How many of you see flashers after being hit hard?

[def1]

I've been reading this is a rather common occurance when being hit hard in the eye area. I've always wondered about it, because it happens to me sometimes during sparring. Usually during a good left hook it will make me blink and I'll see flashers (like a flash of light or stars), its not the same as actually seeing stars while being flash ko'd or seriously hurt but just a split second flash of light after being hit in the eye area.

It seems this is caused by the fluid in the eye rubbing the retina and sending a false signal to the brain of seeing light. Just wondering how common it is for other people or if its just something that varies with every person.

 

[gotobread]

I would imagine that just about everyone experiences this.

 

[def1]

I would imagine that just about everyone experiences this.

I thought so too but some people have told me they've never experienced what im talking about.

 

[milliniar]

I thought so too but some people have told me they've never experienced what im talking about.

then they are the weird ones. also the title says flashers, which i don't see, i see flashes though.

 

[def1]

then they are the weird ones. also the title says flashers, which i don't see, i see flashes though.

Well flashers are the term used by eye doctors, the actual phenomena is called phosphene. But yea i see flashes, at first it kind of distracted me from my focus but now that i know they are generally common I don't worry about them when it happens.

 

[hypotyposis]

I actually got kneed really hard around my eyebrow yesterday in jitz (accident). No flashes, just felt dizzy and had to sit for a few minutes.

 

[Finished]

I have had this but not when I have been hit, this has happened to me after being choked out and also when I strain i.e olympic lifts or constipation (lol)

edit: the "stars" I see are actually really pretty and my eyes are 100% open not closed.

 

[Vynn]

It happened to me the other day while sparring.
I don't remember taking any hard punch to the face but few minutes later I could see flashes on the top right corner of my sight.
It disappeared in the hour or so.

 

[Finished]

It happened to me the other day while sparring.
I don't remember taking any hard punch to the face but few minutes later I could see flashes on the top right corner of my sight.
It disappeared in the hour or so.

In the hour!? hmmm you got fucked up bro.

 

[Katriona1992]

It happened to me the other day while sparring.
I don't remember taking any hard punch to the face but few minutes later I could see flashes on the top right corner of my sight.
It disappeared in the hour or so.

In the hour? Shouldn't be in the next minute or so? How hard were you hit mate

 

[NeverMind]

Yeah, I see flashes all the time. Whenever I'm hit clean and with decent power, I see a flash for a split seconds. Most common is a flash after being hooked to the jaw or even just in front of and behind the ear. In saying that though, I've never been knocked out, and there has only been one occasion that I can recall when I've ever felt actually rocked by a punch, and that was colossal left hook from a southpaw.

 

[Vynn]

oh I guess I misunderstood the TS.
It wasnt a big bright intense flash but more like a blur on the corner of the eye.

 

[thewhiteSRR]

rarely. Once I got nailed by a shot in the orbital bone that I never saw with a 4 ounce. Rocked me good, saw the green-yellow flash of stars in my face. I didn't go down but it took me a couple seconds to get it together.

 

[Discipulus]

Got whacked in the temple after turning my head my first time sparring. Definitely saw stars.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

Me me!


Do they kinda squirm and swim around and then disappear as new ones form? And they're intense like little white (pinhead-sized) sparks?

I usually see these when I jump suddenly into a headstand (also can happen when I get hit with a straight)

 

[Discipulus]

Me me!


Do they kinda squirm and swim around and then disappear as new ones form? And they're intense like little white (pinhead-sized) sparks?

I usually see these when I jump suddenly into a headstand (also can happen when I get hit with a straight)

That happens to me when I drop one too many tabs.

 

[Marvin Covar]

It happens to me when i lift heavy, but it hasn't happened when i've been hit yet.

 

[LizaG]

Got caught just behind the ear real hard trying trying to weave out of the way of a hook, quick white flash and a stunned/dizzy feeling for like 10seconds...never had anything worse luckily.

 

[Maukka]

I have NEVER seen flashes, even though i have been hit hard many times. I just get very disoriented when hit hard but my vision usually remains fine. Even when i got dropped, i didnt see any flashes.