I’m about to propose a unique theory for which I have done absolutely no scientific research.  There’s your disclaimer.  I do think I’m onto something interesting, though.

At yesterday’s eye appointment, my eye doctor said, “Well, it looks like you’ve talked yourself right out of glasses.”  We had a very fascinating discussion about the muscles around the eyeball, and he explained that certain muscles tense and contract under stress and eventually create nearsightedness.  This made sense to me, as I had read a couple books about various techniques for improving vision using muscle-relaxing techniques.  I’ve made a sort of casual practice of these techniques over the years.  Even with little effort, it appears they work!  I’m down to just a small prescription for night driving.

I went home and pulled the book off my shelf that I bought years ago, entitled Take Off Your Glasses and See: A Mind/Body Approach to Expanding Your Eyesight and Insight by Jacob Liberman, O.D., Ph.D.  As I skimmed through it, I had the revelation I’ll share with you all: I ended up with normal eyesight as a result of using mind-body tools to heal my pelvic pain.  You might be able to employ these vision improvement techniques purposefully to help heal your pelvic pain (and end up with normal eyesight as a result).

Here’s why: The vision improvement techniques I used are all about opening your visual focus, allowing yourself to process emotions, and releasing muscle contraction/tension.  It turns out that when we suppress or avoid emotions, our eye muscles suffer.  When we want to close out self-awareness, we narrow our visual focus.  In essence, our eyes are responding to our inner world, all the time.

Even if you have normal vision, you might benefit from a perusal through this book.  I’m interested, though, to see how many of us have both pelvic issues and nearsightedness.  It only makes sense they would go hand in hand.

Though it’s just a hypothesis, I’m suggesting that there could be a connection between eyesight and vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, back pain, and fibromyalgia.  How we use our eyes is an unconscious reflection of how we react to stress within ourselves, how we deal with emotions, and how we see ourselves and our world.  If this resonates with you, take a look at Take off Your Glasses and See.  Of the different vision books I’ve read, this one does the best job of connecting all the mind-body tools we already know to new ones that benefit the whole body and eyesight.  Play with it and see what happens!  The worst side effect would be better vision AND pain relief!