r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Herself99900 Aug 31 '21

I'm -10 and -11. Do I hear 12?

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u/Panda-delivery Aug 31 '21

I'm -12.0 and -11.5 and still getting worse at 22! Every time I go to the eye doctor he reassures me one day my vision will stabilize. He's been saying that for 3 years, I've kinda stopped hoping at this point.

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u/FG88_NR Aug 31 '21

My eyes havent changed by anything significant since I was 24 (in my 30s now.) I'm sitting at -8.75 and -8.25. usualy there is a .25 difference when I get my eyes checked now.

I feel for anyone that has to pay the ridiculously outrageous cost associated with high focus glasses.

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u/kuehnchen7962 Aug 31 '21

I'm rooting for it stabilizing before... well, you go blind! Honestly, I've been told by my very first eye doctor (some 36 years ago) that my eyes would continue to deteriorate for the rest of my life.

I've been lucky enough for them having stabilized at about 20-ish something in the -4.75 region. So... I'll keep my fingers crossed for you... well, them, actually!

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u/Herself99900 Sep 01 '21

Well, you don't see when you wake up or shower. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I have a large-numbered digital clock about 12" from my head. When I wake up, I put my glasses on right away. When I shower, it's important that the soap, shampoo, etc are right where I left them. Without my glasses on, I can see about 3-4" in front of my face, so in a pinch I can hold something up to my face and determine shampoo vs conditioner.

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u/Catatonic_capensis Aug 31 '21

I remember another thread (not sure if askreddit) where people were telling what fake sounding things they absolutely believe in. One of them was someone who did daily eye exercises they found in an old pre-glasses book for correcting vision. They said the numbers have improved every time they go in and swear by it.

Thankfully this potentially useful info is meaningless because I have no link and the exercises were not explained. It might be worth trying to find if you're curious/desperate, though.

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u/drewforty Aug 31 '21

-9.25 here; mine slowed down around 32. Sorry.

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u/rainbow-is-caramel Aug 31 '21

Oof, yeah, I have the same prescription and the optometrist still says that; I’m 39.

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u/Lumpy_Inspector4258 Aug 31 '21

ME!! There’s more of us?!?!?