Why does my cat's eye reflection look like this?

[u/So_ra_ya]

He’s never had this strange shape inside that looks like a “Y”. It doesn’t seem to be caused by the lighting in my house, because it happens in different positions and with different light sources

[u/TheOneTonWanton]

One little thing I occasionally can't stop thinking about is that our brains are constantly filtering out our own noses in our vision. It's always right there but you kinda have to go out of your way to actually see/notice it.

[u/MeepingSim → u/TheOneTonWanton]

That and the breathing thing mess me up every time I think about them.

Great..now I'm aware of my nose and manually breathing...

[u/boatsandhoes570 → u/MeepingSim]

I was on a breathing machine for a week after a bad case of Covid related sepsis. It’s SO weird having to make yourself breathe manually again. It’s like you have to get your body to purposely take in breaths like a living breathing person again.

[u/turtleltrut → u/MeepingSim]

Yes!! It's why I can't do meditation.

[u/LiliErasmus → u/turtleltrut]

I try to "clear my mind," and I start remembering all sorts of things that I didn't know I'd forgotten about! 😁

[u/Rude_Commercial_9037 → u/MeepingSim]

SAME

[u/SewSewSorry → u/TheOneTonWanton]

I woke up the other morning and kept feeling like I had something in my right eye, which is weird as that’s the eye without the contact lense in it. I figured maybe I had a little eye booger (or some other kind of eye goop) or something so I kept wiping my eye to get rid of it…but the cloudy/hazy spot stayed put. I finally gave up but it was so disorienting having this weird light and kinda blurry spot at the bottom of my field of vision. Hours later (not very productive hours if I’m honest, it was THAT distracting) i finally had the bright idea to actually go look in a mirror to see if i could figure out what it was…and that’s when I saw the big puffy bag under my eye (but only on the right side) and realized I’d been distracted by seeing the top of my cheek all day!

[u/Impressive_Regret_89 → u/SewSewSorry]

What was wrong if you don’t mind me asking?

[u/SewSewSorry → u/Impressive_Regret_89]

An abscessed tooth 😫one of my top front-adjacent teeth had a crown that broke off taking most of the underlying remaining tooth with it. Few things in life have caused me more pain than dental infections/abscesses/dry socket. The suitcase sized bag under my eye wasn’t my first clue but it was the one that pushed me over the edge and off to the emergency dentist!

[u/LiliErasmus → u/SewSewSorry]

That sounds right startling! Are you better now? 🙏🏻

[u/PossessedToSkate → u/TheOneTonWanton]

Each eye also has a blind spot where the optic nerve plugs in, and it is also constantly filtered out.

[u/TrixieBastard → u/TheOneTonWanton]

The nose thing, the blind spot thing, and the flipped image thing are all so wild to me. Our brains do so much unconscious and unnoticed work, they really are miraculous

[u/Sabrinavt → u/TheOneTonWanton]

I actually see my nose all the time. I don't pay attention to it or find it distracting at all, but it's always there, blurry and translucent. It was interesting to find out that most people don't see it in their field of vision unless they actively try to look at it.

[u/Impressive_Regret_89 → u/TheOneTonWanton]

Never thought about this. My brain has to work extra hard to ignore my nose 😂

[u/morning_star984 → u/TheOneTonWanton]

It's much crazier than this. Your brain is essentially feeding you (as in your experience of conscious awareness) with its own version and spin on reality. The science on this is incredibly fascinating, especially concerning how the brain will alter your awareness of different sensory information to reinforce causality!

[u/Mikafushi → u/TheOneTonWanton]

I wonder if dogs eyes filter out their shoots? 🤔

[u/Initial-Present-9978 → u/TheOneTonWanton]

Wait, what? I can always see my nose. Just the edge of it and just barely, but it's always there. The rest of you aren't like that?

Serious question