Those who think that visual impairments only have physical effects, beware! Vision problems can cause mental and emotional problems as well as physical problems. Visual impairments, which negatively affect life with their psychological as well as physical effects, bring many problems in daily life, from social ties to work concentration, from family problems to lack of individual self-confidence and failure.
Eye health problems such as not being able to see far or near, difficulty in choosing colors, blurred vision can lead to feelings that trigger depression such as tension, anxiety and worry. As a society, we focus only on the effects of visual impairments on the admired ones. However, visual disturbances can negatively affect the comfort of life, as well as cause the development of many ailments felt in the body, from back pain to head and neck pain. In addition to this, probably the most overlooked issue is the psychological effects it creates on individuals.
Mental problems bring along problems as deep as physical effects
, and severe tension can cause visual disturbances. Mentioning that the psychological effects of eye problems should be handled under two headings, Seiko Optik Turkey Eye Health Consultant Opr. Physician Özgür Gözpınar said, ‘The first is mental problems due to eye disease, the second is eye disorders that may occur due to mental issues. If we consider the first cluster, mental effects can be seen in some eye diseases. These effects can range from anxiety, which is in the form of panic attacks or an easy rush disorder, to depression, which results in deeper reluctance and unhappiness. The second cluster occurs in situations such as insomnia, fatigue and tension and causes the formation of Myokimi, popularly known as eye twitching. The advanced form of this is the severe closure of the eyelid, which we call blepharospasm.’ it says in.
If you can’t concentrate properly, you probably don’t see it enough
Emphasizing that visual impairments can have negative effects on work and family life in adults, Gözpınar said, ‘The prerequisite for making a job meaningful, making sense and developing is to concentrate properly on betting. Individuals who have visual impairments and are in working life need a healthy eye function in works such as writing, seeing, reading and reporting
. Seeing what is written properly is two valuable elements that affect understanding, and seeing what is written properly is two valuable elements that affect concentration. The tension created by eye problems is also seen as insomnia, unhappiness and depression
as well as affecting success in the working life again. Eye problems that affect feelings such as lack of self-confidence, sense of failure, tension, haste, anxiety can also lead to feelings that trigger depression.’ said.
Heavy tension causes eye disorders
While visual disorders create psychological effects, mental problems can also cause visual disorders. The retinal disorder we call ‘central serous chorioretinopathy’ is a retinal disorder caused by re-tension and usually develops after stressful events,’ said Özgür Gözpınar. should take into account symptoms such as seeing objects and always increasing the number of glasses. It is especially important for individuals who are depressed or using antidepressant drugs to be examined frequently and to detect eye problems. In addition, eye fatigue due to the use of many electronic devices, allergic conditions such as sensitivity to light and floating points can cause tension in individuals. A decrease in socialization and an increase in the death rate as a result of depression were found in the elderly who were not corrected or corrected properly. Depending on the socio-economic level and individual characteristics of the person, this situation can develop as a series of chain events that can lead to introversion, individual inadequacy and even suicide
. He gave information in the form of ‘senile macular degeneration’, which occurs in and around the vision point due to advanced age, causing depression in the individual with varying degrees of vision loss. Another unknown issue in eye problems is hysterical blindness. Hysterical blindness is when the patient talks about what he cannot see, although there is no physical finding. It is a psychosomatic disease, common in women and young people. Visual hallucinations resulting from the brain’s malfunctioning and recurrent brain tumors
and visions that occur in the aura period before epileptic seizures are visual events originating from psychosomatic disorders.
