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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These are called phosphenes and are the result of putting physical pressure on the eyes photo receptors. This causes them to misfire so to speak and the brain tries to make sense of the input. Yes, you can damage your eyes by doing this too often or too hard.

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