Why do we see psychedelic geometry when we push on our eyes?

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If you lightly push with your palms on your eyes for a minute, you start to see some wild visuals. Is this harmful?

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As a kid I used to do this by gently pressing on the outer sides of my eyes with a fingertip. That way I could keep my eyes open and observe the shapes gradually blocking out my vision completely after a couple of minutes. Once released, it takes a few seconds for normal vision to return.

No permanent damage as far as I can tell, but probably don’t do this too much.

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