Anyone else have difficulties in sometimes misjudging depth/distance [even with lenses in]?
I don't just mean the edge of steps or glass surfaces/objects, here's some examples - at a station someone walking very fast towards me and we almost collided because I misjudged the distance between us. He reacted badly and then deliberately pushed me [I almost fell] and snarled 'look where you're going'.
Waiting on a tube plateform and stepping into someone [most times I say sorry and it's ok, but sometimes I've had abuse hurled me].
I've lost count of the near misses I've had with cyclists on pavements because I don't see them until they are on top of me.
Lower level street signs, sometimes I completely miss them and have walked right into them.
Not being able to catch an object thrown to me from a very short distance.
What annoys me is that people think I'm not looking or stupid
Misjudging depth/distance
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
in the last week I have poured hot water down the sink as aposed to teh cuppa I was making,
poured milk all over the counter whislt doing cereal
fallen up the kerb resulting in 2 purple knees,
fallen down 3 staris as simply didnt see them resulting in mild concusion
walked into the sofa as couldnt tell how far from me it was
colided with a stranger in the shops who got arsey with me
and a few others..
so hyoru not alone Lou..x
oh and walked into a lampost earlier today
poured milk all over the counter whislt doing cereal
fallen up the kerb resulting in 2 purple knees,
fallen down 3 staris as simply didnt see them resulting in mild concusion
walked into the sofa as couldnt tell how far from me it was
colided with a stranger in the shops who got arsey with me
and a few others..
so hyoru not alone Lou..x
oh and walked into a lampost earlier today
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
thanks, sorry, but thanks
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tis ok hun, sometimes knowing your not the onlyone with a issue can help to hear, x pm me if you want x
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
i once poured milk all over my new boyfriend's mothers dining room table- i was trying to help by pouring the tea!!!! ha ha ... it's funny now, but was pretty embarrassing at the time!
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
As a golfer, my most upsetting problem is that I can't read the putting green which invariably means I have to guess do I putt to the right of the hole, left or straight at it!
Despite having a one in three chance I rarely guess right
Despite having a one in three chance I rarely guess right
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
Oh, frequently!!!!
Regularly have bruised knees/thinghs from walking round pieces of furniture, misjudging it and banging into the corners.
Walk down the street with friends, and they end up well ahead of me, cos I'm so bemosed at not being able to judge the gaps between oncoming pedestrians I have to kee p stoppng to let them pass wehn maybe ( aybe?) I could have gone through the gap first.
Literally, couldn't play tennis to save my life!!!!
Football - a bit better, not much.
Gave myself a bit of a whiplash once, misjudging a low branch while out riding. Horse keep walking under the tress, branch pronged my jockey helmet and jerked my head back. Fortunately, I did have a good helmet on!
have been known to pour teapot into saucer, over kitchen table, floor, toes etc etc rather than into mug...
or go to put mug down on corner of desk and miss and tea goes down legs and across carpet, oops.
Could go on.
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Regularly have bruised knees/thinghs from walking round pieces of furniture, misjudging it and banging into the corners.
Walk down the street with friends, and they end up well ahead of me, cos I'm so bemosed at not being able to judge the gaps between oncoming pedestrians I have to kee p stoppng to let them pass wehn maybe ( aybe?) I could have gone through the gap first.
Literally, couldn't play tennis to save my life!!!!
Football - a bit better, not much.
Gave myself a bit of a whiplash once, misjudging a low branch while out riding. Horse keep walking under the tress, branch pronged my jockey helmet and jerked my head back. Fortunately, I did have a good helmet on!
have been known to pour teapot into saucer, over kitchen table, floor, toes etc etc rather than into mug...
or go to put mug down on corner of desk and miss and tea goes down legs and across carpet, oops.
Could go on.
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
I often find bruises on my legs, the writing was on the wall at school when kids would watch me attempt tennis when I couldn't hit a ball to save my life
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Re: Misjudging depth/distance
i tend to do the walking into people thing a lot which always leads to the "chavs" in my area spouting out things like,
"Are you blind or something."
half the time it's fun to say yes and walk away quickly before they can think of a response
"Are you blind or something."
half the time it's fun to say yes and walk away quickly before they can think of a response
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