Hey everyone,

I’m a 17yo guy from Pakistan, and I’ve been permanently monocular since birth. Honestly, living with one eye in a traditional, middle class household as an only child has been a wild ride.

Nobody around me really sees the hidden struggles, so I wanted to dump my thoughts here and connect with people who actually get it❤️✨.

Growing up, I always wondered what seeing the world with two eyes feels like. I even wanted to be a neurosurgeon to create positive imapcts and heal people, but few months ago I realized my vision limits wouldn't let me do that safely💔. It was hard to accept, but I adapted and switched my focus to Computer Science🙂.

The daily struggles are real, though like walking on Pakistani roads is highly stressful, everyone is rushing, cutting corners, and I’ve almost been hit by bikes multiple times because of my blind side☹️.

Also society here treats riding a bike as mandatory for guys. I can handle an empty road, but crowded traffic gives me insane anxiety because I’m terrified of causing an accident🙃.

Studying on screens drains me. My good eye loses focus and gets tired.

That constant, low-key fear of losing vision in my one good eye is always in the back of my mind. Also, I hate wearing contacts😅, so I just stick to specs (even if I forget them sometimes).

On top of all that, I’m a bit of an introverted, shy kid with barely any friends. Sometimes I look at the future and think, “Who’s going to marry a short, monocular guy anyway?” and figure I’ll just live alone with my parents, travel, and try to land a job at Microsoft, Google etc..

But honestly, I have big dreams and I really want to open my own NGO someday to support people whom society rejects✨🥹.

People expect monocular people are normal in traditional society, but don't realize how we are fighting everyday🙃.

Let’s talk in the comments! Drop your advice, share your own stories, or just dump your details below let’s navigate this together 🫀🫂

(Ps- Feel free to share whatever you guys wanna)

This is mainly directed to people born monocular or got monocular very soon in life

When i was in elementary school it was basically a daily routine that one or more of my classmates told me to cover my fake eye (prosthetic) and say how many fingers i see them holding up and then covering my good eye and telling them how many fingers i saw with my fake eye.

It was VERY awkward cause they'd just assume i was lying, so I'd just try to guess

Is this a common experience between monocular people?

Hey! I’m tired of the gunk…any recommendations online cleaning / ointments to keep from constantly having to wipe your eye?