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What do you perceive in your field of vision when you close your eyes to sleep?
Total darkness and nothing else
30%
 30%  [ 3 ]
Dull gray color and nothing else
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Dark background and occasional sparks or stars
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Dark background and occasional dull colors
10%
 10%  [ 1 ]
Dark background, sparks, and dull colors
20%
 20%  [ 2 ]
Dark background, sparks, and vivid colors
40%
 40%  [ 4 ]
Total Votes : 10

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skittleseer

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Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 8
Visual Perception When Trying to Fall Asleep
Posted: 03-06-06 16:46pm

When your mind is clear of all thought, what do you your eyes perceive when you close your eyes at night? Remember that your mind must be clear of all thought and excludes external visual stimuli (tv, lamp or nite lite on, etc.) and headache-related visual anomalies (aurora, etc.).
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midwest

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Posted: 03-31-06 14:02pm

Except if im drunk than I see stars and feel like im spinning. Like a rollercoaster
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jimic

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Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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Location: WI, US
Hmm Heres a Better Question
Posted: 04-04-06 22:42pm

Well maybe not better, but what would you rather see? For me it would be total darkness
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Naixius

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Joined: 18 Feb 2006
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Posted: 04-08-06 10:37am

For me, that was totally dark but sometimes, there are flash or some white hole moving when I closed my eye. Sometimes, there will be kinds of colors water moving.. So strange.
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christa84

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Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 61
Location: FL

Posted: 04-08-06 19:55pm

I see sparks and bright colors... It's hard for me to fall asleep, but then again I have post concussion syndrome, so it's probably from the migraines that come with that. I hope it doesn't become a long term thing.
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skittleseer

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Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 8
Reply to Jimic
Posted: 07-20-06 22:36pm

I would love to see total darkness! The only thing is, I see quite the opposite (check out "i see skittles" in this forum). Using this poll, i'm just trying to get an idea of how many other people out there have the same problem I do. Doctors say that it is definitely not normal.
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