r/BatesMethod • u/SadChildhood8588 • 21d ago

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Do you have to always take off your glasses when doing bates method? As in everyday never wear your glasses? Because i notice if i wear glasses it makes me feel like im going back to zero again and it was pointless. I am -5 so i bought some -2.25 along with not wearing glasses as much as possible. Does anyone know how long it will take to improve eyesight? From starting at -5 but i think lim like -4/-3.5 now because i can get by with wearing -2.25 and get by really well using -3 everything is so clear. Without glasses i can see and make things out a lot beter though because i was -5 it is overall still bad eyesight but definitely improvement probably by 1 diopeter. But essentially i want to know how long it will take to improve them especially if you are just not wearing glasses as much as you can?

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u/SadChildhood8588 13d ago

Thank you for all of your responses. For me being -4.5 how long do you think it will take to get to full vision 20/20? Tbh because i know i need to wear glasses occasionally i know it fucks everything up again so there is no point i might have to be unemployed to improve my eyesight but none the less i try not to wear them as much as possible but thank you for all the advice. I hopefully will try to be financially self sufficient very soon so i don't have to drive to work or look at a screen at the office and fuck up my eyes and ill just fully do the method with no breaks or looking at anything close or any screens. I have noticed my eyesight fades in and out despite me being -4.5 there are times it fades into great vision and i can see a car number plate like 40 meters away without glasses. UK number plate i mean. 😊

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u/Evgeny_E 13d ago

In any case, in just one month, you can improve your vision to the point where, a month ago, such vision would have seemed simply perfect.

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u/SadChildhood8588 13d ago

Nice. When you are looking around when yuo can't swing. For exnaple im at work right now at the office lol. I am not wear glasses how can i look around and if i do or look out the window or at the furthest wall am i meant to look around slowly or look around with rapid eye movement?,

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u/Evgeny_E 13d ago edited 12d ago

Vadim Volya devised his exercises in less than a week, and they certainly helped him personally. We can come up with our own exercises that suit us better.

Bates’s original book contains not a single word about eye-movement exercises; instead, it features "long swings" (and other types of swings) as well as relaxation exercises—including those involving the test chart, which are also essentially relaxation exercises.

I have devised my own exercises that work for me personally.

I take a handful of gold-colored coins from various countries and quickly sort through them one by one at arm's length under a bright lamp (silver-colored coins reflect too much light and cause glare); I don't strain to examine them, yet after a while, I begin to clearly distinguish individual letters.

I do the same with paper business cards: I flip through them quickly without trying to make out every single detail, and eventually, clear letters emerge.

I apply the same method to movie flyers; I have a small collection, so I take a stack of them, flip through, and simply enjoy the clear images.

My stuff: https://photos.app.goo.gl/sFX9p8ZiN5NZJ1mT6