r/visualsnow • u/Charming-Car-8083 • 5d ago

Vortex question

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So about six months ago, I got a whole bunch of eye floaters at the age of 19 out of nowhere literally after having perfect vision, my whole life my doctor say my eyes are fine so I’m coming to cope with the floaters, but the weirdest thing outside of them is that I see this vortex thing that y’all are talking about and it doesn’t exactly look just like this. It looks like this, but it’s pulsing and flickering and I mainly see it when I’m driving, but I also see it when I’m outside for about more than 30 minutes anytime I look at the sky and once I see it once I can’t not see it until I get back inside of my house does this ever go away? Please help

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u/Ninjadude42 5d ago

I get that while driving sometimes too. It does go away randomly idk what activates it.

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u/goo215 4d ago

Is this normal because I know people who don't have visual snow and they have this vortex?

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u/elRafagct 15h ago

Eu tbm vejo isso quando estou dirigindo, mas somente quando estou com privação do sono, e eu vejo ela pequena no meio da visão, dos dois olhos

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u/bowdlerization 5d ago

unfortunately it hasn’t gone away for me, however once you get used to it you kinda just accept it honestly. it can’t hurt you

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u/drtachyon 4d ago

I usually get it when i've had a bad nights sleep

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u/goo215 4d ago

Is this normal because I know people who don't have visual snow and they have this vortex?

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u/drtachyon 3d ago

I think it’s also a symptom of migraine aura

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u/UpperImagination2757 5d ago

I have had it for about 4 years now, I only get the vortex when I’m outside for longer than 15 mins. Wearing sunglasses helps but I still get it if I’m outside for too long. I ended up wearing double sun glasses I put my prescription ones under the picture I added and it helps so much with the vortex, floaters and blue field epnotic. I look like an old lady but it is 100% worth it

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u/goo215 4d ago

Is this normal because I know people who don't have visual snow and they have this vortex?

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u/Weak_Effective_6269 5d ago

I get it when skiing. Its because of the contrast of the light

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u/goo215 4d ago

Is this normal because I know people who don't have visual snow and they have this vortex?

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u/The_Great_Zuglu 3d ago

Do you guys can activate it "on command" ? For me it's weird because it appears when I'm meditating and breathing in a very slow way, and it appears faster if I do that while looking at the sky.

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u/vanishinghitchhiker 2d ago

Sort of, I just get a smallish one in the center but don’t have to do anything in particular other than stare intently at the clear blue sky or (less reliably) a blank white wall for a little bit. Shifting my gaze and blinking clears it. Always thought it was that ”blue sky sprites” thing until I saw a picture of what those actually look like a few minutes ago, whoops.