Sharing my ghosting story.. I’m 14

Hi everyone, I’m a 14 year old girl who’s been experiencing ghosting for over 3 months now. It started off as a faint, fuzzy rim over objects but it gradually worsened until I was seeing overlapping subtitles on the tv, double images of street signs at night and streaky lights if that makes sense. Earlier this year I had my glasses strengthened unnecessarily, and that was giving me headaches and nausea- I wore them all the time and got used to them, but the double vision started to appear a month afterwards. When I went to the opticians’ the first time, they said my eyes looked to be in great condition, and the consequent 3 extra visits (one to a visual therapy/eye alignment clinic) tried to link the issue to my prescription, despite me telling them I thought it was completely unrelated. I did get my glasses lowered but it didn’t change anything, and I got eye drops but they did very little to help.

So without a solution from MEDICAL professionals, I fell into a state of severe anxiety and emotional drain. I couldn’t understand why this was happening, and I still often wake up distressed, my eyes the first thing I think about. It was just so isolating and depressing, it’s hard to ignore something that is literally part of the world you see. But after struggling for a while, I decided that this issue was just taking up too much of my energy, and this Reddit group has been a great source of comfort, telling me that I’m not alone! I’ve tried my best to make peace with it, but my heart goes out to all my fellow ghosters who are fighting this frustrating and depressing battle. If I ever get a solution to this, this page is the first place I’ll share it with, and I’m so grateful for this community 💕 stay strong everyone, we can get through this and support each other together.