Photophobia. Is the sun to blame for her?
Photophobia or fear of light is a special condition associated with increased sensitivity of the eyes to light. Unfortunately, the more we use dark glasses, the worse adaptation mechanism of our eyes works, the weaker our eyes become, our body and our brains lacking beneficial solar energy.
Another reason for the love of dark glasses is the fear of wrinkles. The more we are afraid of sunlight and consider it harmful to the eyes, the more we squint and frown when we suddenly find ourselves in the light.
It is clear that our overworked and overstrained from prolonged work and incorrect visual use of the eye is painful perceive such external stimulus. But is the sun to blame?
How did the fashion for dark glasses appeared?
Let's go back to the reasons for photophobia. In my opinion, one of the main reasons for photophobia are fashion, and then the belief imposed on us that light harmful to the eyes. It seems to me that the phenomenon of the influence of fashion on people was especially pronounced with movies and television etc., Where popular actor appeared on the screen or went on stage wearing dark glasses. Maybe this person decided to change his image, or maybe he just wanted to hide the consequences of a stormy sleepless night, but not because of uncomfortable reaction to bright spotlights.
Of course, hundreds and thousands of his fans wanted to follow the example of his idol. The demand for dark glasses has skyrocketed, which, as you know, gives rise to a proposal. But not just satisfy demand, and pay back the costs with a profit, you need to expand production and, accordingly, the need for a product. How? Very simple.
The myth that light is bad for the eyes needs to be created and spread among the population. As a result, alarmists from medicine, as well as traders and advertisers for their own benefits convinced people that sunlight has harmful radiation and spreading panic between people.
Aldous Huxley in his book "How to correct vision" writes: "This not true, but if you believe that sunlight is harmful and wear glasses, then causing your eyes the same harm as if this delusion is really true. "
Bright light is unpleasant only for tired eyes
“Observe people with photophobia who suddenly pushed out into a bright light. What grimaces, what frowning eyebrows! They know the sun is bad for them. Spawned by the false persuasion, fear of the light expresses itself physically in the form tense and completely abnormal state of the sensory apparatus. Instead of taking in sunlight with ease and bliss, the eyes are tormented by discomfort and developing thanks to a fear of tissue inflammation.
If you have no fear of the light, but nevertheless you suffer from it exposure means you are simply using your eyes incorrectly. Overexploited and overstressed under conditions artificial light sources, the eyes are simply not capable of normal react to external irritators. Bright light is unpleasant only for tired eyes.