Seeing lights in the dark.

Well, it seems like every night when I turn the lights out to go to sleep that I see all different color lights bopping around my room. I also see them when I close my eyes in the dark. They are not ghoasts (Obviously) I don't know what they are!
I see them everytime I look into a light then look away too.
So is it just a reaction from the light?
Or is there something wrong with my eyes? I need to know!

Please help :]

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  • follow_me_down

    Its your retina retaining information from the last bit of light it received.
    It also reverses the color you see. For example if you stare at something green for a thirty seconds and look away at something white, it will look red.

    When you wake up and the world seems mis-colored for a few minutes, its just from inactivity of gathering light into your eye.

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  • pcriminal

    Perfectly normal. You will also find that no matter which direction you look, the blob will always be in te same position relative to your eye. That's why sometimes when you try to look at it you can never catch it. Used to drive me crazy. Just go to sleep, try to ignore it. If you keep focusing your eyes on it you might get nearsighted (no joke). Same reason why night lights for kids are no bueno.

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  • Zerabeasty

    Same here, only not just in the dark. It happens all the time, theyre really annoying..

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  • pinksmarty

    That happens to me too. And everyone else I know. Its normal. I think it's just kind of like a reaction. A memory from ur eyes or something, but idk. It happens to me....

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  • red_gal_85

    maybe the light in your rooms too bright or you look into it when you turn it off. Sometimes that happens

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  • jrphotographer

    Ya it's normal. I used to get so freaked out when i was little; I thought it was like a freaking UFO or something. Later on I found out that it was some weird things your eyes do (similar to when someone takes a picture with the flash on and you see those colorful floaters)

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  • blop

    hmm, it really depends. Do you see them as little orbs? do you have lots of lights in your room? I remember a few years back when i would take the train, i'd fall asleep and when i would wake up everything would look yellow or orange, dont really know what that was about

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    • JadeLovesYa

      No they aren't orbs. They come in as all different shapes and sizes. And colors. They float in the air.

      It's kinda wierd.

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  • IronMaiden777

    You mispelled ghost.

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    • JadeLovesYa

      Ummm, okay...:|

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