You mean this isn't what everybody sees??

I'm only just now learning about this?

I made a joke to my mom yesterday saying how "I'll just stare at the ceiling dots then" and she looked at me like I was crazy. I literally assumed my whole life it was something everybody saw and nobody mentioned, that it's just how vision worked.

Her confusion when I tried to explain led me into researching and coming across this, and from the pictures people made to recreate how it looks to the way yall describe it, I have zero doubt in my mind it's what I'm experiencing.

But coming to terms with the fact what I thought was normal for everyone isn't is really overwhelming. Like I was actually crying trying to explain to her and that I wasn't just going crazy. I still can't wrap my head around the fact most people don't see the wiggly dots on everything, like how tf does the world look to people??

She asked why I never said anything about it sooner and looking back on my childhood I actually did. I have a vivid childhood memory of telling some adult around me that "I could see air" referring to what I now know is visual static, only to be told I'm just seeing the dust in the air. I just took that at face value and never questioned it and thought that's always what I've been seeing.

It's not like it's debilitating and I often tune it out, I dont even think about it most of the time, plus I've had it my whole life so it's not like ive ever known anything different.

Anyways sorry this is long, it's just so overwhelming and crazy to learn and I really had wanted to share how I found out that I have visual static