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    Phosphenes

    Immense amount of people see the back of their eyelids when awake or when sleeping, sometimes, many people see phosphenes, what is the cause of people seeing phosphenes?

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    Usually retinal traction from vitreous gel or even the eye muscles pulling on the globe.

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