Am I The Only One Who Sees Tiny Thousands Of Dots At Night?

Question

I know this isn't a dream..but I just couldn't find where this question would fit in so i decided to put it on dream topics.

okay when i sleep in my bedroom at night it's supposed to be completely dark right? like just black. but I always see lots of dots all around prolly millions of them they sort of have different colors or just one color..I don't usually concentrate on that department.
But I'm just wondering if you guys also see them? if so then what are they? is it just part of dark nature?

Answer 1

it has to do with how your eyes work
its a chemical reaction
it has to do with rhodopsin
your eye is so sensitive
it can send signals to your brain
without photosynthesize
because the molecules are so small
and as you know they always move
your brain is so clever and can detect these movements
its bit more complicated
but that's masterclass stuff
i bet you have good eyes
and can see very good in the dark
and you eat enough vitamin A
not all people can see as good as you
and don't have the same experience
so keep getting vitamin A
and you will see lots of stars at night

Answer 2

Wow this is an interesting experience, thanks for sharing. At first seeing light in the darkness can be a little unsettling. Ever since I was a little girl I experienced seeing tiny coloured lights and my parents put it down to an over active imagination. As I got older, this phenomena seemed to be a precursor for going into a trance state. I'm really glad you asked about it as it's nice to see the answers, especially the one about the eye sensitivity and what is happening on a physiological level. Do you find you are quite sensitive to other elements within your environment, such as sounds, and the impressions of others? I learned that if I meditate, sort of stare at the glinting lights, it creates a kind of transcendental state. I discovered that when looking up into a deep blue cloudless sky (not into the sun) the tiny dots become intensified. Interestingly, when I got into yoga I connected with colourful mandalas and yantras (symbolic geometric images) and these images remind me so much of the sparkling lights phenomena. Speculating, it feels as though the sparkling lights are alive, shimmering specks of pure energy. You are definitely not alone in your experience.

Answer 3

There is only one star in the solar system, that is the sun. So it cant be the other stars in the solar system, because people dont seem to see sun in nights, very often. However, we could be looking at stars from our galaxy, the milky way. We could also be looking at the stars from our other galaxies and so on. Stars twinkle (or blink continously), not because of any of their properties, but the property of earth's atmosphere. The atmosphere refracts, (or bends) light... Sometimes, this refraction is more, and sometime its less, as it goes by a moment in and a moment out due to atmospheric conditions... As stars are point sized source of light, this fluctuation in the refractive index(how much a medium refracts light) is clearly visible, in form of their twinkling appearance.

Answer 4

Uhm I have floaters in my vision all the time, they were diagnosed as optimal headaches and are related to my migrain syndrome. Maybe ask your eye doctor next time you visit. Or if you feel more urgency make a doctors appointment.

Also, I tend to only see them in certain lighting. Sometimes its too bright or dark to make them out, which may be why you only see them in the dark.

Answer 5

I see them.

My ex-fiancé sees them too.

I don't know what it is. But it's common.

It might be blood flow - translucent blood flow across the lense that causes minor distortions that you can see. Or blood flow stimulating the retina.

Answer 6

i think thats more a part of ur eyes i think. i do see similar dots.

Answer 7

I don't see them.