the day i sun-burned my eyes

i can definitively say that my experience with sun-burnt eyes was a lesson i will never forget.

it was the kind of idiotic mistake you only realize after the consequences hit you.

until you actually face a problem, you never truly know what you have done wrong.

how the nightmare began

in short, i accidentally burned my eyes by staring directly at the blazing midday sun.

can you imagine the intensity of looking straight into the sun at 12 PM?

that is exactly what I did.

I did not look for too long—perhaps somewhere around five minutes—but it was more than enough time for my eyes to be “scorched” by the sun’s rays.

when I looked at anything yellow, the color would instantly shift to red or orange-red.

i panicked, desperately hoping it was only temporary.

however, the situation dragged on longer than i had anticipated.

it took about a week for my vision to correctly recognize red, orange, and yellow again.

but then, a new, horrifying problem arose.

blue and green appeared as grey.

my heart skipped several beats as i stared in disbelief.

i blinked repeatedly, but nothing improved.

a wave of self-anger washed over me, fearing i might be stuck with this vision forever.

making matters worse, these affected colors would continuously shift and mutate when placed next to each other.

i felt like my brain was struggling just to identify basic colors.

two days later, the situation did not seem to be getting better.

i still struggled to recognize blue, green, and purple when looking at my desktop or laptop screen.

sometimes, those colors would vanish completely, turning into a desolate grey.

fortunately, after one week, i could finally perceive most of the colors on my screen again, and they were all vibrant.

this was definitely a “scared for life” experience.

i have been there, i have done it, and you absolutely should not.