Why am i not blind?

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When i rember corrdctly i starred as a child for several minuten directly in the sun. And this several times. But i am not blind now. My question is could it be that i will go blind in the future because of that? Or was i very lucky, and will not go blind? Because im really scared that i will become blind, because of the sun. Because normally you would be blind if you look in the sun for minutes, right?

You needn't worry about that. While eye damage is a risk, together with headaches and / or watery eyes, I can't find any evidence that anyone can become blind from staring too long at the sun.

Is your vision impaired in any way e,g. do you wear glasses? Even so, weak vision doesn't cause blindness. Cataracts and age-related macular degeneration can.

Maybe it was just seconds, i dont remember correctly.

No, that won’t cause you to go blind.

I used to stare at the Sun pretty frequently.

There could be a problem if you stared at the Sun during a solar eclipse.

I don't think that's true. I think people are more likely to state at the sun during a solar eclipse than on a normal day, hence all the warnings.

How is that not true?

I stated there is more risk staring at the Sun during a solar eclipse than at other times.

Maybe Fos stared at the Sun during an eclipse, maybe he didn’t.

I’ve stared at the Sun when there wasn’t an eclipse many times.

Im really scared of going blind.

Go see a doctor.

Cant now

Why not? Don’t you have free health care?

At least put yourself on a waiting list.

If you stared at the sun for several minutes. The damage to your eyes would be noticeable within hours or a few days. If you are now an adult, I wouldn't worry about it now.

Generally your eyes will automatically prevent you from looking directly at the sun. There is a time when you can look directly at the sun. It is at sunrise and sunset. This is because what you are really looking at is a reflection of the sun rather than looking at the sun itself. It is a mirage. The sun is really below the horizon at that time.

So when did you look directly at the sun? What time of day?

Your eyes almost certainly healed themselves.

Yes, I know what you said. I'm saying I don't think it's true. Risks to damaging vision neither increase nor decrease during an eclipse as opposed to another day.

You're risks of damaging your vision staring at the sun are the same during an eclipse as they are during a normal day. On a normal day, most people don't stare at the sun. During an eclipse, a lot of people who don't stare at the sun regularly start staring at it, hence all the warnings. But the eclipse doesn't increase or decrease risks, so I say I don't think it's true.

I don't think the risk increases or decreases if staring at the sun during an eclipse vs. a regular day. But more people state at the sun on eclipse days than normal.

Can you follow?

Yes, I can follow. Of course I can.

During an eclipse, especially a total eclipse, ultraviolet emissions from the Sun become more intense. The risk when directly looking at the Sun is greater than normal.

This information came from NASA. It’s not propaganda.

I stared at the sun on a hazy day once.