With the lights out in the house and my eyes stressed by the all too bright screen of my smartphone, I fumbled to find the light switch.
The British Association of Optometrists has suggested that the proximity of the device to the face could cause eye stress in young children, as their vision is still developing.
I'm one of those people with who is very comfortable with talking and communicating verbally, but tasks like processing data, online filing and any kind of administration take me a tremendously long time and cause extreme eye stress.
Long hours at the computer can cause eye stress, headaches, and back and neck problems, so take breaks often.
"When you are a high profile celeb in the public eye, the stresses and strains are likely to be enormous," Dr Sandi Mann, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Central Lancashire tells The Independent.
An easy way to start gaining weight inadvertently is to not get enough shut eye and stress yourself out.
As a result, many people with digital motion sickness do not quite know what is causing their discomfort, typically chalking it up to stress, stomach upset, eye strain or vertigo.
It draws heavily on the values of humanism and ameliorism to divert attention from the dark side of the digital: the discomforts of jet lag, eye strain and repetitive stress injury; the dystopian "Matrix" plot, in which people serve machines.
Use of eye protection should be particularly stressed, as serious eye infections can occur even in previously vaccinated persons (15 ).
Behind our hyper-connected lifestyles is a strong visual demand, which is regularly reflected in what we call "visual fatigue": red eye, blurred vision, headaches, tearfull eye, pain…If it is essential to wear a pair of glasses from a good refraction, it is essential to wear spectacles lenses of design suitable for situations where our eyes are overly stressed.
