Blind Spots In Personal Growth

A few months ago, I wrote an article on Creating Your Life Handbook. In the article, I mentioned several things to list in your handbook, such as your strengths and weaknesses, your core values, and in particular, your blind spots. One of the readers, Darren, asked me what blind spots are and requested an article on it. That inspired me to write this article.

Blind Spots

Every time we open our eyes, light enters our pupils and shines onto our retina. Inside our retina are photoreceptors – nerve cells that interpret light, transmits the information to the brain. That’s actually how we see things.

It’s pretty straight forward, except there is a small area on our retina is where there are no photoreceptors. This is known as our blind spot.

Refer to cross-sectional diagram below, circled in red. Since there are no photoreceptors here, we’re not able to interpret any light shone in the section, hence referred to as “blind” spot.

By right, our blind spot areas should appear as black areas in our field of vision. But they are obviously not – we’re able to see our surroundings, read all the words in a book, see everything on our laptop screen, etc just fine. Why is that the case?

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Published Jun 4 2009
Filed: Awareness & Growth
Tags: ask celes, blind spots, growth, self-awareness, self-discovery