Rotten Tanx wrote:I'v worn glasses for a few years now but only lately realised how nice it feels to take them off at the end of the day. Kinda like the feeling you get taking your socks and shoes off at the end of a long days walking. Only this is after a long days looking at stuff.
I've never worn glasses... BUT... I stare at a damn computer monitor for 8 hours a day at work, AND THEN I do dumb shit like stare at a computer monitor some more when I come home... just for fun, y'know? So at this rate, I'm not going to be 20/20 for much longer... I notice that when I get home from work sometimes I have headaches or I feel like I just want to lay down and close my eyes, even though I'm not tired. I was mentioning this to my girlfriend, and she said she had heard that this happens because you stare at the screen (short-range) all day and then you get in the car and *whammo* now you have to look long-range while you drive, and supposedly your eyes feel strain trying to make the quick transition?
(might apply differently if you take public transportation???)
So anyways, she had heard about these special glasses for people who don't naturally need vision correction, but do work on computers all day. I guess the principle is that these make the transition from focusing on your computer to focusing on the road less traumatic (???) Has anyone else heard of this???
OK - I googled for my own self and found this:
http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/faqs.htm
...but I still want to know if anyone has personal experience with these?
I'm tempted to try some out, but still feel that nagging fear that by wearing some sort of glasses "unnecessarily" that it would become a self-fulfilling prophecy whereupon I would adjust and then rely upon them?
(BTW - I'm totally with you on how good it feels to take socks and shoes off at the end of the day, and thinking maybe I want to help my eyes feel that good also?)