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Interesting! I have to admit, I do look at that and think that it is a large exaggeration - however that is acknowledged in other thread here. On the other sid

by mystcb 6y ago

Interesting! I have to admit, I do look at that and think that it is a large exaggeration - however that is acknowledged in other thread here. On the other side, I suffer from migraines (the ones that give you auras and take you out for days), and the visualisation of the letters changing is exactly how words look when I try and read text during my aura phase. I am going to have to borrow this site to explain to my doctor what I see here, as this is probably the most accurate representation of the effect I have seen. (TL;DR: Thank you!) Now I need to look away, because the effect is causing my vision to go a little funny! :)

DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
I used to have migraines with auras as well; in my case, it started with a blind spot somewhere in my cone of vision that would gradually grow, sometimes even covering my entire field of view except for a very tiny point I was looking at. The funny thing is, sometimes, I would still be perfectly capable of reading. I didn't see the text, or at least didn't perceive it, but apparently it still reached the parts of my brain responsible for interpreting writing. If I remember correctly, there's even some people who have this as a permanent condition, that is, are completely blind but can still read text even though they don't even see it. It's quite weird, honestly, and if it hadn't been for the fear of actual migraine that would follow the aura distracting me, I imagine the experience itself would have been quite uncomfortable on its own. Another interesting effect was that in the days after a strong migraine, my vision would stay messed up and start to get weirdly distorted whenever I tried reading something, which might be quite similar to what dyslexia feels like, at least for those cases where it's more on the visual side. I've always found all of this incredibly fascinating, as it goes to show just how complex the human brain is and how it can malfunction and react to internal and external influences.

by mystcb 6y ago

DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago

I used to have migraines with auras as well; in my case, it started with a blind spot somewhere in my cone of vision that would gradually grow, sometimes even covering my entire field of view except for a very tiny point I was looking at. The funny thing is, sometimes, I would still be perfectly capable of reading. I didn't see the text, or at least didn't perceive it, but apparently it still reached the parts of my brain responsible for interpreting writing. If I remember correctly, there's even some people who have this as a permanent condition, that is, are completely blind but can still read text even though they don't even see it. It's quite weird, honestly, and if it hadn't been for the fear of actual migraine that would follow the aura distracting me, I imagine the experience itself would have been quite uncomfortable on its own. Another interesting effect was that in the days after a strong migraine, my vision would stay messed up and start to get weirdly distorted whenever I tried reading something, which might be quite similar to what dyslexia feels like, at least for those cases where it's more on the visual side. I've always found all of this incredibly fascinating, as it goes to show just how complex the human brain is and how it can malfunction and react to internal and external influences.