I
gots strabismus. The
muscles that move my eyes were formed very
unevenly. Therefore, one eye was always
off-axis. There is one
baby picture of me in particular where this is
fairly obvious: a small child wearing
pajamas in your typical
photographer's
studio, a smile on his face, right eye looking straight ahead and the left one pointing towards his nose. It's the kind of thing you'd expect on the front of a card from the "
humor" section of
Hallmark, with some supposedly
witty saying on the inside.
When I was
two years old, I had
surgery to correct this.
While the treatment was successful, evidence of the disorder still exists. Since my eyes were not
parallel during my early
development, I never learned to see with
depth perception. Sometimes I consider this a blessing: a
head mounted display would cost half as much for me, and every movie is a
3D movie. To this day, if you see my eyes wander, you'll know that I'm
tired,
sad, or
inebriated.