Ever since I was young I have often been mystified by a phenomenon where my eyes are able to fall into an extremely near focus. Literally everything but the objects I’m mentioning is out of focus. These odd shapes are translucent, but their motion seems affected by my blinking and which direction my eyes are turning. They are also somewhat.. squirmy? I don’t know how to describe it. I’ve also wondered if anyone else sees them as well.
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Mine look like constellations. Your eyes are filled with a clear gel. You are seeing stuff that is floating in the gel.
As you age, the clear vitreous gel inside your eyeball liquefies and clumps of collagen fibers start to form. These clumps cause shadows on your retina, the floaters you see, and are most obvious when looking at a clear blue sky or a brightly-lit piece of white paper.
Mine generally look like strings with a marble at one end.
Yes, they’re very common. They’re clumps of stuff (proteins, fibers, cell debris, etc) that form inside your eyeball, between your lens and your retina. That’s why you’re unable to focus on them and why moving your eyes causes them to move around.
They’re Floaters: muscae volitantes, flies in your eyes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater
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