Yes, it’s random firings of light receptors from the absolute ocean of potential stimulators for such sensitive cells and sensitive neurons that connect them to your brain.
Your brain does a profoundly involved job at every moment editing your visual input into a coherent, moving picture, but your brain edits out a LOT of interference and noise every moment.
If you really wanna blow your mind and prove it, make a pinhole in a card and in a dark room and look towards a light source. If you wiggle the pinhole light beam across your retina you will suddenly see all the blood vessels that feed your retina. Evolution decided it would put them on the front for some reason, but your brain normally makes it literally disappear for you. When you wiggle the shadows of the vessels, your brain forgets how to edit it and they appear like a mass of floater-spaghetti.
Mine varies from the static to a fine lattice grid that is constantly changing.
for the topic of discussion it might be worthwhile to also look into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
1/10 people have it and have no idea it’s not normal, my sister and mother too
I do, and have had the same question.
This is just the result of neurons firing and chemical reactions taking place, and it’s normal. Personally, for me it depends on my state of mind when I try to sleep. When agitated, I see noise like in your picture. When calm, I see flat, colorful shapes with soft edges that float around and change shape more or less rapidly (kind of like a lava lamp).
Ohhh yeahhhh the lava lamp like ones are cool. Sometimes vague impressions of cyan and red, sometimes propagating in waves. I’m so glad other people are describing it!
Mine can vary wildly depending on what kind and the quantity of psychoactive substance I’ve taken.
Vision floaties? Me too.
Probably just your tuner that’s unplugged. Feel around for any loose wires.
Yes. I “see” it too but can unsee it quite easily. I think it’s more apparent in unlit environments.
i see it more when I look up at the bright blue sky or a bright white wall
Bro is a CRT
I think it’s called visual snow, and it’s normal.
Just don’t snowcrash
Visual snow is when you see it with eyes open afaik. But yea, still not terribly abnormal on its own. Visual snow syndrome is a thing though, but it’s more than just seeing an abnormal amount of visual snow (the normal amount seems to be when looking at unicolored surfaces and in dim light).
Seconding this. It’s not incredibly common but it’s not incredibly uncommon. Research shows that most people who have it don’t notice it until it’s pointed out. Drugs and stress tend to exacerbate the effect as well.
Better than seeing weird letters and 80 style colored geometric shape sliding around.
Here’s an artist’s impression of what that might look like.
I personally don’t see it as intensively
I always assumed everyone saw it. I’m not special after all.
Though mine is gray, definitely not purple.
i had it intensely when i also developed other neurological issues like peripheral neuropaty, and palinopsia(afterimage)although symptom was temporary. now its more of a background if i concentrate hard enough i see snow. i had also had pretty bad RLS for several weeks.
I see patterns and colors. Almost like a screensaver.
I can make static if I squeeze my eyes very tightly, sometimes spots. No one i asked when I was little had the same results. Haven’t thought about it in a long time.
Yes
is it like swimming lights.
This is a normal closed eye hallucination level 1 on this Wikipedia page
They also mention it on the wiki page but I could see fractals and different patterns when I closed my eyes while on shrooms.
Oh shit that’s why I can like make shapes and shit when I’m like in deep relaxation
Ever try one of those float tanks? They’re really good for that.
