Are Glasses Good For Our Eyes?

Fully half the population in America wears needs some sort of help to see clearly -- glasses or contact lenses. These artificial lenses will temporarily improve your vision, but there is a price to pay. Eyeglasses and  contact lenses can never truly fix your vision problems. They will help with the symptoms of your eye problems, but do not cure the actual ailment.

The primary dilemma with artificial lenses is they teach you bad habits, and allow your eyes to work improperly. You are forced to become dependent on the lenses, and your eyes will never heal. If you can teach your eyes to be more relaxed, the need for glasses and lenses go away completely.

A significant cause of eye ailments is mental stress and strain on the eyes. The key is to learn how to avoid strain in the first place. Of course, this is not always possible, so developing new habits to handle strain is the next step.

Another big problem with artificial lenses is finding the right prescription. Have you ever received your lenses only to find that they no longer corrected your vision accurately? The eyes are constantly changing.

Several  things factor into how well you can see -- weather, health, mood, distractions, and outside stressors all play a part in your vision. When it’s warm and sunny outside our moods are normally better and so is our vision.

It is impossible for a doctor to find the perfect prescription. If you go to the doctor when you are in a bad mood and its dark and rainy out, your prescription will reflect this. When it’s sunny and bright, the same lenses may not work at all..

Experiment for a few weeks and see what happens. You may be surprised at the results. Of course things may be out of focus at first, but once your eyes start to adjust to a life without artificial lenses things will become clearer. The trick is to make sure you are free of excessive mental strain. Try some relaxation techniques and rest your eyes when things start to get tense.

Wearing artificial lenses can make our eyes lazy and teach us bad habits. Focus on fixing the problem of mental strain and your vision may improve.

Improving Your Vision - A New Way of Learning

Eye strain is one of the most common vision problems. Excessive mental strain usually brings about eye strain and if prolonged, can cause the eyes permanent damage. Sometimes, bad habits start from childhood during the primary school years. These bad habits carry over into adulthood and cause cumulative damage to the eyes.

Have you ever noticed how young children have a natural curiosity to learn new things? If you ask any four-year-old child if they are excited for school and the answer is almost always yes. Ask the same question of a middle or high school student, and they will moan at the thought of returning for another school year.

Why such a massive difference between the two age groups? School often requires children to spend hours each day memorizing things that don’t interest them. Any subject that is mentally boring causes more concentration and the eyes to strain. Not every school is the same, but children are often forced to memorize and learn things in an tedious way.

The eyes strain when forced to concentrate on images that don’t hold interest. Just as rows of numbers on a spreadsheet at work arent going to interest all employees, mathematics, science, and English won’t interest every student. This doesn’t mean that have a boring subject should be thrown out the window. It just means there needs to be a change in how children are educated.

The Bates Method was discovered by Dr. William Bates, a famous eye doctor. He put together a large, poster-sized card covered in common shapes and letters recognizable to most school age children.

The card was hung at the front on the classroom and offered the students something to look at when they were feeling weary or overwhelmed. Its purpose was to give the children a chance to relax their eyes. Looking at new material puts strain on the eyes, but familiar objects allow the eyes to relax.

Remember – bad habits learned in childhood tend to follow us through life. Teaching children not to strain their eyes from a young age will help keep their vision sharp for years to follow.