Why do people with bad vision STARE

Footprints - could not have said it better myself. Smart man.

All stress or strain can potentially affect the mechanism that makes ur eye get elongated. This does not mean genetics does not play a significant role. Genetics determines ur susceptibility to get nearsightedness, but evironmental factors including eye strain is what can aggrivate the progression of myopia.

Dr. Bates had some good things to say but unfortunately his psuedo science caused Opthomalagists to reject him right off the bat. I think Dr. Bates went to far in to say that relaxation can improve vision. I see it as similar to an ear lobe. You can yank it until it gets stretched, but u can not unyank it or push it in order of it to get unstretched. The mechanisms that controll eye growth can get aggrivated but that does not mean u can unaggrivate it to compensate for the error it created.

But I do think ur right that too much starring is a risky practice for developing vision problems. Hope this helps!

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This is more of an answer to ur other question concerning palming. Forgive me for posting it here since after I typed this all up i realized u closed it!

Resting ur eyes can help ur vision slightly when u have some stress or r tired because ur brain functions to give u a better picture when it is rested. In my experience palming mostly improved my vision because when I opened my eyes my pupil became constricted which made a sort of pinhole affect. By constricting the amount of light that comes in my eye the blur zone on my retina is decreased. You can see the reverse to be true in dark lighting ur vision will be worse.

As far as the Bates Method goes the phylosophy is based on psuedo science. External eye muscles do not determine refraction error. If that were true then when the doctor dialates ur eyes & ''knocks out'' ur lense it should not make ur near vision any worse. I used to believe in the Bates Method, but the testemonials were just not enough to believe in all the obsertities that Bates gurus present. Especially since I've heard of people who have worn glasses or contacts all there life & suddenly their vision improves to the point where they do not have to wear them anymore.

Myopia prevention is what needs to be taught kids before they get bad vision in the first place. There is a huge coerralation between eye strain or near work & myopia. Making sure ur eyes get a break & strain constantly is important when ur genes r not that strong.

Sorry about the length! Hope this helps!

I'n not sure I can agree with ur own theory that people with glasses or contacts, stare.

I've been in the optical business for 37 years , & see peoples eyes all day long, & I have never noticed such a thing.

Many people have the annoying habit of just staring at u when talking to you, with or without glasses.

As for the Bates theory. I think we must keep in mind that it was written in the 1920's. I am not sure how well understood the functions of the eye & vision were back then.

But after 85 years , & millions of dollars made by the companies who have the rights to his books . There has not been any proof that it is any more than quackery.

After that long, there should have been thousands who have gone back to their doctors & almost miraculously do not need glasses anymore.

This has not happened, or word would have certainly spread about it. Like in big headlines in the New York Times.

Most of the ideas he came up with just plain defy common sense & medical knowledge.

But as long as people r clinging to the hope, the companies who r pushing it will keep raking in the big bucks.

In the 1920 is there were still door to door salesmen also who sold colored, bottled water as a cure all tonic.

Now think about it.does it make any possible common sense at all that staring at things will make ur eyes worse ?

The eyes r meant to be used. Everybody stares at things all the time.

I am sure in my 58 years I have stared at many more things for many more hours than someone in their 20 is has.yet I have perfect distance vision.

I started wearing reading glasses about 10 years ago, but have had the same Rx now for the last 4 years.and I am staring into peoples eyes all day.

Bate is theories r best put on the pile of other snakeoil remedies.

Modern medicine knows very well that ur vision is affected by physical changes within the eye itself. It is not just the brain that fools u into thinking u can not see.

People with bad vision tend to stare at something for longer periods so that their brains can process & eliminate what they are seeing & converge it into what they think is there. Basically so they can figure out what it is they are looking at. A person with proper visual correction does it quicker because they see it clearly.

In my experience, people with bad vision, if anything, tend to be ''squinty eyed'' (at least if they are not wearing their glasses or contacts). I am not certian how opening your eyelids a little more than usual could change the shape of your eyeball or your cornea, which is what would have to occur to damage your vision. By the way, that Bates character is not taken very seriously by vision researchers.

I have to wear glasses for driving & reading. But, I do not stare when I wear mine. If anything, I stare more without them because it is more difficult to see. I think more people who wear contacts stare more than those who wear glasses. This may be because u get a film over ur eyes often with contacts. One major problem with contacts is people do not clean them & refresh them as often as they should & the eyes do not get enough oxygen.

The reason for staring may be because they cannot sell well enough, or there eyes take more time to focus. Also they may need to clean their glasses or just like what they see .lol :)

It is an interesting theory. But I am not sure how valid it is. A person is vision gets worse when the shape of their eye changes. This changes how accurately light hits the lens, distorting/blurring the vision.