# Nauseated by the light

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nauseated-by-the-light/3302>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 1999, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nauseated-by-the-light/3302 "1999-09-18T21:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nauseated-by-the-light/3302/1 "1999-09-18T21:27:00Z")

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Whenever I wear most sunglasses, my sense of equilibrium seems effected and I become faintly nauseous.  
The color doesn’t seem to matter: green, amber, gray.  
Is this purely idiosyncractic or does it happen to anyone else? Any ideas of why it happens?  
(P.S. I say “most” sunglasses because the only ones that didn’t cause it were PhotoGrays (sp?))

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**Author:** ![counterattackii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@counterattackii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counterattackii)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nauseated-by-the-light/3302/2 "1999-09-19T01:10:00Z")

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I think that your brain just relies too much on what you see to determine your balance instead of the fluid in your ear and/or the muscles in your legs. If you have a problem with sunglasses, I also must presume that you have problems with standing with your eyes closed as well. You could probably improve your balance by walking on a straight line everyday, eventually getting to walking a tightrope _that is only a foot or so above the ground_ or just trying to stand with your eyes closed for set amounts of time daily. Hope this helped.

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