100/150 vision in the waking 20/20 dreaming?

[Manifold_Time]

So, I was wondering if your sight is or can be improved while in a dream. My vision is 100/150 near-sighted so I can't see anything very well in the distance. I am sure I can have improved vision in a dream since vision loss is because of a physical abnormality in the eyes, which won't be there in a dream.

[RussianScientist]

In short - yes Im no expert on eye sight, but I certainly have to wear glasses all the time and Im short sighted. For near blind/blind people however. It is quite difficult, it's like saying. Can you describe to an alien what the colour 'yellow' is? It is entirely subjective. If they're used to being blind nearly all of their life, they most likely would find it difficult to read detail, but Id imagine their perception is sharp, but what they're seeing is distorted. If you get me.

[Manifold_Time]

I got you, it's all subjective. I enjoyed your existential signature by the way.

[Amethyst Star]

I have noticed that my vision is better in my dreams, mainly because it's all within my head, mental rather than physical. The last time I ask my optometrist he said I had about 20/400 vision (and my astigmatism is getting worse, I can tell), but everything I notice is clear when I'm asleep.

[Peregrinus]

It probably depends on whether your vision is correctible to 20/20. I've got terrible uncorrected eyesight, but it's correctible to near 20/20 with glasses or contacts. Without my glasses or contacts, I can't even read the top line on an eye chart, but since I spend the majority of my day seeing clearly with my contacts, that good vision carries over into my dreams. If someone has vision which is not correctible to 20/20, they'll have no point of reference for what a world viewed with such ideal eyesight looks like, so although they won't know any better, their dreams will likely be "blurry" by the standards of those who can see 20/20. What's unfortunate is that, although I've always had good dream recall, I can't remember the "sharpness" of my dreams before I started wearing glasses at the age of 10. My vision was pretty crappy even then, but I didn’t know it since it wasn’t corrected (putting me, at that point, in the same situation as those who’s vision is not correctible to 20/20). The sharpness must not have stood out to me, though, which would indicate that those dreams were probably experienced at the same level of visual acuity as the rest of my life at that point (i.e. blurrier than for most other people).

[Asclepius]

Originally posted by Manifold_Time So, I was wondering if your sight is or can be improved while in a dream. My vision is 100/150 near-sighted so I can't see anything very well in the distance. I am sure I can have improved vision in a dream since vision loss is because of a physical abnormality in the eyes, which won't be there in a dream. Absolutely, I wear glasses awake, but never when dreaming I had hoped to use this as an RC, but after 2 months of trying I always forget this RC, others work better for me. The dream clarity and vividness varies for me. Some of my LDs start out dark and fuzzy (like walking around at 3:am in the dark without glasses!), but if keep going clear vision appears. In another LD I was at the beach and everything was incredibly sharp and beautiful.

[zapada]

My eyesight isn't any good either, but I only wear glasses when taking notes off the board in school. All my dreams are as clear as can be, but I notice that most of the things that I do in my dreams are close up (since that's what I can see when I don't wear my glasses).

[xcrissxcrossx]

when im in dreams. i have my glasses on. but if i get LD ill take them off and see what happens.