I used to think anxiety was just nervous energy—like being a little tense before a presentation or jittery during turbulence on a flight. But over time, I realized that what I was experiencing wasn’t just nerves. It was anxiety on a deeper level, the kind that starts to interfere with daily life, relationships, even decisions…
It’s strange how anxiety can sneak up on you. I remember standing in line at a grocery store, heart racing, palms sweaty, convinced something awful was about to happen. Nothing did. But the feeling lingered. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed for no clear reason, you’re not alone—and chances are, anxiety has touched your life too….
It started out like any other winter cold — stuffy nose, body aches, the usual. But then came the fever, spiking well above 102°F, and something strange happened. As I lay in bed, trying to rest, these tiny, squiggly shadows drifted across my vision. I blinked. Rubbed my eyes. But they were still there. Floaters….
If you’ve ever noticed those annoying little specks, threads, or cobweb-like shapes drifting across your vision after an eye injection, you’re not alone. I remember sitting on my couch a day after my third anti-VEGF injection, staring at the ceiling, wondering if I was imagining the dark squiggly thing in my right eye. Spoiler: I…
If you’re like me—someone who’s always squinting at mysterious little specs drifting through your vision—you’ve probably asked yourself at some point: “Is this just getting older, or is something deeper going on?” In my case, I brushed it off until my optometrist casually mentioned Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. That moment sent me down a rabbit hole of…
So here’s something that caught me off guard — after starting hormonal birth control, I noticed weird floaty specks in my vision. At first, I thought it was just my eyes being tired from screen time. But those shadowy wisps didn’t go away. If you’ve ever caught yourself squinting at the air trying to “catch”…
For years, I didn’t think much about those squiggly, drifting shadows in my vision. I chalked them up to just “eye gunk” or maybe too much screen time. But then I started wondering—could my smoking habit be making them worse? I dug in, talked to my eye doctor, and what I found honestly surprised me….
For years, I chalked up those tiny squiggly shadows in my vision to just being tired or spending too much time on screens. But when I was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), things started to click. Eye floaters had shown up before any major symptoms did, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that maybe—just…
It started with a sudden shower of dark specs drifting across my vision—like someone had shaken a snow globe full of black ash. I blinked, rubbed my eyes, even splashed my face, thinking maybe I was just tired. But the floaters didn’t go away. A dull ache set in, and something told me this wasn’t…