Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!msi-s0.msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!thelake!steve From: steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: my eyes are killing me... Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 90 16:42:08 GMT References: <1921@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> Organization: Otter Lake Leisure Society Lines: 37 X-Member-Of: STdNET X-Bad-Pun: There's no place like Nome for the Hollandaise. [In article <1921@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>, scoile@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Steve Coile) writes ... ] > I've been spending a LOT of time working with the computers here at > school and at home (1040ST :) , and my eyes are killing me! What could > be causing this, and how could I correct it? > > I don't think I need glasses, because I can see fine (nothing blurry > when I focus), however I sometimes have difficulty actually moving my > eyes so I can focus--I have to actively concentrate on focusing! Ugg! > also, my eyes tend to ache chronically. I've developed a few, mild > headaches, which feel like motion sickness headaches. Take this seriously: Computers are bad for you. Headaches, eyestrain and RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury) are a very real threat to your health. Don't let your intensity and your enthusiasm for what you're doing damage your body. You should *never* spend more than half an hour staring down a monitor. Make it a habit to look at something distant for a minute out of every fifteen. Take a break. Move your eyes around. Get up, center yourself, let go of the problems you've been struggling with, and do some slow stretching exercises. Since you're at a college, I would recommend that you discuss this with a doctor at the student health service and see if you can enroll in a yoga class. (Yoga is a system of stretching exercises that is ideal for office workers.) I work at a major metropolitan newspaper where hundreds of reporters and editors spend eight hours a day glued to computer terminals. We have at least four editors who are having serious problems with their wrists. Carpal tunnel syndrome is not something to mess with. Developing good computer work habits early can pay off in the long run. -- Steve Yelvington at the (rain-replenished) lake in Minnesota steve@thelake.mn.org