What I see when I close my eyes

Don't worry, those weird patterns you see with your eyes closed are real

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The only people who never see phosphenes are people who have been blind since birth. Researchers have also been studying ways to trigger phosphenes in blind patients to try and figure out a way to potentially restore their vision. If scientists can use technology to make the blind see phosphenes, perhaps they can use similar technology make them see real images. So next time you crawl into bed, close your eyes and admire the phosphenes. Now that you can appreciate the visual effects in a whole new way, you can just lay back and enjoy the show.

Hanneke Weitering is a lifelong physics fanatic from Knoxville, Tennessee. While pursuing a B. Afterwards she joined the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she wrote features about research being performed on the Kraken and Nautilus supercomputers. I recently had cataract surgery and my natural lenses were replaced by manufactured ones. I see a blank screen at night.

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I sort of miss it, because I enjoyed watching the colors morph and dance around. I hope it can return one day.

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My mother who just recently started meditating is seeing different colored lights making beautiful patterns. Some lights just pass across swiftly, appear, hide and reappear. It never happened with her before meditation.

I guess they are not just phosphenes. My father who just recently started pleasing himself and he really enjoys it, he strokes it in different beautiful patterns. Some white light looking particles materialize swiftly appear and then his ding hides.

It never used to happen before he started touching himself. They coincide I believe. These Purple spots I experience quite often. When I finished I was struck with a florescent white warm pillowiewhite light. I focused on that purple seeing it turn into a flying light that from there turned into a reddish Heart. When that red appeared I dropped and this is where it gets a little weird, I deopped into a different realm and was presented in front of a being with an ever changing face asking me what I would like to know.

Keep in mind I do not do drugs nor any hallucinagens. I believe this has to do with frequencies of the brain. I wish there were more studies to this matter instead of being non believing and calling it just a biological science or neural for that matter. If anyone would like to contact me my email is above I would love to hear your theory or experience.

Also if you have any questions. Btw this experience is apparently called to the Hindu religion Samadhi. Please contact if there is any questions or comments. No offense but it seems the doctors do not have a serious backing of an answer. That exposes the colors of the otherwise gray geometric pattern.

Closed-eye hallucination

Usually I see blue and yellow, but I saw some pink last night, and when I focused on the color, the color stayed and grew in that area. I discovered the lights during meditation. I can see them anytime I close my eyes. Then, I can still see them when I reopen my eyes in the dark. At first I saw only white, but now I see red, blue, orange and purple. I see phosphates all the time with eyes open or closed. For a number of years.

Why Do I See Patterns When I Close My Eyes?

Is there anything that can change this since they affect my reading and driving? I think this may be a subject of study were we can find links between spirituality and understanding the science behind it. The belief that each of the seven chakra points in our body manifest the emotions that we feel is a purely subjective feeling which only you can experience.

Your email address will not be published. Blogs Why do we see colors with our eyes closed? Those mysterious blobs and patterns that bedazzle the backs of your eyelids are no illusion. Phosphenes can appear as geometric patterns as well as random spots of color. In fact, this constant activity can create splashes of colour or patterns that can change quite randomly.

The frequency, duration and types of effects can all be affected by which neurons are being stimulated at any given time. These phosphenes can be heightened by all kinds of everyday stimuli, such as an intense sneeze, hearty laughter, coughing, blowing your nose or standing up too quickly. Other factors such as low blood pressure or low oxygen intake can increase the visual show even further, and certain drugs like LSD can take it off the scale.

Another way to induce a charge of activity is to apply some light pressure on the eyelids when closed. This pressure triggers a different pattern of light activity and, all of a sudden, a whole new light show can be induced in a fraction of a second because the brain believes it is seeing a form of light. This happens either through chemical use or a form of meditation. Phosphenes are a combination of mechanical, electrical or magnetic stimulation that, even though they are considered a phenomenon, are very real.

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