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Poor Eyesight and Stress of Everyday Life

No matter who we are, we are under pressure. Life, it seems, is regulated by the clock.

You may have an assignment with a deadline approaching. So you put in extra hours, forgo sleep and recreation to get the job done. Then, you're concerned about the quality of your work and the evaluation of your efforts.

You may have debts that are coming due and are running short of cash. Illness, car problems, unexpected bills may have taken a toll on your checking account. And you wonder how you're going to pay the next bill.

You may have made promises to someone who expects you to do what you said you'd do. And they are pressuring you to act soon.

In addition to time pressures, there are other stresses in life. Family problems are an issue for many people. Your children, parents, brothers and sisters, or your spouse may see things differently than you do. You may wonder when the next argument is going to take place.

Theses and hundreds of other stresses are with us every day. And, consciously or unconsciously our mind make an effort to cope with these stresses.

Some people react to life's stress by self-medicating themselves with alcohol, cigarettes or various drugs in an attempt to introduce some pleasure into their lives. Some people try to keep their anxiety inside and seethe until they blow up in some violent act.

Some people under life's stresses experience headaches, gastrointestinal disturbances, nervousness, changes in eating habits, loss of enthusiasm, and fatigue. Others exhibit a tension in the muscles of their body.

Your mind may cope with stress by tensing various muscles in your body. You may notice that you grind your teeth or simply clench your teeth tightly together. You may press your tongue tightly against the roof of your mouth. You may clench your hands into a fist.

And, less observable, the external muscles of your eyes may be under tension because of the stress in your life.

If the two "oblique" muscles that go partially around your eyes are under stress they can elongate your eyes and you'll be nearsighted. If the "rectus" muscles that attach to your eyes from the back are under tension, they will pull you eyes back into the eye sockets shortening them and you'll be farsighted. Tension in these muscles may cause your cornea to be misshapen and you'll experience astigmatism.

Improving Eyesight Requires Relaxation

Prolonged tension of the external muscles of the eye cause problems such as myopia (nearsightedness), hypermetropia (farsightedness) and astigmatism.

Of course, your vision can be corrected by artificial lenses. But, using artificial lenses only hides or covers up the problem of tension in the external muscles.

The long term solution is to relax the tension of the external muscles of the eye so they can work properly to help the eye focus (accommodate).

The purpose of the eye "exercises" and vision habits you'll find on this site are to help relax and relieve the tension in your eyes' external muscles so you'll improve your eyesight and see better.

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