why is it when we rub our eyes, we see like purple, white, black, almost looks like a picture of electricity moving around everywhere and have blurry vision after?

Question

Like when I rub my eyes the electricity particles in my eye just moves everywhere, and if I press too hard it gets brighter, if I don’t press at all I just see black static particles moving around

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Answer 1

You are putting pressure on the main nerve that connects to your brain. Creating a “signal” that you can “see” with your eyes closed.

Answer 2

Random extra fact (SoundTracx gave a good explanation of the question): children who are born blind or who become blind at a young age will often press on their closed eyes. It is because the pressure is creating the signal that they can “see”.