Personal Narrative: My First Mask

The first mask I wore had a hole in each eye the size of a dime. I started with this one because I thought I would be able to work on an assignment because I still had half the use of both my eyes, but it was still difficult. The assignment I was working on involved reading a book and then typing out answers to questions that were found from the reading. This was difficult because I had to constantly be looking back and forth between the book and my computer but I did not have full use of my eyes so it was hard to read the book. I had to bring the book close to my eyes, so I could read well enough. After doing this for a while I started getting a headache so I decided to take a break from homework with the mask on because it required a lot …show more content…
This was kind of interesting because through what I was hearing I could envision what was going on, but I hated not being able to see what was actually going on. I had to rely on my hearing and my imagination. After trying to watch Netflix I just turned it off and lay in my bed. I felt lonely and like I couldn’t do anything myself because this mask was so restricting. I can’t imagine how some people feel with actual vision impairments. The last mask I put on the right eye was compactly covered but I could see complete out of my left eye. I tried once again to do homework and it was a lot better. It was still frustrating because I had to completely turn my head to look at my book and I couldn’t see anything on the right side of me unless I turned my head completely. With full vision in my left eye I was able to finish my homework assignment. From this experience I learned that it must take a lot of adjustments for a visually impaired person to function. I can see how it could be frustrating, scary, and lonely. From this assignment I am so much more thankful for my vision and more aware of those who might have these visual impairments in their