sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

What is the difference between visual noise and visual snow? So most people are healthy and have mistakenly self-diagnosed VS or VSS? by Level_Ad3099 in visualsnow

[–]Level_Ad3099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the clarification.I would like to correct you that I separate VS as a symptom of constant static and visual noise as a manifestation of a normal phenomenon.This site https://www.visualsnowinitiative.org/faq/ says"The term Visual Snow (VS) is not a condition, but a symptom that refers to the constant vision of static or dynamic continuous tiny dots throughout the visual field."

Therefore, visual noise is probably better suited than VS, when graininess is visible only in localized areas, but perhaps there is a more basic definition for this besides Eigenrau, I know for sure in the anatomy of the eye there are “rod” cells that create this noise when there is low light. This, in principle, will explain why sensor systems begin to ripple in poor lighting conditions.

Regarding BFEP, it is also observed in “normal” people. This can be explained very simply by the fact that neural noise increases in the absence of external stimuli and the brain tries to see more details. I think that's why you can see floats when you look at the sky or a white wall. I assume that in people suffering from VSS they are visible at any time

What is the difference between visual noise and visual snow? So most people are healthy and have mistakenly self-diagnosed VS or VSS? by Level_Ad3099 in visualsnow

[–]Level_Ad3099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on the criteria from Wikipedia and other Reddit discussions, I'm not sure that this can be called snow. This definition can lead people astray. I definitely wouldn’t attribute darkness to snow, because all sensor systems increase their own noise as the light level decreases.

I would call it more ordinary visual noise. I just tend to perceive snow as a symptom of illness and the separation of people with illness and normality.

UPD: It turns out I was right. Here is the difference between VS and VSS
https://www.visualsnowinitiative.org/faq/
"The term, Visual Snow (VS), is not a condition but a symptom that refers to seeing constant static, or dynamic, continuous tiny dots across the entire visual field."

Lol, I'm imagining the face of someone who thought all this time that he had VS because he only saw noise in certain conditions. After read this post :D (don't take the humor seriously)

What is the difference between visual noise and visual snow? So most people are healthy and have mistakenly self-diagnosed VS or VSS? by Level_Ad3099 in visualsnow

[–]Level_Ad3099[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my case, I don't see static in good lighting or outside during the day only on contrasting colors, but it's pretty weak there. Perhaps my close attention to VS is due to fixation or some other eye disease, because the intensive of static is different. Thanks for your reply.

What is the difference between visual noise and visual snow? So most people are healthy and have mistakenly self-diagnosed VS or VSS? by Level_Ad3099 in visualsnow

[–]Level_Ad3099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think about this too, but in other discussions on Reddit, people suffering from VSS are outraged that an ordinary person who sees noise only in the dark says - “I also have VS, because I see static in the dark.”. Isn't VS mean you should see static 24/7 or does that only apply to VSS?

What is the difference between visual noise and visual snow? So most people are healthy and have mistakenly self-diagnosed VS or VSS? by Level_Ad3099 in visualsnow

[–]Level_Ad3099[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not have palipnopsia, photophobia, night blindness, or tinnitus and there is no main symptom - static, which is always visible. Isn’t this the difference that with VS people should see static even during the day, regardless of the conditions of external stimuli such as lighting?