VSS Alphabet
Are you a future scientist or have a curious mind?
Well, we’ve got something super cool just for you!
With the VSS alphabet, you can learn all those fancy scientific terms for stuff you see and feel with Visual Snow.
And guess what? You can even share these awesome words with your friends, teachers, and even impress your parents and doctors with your super-duper scientific knowledge!
After
Images
When you stare at an object, but see a little ghostly image of it for a bit.
Brain
Fog
When your brain feels a bit cloudy, forgetful and you can’t think as clearly as usual.
Confusion
Feeling a bit lost or mixed up.
Depersonalization
When you feel like you’re not yourself, almost like you’re watching yourself from outside your body.
Entoptic
Phenomenon
Little floaty things in your vision, like tiny bugs or specks.
Floaters
Similar to Entoptic Phenomenon, they are squiggly lines or dots in your vision. They are thicker and not just white, and move once you start following them with your vision.
Glare
When a bright light shines and makes it hard to see clearly.
Halos
When lights have a glowing ring around them, especially at night.
Insomnia
Having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at night, so you end up feeling tired during the day.
Jumpy
Vision
When your vision feels a bit shaky.
Kaleidoscope
Have you ever looked through one of those cool toys where the colors and shapes keep changing? That’s what it’s like, but with your vision!
Light
Sensitivity
When your eyes feel extra sensitive to light, like when you step outside on a sunny day and have to squint.
Migraines
These are really bad headaches that can make your head hurt a lot and sometimes even make you feel sick.
Nyctalopia
Having trouble seeing in the dark.
Oscillopsia
It feels like the world around you is moving or shaking when it’s actually not. It’s like being on a wobbly boat even when you’re standing still.
Paresthesia
This is when your body feels tingly or numb, like when your foot falls asleep after sitting on it for too long.
Queasiness
When your tummy feels a bit upset, like when you’ve been on a spinning ride and you feel a bit sick afterward.
Rainbow
Aura
These are seen usually during or before a migraine, they are usually in the shape of zigzag lines, or even blind spots in your vision.
Starbursts
Seeing little star shapes around bright lights, like when you look at a street lamp at night and it seems to have little rays coming out of it.
Tinnitus
When you hear ringing or buzzing noises in your ears even when it’s quiet around you.
Unsteadiness
Feeling a bit wobbly or off-balance, like when you’re trying to walk straight but it feels like the ground is moving.
Visual
Snow
Seeing tiny, flickering dots or static in your vision.
Warped
Vision
Things look like they’re bending or wiggling when they’re not. It’s like looking through a funhouse mirror!
Xerophthalmia
Having dry eyes, like when they feel scratchy or uncomfortable.
Yellow
Flashes
Seeing quick flashes of yellow light, like when someone takes a picture with a bright flash.
Zaps
Can feel like little electric shocks in your head, like when you touch something metal and get a tiny shock.
