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How do you live being blind? (self.Blind)
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DrillInstructorJan 3 points 2y ago
I'll keep this quick as it's really simple.
I was training to be a television camera operator and I somehow survived. It wasn't very nice and I will never sugar coat it, you won't like it and neither did I, but people surprise themselves.
I was training to be a television camera operator and I somehow survived. It wasn't very nice and I will never sugar coat it, you won't like it and neither did I, but people surprise themselves.
KillerLag 3 points 2y ago
Finding something to live for can be helpful. What kind of social support structure do you have? Family? Friends?
You've mentioned a lot of your hobbies are dependent on sight. But at least a few of those things are also adaptable for someone with vision loss (such as coding).
You've mentioned a lot of your hobbies are dependent on sight. But at least a few of those things are also adaptable for someone with vision loss (such as coding).
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codeplaysleep 5 points 2y ago
>I work and make all of my money online ( more than most people ) and i couldnt do that if i was blind, i work out at home, i garden in the back
There's nothing there that can't be done without sight. I work from home and have a 6-figure salary. You don't need vision to exercise or garden.
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>Programming would be hard, it already takes hours to find a single typo in hundreds of lines of code, with sight, let alone without?
If you're spending "hours" finding typos, I'd question your skills as a developer, or at the very least, your toolchain and your process. I'm right on par with my co-workers in terms of productivity and our main codebase has millions of lines of code.
There's nothing there that can't be done without sight. I work from home and have a 6-figure salary. You don't need vision to exercise or garden.
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>Programming would be hard, it already takes hours to find a single typo in hundreds of lines of code, with sight, let alone without?
If you're spending "hours" finding typos, I'd question your skills as a developer, or at the very least, your toolchain and your process. I'm right on par with my co-workers in terms of productivity and our main codebase has millions of lines of code.
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CloudyBeep 5 points 2y ago
I encourage you to get some therapy. Your mindset and voluntarn isolation from humanity aren't healthy or normal.
bradley22 3 points 2y ago
For food? The smells of the plants? The feel of the plants?
At the moment you have a very negative mindset and while I've been blind all my life so wouldn't know what it's like to lose sight; I know it's not all doomb and gloom.
You can still play some videogames, you can still cook, you can still go out, you can still "watch" tv with audio description or without, the radio isn't as good as turning on the TV and just chilling out or going to youtube and looking for documentaries on certain things, you can still get a job, although it would be hard, you're not going to be the worlds best painter but screw it, why not try it :) It really isn't doomb and gloom like you seam to think.
At the moment you have a very negative mindset and while I've been blind all my life so wouldn't know what it's like to lose sight; I know it's not all doomb and gloom.
You can still play some videogames, you can still cook, you can still go out, you can still "watch" tv with audio description or without, the radio isn't as good as turning on the TV and just chilling out or going to youtube and looking for documentaries on certain things, you can still get a job, although it would be hard, you're not going to be the worlds best painter but screw it, why not try it :) It really isn't doomb and gloom like you seam to think.
Revenant624 2 points 2y ago
I am not in your situation, but through time I have slowly lost use of most of my vision and now use a guide dog. Like you, I love video games watching movies etc. At one time in my life I felt the same way you do. It’s not the end of the world, even though it feels like it. Trying to keep a positive attitude can help. Don’t focus on what you lost, focus on what you still have and enjoy it.
tatiemimi 2 points 2y ago
I don’t know the answer to your question because I myself have had a recent diagnosis that has prompted me to ask the same question for the same reasons i.e. almost everything I enjoy relies on vision. Having said that, support groups (I’m currently in two) have been tremendously helpful, as have people on reddit. I hope you feel better about things soon. We humans are adaptable creatures...
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RJHand 5 points 2y ago
Not wanting to do something is the worst excuse. Deal with it. I didn't ask to be blind either, none of us did. Thats just how life works. Get up and move on.
That aside, there are games to play that were developed for blind people, usually by blind people. Though be warned they aren't always the best lol a lot of text based games are good with screen readers though, and some fighting games are playable without site. And programming, or computing in general is definitely possible with screen readers. As for putting things on display, you still can, just go over and touch the items every now and then, or if not that then well you have cool stuff for people to see and ask about when they come over.
You already pointed out audio description, so theres that.
That aside, there are games to play that were developed for blind people, usually by blind people. Though be warned they aren't always the best lol a lot of text based games are good with screen readers though, and some fighting games are playable without site. And programming, or computing in general is definitely possible with screen readers. As for putting things on display, you still can, just go over and touch the items every now and then, or if not that then well you have cool stuff for people to see and ask about when they come over.
You already pointed out audio description, so theres that.
Ant5477 1 points 2y ago
That’s an interesting question, I am totally blind, I would like for you to check out this YouTube channel and you will learn a great deal from the topics and videos that I posted
Https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
Https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
Ant5477 1 points 2y ago
That’s an interesting question, I am totally blind, I would like for you to check out this YouTube channel and you will learn a great deal from the topics and videos that I posted
Https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
Https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
Fridux 1 points 2y ago
I've been blind for 6 years, and at least as far as my experience is concerned it doesn't get better, you just get used to the new normal and think of your former life as paradise. Blindness hits those who live for experiences over goals the hardest, making us feel like we're living in limbo for the rest of our lives and think of cutting it short, but before taking drastic measures one must consider the possibility of failing and the resulting consequences that can potentially turn life into something even shittier. That is the reason why I'm still here; as much as I hate being blind at least the rest of my body still functions properly, so I try to find ways to distract myself from the passing of time.
Coding is still possible to do blind, as I do it myself, however my versatility has gone down by 95% as I used to code for all kinds of platforms from embedded systems to the web excluding Android, and now the only environment I feel somewhat comfortable with is the Apple ecosystem, but that might be due to not having ventured out of it much.
Coding is still possible to do blind, as I do it myself, however my versatility has gone down by 95% as I used to code for all kinds of platforms from embedded systems to the web excluding Android, and now the only environment I feel somewhat comfortable with is the Apple ecosystem, but that might be due to not having ventured out of it much.
ukifrit 1 points 2y ago
well, I was never sighted so that's just life as it is. I used to be very sad about stuff I couldn't do bc I'm blind but growing up I noticed that most of them aren't no big deal.
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