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How to avoid eye fatigue / eyestrain

 
 
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I highly recommend palming. If you don't watch order flow, you can do that 'between' bars forming.

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A Wired.com article on dealing with eye strain...

The photo they chose to illustrate the problem: A trading room.

https://www.wired.com/2013/09/flux-eyestrain/


 
 
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A Wired.com article on dealing with eye strain...



The photo they chose to illustrate the problem: A trading room.



https://www.wired.com/2013/09/flux-eyestrain/




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It looks like the floor of the South Korean stock exchange. The people pictured are probably specialists making markets. Nevermind, I see on the monitors it says KEB. Probably the trading floor at the bank.

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Or use blue blocking glasses designed to filter out the harmful light. I use these would gladly set up a fio discount code if anyone would like some.

https://www.bleueyewear.com

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Any tips on how to avoid eyestrain?

Some time ago now, I had a customer send me a pair of Gunnar Gaming and Computer Glasses out of appreciation for some work I did for them...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2KW5545&Description=computer%20glasses&cm_re=computer_glasses-_-26-665-011-_-Product

While it took a little getting use to the yellow tinted lenses, I love these things, and not sure why I had not bought a pair years ago..

Just do a search for "Gunnar" and there are dozens of different styles, some even available at the local Best Buys..



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Or use blue blocking glasses designed to filter out the harmful light. I use these would gladly set up a fio discount code if anyone would like some.

Thanks for sharing. I may be an isolated case, but I used to use blue-blocking glasses, specifically designed for computer use. After about a month, I fell into a deep depression (like scary self-destructive depression) that I couldn't shake. I made no correlation between using the glasses and my depression. Then I realized it only happened while working at my computer. I think lack of blue-light was causing my depression, kind of like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Anyhow, I stopped using them right away, took a walk in the sun for about 5 minutes (to get some high quality blue light), and my depression vanished. It was pretty dramatic mood shift. I never used them again and the depression never returned.

Again, I may be alone here, but I always caution people about them. It's a shame, because I really like using them and found them effective.

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Thanks for sharing. I may be an isolated case, but I used to use blue-blocking glasses, specifically designed for computer use. After about a month, I fell into a deep depression (like scary self-destructive depression) that I couldn't shake. I made no correlation between using the glasses and my depression. Then I realized it only happened while working at my computer. I think lack of blue-light was causing my depression, kind of like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Anyhow, I stopped using them right away, took a walk in the sun for about 5 minutes (to get some high quality blue light), and my depression vanished. It was pretty dramatic mood shift. I never used them again and the depression never returned.

Again, I may be alone here, but I always caution people about them. It's a shame, because I really like using them and found them effective.

~vmodus

I would suggest taking vitamin D and spending more time in the sun if anything the blue light from computers/phones/tablet are on a different wave frequency then light from the sun and will have negative affects. The light we get from computers is obviously not natural. Spend a month without any electronics phone/tv/computers and your body will get back into a cycle of waking up at sun rise and falling asleep when the sunsets/ shortly after. Our bodies for thousands of years have relied on the sun and it does wonders when you get back into that routine.

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I would suggest taking vitamin D and spending more time in the sun if anything the blue light from computers/phones/tablet are on a different wave frequency then light from the sun and will have negative affects. The light we get from computers is obviously not natural. Spend a month without any electronics phone/tv/computers and your body will get back into a cycle of waking up at sun rise and falling asleep when the sunsets/ shortly after. Our bodies for thousands of years have relied on the sun and it does wonders when you get back into that routine.

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Totally agree. I do use Twilight on my phone and tablet and use the built-in Windows Night light feature that allows me to adjust the amount of blue light I get while I work, especially at night. Thankfully I work at home so I am able to take walks pretty much any time I want.

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Or use blue blocking glasses designed to filter out the harmful light. I use these would gladly set up a fio discount code if anyone would like some.

https://www.bleueyewear.com

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