Astigmatism - see the world from my perspective 

Awesome, this video helps me show to family and friends how it feels to view the world like me. Thank you so much.

You should try some night time recording. My astigmatism gets real bad when looking at something bright at night. Some light sources can appear as multiple. Especially some light strips, like at the edge of some steps/stairs that go against direction of astigmatism. Instead of one it can look like a barcode. Not to mention bus line numbers, literally unreadable. Or the full moon can look weird. When i look at specific angle i can even see chromatic aberration, even with glasses on. Different colours of traffic lights being affected to different degree is also interesting. Red being mostly fine, but blue from ambulance creates huge starburst and streaks.

That's my "normal" vision, so I think you've done a good job here. I have astigmatism as well. I wear glasses, but my prescription numbers are very far apart (difference) that my vision is blurry even with glasses. I have to close one eye to see things more clearly, especially text. I was told that contacts are the solution but I'm right under the threshold for my vision plan to cover those. Years ago, I saved up some money to get the contacts lens exam and contacts, but the lenses I was given made my eyes hurt. I kept trying, but it just got worse. I didn't go back to try another because I was so disheartened. A friend who once worked as an optician told me that there's a method for getting used to contacts: start for an hour or two one day, and gradually work your way up (and if one kind doesn't work, you should be able to go back and see what's up with the fit/scrip or try another brand). Anyway, I have astigmatism, blurry vision, randomly "very brief" shaky vision (nystagmus, I believe), headaches, dizziness, and sensitivity to bright light. And, oddly, both of my eyes can drift (never at the same time though - thank goodness). The drift happens most often when I'm tired. But I can also intentionally or unintentionally drift whichever one I need to(!) if I'm trying to read something that my astigmatism renders blurry. I most often catch myself unintentionally doing this while watching watching tv or reading. I frequently close/cover an eye to check myself. I try not to let the drift happen because, 1) I don't want my brain to get in the habit of using drifting to get a clearer picture, and 2) I don't want my eye muscles to get any more screwed up than they already are. They're supposed to move synchronously. I've been told that there's surgery for this (to resynch the eyes?) but I haven't looked into it. Kinda scares me bc it's gotta be more invasive and risky than LASIK (which I'm already wary about..). Anyway, I know there's some kind of connection between drifting/wandering eyes and astigmatism. From what I've read, "lazy eye" technically is one eye being weaker than the other (not necessarily drifting). But it stands to reason that a "lazy"(i.e. weak) eye will drift so that the better eye can provide the brain with a clear (or "clear as possible") picture.

The bird at 5:00 is a common gallinule, which can easily be confused for a swamphen. Gallinules tend to be the dusky grey in color, while the swamphen is more purples, blues, and greens. Their beaks are also noticeably different in shape. I can see where it might be difficult to tell them apart since they seem to have a similar body shape and size.

thats as close as it gets, i have 4 degrees of astigmatism in both eyes, so what i see is basically this but a bit worse plus distant lights get super funky with lots of rays radiating from them, it affects me the worst during driving at night because the light coming from the opposite traffic makes it harder for me to see the edge of the road or the pavement

@antoniotheoptom Wonderful video! with -2.25 x115 astigmatism in my dominant eye I understand this so well!

I have astigmatism and miopia! and big time! :( so I can't "forget" my glasses, they are permanent haha

It is very cool that you live in Adelaide, Australia. So nice town and beautiful greenery botanical garden. Thanks for sharing. And thanks that you explain how people with astigmatism see the world.

Took me a long time to realize that my difficulties seeing things (in particular writings) weren't just due to my myopia, but also astigmatism. Right eye: -8 (myopia) and -2.25 at 180° (astigmatism) Left eye: -6 (myopia) and -2 at 5° (astigmatism)

Does the blurriness you get from astigmatism look significantly different than what you'd see with regular old nearsightedness? I'm mildly myopic and have astigmatism, have no trouble seeing small text/objects up close, but objects more than a couple feet away start getting blurry. How do I know if this is from my astigmatism or nearsightedness (and does it even matter)?? Also, light sources (like the headlights of oncoming cars) often have these long rays coming out of them and intersecting with the rays from other light sources, this makes driving at night really weird and stressful because it's hard to see properly. Is this an astigmatism thing?

Thank you for raising awareness about astigmatism. I’ve had it for several years and going outside familiar places (without glasses or contacts) is truly a daunting experience and I can no longer venture outdoors without some kind of vision correction. I have relatively mild nearsightedness coupled with against the rule astigmatism and yet, the distortion is out of this world. My eyes look asymmetrical too - my left eye has the poorest vision of the two yet is the one that works hardest and for my right eye, it feels like there’s always something covering it and it looks distanced (out of focus) from the countenance. Not expecting a diagnosis in the comments section but was wondering if this might be a common experience for fellow astigmatism sufferers…

This really makes me want to go outside more often

Thank you for this informative video. I am doing research about cataract surgery and the lenses option . Some people said the multi focal IOL will give night time halo . I just don’t know what the halo looks like . Is it just blurry images ? . Can you make video about this as well as the presbyopia. Thank you .

you gotta show the lights at night

This is great, thank you! I’ve had it since a wee kid and now have pretty bad vision overall. It’s strange to see my world represented on video like this, first time! Matter of fact I saw the optometrist today about needing progressives, $1200 they quoted (without frames) phew! 😮‍💨

I have astigmatism for awhile now. Normally I would describe it as like short-sightedness, but with direction. When I’m looking at my surroundings everything seems fine, until I see letters, stripes and dots… then it gets super annoying 😂

5:32 Was it spring by any chance? They are very defensive when you approach their nest, so most likely you did without noticing it

Yoh Antonio. I have nystagmus as well , maybe do a video on this condition .

Is there a such thing as varying astigmatism? Most of the time I deal with what you have but there are times where it doubles, if not triples, in intensity. I go on about my day and it seems to reset back to the base level over time.

The bird at 5:00 is an Australasian swamphen, or over here in New Zealand, we call them pūkeko. I think they have an interesting social approach to raising their young, and I like how the adults will hold food with their foot for their chicks. In short, some people consider them pests, but I think they're interesting. Shame they'll dine on other bird species, though.

interesting to see, my vision is bad to begin with on top of having astigmatism and as it's always been corrected (well when ever i got them) i didn't know the impact it was having (that was being corrected). all i know is i can't make out text if it's more then 1 foot in front of my eyes. one of my eyes tends to drift and i notice that i'm not even really looking out one of them. pretty annoying. really wanted to get lasik or whatever else is out there now. sadly the world sucks as a whole and so can't have nice things.

The magic world of 240p makes everyone equal.

i have a problem with light sources. when i look at city lamps at night, "rays" appear on two opposite sides, that rotate if i rotate my head. is it glasses problem?

I also have astigmatism and it would be interesting if you could make a video to explain why my vision sometimes would go back to 10/10 for a few moments after an intense training session. I suppose it has something to do with blood circulation but I never got to the bottom of it. Cheers!

Pukeko! That’s the blue bird with the orange beak.

Does the direction make a difference? I have mild astigmatism (-1.00dc) but at oblique angles; 45° and 135°. I would say my uncorrected vision is as blurry as yours.

Why specifically astigmatism? Isn't it the same for any dioptry?

Do you only need CYL, or does this distortion have any SPH involved? I've got low astigmatism (0.5D on both eyes), but -3.00D SPH which makes things pretty difficult. Granted, those 2.00D CYL do seem hard to deal with as well, I'm not sure which I'd rather have (excluding the obvious, none), I'm imagining myself with that distortion as opposed to mine, and it feels like it wouldn't be as bad, but I can't say for sure. Perhaps you could make a video from the perspective of that amount of correction? I feel like it's common enough to warrant it! Great video regardless though! By the way Antonio, not related to the video, what is your opinion on plus lenses/reduced prescription for up close work such as staring at a monitor, when you're nearsighted? (imagine minus contacts with plus glasses, for example, or just a reduced prescription), would love to know your input on this.

Oh that’s me. Glasses just don’t correct it

What are the treatments for Lazy Eye?

Thanks

Well, I’m watching this with my readers only on, rather than my Rx. I’ve been told I have astigmatism, but, with just my readers on, I can’t tell the difference in these images.

Can astigmatism be cured permanently?

wow, you have very unique problem

im not joking i see over 10 of everything at once this aint shit lol

It looks much the same.