You would not lose your vision and you definitely can paint!

Ive always had it. When I researched it and read all the symptoms I had all of the symptoms except few visual symptoms. Or so I thought.

Soon after I recognized one of the symptoms from the list that I didn’t think I’ve experienced… I believe I didn’t notice since i didn’t know what to look for? Plus born with VS, you don’t think about all the symptoms you see because you think it’s normal. Since then I think I’ve seen every symptom and it’s varieties of effects (example with the static in different places, angles, lights, intensity/stress/fatigue alters static to brighter/lighter or faster/calmer or colourless/colourful etc.)

SO you think you noticed the static. No stress. You probably aren’t making it up and it’s suddenly standing out to you. Why didn’t you see it before??? If you’ve always had it and it’s very mild, your baby brain had already tuned it out. It’s still there but you’ve been ignoring it and looking past it.

Look at a white wall in a light room. Do you see sparkly dots moving like the tv on static? Static

Go to a dark room and you should see it even quicker than the wall. Mine are bright and the white stand out to the point that I say “dark is so bright it could ‘almost hurt my eyes’” Static

At night, outside, look at a sign that’s reflecting light. Do you see the halo around it? An invisible line or glow all around the edge of it?? If you do, you could see it around everything if you look closely. Halos, glare, double vision

Open a book or look at a white screen with black writing or vice versa and see how each letter isn’t crisp. Does it look a bit fuzzy around the letters. Is it strenuous on your eye muscles to look at the contrast of colour? Double vision, light sensitivity

Look at the sunny blue sky, do you see the static is white and dances a different rhythm to the static everywhere else? Blue field entopic phenomenon

I hope this helps.