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My Experience With Temporary Blindness (self.Blind)
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Laser_Lens_4 8 points 4y ago
It doesn't bug you until you know it's permanent.
TheGreatQ-Tip -5 points 4y ago
It never occurred to me that it wouldn’t be permanent at the time.
SunnyLego 4 points 4y ago
I don’t think you can relate/compare yourself to majority of what blind people have gone through, if yours was just a few hours while in a hospital bed. You never had to go through relearning mobility, loss of independence, ect.
TheGreatQ-Tip -2 points 4y ago
I’m not saying my experience was anything like theirs. I was just sharing what I thought was a different outlook on it.
SnoobertDoobertDoo 1 points 4y ago
A different outlook on what exactly? Being blind for a few hours?
Some people handle losing their sight better than others. Your post doesn't really offer anything beyond telling us you got sick at a party and maybe thought you were going blind. Did I miss anything, or did you leave something out? Did your doctors actually tell you your vision wouldn't come back?
Edit: I'm sorry if I sound standoffish, but I'm sure you can understand how saying "I wasn't worried about going blind" and that you ended up not going blind sounds kind of dickish to a bunch of blind people. It would be like walking into a wheelchair basketball game and saying "I was in a nasty car accident and I couldn't feel my legs for a few hours after. I wasn't sure if I'd ever walk again, but I accepted it."
I'm glad you still have your sight, but when you post on the sub dedicated to people with permanent visual impairments, it's not unreasonable for us to assume you're trying to compare.
Some people handle losing their sight better than others. Your post doesn't really offer anything beyond telling us you got sick at a party and maybe thought you were going blind. Did I miss anything, or did you leave something out? Did your doctors actually tell you your vision wouldn't come back?
Edit: I'm sorry if I sound standoffish, but I'm sure you can understand how saying "I wasn't worried about going blind" and that you ended up not going blind sounds kind of dickish to a bunch of blind people. It would be like walking into a wheelchair basketball game and saying "I was in a nasty car accident and I couldn't feel my legs for a few hours after. I wasn't sure if I'd ever walk again, but I accepted it."
I'm glad you still have your sight, but when you post on the sub dedicated to people with permanent visual impairments, it's not unreasonable for us to assume you're trying to compare.
[deleted] [OP] 3 points 4y ago
What was your medical condition? (That way we can find out if it's real.)
TheGreatQ-Tip 1 points 4y ago
Fair enough. Panhypopituitarism.
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