are u annoyed by bright light?

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Bright light is very painful. I can't even go out on a cloudy day without glasses. I heard that Bono is also very light-sensitive - which is why he wears sunglasses. Wonder if he's an Aspie?

I also have astigmatism, so I need to get prescription sunglasses. Expensive. Also, those dilation drops virtually blind me for the rest of the day.

I have to wear sunglasses in bright malls and stuff. If I try to wear my regular glasses it feels as if someone's aiming lightrays through a magnifying glass at my retinas.

I love snow and skiing, but I can barely tolerate the glare of the snow - even with sunglasses.

All my eye doctors have been clueless about it. They just blow it off - like I'm just a little extra sensitive.

Ironically, I can't stand having the curtains or shades drawn during the day, so I usually walk around the house a little cockeyed and disoriented.

Light that is 'balanced' and comes in from all angles doesn't bother me that much, but light from a single bright source bothers me a lot......by this I mean glarry indoor lights without proper shades to mute it, and if a room has only one light source on only one side of the room that is really sensorily problematic. If light comes in from two, and ideally three sides of the room then it isn't a problem.....thus, it is my eyes constant readjustment to light/dark differences that bothers me, not! light itself.

Camera flashes do if I don't expect them, no other light does.

depends whats kind of light, I don't really like having a torch in my eyes or when it's reeaally sunny, and camera flashes I blink like mad so I have alot of pictures of my self with squinty eyes because the pic was taken mid blink lol. I remember in 2002 when it was queens jubilee we had a party on the school yard and I was made to sit right opposite the sun, and it was really annoying because I could hardly see because there was this big white thing in my eyes, this girl had a go at me for being moody and "ungreatful" and I was like "no I'm not moody the suns in my eyes!! !!" and I spent the whole afternoon squinting and complaining about it while noone else cared.

But I do like party/club lights, I love them they look so pretty.

My younger son, who has Asperger's, can't stand bright light. It hurts his eyes and gives him headaches. My older son can see flourescent lights flicker, as well as the computer monitor and the TV set. Those things really bother him a lot.

Sunlight ahhhh. Strobe lights ahhhhhhhh. Snow and sun ahhhhhhhh.
Bright light usually make my eyes water. In the case of snow and sun it gives me a horrible headache.

It does annoy me but, fortunately, it's easy to live in bright sunlight when I have polarized sunglasses. They counter the glare, and allow me to have fun outside in all lighting conditions. I wear them inside as well, if the light streaming in through the windows is bothersome.

I've realized that, like Ngonz, I need sun or else I get depressed. The shortened number of daylight hours in winter make me more depressed than I normally would be about anything particular.

I'd like try one of those diffused-light panels for the wall but, it seems that everyone selling them charges a lot more for them than the sum of materials and labor required to make them.

And like Misslottie, bright lights are not as bad for me as loud noise is. The only naturally occuring bright light is the sun but, sound happens from everything.

i have linear light fixtures on carpeted ground, also pointing downwards with a few inches of space to avoid fire and wall shining

ur welcome

When I was a child, I hated sunlight, and I always prayed for overcast weather. I also had trouble with headaches; there was a particularly bad one when I was a little girl, and we went to the Swiss alps...all that sunlight and bright snow...

As an adult, I´ve become immune to sunlight; in fact, I quite like it now. But I still strongly dislike bright overhead lights! This is especially extreme early in the morning, I can´t take light at all...I turn on the light in my bedroom, to make breakfast in the (unlit) kitchen...i.e., no direct light...(and the lights in my apartment are dim). In the S-bahn (train), I sit with my eyes closed in the morning. Late in the day, it gets doable, but not exactly pleasant. I think everyone around me knows I hate bright lights, so I just joke and tell them I´m a vampire.

Camera flashes don´t bother me that much, as they are so short. However, I still have the gut reaction of blinking, so my eyes are very often closed in pictures. Or- if someone happens to get a rare pic with eyes open- I get the red eye, so I look like this:

Well...that just confirms my vampireosity...

I always wear sunglasses in the summer and I would be a nervous wreck without thick, dark drapes.

I am sensitive to sunlight. Every time I go out I have
to narrow my eyes.

It is hard to tell whether it is worse in summer or winter. The snow on the ground makes it worse, the white sidewalks make it worse... I love cloudy days, as the sunlight is dimmed just enough to make my eyes feel fine. I also love the outdoors just after a nice rainfall, but thats another story.

yes. often. worse on bad sensory days.
wear sunglasses whenever i go out.
i have a bad squint in sunlight - my son calls them "cracks," which fits i suppose, given my affinty wth pavements.

Even well lit rooms hurt my eyes. That's why I wear glasses.

I have been thinking about getting transitions for that very reason, but I don't think I want to spend that much money on glasses when I don't need them for my vision like someone with poor vision does.

They make reading less stressful too. You can go with a cheap pair. I chose an expensive pair but saved a bit of money on them too. I just wish I chose frames that didn't pinch my nose.