For people who have eye floaters and get used to them please share me your story, it will help me so much.

[feren]

I'm 21 years old not pregnant, try searching the internet about eye floater positive stories and mumsnet appears. I have eye floater from March 2019, only in the right eye, and really annoying, I feel my life has no meaning. Already check to optician and he said its only floater dont need to worry. Don't know if my reaction is too severe or anything. But really felt very desperate, i search on google they said in only apppear on older people but im just 21??!! Really make me sad and sad :( I see a black line, maybe there are 2-3 long lines, and some spots always move every time I move my eyes. Very depressed. Sometimes feeling life has no meaning because every day I cry and despair. I dont know people who has them and feel im alone in this, in my family only me who has this eye floater. Please for anyone who has an eye floater and is used to them and is not bothered at all please tell me your story, please comment to give me hope that I can too. The stories from you will definitely help me a lot, please share your stories, IT WILL HELP ME A LOT!! And please no negative stories, only positive ones !! Thankyouu . 

[feren]

Hi all! I just want to give an update to all of you that im doing really fine now. Yes to this day i still have floaters and its been a year , just like you all have said , i dont really notice them anymore , and they dont bother me so much as first i started having them. Sometimes i still get annoyed by them but its really not often, maybe just like 1 or 2 times a day. So to anyone who just started having floaters, please calm down , you can see how anxious i am at this thread , you can see how i am feeling desperate but now floaters is really not so annoying anymore, you guys will also learn to ignore them and see them less just like me

[feren]

@underneaththeash
Thankyou for replying.
Yes, i think im over anxious about them. But they really pissed me off. My sister have a plan to take me to go to travelling and i rejected it cause im to afraid to be under sunlight and then notice the floaters again. Do you can ignore them under bright sunlight? Mine really too noticeable under bright sunlight.

@thisisthetime
Thnkyou for replying.
Yes, i have thought before maybe i need to go to see a doctor if i cant handle this anxiety. But i still wanna try to handle it by my self. You dont notice your floaters under bright sunlight? How can you ignore them? Still cant see how can i stop being bothered by them.

[thisisthetime]

I’ve had floaters forever. They don’t bother me. I have one big one which is a cluster of dots with a curved line underneath. Then a few smaller dogs. I also have more serious medical problems that actually affect my day to day life. I’m not trying to minimise your upset but please try to put it in perspective. You’ve said yourself you can’t actually see them most of the time. I would try to forget about them and remind yourself that they won’t affect the enjoyment of your life at all. If you can’t then you may need to see a doctor for anxiety.

[underneaththeash]

Feren - I find that patients often benefit from a course of yoga/relaxation.
We can see floaters very easily during an eye exam and People who are very bothered about them do often have generalised anxiety.

Floaters are very, very common. I reckon I have around 60 and yes, you’ll notice them more on a white/uniform coloured background.

If you’ve had them checked and they’re not due to anything sinister then do just try and ignore them.

[feren]

@Kam610
Hi, thankyou for replying again!
Yes maybe im too focused on my eye. Its still so new for me only 4 months. I really hope i can ignore them like you do and dont get panicked about them anymore.

[Kam610]

Yes I see them under bright sunlight too. I think because I know they are totally harmless I have learnt to ignore them. You are thinking about them too much and they are always on your mind, so you aren't able to ignore them. As time goes on you will learn to live with it. When I do take notice of mine it's for about 5 minutes and then I forget about them again. It's almost as if I can't see them unless I try to focus on them

[feren]

@Kam610
Hi, thankyou for replying!
I do notice them when im seeing white background, computer screen or white paper and thought as time goes by i could ignore them. But if im outside and under bright sunlight i really see them so much, they are too noticeable do you notice them under bright sunlight? And how can you learn to ignore them?

[feren]

@Icedlatte
Hi, thankyou for replying!
When they first appear, do you feel annoyed by them? I dont understand how i can ignore them and not think about them when i see them particulary under bright sunlight they are so noticeable, the black lines and dots keep moving everytime i moves my eyes. Do they dont bother you anymore now? Have you get used to them now?

[Kam610]

I've had floaters for as long as I can remember. Even in childhood. My optician told me it's just little dirt particles that get stuck at the back of your eye and they should eventually disappear. But I have obviously just continued to get new ones. They do not bother me at all. I don't even notice them unless I am thinking about it or looking at a bright background. I reckon I have about 5 or 6 spots over both eyes. Do not panic. You will be fine and you will eventually learn to ignore them

[feren]

@BadgeronaMoped
Hi thankyou for replying!
Yes, maybe its matter of time i guess. That's what im feeling right now, whenever i noticed them and think they are horrible i started to think oh i never will get used to them, why i get them, they are so annoying, and think more and analyze more and make me even sad. Me too hated and afraid being outside under bright sunlight, everytime before leaving house i always thought oh im gonna see the floaters again and i started to pitying my self for having this annoying floaters. And when im feeling down, i started to cry again, feel upset again. Its really ditressing, and i hope i can get better soon. Story from you guys really make me became a little more positive now.

[Icedlatte]

Morning Feren, just like you, I first noticed floaters in my early 20s.
I went to the optician worried something was wrong, and she laughed and said it's a totally normal part of aging.

Your brain learns to ignore them, so that you will no longer see them unless you think about it or sometimes you will notice them on white backgrounds and then forget about them again for weeks or months. Just as your brain doesn't notice your nose in the way until you think about it, this is the same.

[BadgeronaMoped]

I really did hate them when they first started appearing but I've lived with them so long now that they're just a part of me.
So no, when I do notice them (happens briefly most days) they no longer annoy me. It took time to get used to them and I really didn't believe I would at first. I like being outside as there are so many shadows and textures that I only spot the floaters if I look up at the sky.

[feren]

Once again i wanna to thank you all , for sparing yours time telling me yours positive story. Its really really help me A LOT! To know somebody in same position with me and can get used to floaters and even learn to ignore them. It really give me hope that i also can. Thankyou guys, i really appreciate it.

[feren]

@Wintersnowdrop @Missingthesea
Yes, thankyou guys for your time. I do belive now that i can learn to ignore them too. If you guys can, why i cant?

[Missingthesea]

Yes, I have had floaters since I was young, sometimes fewer, sometimes more. I just ignore them. They really are nothing to be anxious about

[Wintersnowdrop]

Hi, I notice mine less now. Just sitting in the garden at the moment, and noticed them because I’m thinking about them and your question. But usually I ignore them. Hopefully you will learn to ignore it too.

[feren]

(StrongTea)
So do yours floaters get less now? What you have been doing to help lessen yours floaters?

[StrongTea]

He definitely said can go away. He gave me a leaflet as well so you will find info on line.

[feren]

(chunk14)
How is your floater look like? Lines or cobweb? Yes, i notice them so much under bright sunlight and really irritating.

(StrongTea)
Are you sure they can go away? Cause my doctor said mostly they wont go away, there will be there forever but said i will adapt to them , but now i still notice them most of the time.

[feren]

(BagderonaMoped)
Thankyou, thats really reassuring. Do you notice them under bright sunlight? Mine tend to become more prominent under bright sunlight and its really annoying. When you noticed them, do you still bothered by them?

(oblomov19)
Yes, i have read from google that older people mostly get them. But im only 21?!! And already having them, it really make me sad

(Wintersnowdrop)
So, do you now have learn to ignore them and dont get annoyed by them anymore?

(ExpletiveDelighted)
But i dont know any person who have them, and i thought its only me. Do you have lots of floater? Mine are really annoy me so much.

[feren]

Thankyou for all of the response. The response from you guys is really reassuring and make me even more sure that i can learn to ignore my floater too. Im from indonesia and cant speak english fluently, im sorry if my english sounds weird

[StrongTea]

I have one in my left eye. The more you think about it the more you notice it. Optician said can take a few years to go away. Daughter also has one. Just a bit of a nuisance really.

[chunk14]

I've had them since I was a teenager. Had a special eye check to rule out any problems. You get used to them after a while. Barely notice now unless its really sunny.

[feren]

(VirginiaCreeper)
Do you notice them under sunlight? They become really really prominent when im under bright sunlight, and when i move my they also move and its really irritating! i really hope i can ignore them ASAP.

(Missingthesea)
I really hope i can play with my floater too. Do you also have floater? Have you get used to them now?

(Woombleish)
Yes, i know they are not dangerous. But i always feel sad, thinking about not being able to see clean again forever makes me really sad. No, i dont have anxiety about anything else. I only get anxious about my floater, i also always worrying what if they get worse, everyday i worry and fear. Before floater came, i really was a person who was very relax and not easily worried. But now i know you guys can ignore the floaters, i became sure i could too.

[feren]

(DemelzaP)
maybe its new to me so it annoy me so much, only 4 months for me. How is your floater look like? Lines? Dots? Do you see them under sunlight? You dont get annoyed by them?

(EggWrap)
Yes, my doctor said there is nothing to worry. But dont know why im so anxios about them, everytime i notice them i feel sad immediately , is there anything wrong with me? :( i really want to enjoy life again, actually im a cheerfull person, but since floater came, i became so gloomy
everyday.

(Birdsdestiny)
So you don’t get annoyed by them anymore? Have you learn to ignore them? Actually I have talked to my friend, my family how I feel , but they just don’t understand what im talking about, whenever I explain about floaters, they were confused and had no idea. I don't have an acquaintance who has a floater, so I feeling like im alone.

(Ribbibie)
I also hope I can ignore them! How long it take for you to ignore them? Under sunlight they are really prominent and I don’t understand how can I ignore them cause everytime I move my eyes they also move and really annoy me so much.