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What are the signs and symptoms of photophobia?
If you have a sensitivity to light, you may:
* Squint or blink a lot.
* Put your hands up to shield your eyes from light.
* Prefer to stay inside on sunny days or prefer to go out after dusk.
* Prefer dim light to bright light.
Eye conditions associated with photophobia
* Dry eye is the most common condition associated with photophobia.
Some eye conditions related to light sensitivity include:
* Astigmatism. This is an eye condition that causes blurred vision because your eye is more curved than the usual shape.
* Conjunctivitis. This condition, also called pink eye, is common in children.
* Corneal disease, including corneal abrasion and pterygium.
Exotropia. This is a condition where your eyes are misaligned. Either one or both eyes turn outward.
* Optic neuritis. Another disease or unknown issue can cause this condition, which is irritation or inflammation of your optic nerve.
* Papilledema. In this condition, pressure in or around your brain causes the optic nerve that’s inside your eye (called the optic disc) to swell.
* Retinitis pigmentosa. This term refers to a group of diseases that cause your retina to break down. It’s usually inherited.
* Uveitis. A group of diseases that cause red eyes, eye pain and inflammation inside your eye rather than on the surface.
Photophobia may also be associated with eye surgeries, including
cataract surgery and LASIK surgery.
Neurologic conditions associated with photophobia
* Blepharospasm. This condition, related to the muscles of your eyelids, begins as eye twitching and may lead to being unable to open your eyes.
* Damage to your thalamus. This part of your brain is responsible for relaying sensory and movement-related information.
* Meningitis. An infection of the meninges, the protective lining around your brain and spinal cord.
* Migraine headaches. These are primary headaches that cause pain that generally get worse as a result of light, sound and movement.
* Progressive supranuclear palsy. A rare neurodegenerative disorder that causes many neurological issues, such as problems with walking, thinking and swallowing.
* Subarachnoid hemorrhage. This type of hemorrhage is a type of stroke that happens because of a ruptured aneurysm or because of head trauma.
* Traumatic brain injury (TBI). These types of injuries often happen in car accidents or falls. Your brain hits against your skull.
Other conditions or items associated with photophobia
* Allergies. Allergies are your body’s immune reaction to a normally harmless substance like pollen, molds, animal dander, latex, some foods and insect stings.
* Chronic fatigue syndrome. A type of fatigue that lasts six months or longer and may include muscle aches.
* Fibromyalgia. A long-term illness in which you have pain in your joints and muscles, along with fatigue.
* Mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression. These conditions affect the way you think, behave and feel.
Medications associated with photophobia
* Barbiturates. These drugs are sedatives.
* Benzodiazepines. These drugs are depressants to treat anxiety and stress.
* Chloroquine. This drug treats malaria.
* Haloperidol. This drug treats psychosis and other mental health conditions.
* Lithium. As a medicine, lithium is used to treat depression and bipolar disorder.
* Methylphenidate zoledronate. This drug is used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
* Tropicamide. This medication, along with others, is used to dilate pupils during eye exams.
YesHe also says that he will be vacationing in New Orleans soon. Is that were the recycled girl Samantha is from? I know she was from the middle of nowhere down south.
Checks out, guy always did come off like the school loser LARPing as some edgy, "cool" rebel.Here's a video of Tarl bragging about being the weird loser kid that got sent to sit alone in the dunce corner because he ate bugs during recess, and in his mushroom-addled mind, he somehow spins this as him being "ahead of the curb" and "rebellious" and not just a retarded sub-human sperg.
If someone can dig that old video up, I'd like to see it.I distinctly remember a video describing his experiences on one of the drugs he tried where he explains having a sexual hallucination. It has to be from a few years ago though.
This shit's not new, but it's weird to see Styx put it through his current demonic lens instead of the "I was a former drugee, here are my experiences" lens.
He's not an atheist. He really believes he met a gay demon owl in his dreams when he was a kid and credited the deal he made with said demon owl with his personal success last year. That shit's not ironic.If someone can dig that old video up, I'd like to see it.
What's his current demonic lens? When I watched him about 8 years ago, I was of the impression that he's just an unironic spiritualist with belief in supernatural. Right now he does strike me like a more atheisty kinda person with no belief in supernatural. I don't know anymore what to make of it.
Is the point he's trying to make "drug induced experiences are still spiritually valid"?
He was finding out-of-print books that were in the public domain and "editing" them for re-sale so he could keep all the money. He was very up-front about this scam in a video I saw around 2017-2018 or so.EDIT: I liked the fact he was trying to save old books and even publish books about unknown authors, and just ignored books about "spiritual research".
I know he said he's not an atheist.He's not an atheist. He really believes he met a gay demon owl in his dreams when he was a kid and credited the deal he made with said demon owl with his personal success last year. That shit's not ironic.
It's not really a scam. Rather than editing, the real service he was providing was taking public domain books that had terrible scans as the only way to consume the content and typesetting them into an actual pamphlet.He was finding out-of-print books that were in the public domain and "editing" them for re-sale so he could keep all the money. He was very up-front about this scam in a video I saw around 2017-2018 or so.
You 100% CAN take someone at their word when they claim to be something, especially if it's more hilarious than the alternative.I know he said he's not an atheist.
But I think he is an atheist.
You can't take people at their word when it comes to this kind of stuff. You gotta try inferring it from other things, such as if he has belief in "free will" (whatever that means), if he brings up neuroscience research, overall skepticism in unrelated topics etc.
Are we talking past each other a bit maybe?You 100% CAN take someone at their word when they claim to be something, especially if it's more hilarious than the alternative.
Tarl said he has a contract with a demon that's pretending to be a faggot owl. I believe he actually thinks that.
Taking someone else's book, reprinting it and then charging people $100-$150 for it is a scam. He knew it was too that's why he went out of his way to say he only does public domain stuff and "re-edited" them so he was really selling his own work. Wink-wink.It's not really a scam.
I'm not talking past you. I said you can take people at their word. Lies are common, but the consistent lie is rare.We're talking past each other.
I'm saying "I wanna know what he's thinking"
You're saying "He said X and that's useful to me"
I think it's probably some kind of LARP, but I haven't seen the quote for myself, so dunno.
I just searched through amazon's list of Tarl's books, most are in the $5-$15 range with one hardcover release that was something like $40. He's always referred to the "edited" books as just that. Books he edited and rereleased. This happens all the time, most books you can buy aren't first editions, but books that have been edited and reprinted in a new format often by people who weren't the original authors.Taking someone else's book, reprinting it and then charging people $100-$150 for it is a scam. He knew it was too that's why he went out of his way to say he "re-edited" them so he was really selling his own work. Wink-wink.
He even did the wink-wink.
Bro, his books are like 5-10 bux paperback and 20 bux hardcover. There's not much profit margin there I imagine you can barely pay the bills with that.Taking someone else's book, reprinting it and then charging people $100-$150 for it is a scam. He knew it was too that's why he went out of his way to say he only does public domain stuff and "re-edited" them so he was really selling his own work. Wink-wink.
He even did the wink-wink.
I'm pretty sure they were crowdfunded when he started, this was before he made any YT money, and I'm pretty sure I remember they were upwards of $100 when he announced the first "premium" one. I was going to buy one to throw some bucks his way until I saw the price.Bro, his books are like 5-10 bux paperback and 20 bux hardcover. There's not much profit margin there I imagine you can barely pay the bills with that.
Was this Fruits of Eden? Because he wrote that one and I don't know of any accusations it was plagiarized.I'm pretty sure they were crowdfunded when he started, this was before he made any YT money, and I'm pretty sure I remember they were upwards of $100 when he announced the first "premium" one. I was going to buy one to throw some bucks his way until I saw the price.
People do like to make-believe tho. You can lie to yourself as well.I'm not talking past you. I said you can take people at their word. Lies are common, but the consistent lie is rare.
Tarl has repeatedly held out that he's not an atheist even when off handedly responding to a chat.
Don't buy the "premium" one, then?I'm pretty sure they were crowdfunded when he started, this was before he made any YT money, and I'm pretty sure I remember they were upwards of $100 when he announced the first "premium" one. I was going to buy one to throw some bucks his way until I saw the price.
I need a source on that. The toner/ink for an entire book alone (assuming at least 200 pages) is probably *shitty napkin math* 2-4x that if you buy in bulk.Paper books cost less than a buck to print.Printing paper books,even fancy hardcover editions,is really cheap.
I'm saying that's all he produced for sale at the time. I can't find any trace on IGG or Kickstarter but I'm pretty sure I didn't dream it.Don't buy the "premium" one, then?