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Optical Elusion

ArchaeC

Having procrastinated for over a year in arranging an overdue eyesight test at the opticians, a recent visit left me shaking.

I sat on the chair and positioned my head on the chin rest of the autorefractor. The optometrist shone a light in my eye and peered at it from point blank range. At this point my head started trembling.

This has happened to me every time I go for an eye examination, yet my body and arms remain steady which is strange.

Do other people find eyesight tests difficult?

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  • Suggest that you might ask your optometrist about this  

    A quick AI search suggests this could be a reflex response to the stress of that sort of examination and also possibly a symptom of an "underlying condition".

    As you understandably don't mention any particular condition you have I am most inclined to suggest that you talk to the specialist as well as the good people here :-)

    Thanks for introducing me to a topic I had never heard of before!

    Best wishes :-)

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  • Suggest that you might ask your optometrist about this  

    A quick AI search suggests this could be a reflex response to the stress of that sort of examination and also possibly a symptom of an "underlying condition".

    As you understandably don't mention any particular condition you have I am most inclined to suggest that you talk to the specialist as well as the good people here :-)

    Thanks for introducing me to a topic I had never heard of before!

    Best wishes :-)

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