Natural Vision Improvement - 2 Weeks without Glasses

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I have spent the day getting back into natural vision improvement, by researching and familiarising myself with the techniques and information available to improve my eyesight. It has been 2 weeks since I last wore my glasses. I can’t really tell you my prescription details – something along the lines of -3.5 to -3.75 I think, but I am not entirely sure. The last time I went to the opticians was a long time ago, a few years, and I didn’t go back because they tried to convince me to take on stronger glasses, even though I found them ridiculously uncomfortable. They even made me take another test (for free) and tried to make me feel stupid for not taking them, saying I would be back in a few weeks wanting them. Well I haven’t. I only intend to go back for an eye test once I feel my vision has improved enough to warrant one. I won’t be going back to that optician though.

Anyway, I am sure many may be amazed how I went 2 weeks without glasses. Well I don’t currently have a car at the moment, so that didn’t get in my way (although I am in the process of finding one so it may become an issue soon), but nothing really has gotten in my way. After taking them off I haven’t felt stressed, in the sense of finding it a nuisance not to be able to see clearly enough to find anything. I have adapted, I would say, incredibly well to only being able to see clearly not a lot. The thing is, when I am walking down the town or out and about, looking around everything seems quite clear really. It is only when my eyes catch a sign that my eyes reveal their true colour. But to be honest, I do feel like I can see much more now, without having glasses stress my eyes out more and make everything much blurrier once taken off.

If I have lost something around the house, I will just move my head closer to the table, chair, floor or wherever I am looking for the object (and it is nice not having to constantly look where I put my glasses now either!). My face currently is fairly close to the screen when reading it, but then I still feel better when I spend time at the computer, than when I did with glasses on. My neck isn’t all tensed up (although it is a little, but I have always had that – I am very highly strung, and although pregnancy calmed me down to an extent, I still battle with old habits which I am trying to rectify also) and I don‘t have sore eyes. I do feel like my agitation and stress level has plummeted as a result of the removal of my glasses. I really don’t mind not being able to see clearly – or everything. Vision perfection doesn’t matter to me; however I do want my vision to improve enough to meet the requirements for being able to drive a car without having glasses.

So now what?

Well as I said I have been reading and refreshing myself on the techniques – the good vision techniques – I need to incorporate into my life. I have been using one technique already, which is whenever I am out I will look up (have you ever noticed how much you look down?) and into the distance. I will move my eyes around objects in the distance, and outline them (without straining or squinting but with relaxed eyes) and allowing my eyes to see what they can see.

Anyway I have one of these natural vision improvement kits and I am going to read through the book tomorrow (it isn’t too long) and utilise the cds and go through the exercises – which I will also do each day – and also try to incorporate what I can during the day. I will be recording my progress every Sunday, to see if I have improved and what obstacles I have had presented to me. I am also going to get Thomas Quackenbush’s book Relearning to See, because it seems to be the one recommended everywhere I read! It seems to be an extensive book that looks to be helpful for future reference for my children too, if they encounter issues. I shall look forward to reading it for the cognitive and psychological consequences of blurry vision and how I mostly likely will be able to relate a lot of it to how I am!

So, hopefully next Sunday I shall be writing that my vision has improved a little or even a lot! But we will see.

If you are interested in natural vision, here are some useful links to get your started:

http://www.naturalvisioncenter.com/ - the website for Thomas Quackenbush.

http://www.visioneducators.com - a link to useful tips on how to improve vision.