She senses someone else there at the scene - watching her. But before she can, Naomi stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. Struggling with living in the small, claustrophobic town of Balkerne Heights, Naomi contemplates ending her life. A complete eye health evaluation can help determine if those causes are from your vision.She can't see the killer But the killer can see her. Conley stated, “There is a reason for the discomfort and your body is telling you something is wrong. And if headaches or any other negative physical symptoms are “normal” for you, please reach out to your optometrist.ĭr. Although an extra-long day of staring at your computer for work can cause a headache, it shouldn’t be a regular thing. Lastly, but surely not least, be sure to keep regular appointments with your optometrist. Nowadays, many phones have smooth 120Hz refresh rates that make scrolling feel less harsh. Then, although all forms of scrolling can feel unnatural and cause eye strain, having a smartphone or computer that supports higher refresh rates and smooth scrolling can help. Every 20 minutes, look at something that’s about 20 feet away from you for about 20 seconds. So for those people, use the 20/20/20 Rule that Dr. However, those of us who have to use a computer for work can’t necessarily use it less. Most of us are on our phones or computers way more than we should be. The first helpful tip, and maybe the most obvious, is to limit the amount of time you spend with screens. Even though these actions may not be natural for our eyes, we’re willing to overlook the costs to keep doing what we’re doing.

We’re not going to stop driving our cars at 70 miles per hour on the highway, and we’re not going to stop binging social media. We’re Not Going to Stop Scrolling, So What Is There to Do? So if you’re experiencing motion sickness or cybersickness, whatever you want to label it, it might be worthwhile to make an appointment with your eye doctor to ensure there’s nothing else going on under the surface. After getting his patient a proper glasses prescription, he retests and finds that the patient is doing better with both balance and peripheral vision integration. Conley mentions that when he has a patient experiencing motion sickness while driving, he tests their balance and how well their peripheral vision is being integrated into their body oftentimes, both are decreased in his patients. Similarly, when you try to read a book in a moving car, your eyes are focusing on the book, which is stationary, while your inner ear is sensing movement. When people experience that dreaded feeling of motion sickness while trying to play a VR game, it’s because your body is physically stationary in the real world, but your brain feels like it’s moving. In simpler terms, your eyes and your inner ear can’t seem to agree on whether or not you’re actually moving. When you experience motion sickness, it’s because there’s a disconnect between three of your sensory systems: visual, proprioception, and vestibular. Motion sickness is something you may be familiar with if you’ve ever played a game using a virtual reality (VR) headset or tried to read a book in a moving car. VR Causes Motion Sickness Scrolling Causes Cyber Sickness Doing so gives your accommodation system a chance to relax. He recommends using the 20/20/20 Rule: Every 20 minutes, look at something that’s 20 feet away for about 20 seconds. And let’s be honest, how many of us are ever on social media for just a short period? He goes on to explain that it’s not necessarily the act of scrolling that’s harmful by itself, but the amount of time you spend on social media, engaging our accommodation system. Alex Conley, a neuro optometrist at Neuro Eye Team, it engages your accommodation system when your eyes are heavily focused on something. He states that “most causes of eye strain are caused by engaging this system for extended periods of time by focusing up close.”

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