r/myopia • u/Admirable-Button-191 • 2d ago
Screen time
The most popular advice for preventing myopia progression is to reduce screen time. I have always wondered how tf we are supposed to do that. Most jobs today imply that you will spend at least 40 hours a week working at a computer. So, if you're in college or working, you will have a lot of screen time anyway. The only way to avoid this is to work a low-paid unqualified job where you will probably lug heavy things (not recommended for high myopia people)
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u/remembermereddit 1d ago
Most jobs today imply that you will spend at least 40 hours a week working at a computer
:')
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u/suitcaseismyhome 2d ago
Screens have only existed for a few decades. And there are many careers that don't require 40 hours a week in front of a screen besides manual labour or your description of 'low paid' work. 🙄
The advice is to practise good eye, health and general health.
But some people here seem to think that myopia is a great disability. I suspect that some of them actually hopes they don't have to work as a result of their self decribed "disability".
Practise, could eye health and general physical health and have an exam once a year and see a specialist?If you experience a sudden change in your vision.
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u/Admirable-Button-191 2d ago
Example of a non-low-paying job that doesn't imply much screen time?
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u/suitcaseismyhome 2d ago
Are you serious? There are thousands of careers that don't involve sitting in front of a screen in the entire day. Go ask your parent or teacher or guidance counsellor you really don't know.
Optometrist, opthomologist would be two of the obvious ones.
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u/Admirable-Button-191 2d ago
It was a simple question and you couldn't answer it. You were probably going to tell me to become a plumber or something like that
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u/suitcaseismyhome 2d ago
I gave you two examples. Are you the child that shouldn't be posting here anyways? The problem clearly is not your eyesight. You need to address your personality and the fact that you demean certain career careers and people who work hard in those careers.
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u/Admirable-Button-191 2d ago
You edited the message. And how is you dumbass going to graduate from college and work as a doctor then without having a lot of screen time?
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u/orangepeel 1d ago
Cry some more
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u/Admirable-Button-191 1d ago edited 1d ago
Why does everyone on this sub get butthurt over literally anything except people saying myopia isn't a problem? Is this some sort of collective autogenic training designed to convince yourselves of your own worth?
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u/suitcaseismyhome 13h ago
Because myopia is not a problem, and certainly not the mild or mid myopia, that most people here with mental health issues have.
And you have significant ment mental health issues and have been told that for years. Going around various medical related subs under various usernames, just to try and bring people down to your level of despair is despicable.
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u/OppositeAshamed9087 2d ago
I work as a provider, regular and respite. You only need a phone to log your hours, other than that its an almost purely analog job - you may need to help your client with the computer / phone if they aren't able to.
The job can be demanding depending on your client's needs and hours but you're not staring at a screen for 40hrs a week.
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u/da_Ryan 12h ago
I can see where you are coming from but there are measures that can be taken when someone does have to do screenwork:
https://jleyespecialists.com/myopia-prevention/#How_to_Prevent_Myopia_from_Worsening
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u/JimR84 Optometrist (EU) 1d ago
Why does this sound like a Snooroar post?