The Move Look & Listen Blog by Dr. Doug Stephey

There's a whole world in vision that extends far beyond the Snellen chart and your ability to see 20/20. Most likely no one has ever shared that with you or shared how it affects brain function. 20/20 is perceived as the holy grail of going to the eye doctor. Dr. Stephey’s here to change that paradigm.

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Posts tagged Fight or Flight

Anxiety: The Vision-Connection

When we don’t feel safe, we experience stress and anxiety. Every waking second our subconscious asks, “Am I safe?” The majority of this feedback comes from the visual system.

AnxietyDouglas StepheyJuly 24, 2020Magnocellular Deficiency, Polyvagal Theory, Fight or Flight, Seeing Fast

Fatigue – Yep, there’s a vision connection!

Some patients will exert so much energy working against their ineffective visual systems doing tasks that should require minimal effort (like looking from near to far or combining the two separate images each eye sees into one image) that they’re chronically fatigued.

FatigueDouglas StepheyJuly 24, 2020Chronic Fatigue, Eye Teaming, Seeing Fast, Fight or Flight

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