system noise.
It's not usually a bad thing, per se, unless I start getting a very busy visual field, which can overload me quickly. Just like the tinnitus is always louder than what I hear, which means I can't tolerate things as loud as most other people, because there's the added noise.
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