Lately, my friends told me about a new LAN center in my area. We usually go about once a week to play games and have fun. Unfortunately, whenever I'm there for more than about 30 minutes, it becomes hard for me to focus and I get a headache. I've come up with several causes, but I'm not completely sure.
- Its dark inside to give that cool sort of arcade feel. I was thinking that maybe its causing eye strain.
-I'm wearing headphones, and thought that perhaps i was wearing them too tight, but removing them only helped my headache a tiny bit.
-Its in the middle of the week, which means that I'm usually tired from school and work, and I was thinking that maybe that is causing it.
This is unusual for me because a few years ago I played video games and PC games a lot, although in the past 2 years I haven't played them very much at all until recently. I never had this problem before. I don't wear glasses or contacts. I sit usually abour 1.5 feet from the monitor.
Also, after I stop playing my vision is still blurry when I try to focus on far away objects, and the headache doesn't stop for a few hours. It also goes away faster if I'm in my house with the lights on. I'm considering going to an optician to get my eyes checked. Before I do that, however, my friends are going tonight and I plan on asking the owner to turn the lights on to see if I still get a headache. I'll post my results when I get back.
Any contributions would be helpful, I probably overlooked something along the line.