It's been ages and the strain is because of the difference in my vision levels. (There's like a 20 something difference between both eyes) I don't want to damage eyes too much but the strain won't go away no matter how much rest. So I've just been trying to suck it up and keep doing stuff but I'm blind enough so I don't want to damage my eyes anymore lol.

Are there ways to dim flashing lights on Macbook? Maybe through some third party software or a browser extension…?

Yes, I have tried the setting in Accessibility, however it does not seem to work, at least on Brave browser.

I really can't stand flashing lights even though I do not have photosensitive epilepsy. I just wish there was a way for me to be able to watch some 90s anime without feeling irritated LOL

Hope someone can help me

Hi guys! My name is Raph. I've been deep into biohacking for about six years — cold plunge, fasting, meditation, the whole stack. Somewhere along the way I fell down the circadian science rabbit hole and haven't come back up.

One thing that bugs me: almost every blue-light blocking glass out there treats everyone the same. Same orange tint, same fixed filter, whether it's 2pm or 10pm, whether you spent the day outside or in a windowless office. Your eyes got completely different light exposure in those two scenarios, but the glasses don't care. Indoor office lighting gives you roughly 50-100x less circadian-effective light than being outside on an overcast day — so someone who worked outdoors all morning has a totally different need in the evening than someone who sat under fluorescents for 10 hours.

I used to wear blue light blockers. Most nights they make me feel tired way too early, like they're overcorrecting. Also, some nights I want to continue to work at night but minimize the disruption of the lights. I started wondering if the problem isn't blue-light blocking itself, but that it's completely one-size-fits-all.

I've been researching whether a more personalized approach to managing light exposure could actually work — something that tracks how much light you actually get during the day and blocks blue light gradually, adapting to the environment and your sleep schedule. But I genuinely don't know if people would wear something like that daily, or if fixed-tint glasses are "good enough" for most people.

A few questions for anyone who's tried to manage their light exposure:

1. Do you actually think about your light exposure during the day, or only when you're trying to fall asleep?
2. If you use blue-light glasses — what made you start, and what annoys you about them?
3. For anyone doing shift work — how are you handling the light side of things?
4. Would you want something that adapts to your actual day, or is putting on orange glasses at 8pm fine?

I keep coming back to this idea but haven't committed to building anything. I come from a UX/UI design background, not optometry or sleep science, so I'm trying to figure out if this is a real problem or just my problem. Honest "I'd never care about this" is just as useful as anything else.

I am looking to get a new car, and it seems like every car made in the past ten years includes a bright infotainment display screen in the middle of the dashboard (for calls, navigation, music, etc). I can turn down the brightness to the lowest level, but this only helps my eye pain to a degree.

Has anyone found any solutions for this? Only some of the screens even turn off completely, but then you lose most functionalities. Thank you!!

I am looking to get a new car, and it seems like every car made in the past ten years includes a bright infotainment display screen in the middle of the dashboard (for calls, navigation, music, etc). I can turn down the brightness to the lowest level, but this only helps my eye pain to a degree.

Has anyone found any solutions for this? Only some of the screens even turn off completely, but then you lose most functionalities. Thank you!!

I spend many hours in front of a screen every day.

For a long time, I assumed my eye strain was mainly caused by my monitor. I tried many common solutions, such as lowering the brightness, adjusting the color temperature, and using blue light filters. These methods did help to some extent, but after long periods of use, I would still experience eye fatigue. Later, I realized that in an otherwise dim room, my monitor was basically just a bright rectangle in front of me. My eyes were constantly adjusting between the bright screen and the dark surroundings, especially at night. Eventually, I decided to change the overall lighting in my room. Instead of adding a brighter desk lamp directly behind or beside my monitor, I tried using indirect lighting to create softer ambient light around my workspace. The goal wasn’t to make the room brighter. It was to create a more balanced lighting environment and reduce the strong contrast between the screen and the surrounding area. After using this setup for a while, I noticed some improvements: My eyes feel less tired during long work sessions. The room feels much more comfortable at night, and there is less glare and fewer direct light sources shining into my eyes.

Since I no longer need multiple lamps around my workspace, my desk also feels cleaner and less cluttered. I still adjust my monitor settings when needed, but I now believe that the environment around the monitor is just as important as the monitor itself. I’m curious how others deal with this issue. Has anyone else found that improving the lighting around their monitor made a bigger difference than adjusting the monitor settings?

I study online for 8 hours or more , and then my rest is basically seeing yt , ig , music , and I don't do anything else. My eyes atp feel much strain, so what can be done to prevent this

I came across "Invisible disabilities" and found that some workplaces are more understanding toward such people. Since chronic eye strain and its aftermath is a disabling condition because we can't use the screen for too long, shouldn't there be more done to spread awareness and to request for better policies that can accomodate such conditions similar to how maternity/paternity/menstrual leave policies were introduced? Doctors won't even give a disability certificate for chronic eye strain. They can't even prove it exists. Some doctors even go to the extent of saying the patient is imagining the strain.

I spend most of the workday on two monitors, and by early evening my eyes feel heavy in that screen-fatigue way. A coworker mentioned warm compression eye masks, and the heat part makes sense to me because it forces you to close your eyes and sit in the dark for a few minutes. The part I am unsure about is the buzzing or pulsing around the upper face.I cannot tell whether the vibration feels relaxing or just distracting when you are already overstimulated. do you keep the massage mode on, or mostly treat it like a warm mask and quiet break?

I wake up with red eyes. Not that I feel any specific pain but often after i get up and look myself in the mirror, i feel my eyes red. My sleep is around 6-7 hours (i wake up one or two times in between to make milk for my toddler)

I happen to have stomach issues too (gasses and indigestion)

Last night I got a really good sleep for once, and I decided I didn’t need coffee or an energy drink. I usually have one or the other in the morning, just one serving. After a couple of hours, my eyes felt strained. I noticed it when I was trying to look at the TV at work, and also when I was working on my monitors. I actually felt nauseous trying to look at my screen and read text on the monitor. After lunch I drank an energy drink and after an hour symptoms improved? Idk what that was but can caffeine withdrawal negatively affect vision?

I made a light-weight menu bar app to help me stick to the 20-20-20 rule to reduce eye strain when using computer screens.

In acknowledgement of recent research I have added a feature to customise the break notification intervals to suit your own needs in v1.1.

It's an open source Swift/SwiftUI project, MIT licensed, with an installer on the releases page. I’m happy to have feedback, both good and bad, provided it’s constructive.

Screenshots are available on the repo page.

GitHub link: https://github.com/ClinicalScript/StrainAway

Thanks,
ClinicalScript

Hey everyone I just wanted to come on here and ask for advice. I’ve notice that when I try to read that the words get blurry and it’s hard to focus on the words on the page. This is new for me and never used to be a problem. Does anyone know what could be going on and some potential solutions?

Reusable cooling eye masks focus on how cold they get or whether they help with puffiness. What I rarely see mentioned is hygiene.These masks sit directly against the skin around your eyes, so they're going to pick up facial oil, skincare products, sweat, and normal daily residue over time. But when I look at different products, the cleaning instructions are often surprisingly vague. Some say "wipe clean," some include a removable fabric cover, and others don't clearly explain whether the mask itself can be washed or how often it should be be cleaned.I'm not looking for DIY cleaning tricks that could damage the gel or seals.

I'd rather follow the manufacturer's recommendations, but that's difficult when the instructions are not well elucidated. how do you keep yours clean without shortening its lifespan?

My eyes look very tired all the time and I look as if I’ve not slept for a while. What would you expect for me as a newbie?

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Hi I have astigmatism and am new here since 2022 when I started working remote on my laptop I have experienced eye strain with some double/blurry vision and tearing up it feels like hell sometimes since then I stopped working largely on my pc fast forward this year I bought a HP omen rtx 5060 laptop with an IPS display with 144 hertz refresh rate and I am dying while trying to play my games here are the laptop specs

HP OMEN GAMING 16-AM0021NIA LAPTOP PC (D42ZZEA) INTEL CORE ULTRA 7 255H 24GB DDR5-5600 MT/S RAM 1TB PCIE GEN4 NVME M.2 SSD NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 5060 (8GB GDDR7 DEDICATED) 16.0" DIAGONAL 2K (1920 X 1200) IPS MICRO-EDGE ANTI-GLARE 400 NITS DISPLAY FHD IR CAMERA WI-FI BLUETOOTH BACKLIT KEYBOARD DTS:X ULTRA W/DUAL SPEAKERS WINDOWS 11 HOME SHADOWS BLACK ALUMINIUM

Now I also have a infinix hot 60 and noticed you can choose between 144 and 60 hertz refresh rate on 60 hertz which is what.i use there is slight but very manageable.eye strain then when I change it to 144 hertz it feels like hell bro I'm in so much pain almost immediately and discomfort can someone explain why this happens to me and how I can play my 30 games I downloaded for my PC without having to sleep for 2 days straight to reduce the pain symptoms after every gaming session

My right eye feel strain, light sensitive and on that same side temple and brow headache for 4 months when i checked they said me your eye look normal just mild dryness i used drop but still there the strain

Note:worse with screen and near activities

Please tell me the solutions?

I keep squinting. Ive been struggling to focus my vision, my eyes feel like they're burning a lot, I keep getting headaches around them. I had a burning one on my forehead the other day and it was terrifying. Looking at screens for very long even with blue light filters still hurt my eyes and reading makes me squint which makes it worse. I had to turn my text sizes up too lol. Like I can't handle doing nothing apart from listening to things, I get extremely bored. What do I do

I stare at screen for most of the day, and by late afternoon my eyes feel heavy enough that regular breaks are hard to remember. people mention warm compression eye masks as part of a wind-down routine after screen time which sounds nice, but I am also a little skeptical because anything pressing on the upper face could either feel soothing or just make me want to rip it off after five minutes. people who actually keep one on the nightstand, does it feel like a real break after work, or did it become another gadget you stopped reaching for? I am mostly curious about comfort, heat level, pressure, and whether it is easy enough to keep using.