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environment. This spatial shrinkage is the opposite of normal human development, which includes larger and larger awareness of surroundings from birth to maturity. Eventually, an awareness is developed that we are simply residents of planet Earth and that Earth is just a tiny object in a seemingly infinite galaxy. This global awareness primarily occurs at the subconscious level. We do not constantly and consciously consider our existence as specks in the Universe. As part of normal awareness, we each develop our own “mental desktop” in space and time. The bigger the “desktop,” the easier it becomes to move around in our environment. If we are feeling awake and energetic, for example, leaving home and driving to a restaurant can prove to be an easy, pleasurable task. If we have worked all day and arrive home exhausted, our “mental desktop” constricts. The thought of having to get back into the car and drive to another location to eat might be undesirable, even detestable.
For PTSD patients, the environment often remains chronically constricted. Sometimes it can be almost impossible to adapt to changes out of our control. Moving from one location to another can be almost too much to consider. Even doing things such as deciding what to eat can elicit strong physiological responses from patients with PTSD. Awakened sensory systems are hyper-sensitized to “protect” those patients who are overly sensitive to both light and sound, but their perceptions of these stimuli are flawed, exacerbating the problem.
To combat these symptoms, Mind-Eye patients undergo a thorough examination with 21st Century testing techniques to measure their reactions and responses to light entering the retina. With this information, Patients are then provided prescriptive eyeglasses,
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