In a dark room, our pupils dilate to let in more light so we can see better. Pupils also constrict in a bright room to help cut down the amount of light going to the retina. If you go from a dark room to a light room, your dilated pupils let in a large amount of light which damages the retina because of how sensitive they are.
I dunno if i would call it exactly as pain..it’s feels more of like a natural response of our body to close our eyes when bright light is concentrated at it.. just like gaging is a natural response.
I have a fascination with the sun and I certainly did not have any pain when i used to look directly at it for 5 to 10 seconds when i was a kid.. you do start seeing with weird colors and it’s like a whole different world though.
I’m not encouraging anyone to do it unless you want permanent eye damage but that’s one of my experiences of bright light.
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