A lot of time on the computer = Damaged eye sight?

Does staring at a computer screen too much have any negative effects on your eye sight? Reason I ask is because the other day I went to get my license renewed, and found out I had 20/60 vision in my left eye, when a year ago it was 20/20 or 20/30. In the past year I have been spending much more time on the computer, but could this really be whats causing my eye sight to get worse?

Just to be more specific, during the week I spend about 1.5-2 hours on the computer a day, and on the weekends more, maybe 2-4 hours a day.

Yeah. Your eyes eventually get accustomed to being close to whatever you are viewing. Eventually that's where your best vision will be.

Sorry that I'm typing this big, but I can't see the writing properly anymore. Can you make yours bigger? I'm not too sure what this post is about...

I think my wrists are going before my eye sight, but arthritis also runs in my family....

-edit, eye problems also run in my family lol
damn, I'm screwed.

Nah, it's something else effecting your eyesight ;)

Nah, it's something else effecting your eyesight ;)

yeah, quit jerkin off so much!

YEah im online way too much from when i get up in the morning till when i go to bed.. My mom thinks im crazy especally when im at college because im alway son my laptop and after a while my eyes kill like a bitch also my damn write :right one: kills because i use that for the mouse and stuff ahh what the helll

Nah, it's something else effecting your eyesight ;)

I was thinking the same thing about Kicker's wrists!!!

:grinyes:

Yes being on the computer a lot will damage your eyesight. It will make you near-sighted. And you think your eyesight is bad? Mine went from 20/20 to 20/70 in less than 8 months. But it wasnt because I was spending time on the computer....it happened when I stopped playing tennis. I dont know why mine got so bad. Oh well.

My eyesight was never effected. I've been a pretty heavy user of the computer since I was little. I hope it doesn't start killing my sight. Oh well...

I got Gran Turismo 3, then I got glasses.

Unfortunately, heavy computer use does have detrimental effects to ones eyesight. The only way to -possibly- avoid it is when you do use the computer for long periods of time, take a break every half hour and look outside and focus on objects are farther distances.