I've been spending an indecent amount of time online lately, and I've noticed that I'm starting to get headaches, my eyes hurt, and my vision blurs sporadically. This isn't a one-time occurrence; it's happened a lot recently, and I suspect it will only get worse as I get into the swing of school, as I tend to do the majority of my schoolwork online. I usually only use my device on night mode and with obscenely low screen brightness levels, so that's not the issue. I imagine that the issue stems from me spending at least 5 hours a day on a screen with little time outdoors this summer. I'm not gonna sacrifice my physical health to maintain an online presence, so I'll be taking a break. I'll return in a while! Thank you for reading and understanding ^^
[Update, August 27th] Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words and wishes, I'm so sorry but I don't have time to reply to everyone. My eyes sadly aren't doing much better; it hurts to look too far to the side, and my IRL friends have noticed that I've been turning my head to look places instead of rotating my eyes. However, they've stopped constantly aching :) They sting a lot when I look at screens, so I've been using very low screen brightness as well as constant night mode and dark mode. Hopefully with time it gets better and I'm able to come back fully :) When I do come back though, please don't expect as frequent postings as I did this summer lol. I really worked myself to the bone with drawing, and while I still love drawing, my eyes hurt too much to make it fun for me. Please be mindful of your screen usage! If your eyes start hurting, stop immediately... otherwise you'll end up like me... this hurts quite a lot TT0TT I don't want others to suffer like I am right now. [Update, August 29th] It's the weekend! Today I'm going to try drawing. Probably something nice and easy. If it goes well, I'll try coming back slowly :)
