u/525n

Hi all, I have a tiny congenital cataract in my left eye which has never affected my vision and didn’t realise I had until my optometrist told me many years ago.

Over the past few weeks I went through extreme stress/anxiety, as well as sleep deprivation due to a practical assessment at university that I ultimately failed. This morning I woke up in the middle of the night for a toilet break and suddenly noticed a tiny black dot in my vision which eventually faded. After 5-10 minutes it came back in about the same spot and faded again. Could this just be my brain not filtering my congenital cataract due to stress, or something else I should be worried about?

Other info: I’m 30F, I have low-medium myopia (left eye is worse), and I have macular thinning which is slightly worse in my left eye but hasn’t noticeably affected my vision so far - I suspect this is caused by long term use of birth control pills. My eyes are EXTREMELY sensitive to light. Blood sugar levels are pre-diabetic but when I went for an eye test earlier in the year there was no sign of diabetes-related eye disease.

Hello all, I do a low-skill tech job but due to the shite job market right now I thought I’d try teaching (since I relate better to kids anyway) so I started a teaching course. My grades are pretty good but unfortunately I’m failing my placement because of *insert all the things which make autistics autistic*.

It sucks because I quite enjoy interacting with kids. Some of them even trust me more than their normal teacher because I’m nice and I actually (try to) help them when they need help instead of yelling all the time. One student was in tears the other day because she didn’t finish her work and was scared she would be yelled at. Quite frankly I was in tears on the entire commute home today even though I managed to hold it in all afternoon.

I honestly don’t know what to do anymore. So many people in my team (in my normal job) are losing their job due to cost cutting and I could be next. And at this rate I won’t even have a backup plan because I’m “too autistic”. What am I supposed to do?