FFXIV Confessions

[goob]

I haven't seen a doctor, but I am kind of scared I have a retinal tear in my right eye. Maybe not, maybe it's something minor, my eye has been sore for the past few days, when I resubbed to FFXIV a couple days ago, and started playing again, this game, out of everything I do has been giving me the worst eye pain. I did a Copied Factory run, the other day, all the small movements with my eye, looking around the screen, people to heal etc. my eye has been killing me. Still healing anyway, but I can only play for short-mid periods, and not high intensity without getting eye pain. Actually, I still get eye pain, it's just not as bad when I am not moving my eyes around too much.

Kind of sucks. Hard to heal while in pain.

I've never heard of pain associated with a retinal tear or even a detachment. If you do some Google searches you'll see that pain isn't a symptom. My dad had retinal tears and had no pain. I had a partial retinal detachment years ago and had to have surgery where they cut open my eye. The pain after that was excruciating for a few weeks even with prescription pain meds.

If you had tears you'd see changes in your vision that you hadn't seen days earlier, such as flashes of light or dark areas. If you had a partial detachment you'd see a dark area that keeps getting larger, blocking your vision within days if you don't do anything about it.

Sounds to me like you have something very different. If you aren't staring at the screen for a few days does the pain lessen?

[SturmChurro]

I've never heard of pain associated with a retinal tear or even a detachment. If you do some Google searches you'll see that pain isn't a symptom. My dad had retinal tears and had no pain. I had a partial retinal detachment years ago and had to have surgery where they cut open my eye. The pain after that was excruciating for a few weeks even with prescription pain meds.

If you had tears you'd see changes in your vision that you hadn't seen days earlier, such as flashes of light or dark areas. If you had a partial detachment you'd see a dark area that keeps getting larger, blocking your vision within days if you don't do anything about it.

Sounds to me like you have something very different. If you aren't staring at the screen for a few days does the pain lessen?

I have seen flashes of light, no vision loss however, just very sore, and bloodshot on the sides of the eye. I really hope it isn't a tear.

Well the pain just started a few days ago, but it got progressively worse after like the second day. Rather, It started out, like discomfort, then after about two days it became sore, and the more I stare at the screen and move my eyes the more it hurts. Anything I actually do with my right eye hurts, but FFXIV in particular gives me the worst eye pain, and the quickest to get to that point. For example, I can watch a tv show, or play a game like Warhammer 2 Total War, and play that for hours until it ends up actually really hurting. Playing this game, it hits me within 30 minutes to an hour. Especially when I am doing something like Copied Factory. I still remember exactly where I was, I was on copied factory, last boss, healing on my whm, and all the movement, and players getting hit by things all over the map just killed me. I had to cup my right eye with my left hand, or try to keep it closed to lessen the pain. I was effectively playing with only one eye.

I'm no doctor or medical student, I suppose it could be a hemorrhage, or allergies, sinus infection, I don't know. It just really sucks, I resub to this game, and I can't even really play it. When I go to sleep, and wake up, the eye pain is very much lessened, until I start using my right eye again.

[Theodric]

Obviously take every bit of advice you get online with a pinch of salt, though that sounds similar to an issue that affected a family member of mine. In their case it turned out to be an issue with eye pressure. It sounds like something that should be investigated by a medical professional either way just to be on the safe side, especially with how valuable eyesight is in general.

[Rasikko]

I haven't seen a doctor, but I am kind of scared I have a retinal tear in my right eye. Maybe not, maybe it's something minor, my eye has been sore for the past few days, when I resubbed to FFXIV a couple days ago, and started playing again, this game, out of everything I do has been giving me the worst eye pain. I did a Copied Factory run, the other day, all the small movements with my eye, looking around the screen, people to heal etc. my eye has been killing me. Still healing anyway, but I can only play for short-mid periods, and not high intensity without getting eye pain. Actually, I still get eye pain, it's just not as bad when I am not moving my eyes around too much.

Kind of sucks. Hard to heal while in pain.

It may be minor and it may not be. I implore you to see a doctor at least for a checkup. I did this for myself a few years ago after I had a big "eye" scare. Nearing 40, my eyes are undergoing changes I was not quite "ready" for heh, like increase of floaters(a possible sign of detachment, to which my check up did not reveal such).

After reading further posts, yes you should go see one. I sat/sitting on a lot things wrong with me XD, but my eye sight I don't mess around with.

Lessening the amount of time you stare at your screen may help in the mean time.. Computer screens do put stress on the eyes because we don't blink as much.

[Awful]

Back in SB in Orbonne when it first came out I had some tanks who didn't wanna tank so aggro was ping ponging like crazy from trash till Mustadio where 3 dps died because no one wanted to tank.

We get to Agrias and I'm on RDM, I pull threat and get marked with the huge red marker on my head and she turns around kills everyone. After that everyone yelled at the tanks for not tanking, I could have used Diversion or Lucid but I wanted to pew pew.

I felt pretty guilty as people left the raid which lead to a vote abandon, people started saying the tanks killed em which is partially true but man wiping a whole alliance raid is better than getting an ultra kill.

[Ceridwenae]

I have seen flashes of light, no vision loss however, just very sore, and bloodshot on the sides of the eye. I really hope it isn't a tear.

Well the pain just started a few days ago, but it got progressively worse after like the second day. Rather, It started out, like discomfort, then after about two days it became sore, and the more I stare at the screen and move my eyes the more it hurts. Anything I actually do with my right eye hurts, but FFXIV in particular gives me the worst eye pain, and the quickest to get to that point. For example, I can watch a tv show, or play a game like Warhammer 2 Total War, and play that for hours until it ends up actually really hurting. Playing this game, it hits me within 30 minutes to an hour. Especially when I am doing something like Copied Factory. I still remember exactly where I was, I was on copied factory, last boss, healing on my whm, and all the movement, and players getting hit by things all over the map just killed me. I had to cup my right eye with my left hand, or try to keep it closed to lessen the pain. I was effectively playing with only one eye.

I'm no doctor or medical student, I suppose it could be a hemorrhage, or allergies, sinus infection, I don't know. It just really sucks, I resub to this game, and I can't even really play it. When I go to sleep, and wake up, the eye pain is very much lessened, until I start using my right eye again.

Sounds like it might be anything from eye strain to an infection. Could even just be a bit of grit you need to wash out. Whatever it is, you need to get yourself to a doctor pronto and get assistance. If you need to wait for a doctor to become available, consider reducing or avoiding screens of any sort altogether (take it easy and listen to an audiobook, using a gentle, warm cloth compress on your eye (but ensure you boil wash it afterwards in case of infection). If it's sunny outside, consider sunglasses. Hope it gets well for you soon.

[Sheli54]

My confession ... I always bullied Miqo'te girls, I didn't like them, said they all are the same ...
And one day I used a fantasia and became Miqo'te for two months. YES I was jealous, that's all !! D:

[monk-dps]

My confession ... I always bullied Miqo'te girls, I didn't like them, said they all are the same ...
And one day I used a fantasia and became Miqo'te for two months. YES I was jealous, that's all !! D:

Everyone is pretty much the same cause the CC is limited as hell. :c

[Wolfsbane706]

It took me renewing my sub in Shadowbringers to start slinging AoE spells on groups as SMN. I always always always used single-target until someone in an FC I was in mentioned using AoE spells (that by virtue of the dungeon we were in I didn't have access to at the time). As soon as I was able to, I started slinging AoEs anytime there was more than two enemies.

Also, I'm afraid to do Expert as anything other than DPS.

[KatieConnr]

I spend more time in FFXIV than the real world...