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Visual Snow, something I've never really thought was odd.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by MingMingDynasty, Jun 12, 2006.

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  1. MingMingDynasty

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    Quoted from VisualSnow.com

    "Visual snow is a transitory or persisting visual symptom where people see snow or television-like static in parts or whole of their their visual fields. According to the notion of hallucinatory form constants by Klüver (1942) and Siegel and Jarvik (1975), it can be conceived as a variety of visual hallucinations of random form dimension. As such, the phenomenon should not be confused with normal entoptic phenomena such as Haidinger's brush, which almost never have sufficient intensity to gain clinical significance as a source of suffering or functional impairment."

    I've had this my whole life and thought nothing of it, now that I know it's rare and most people don't see this I can't stop noticing it. There is no know specific cause (except temporary cases after hallucinogeics) and there are no definite cases of remission of this :(.

    Anybody out there have this?
     
  2. chow_yun_fat

    chow_yun_fat Member

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    I do, I wouldn't call it hallucinations. When I unfocus my vision I can see it easily.
     
  3. the futants

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    i saw it a lot in the 80s...
     
  4. LonghornFan

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    i saw it a lot in the 90s...
     

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