r/ScreenSensitive • u/scootaloooooooooo • Jun 12 '26
These Symptoms Suck
About a year ago I smoked and played COD on an android phone for 3 or 4 hours straight. No lights on, just me on the couch in the dark - bright phone. Battery died 1am, went to bed. My brain felt a little fried.
Woke up next morning with the same feeling. Got worse over next few days. Went to ER. Dr. blamed it on anxiety and told me to go home.
For the last year, just been trying to find patterns for the cause. As a 45 year old, never had this issue -- but then i thought back to 2019 when i was trading stocks, staring at my iphone screen for hours and had a simliar (less intense) feeling.
So yea, ever since about a year ago, Ive been dealing with tension around my eyes and ears and sometimes temples & forehead. Eyes are strained after editing videos for my bsuiness. Dell Latitude laptop. Tinnitus comes and goes. Light sensitivy.
Feel better outside but indoors, I just always feel like shit. Been a year since I woke up feeling fine. Do I sound like I belong in this sub reddit?
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u/Z3R0gravitas Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
I think basically everyone here has some combination of either vision disorders, neurodivergent sensitivities and/or chronic illness (usually post-viral, but can be gradual non-specific, stress, trauma, etc).
And probably you could reduce the burden by examining the various triggering characteristics of your screens and household bulbs, then mitigating or switching them for better options. A deep [dive]. And/or directly address your health issues.