Is it normal that i can't count things that are far away?

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This is sort of a stupid question but I'm just curious if anyone else has this issue. Hypothetically, if there were 12 dots on a wall in a classroom and I was sitting in the middle or back, (my eyesight is fine so it's not that it is blurry) I would not be able to count them. I tried this in lecture hall the other day with these little squares running across the front of the room. I get about three or four in but then my eyes go insane and twitch and I totally lose count and track of which one I was on. If I need to count something far away I literally need to use a finger to keep track. I know there are probably plenty of you that don't often find yourselves counting small things at a distance, but I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this. A friend said I might have something called nystagmus but it's not all the time and I can read things like the words on a powerpoint fine. Is this normal?

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  • ObsessedWithReedus
    10 years ago

    I am the same way, I physically have to feel/touch the things I am counting if there is more than 6 or 7.

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  • CornedBeefAndCabbage
    10 years ago

    This is interesting! I totally understand and know what you mean about your eyes twitching when trying to count. It's like my eyes skip some of whatever I'm trying to count. Like you and Shakleford, I have to use a finger to try to keep track too. I never really thought anything of it, I just figured that most people had this problem?

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  • Shackleford96
    10 years ago

    I have this to an extent. I always thought it was something to do with dyslexia. I have trouble with repetitive digits/characters or markings. If there's a certain number of them in a row I have to count them very carefully (usually using my finger to keep place) so that I don't lose track. For me though, it doesn't really matter how close or far I am I think.

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    • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja
      10 years ago

      That sounds more like dyscalculia than dyslexia, but I don't really know a lot about the specfics.

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      • Shackleford96
        10 years ago

        1. severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.

        ^no, not really. I never really had trouble making any calculations, just seeing the digits. Thanks though :)

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        • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja
          10 years ago

          I don't mean I think you're really dyscalculic, it's just more along that vein than dylexia.

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          • Shackleford96
            10 years ago

            http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyslexia
            -any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.

            http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyscalculia?s=t
            -severe difficulty in making simple mathematical calculations, due to cerebral disease or injury

            I disagree, what I have doesn't resemble dyscalculia at all according to the definitions I have observed. It's not exactly dyslexia, but it's definitely not dyscalculia. I think you may be misinterpreting the words or something.

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            • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja
              10 years ago

              I stand corrected. My apologies, though I will say I'm a little disappointed - I had hoped my source was a bit more reliable than not at all. I hate the Internet.

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