I hate going to the eye doctor! I have dry eyes, so I can't wear contacts. Watching someone putting them in squidges me, too, Monty's girl.

I'm always rubbing my eyes, drying to get the gunk out. I always feel like there's something in my eyes, and my eyes water uncomfortably, burn and itch. They also get crusty a lot. I use eye drops, but they only help so much. I sometimes want to break down and cry, because the discomfort is almost constant, and it distracts me from any activity. I spend a lot of time in the bathroom, because I always wash my hands when I rub the stuff out of my eyes (I try to avoid it otherwise, even though my eyes are uncomfortable), and often, I'll get out of the bathroom, only to feel the gunk slide down my eye or change positions, or my eye waters, or otherwise bothers me. Sometimes it makes my vision blurry, because the gunk needs to be gotten out.

Additionally, I need to see an opthalmologist for a general eye exam, because I think I'm myopic (is that the word? I think I'm becoming near-sighted, in other words, and stuff in the distance tends to be blurry, while stuff up close is clear). I don't wear glasses (used to), but I think I'm going to have to start, for some things, anyway.