Dear @nikv, I know well how you feel. The neglect and taunting by my parents as a child, and even today, left lasting physical damage on my body and my health. And this considering that most of the people in my family are doctors! Over time, I learned to simply take care alone of myself, relying on the medical instinct I have inherited from them. And the last thing I learned is to just not share anything with them so as not to give them reasons for further ridicule.
I truly hope the glasses will solve the 'coordination' problem and I wish you a wonderful enjoyment of life from now on!
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Thank you! I got the call to collect them this afternoon and the world is so much clearer and detailed than before. I also realised now that my depth perception has never been accurate at all - the floor is so much nearer than I used to see it.
So strange: My parents were also in medical fields! Yes, I also became as you describe and it's been difficult for me to learn to trust others
The thing with the proximity of the floor is because of the glasses. I also have astigmatism and never learned to wear glasses while walking. I always felt like I was going to trip because I couldn't judge distances and how close the step of the stairs or the curb of the sidewalk was to me.
My astigmatism rather means that without glasses I can't judge how straight or crooked a horizontal line is,for example, but it definitely doesn't cause me to lose coordination (while without glasses). So, I really hope your case will be resolved just with glasses and you will feel comfortable with them.
It's interesting how different people's eyes are. I'm walking fine with the glasses and it feels like my better awareness of the floor remains even with them off. It's no wonder I used to fall so much