I have always seen flashy lights in the dark or with my eyes closed
you get used to it
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 27 Jul 2009, 15:45, 1 reply)

I would say everyone gets this
Try pushing your thumbs into your eye sockets (lightly!)and it gets rather blinding.

Optician sounds like a good plan. When I got my eyes checked recently, he took some rather snazzy photos of my retina, which was apparently porn-star standard in it's beauty.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Mon 27 Jul 2009, 16:43, closed)

I've always had it
but nowadays it's far, far worse, like huge shapes moving around and pulsating :(
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 18:49, closed)