[ThePinion]

I noticed this years ago while drunk on a bench staring at a sunny Alaska day, and have never been able to unsee it. It's completely ruined my lifelong enjoyment I would get from watching the clouds.

It's one of those things that I've sorta explained to people that I can't look at the sky too long, but never want to give them the name of it or tell them what to look for because it may ruin their sky too.

[anon373839]

This is actually a pretty common problem. In fact, I’ve experienced it myself. The crux of the problem is in the idea that you need to “unsee” it to enjoy the clouds again. That’s not a productive goal.

The problem is that if you’re focused on trying to “unsee” something, you’re actually going to see more of it. And anyway, “unseeing” isn’t a thing that exists.

Instead, you need to let yourself get comfortable with seeing it. That means looking at the clouds anyway, accepting that you may also notice the static. The idea is to get some enjoyment from the clouds, however imperfect it may be. Try to pick some specific aspect of the clouds to appreciate or notice, and do this for a few minutes at a time.

When attempting this, you might find yourself thinking things like “I wish I had never seen this” and “will it ever go away?” That’s normal, but put your attention back on the clouds and whatever feature you’ve planned to appreciate. Over time, you may find that the blue field thing doesn’t really annoy you like it used to. You might even forget to notice it sometimes.

[thunkle]

It's similar to tinnutis, and anxiety. You have to learn a degree of non judgemental response to unpleasant phenomena. It's key to resilience. I was helped a ton by the work of Steven C Hayes.

[yetihehe]

I always thought it's something connected to my high blood pressure, I typically see them on any bright background when air pressure changes or when I'm doing some exercises. I have normal eye pressure and no visible changes to retina, checked by opthalmologist. I just don't care about those dots when I see them, I accept them as sensor noise of my eyes, no reason to be angry at them.

[perilunar]

Why would you want to unsee it, and why would it ruin your enjoyment?

I've always thought it was cool: you can see blood cells moving in your own retina! Amazing!

(I always assumed they were blood cells — only just now discovered that it's only the white blood cells you can see.)

[negative-vortex]

Thank you for the warning, not going to risk checking this rabbit hole

[DontchaKnowit]

Seriously? Ive noticed this since I was a kid and it doesnt bother me a bit. For a while after doing a ton of drugs irresponsibly, at night everything looked like tv static. Lasted about 2 years. That one bugged me lol