Glasses are crutches for the eyes.

(S. N. Fedorov)

– Why does a person prefer to wear rose-colored glasses and not see the world in real light?

- Let's start with the fact that no one can see the world as it is. And more importantly, he cannot see and really evaluate his internal state. So all people have glasses. Only they are different: with glasses of different colors and shades, sizes, purposes and with different diopters. We wear glasses literally from birth. From the moment we begin to comprehend and feel this world in some way.

Our first relationships and feelings are formed towards the person who accepts us. Moreover, we note that any person who accepts us in infancy and who takes care of us evokes a reciprocal feeling at the level of instincts. And if you ask any child “Whose mother is smarter, more beautiful, kinder?”, everyone will confidently answer “MINE!”

But if we start a collective discussion of this issue objectively, line up all mothers, introduce criteria of beauty and kindness, then it will become clear that all mothers cannot be the best. It turns out that one mother is less kind, the other is less beautiful. If you try to present the results of our board’s research to a child and tell him that, say, your mother turned out to be less beautiful than the mother of a certain Petya Pupkin, the child will not agree with this. And we still won’t convince the child of our objective opinion. This happens because the child’s internal subjective feelings will run counter to our opinion on this matter.

A person always has a different attitude towards everything that is his own than towards someone else’s. There are certain psychological mechanisms that shape all this. We know that it is much more unpleasant to break your own toy than to break someone else's toy. My home, my toy, my favorite place, my village... Everything that is connected with “mine” is felt and perceived differently. We all view the world subjectively.

Returning to the moment of birth, it is necessary to emphasize that during this period we know nothing at all about the world: neither about its structure, nor about the interactions in it, nor about ourselves. From the very beginning, we learn all this from scratch. What is fundamentally important is WHO begins to teach us. What is also important is the fact of what and how we are taught. For example, if they explain to us that the color is yellow, while pointing to yellow, then we will remember this. But if a child is taught that this color is yellow, while pointing to red, then he will also successfully learn this and will be convinced that red is yellow.

This will happen because the child cannot check anything. He does not have enough experience and knowledge for this. When he grows up and sees this discrepancy, he will understand his mistake. But then it will be a rather painful process. After all, any person relies on the knowledge he has acquired. And it is quite difficult for him to remake or rethink the picture of the world, down to particulars, changing his point of view. To do this, you have to agree that you don’t know something or know it incorrectly. This causes an internal conflict with yourself, because with such awareness your internal integrity is destroyed, the set of ideas that you have in your life. this moment. For example, you know what is in your apartment and where it is, and you are comfortable with it. But if you come home, all your things are out of place, and you have little idea where to find anything, then such chaos certainly causes discomfort. Even if now everything is located more conveniently. The discomfort will stop when you again know where everything is, and you will be comfortable again.

If they explained to me, for example, that the world is kind, and I am wonderful, and then I have to face the reality when everything turns out to be wrong, and it turns out that I am not at all wonderful and occupy the wrong place in the world, and the world itself not so kind, this discovery causes extreme stress. Changing the picture of the world causes very painful sensations. In such a situation, a person tries to hold on to his old constructs, but he cannot. He has difficulty accepting new ones.

We've all been through this since childhood. Our idea of ​​the world constantly changes throughout our lives, although the world itself remains unchanged. In childhood there is only one world, adolescence he is seen by others, in his youth as a third, and so on. An old man and a baby in the same year, in the same place, see the world differently. They understand and describe what they see in their own way. They have different experiences, different levels of understanding of the world and different descriptions and distortions of it. By the way, this is precisely why the war between parents and children occurs.

– It turns out that rose-colored glasses are something innate, and not something that society puts on you?

– One does not exclude the other. First, I begin to perceive the world through myself. I am the eyes of this world. I can see everything my way. Each person's perception is unique. You will not find a person with identical views to another. A simple example: We can go into the same store, and if we are asked on the way out about the goods we saw, everyone will tell their own story, describe it in their own way. In general, it may seem that we were in different stores. Simply because everyone will pay attention to the things that interest him. This is explained at least by the fact that we cannot cover EVERYTHING with our attention. We perceive only a very small part of this world. We are unable to see everything that is happening around us, and, accordingly, see the full picture of reality. Because of this, distortion begins, which leads to subjective perception. It is impossible to see everything, but in order to see more, more objectively, you have to desire it and put in a lot of effort! But not many people want to put in the effort. It is much easier to live by convincing yourself that you see everything realistically, while others do not.

In addition, we are forced to pass everything that we see, as well as our internal sensations, our relationships with other people, through our inner “I”. This “I” is what refracts what is seen. How the lens of the eye refracts color onto the retina, which perceives what we see. If the lens refracts incorrectly, then our vision becomes worse, although reality itself does not change. Since we all have this lens – “I” – that greatly distorts, we see poorly. And since we don’t understand that the matter is in the “I”, but we want to see well, then we put on glasses, instead of paying attention to these causes of distortion - our “I”. And then we convince ourselves that what we see in our glasses is the very real reality. Instead of determining where these distortions are in ourselves, changing our vision, and comprehending the objective reality of this world, we, convinced that our understanding is correct, begin to point out to others their distortions, and impose our picture of the world on them.

I think it is no coincidence that Christ says: “First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”(Matt. 7:5).

Returning to your question, we can say that not only do we distort reality through our imperfect “I,” but there are also people and organizations who want to force us to see the world in a way that is beneficial to them. For this, there are very specific methods of manipulating individuals. Initially, in their own selfish interests, they explain something to us incorrectly, supporting the words with false arguments that cannot be verified. And we are forced to believe it. Because we do not want or cannot analyze what is offered to us. For this we do not have enough time, desire, knowledge, experience. This is why it is especially easy to manipulate children. They often fall into bad company because they do not have the experience to double-check the values ​​being imposed. They don't have the basis to rethink what they hear. For example, a person may approach a child and ask him to steal something for candy. Try doing something similar with an adult. Most likely, it won’t work, because the adult knows about the possible consequences, about criminal prosecution, and most importantly, that candy is not valuable for an adult! A child cannot assess the degree of social danger of his actions, but candy, on the contrary, is a value. Such things are possible not only with a child. Mentally retarded people can also be persuaded to do a similar act. In particular, patients with Down's disease, since they cannot rethink what was said and evaluate the consequences of their actions. Down can kill a person in order to please and please someone who has approached him with kindness and warmth. Because such treatment is the highest value for him. To successfully manipulate a person in your interests, you need to change his value system. The success of manipulating a person also directly depends on the degree of intellectual development of the individual, the degree of understanding of the reality of the one being manipulated.

By the way, this is why in transitional periods of time (like ours) manipulators need to reduce the intellectual level and degree of education of the people they are going to control. Smart and educated people are very difficult to manipulate. But by reducing the intellectual and educational level of human development to a primitive, to an animal, it becomes easy to distort reality, and accordingly it becomes easy to control. Manipulation will be especially successful if it also manages to impose on a person the primitive values ​​the manipulator needs, while simultaneously destroying the spiritual ones that make a person human.

When these three conditions are met, man is reduced to an animal. And any dog ​​can be trained with a piece of sausage. Look: a dog’s intelligence is animalistic + value in the form of sausage, which the dog accepts. And this is how they begin to train primitive man. Groups of people form a herd. Only animals do not feel manipulation.

The same thing is happening to people now.

If we want to manipulate masses of people, we will, as I said, need to impose some value on them. For example, imagine that we have a broom production cooperative. How can we take people into slavery and manipulate them by distorting their ideas? It is clear that this is practically impossible. But if we convince people that brooms are their main, most important value in life, imposing this opinion through the media, we will succeed. We will say that it is not dollars, but brooms that have lasting value! We will instill in people’s heads the idea that they should stockpile, save brooms for a rainy day, blow off the dust from them, and betray each other for the sake of brooms. We will convince them that brooms are the key to prosperity, a measure of our prestige, we will convince people that someone who does not have brooms is not a person! If we manage to instill these attitudes in people, then we will dominate them. But it would seem that we didn’t do much – we just changed their value system.

None of these items are valuable! This is of value only for those who were able to convince us of this. We understand that true values ​​are love, happiness, understanding, health, harmony within and without. And we understand that money cannot buy this! Moreover, if we consider money to be the greatest value, being in this animal-dollar rush, we most often lose it all! Because of this, we do not see life, we suffer. What is happening to us?

Nothing special. They just put glasses on us, distorting reality. You know, they did to us the same thing that they do to donkeys, where they tie a carrot in front of their muzzle, but which they cannot reach. The donkey is trying to catch up with its value, and the one who wants to ride a donkey rides comfortably. This donkey, however, does not receive happiness, health, understanding and love. Unfortunately, neither do we.

If money did not seem such a great value (and this has never happened before), then manipulation would not be possible. And this value was imposed on us by those who need to sell their goods. Look, people kill each other, betray each other, abandon their children and parents for the sake of multi-colored cut pieces of paper. Is it normal? It still reminds me a lot of dog training. We will not talk about who the trainer is in this case, but there is no doubt that the trainer distorts the dog’s reality through a piece of sausage. And if we take into account that everyone, to one degree or another, is trying to manipulate others (consciously and subconsciously), distorting reality, then the problem arises globally. And real vision begins with the fact that you understand that you cannot see reality due to distortions of the “I” and distortions introduced into you from the outside. And if you don’t want to admit it, then you wear glasses that help create the illusion that you have good, albeit subjective, vision.

– It turns out that glasses are worn in order to feel comfortable in this world. Are there any other benefits to them?

– When a person wears glasses, he understands the world. Glasses smooth out these distortions of reality and allow you not to think about them. The benefit of wearing glasses is that, having put them on, a person may not have to think about correcting his own view of the world, because if you really look at things, you will have to understand your own imperfection, accept the imperfection of the world, look for opportunities to change, and rethink a lot.

It is always difficult for us to admit our mistakes. It is always easier to insist on your opinion, even if it is erroneous, than to change yourself. Change is always difficult. They involve hard internal work on oneself, which will end with no one knows how. Not everyone wants to seek the strength within themselves for serious internal work on themselves. Therefore, it is easier to instill in yourself an idea of ​​the world as you want to see it. Glasses will help with this. In this case, we act on the principle “You should not bend to the changing world, let better world will bend under us." And so, in order not to change ourselves, we adapt the world to ourselves in our own fantasies. Only reality does not bend under us and will not bend. At one point she will simply break our next glasses. And we will start moaning about how bad the world is. You just have to blame your own distortions, not the world. And the sooner we understand this, the less pain the next crisis will cause us.

- Is it possible to bring specific examples to what was said?

- Can. Let's take, for example, groups based on a certain ideology: skinheads, goths, emo, etc. It is clear that each representative of such an association refracts reality in his own way. Skinheads don’t need to understand their own motives for behavior, nor do they need to correct their internal distortions. It's hard. There is no need to think about who is behind their organization, what are the goals of those who lead the process. Everything is clear - we need to beat the blacks! Why do we need to beat blacks? It's unclear, but it's correct. There is simply a goal to reach. This is very beneficial to those who manage this process in their own interests. Maybe this just coincides with the interests of those blacks who need to get rid of their fellow countrymen - competitors. And who themselves pay for it through those who manage the skins. But for ordinary people this does not matter.

Can also be attributed to emo, goths, supporters political parties, various kinds of fanatics, sectarians. In conclusion, I will say that if you yourself do not try to control the situation, then you give this control to others. If you don’t want to see reality yourself, then you will see the reality that others will give you. But it will be distorted in their interests.

– Do our feelings influence distortions of reality?

– People consist of rational and irrational. Reason is rational, and feelings are precisely that which cannot be rationalized. The area of ​​feelings is a subjective area. This fact can be proven very simply: you, for example, like a certain dish, but I don’t like it. If we start discussing it, we will not come to an agreement. I may like seafood and you may not like it. That is, we cannot discuss their taste. I will be absolutely convinced that this is the most delicious thing in the world, and you refuse to even try it. This is the realm of the irrational.

Our feelings are not supported by anything. They just appear. And the person himself begins to feed them. Everyone encounters the fact that a person consciously makes a choice in favor of his feelings. And the distortion of the picture of the world is caused mainly by emotions and feelings. This is the area that distorts reality the most. This is exactly what affects our lens - “I”. It is from the feelings that we accept as truth that further distortions occur. Feelings, being an integral part of our “I,” can often contradict common sense and the real state of affairs. Therefore, feelings should not be trusted so much.

– But people who are doing well don’t need to escape reality. Is not it so?

– Things don’t go well for anyone. We all have certain constructs, values, feelings on which we rely. And we try to use our ideas and beliefs (no matter how close they are to reality) to create an environment around us that is understandable and comfortable for us.

If a person goes into an unknown forest, which can be likened to our world, he must be given a real, undistorted map. If he is given the wrong map, he will not be able to navigate the world. The correct map used to be given by a culture that was based on religion. (In general, culture comes from the word “cult”). So, then the basic guidelines were given to us at birth. We were given an old, reliable map, tested by hundreds of generations before us.

Now we ourselves reject it, believing that we are smarter than those who compiled and checked it. I'm talking about Christianity. Therefore, we are forced to acquire these guidelines, values, meaning throughout our lives. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to draw up and check this map well yourself. It is often unclear where a person got certain guidelines and guidelines from, but these are HIS guidelines. He relies on them and considers them the most correct. Thanks to this, the picture of reality is distorted; it is not clear on what these attitudes are based. The man is lost. But it is very difficult for him to admit that HIS picture is wrong. Moreover, he will argue that an old and proven card is a good one. And until he gets into a serious crisis, he will not change them. It is possible that after the crisis he will take the proven card. But only if he recognizes the unreliability of the one that brought him into crisis.

Not every person can critically perceive the information that is offered to him. Not everyone can turn off their emotions and draw the right conclusions. This is extremely hard work! This is changing yourself! It’s much easier to say that I’m right about everything, that this is white, and that’s black.

This is where it all starts. Distortion of self-image!

Those who decide to commit suicide often have a distorted view of the world; it appears in gloomy colors. But a person never thinks about the fact that if he himself is imperfect, if everyone around him is so imperfect, then why should the world be perfect? Why are you surprised by the world you live in?

If you don't follow the rules yourself traffic and you see that other people do not comply with them, then why are you surprised at the number of accidents? They are very logical and natural.

Everyone has a distortion. In people different ages, various family and social status, material well-being. If you don’t want to be deceived, and to be at someone’s beck and call, and to have strings pulled on you, then you have to work, you have to try to understand something. And this means spending time, effort, and energy. Many people don't want to do this. Laziness and pride make a person a slave to these distortions.

I will say again that we are all objects of manipulation. Every person wants to be sure of something. And everyone wants to accept some unrealistic attitudes from the outside in order to simplify their life, not to think for themselves. The only way to destroy these attitudes is to think and analyze the correspondence of these suggested attitudes to reality. It is also necessary to gain a lot of knowledge, learn to admit that the knowledge acquired and your understanding of reality are incorrect. This is primarily blocked by pride. Admitting that I was wrong and my opinion is not true is extremely difficult. This hurts our “I”, which is the center of the whole world. “I” is in the center, and around it there is a theatrical action in which the actors play their roles

– In addition to pride, a person also has fear that the accepted attitudes will turn out to be incorrect.

- Yes. This is what we were talking about. A person in such a situation begins to think: “What if I need to reconsider my views? What if they turn out to be false? I will have to go through the nightmare of the crisis again. And my foundation will disappear from under my feet.” Here is a suitable analogy for this situation. None of us likes apartment renovations. Everyone loves an apartment AFTER renovation, but not the process itself. Repair is sometimes compared to a fire. This is an extremely unpleasant phenomenon. Not every person wants to change something.

But renovation is just a change in the external environment. And such changes, in fact, are not so painful. They can be survived. And when we're talking about about a change in the inner core, the sensations are extremely painful. No person will gladly undergo surgery. Even preventative. He will look for other possible treatments. And again, surgery is an intervention in the body, not in the soul. Again we are talking about the outer shell, changes in which are not so critical.

And, of course, there is a fear of making a mistake, of taking the wrong step in your change.

To avoid this, you need to understand where this distortion is, what you want to get from your new state, where you will get resources, which path to take, how to recognize intermediate milestones, etc.

And here religion comes to our aid again. All the algorithms, goals, problems of change, guidelines were written down a long time ago. All this has been tested and confirmed by millions of people. There are all the methodological manuals about what you should strive for, how to transform yourself, how to do it, etc. I recommend using it. I have seen many people following this path correctly.

– There is an expression: “You can’t look at the world too soberly, otherwise you’ll get drunk.” Have you ever tried, on the contrary, to help a person put on rose-colored glasses so that the world does not seem very scary? Or replace black glasses with pink ones?

– People are afraid to perceive the world soberly. And that is why they want to take refuge in illusions and distortions, special cases of which are addictions such as alcohol, drugs, gambling addictions, etc. Gambling addiction and alcoholism are very good at distorting reality and allowing them to avoid confrontations with it. Not for long, but still. Hiding in illusions, a person tries to escape into his unreal world, hide in it, and feel more comfortable.

It's a lot like when Small child, covering his eyes with his palms, thinks that no one sees him. The logic is simple: If I don’t see the world, then the world doesn’t see me. This is the logic we are trying to live by. But even if it seems to us that we have escaped reality, reality never escapes us. Our children's games with her only delay the confrontation with her for a while.

And at the moment of such a collision (and this usually happens during crises), rose-colored glasses are shattered into reality. Glass is flying in all directions, it seems like the world is collapsing. And it is precisely at this moment that we have a wonderful opportunity to look at the world realistically. But we are so accustomed to looking at the world through glasses that we are again doing something stupid. And now we’re changing our rose-colored glasses to black ones. And again we convince ourselves that reality is black, terrible, hopeless. And again we don’t want to see without glasses. Now it's black. It would seem that everything is not so bad. If a person is comfortable with rose-colored glasses with a certain number of diopters and distortion capabilities, let him wear them. And some people find it convenient to wear black or purple. Why bother them?

But again I will say that the trouble is that the reality is different! And if you put on glasses that distort distance, space, light, then when you, for example, cross the road, you see nothing or see incorrectly, and you will most likely be hit by a car.

The world doesn't wear glasses. This is the conflict! People with distortions can be compared to drunk people. They are in their own vision, in their own world, in their own color.

That is why I am a supporter of the fact that one should look at the world without glasses. And there is no point in exchanging one pair of glasses for another. Because reality is constantly changing dynamically. We have to adapt to it and change something in many ways. Launch processes of change within yourself. And this is precisely why people try to escape reality. They don't want to change or take responsibility for their lives.

And glasses are an “excuse” that allows you to do nothing.

The world is black. So why change anything? I am good, but the world around me is dark, people are bad. Or the same situation with rose-colored glasses. Moreover, why delve into yourself? Still good! Why see the real world, real problems?

The glasses themselves are the solution to the problem. I put them on - there was blackness all around and nothing was visible. Or I put on pink ones - and everything is fine.

– Do you somehow help people get rid of distortions, take off their glasses and open their eyes?

“I don’t try to take people’s glasses off and force them to open their eyes. This is ethically wrong. If a person wants to believe in something, I cannot take that belief away from him.

But I try to make a person think about reality. To do this, I ask many questions that destroy his stereotypes. In order to answer them, he is forced to think for himself, he must begin to doubt that his vision of the world was correct. And it often works out. But whether to take off glasses or leave them on is something a person must decide for himself. It's his choice. It is a matter of his responsibility to himself for how he chooses to see the world. This is a question for his future life.

In my work I never try to tear off these glasses. This is not safe for humans. By forcefully tearing off a person's glasses, you can drive him to suicide. If, in exchange for rose-colored glasses, you do not give a person a normal idea of ​​the world, then it is better not to tear them off by force.

– That is, absolutely all people should see the world realistically?

– No, this rule has rare exceptions.

During my work at the cancer center, I saw many cases where it is strictly contraindicated to take off the rose-colored glasses. Solzhenitsyn also described this in “Cancer Ward”: “And here, in the clinic, (the patient) is already sucking on an oxygen pillow, barely moving his eyes, and proving everything with his tongue: I won’t die! I don't have cancer." And I have seen such patients. They stay in the cancer center for months and convince themselves that they don’t have cancer. If you think about it soberly, it will become clear to the patient, even judging by his condition, that most likely he does not have the disease that the doctor reported. But a person is so afraid of facing reality that he looks for ways to avoid it and denies what is already obvious. This is psychological protection. A sane person understands that if you are in such a center, if you are being treated with chemotherapy, then you are seriously ill. But doctors try not to injure patients and therefore do not inform them about the prognosis. This is a very big ethical problem in oncology. So far it does not have a clear solution. Most experts agree that it is necessary to tell the patient about his illness, but carefully, gradually, taking into account what he wants to know and is ready to perceive himself. We must tell the truth, but without imposing it in those rare cases when the patient is not ready to accept it.

You should not talk directly and thoughtlessly about the prognosis to the patient’s relatives. Although to talk or not to talk about the imminent death of the patient, nothing will change - the person will still die. And the injury will still happen. But no one has the courage to inform loved ones directly about this in advance. No one takes responsibility to rip off these glasses. And in fact, in principle, you can make it even worse by tearing them off in an untimely manner. A person must be prepared in some way. He observes the deterioration, a certain readiness is already forming inside him to accept the death of a loved one, he already admits such a thought...

Or I don’t know a single oncologist who could approach the patient’s parents and inform them that their child will die and that he has a few days or months to live. This cannot be said directly! This is a severe trauma for parents. That is, in certain and rare cases, these rose-colored glasses must be preserved.

But usually we encounter other situations. We are trying to take off the glasses, but the person who has them does not want to do this. Even though it greatly harms itself.

All people have encountered this. So, for example, you tell a friend something unpleasant about her boyfriend, and she responds to you: “Why did you tell me about this?! You hurt me! It was normal without you!” A blow has been dealt to the idea, to the safety of the opinion, to the construct, to the stereotype. A blow to the “rosy” idea of ​​​​a person. And this person begins to react aggressively to such words...

You also have to think whether to do it or not. Depending on what result it can lead to.

So there is no clear decision about whether to take off another person’s glasses or not. But it’s absolutely clear that in any case you need to remove them from your eyes! If you yourself are wearing rose-colored glasses, then you can’t take off the glasses from someone else. You don't see reality. You yourself are in distortion. You can't correct someone's vision if you don't see the real picture yourself. And correcting this distortion in oneself is much more difficult than taking points off others. But it is a necessary task.

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When we hear the phrase: “put on rose-colored glasses,” we imagine a person who tries to distance himself from pressing problems, does not want to notice the negative, idealizes the world, and sees everything in a rosy, naive light.

But it turns out that rose-colored glasses for our eyes are just what the doctor ordered! They perfectly protect the eyes not only from the “negativity of life”, but also from harmful sun rays. So, let's figure out whether it's worth wearing rose-colored glasses.

Modern fashionistas know that sunglasses are not just a stylish accessory, but also reliable protection for our eyes. In summer they are a must-have in our wardrobe, especially on the beach. Active ultraviolet rays pose a serious threat to our vision and can cause burns to the retina and sunburn to the delicate, thin skin of the eyelids. Over time, this can lead to swelling and a sharp deterioration in vision.

The color of sunglasses affects not only a person’s image, but also the degree of protection from ultraviolet radiation. Many women, being gentle and romantic by nature, look with admiration towards rose-colored glasses. However, not every young lady decides to purchase them. Pink glasses are quite light, so it seems that they are not able to protect our eyes from ultraviolet radiation.

In fact, pink lenses have a low degree of protection, which is ideal for the city. But for the beach they will be rather weak. Additional tricks help to enhance the protective properties of rose-colored glasses - a mirror coating that reflects part of the rays or a gradient coating. With a gradient coating, the top of the glasses is darker and the bottom is light pink.

In general, rose-colored glasses are quite comfortable for the eyes and allow you to look at the world with a positive attitude. They are also ideal for people working in bright artificial light. They reflect glare well, so they are also suitable for working with a computer. However, it is still not recommended to wear rose-colored glasses for a long time, because they distort colors. When worn for a long time, they can lead to changes in color perception, which will require treatment.

“Look at the world through rose-colored glasses” - phraseological unit

But what glasses you definitely shouldn’t wear are “rose-colored glasses” in the figurative meaning of the word. “Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses” means detaching yourself from reality, perceiving reality illusorily and naively. This phraseological unit came to us from in English, as a characteristic of dreamy people who They don’t notice shortcomings and idealize everything around them.

For an adult, such behavior is unacceptable and is fraught with bad consequences. After all, in essence, “Rose-colored glasses are a child’s worldview, which is typical for all of us at a young age. Growing up, a person must “take off his rose-colored glasses.” The German philosopher Schopenhauer once noted that a person who looks at the world in a black light is prepared for the worst, and therefore makes mistakes much less often than those who look at the world through rose-colored glasses.

I wonder why these idiomatic “glasses” are colored pink? From a color psychology perspective, pink is the color of optimism, romance and carelessness. It combines love, lightness, tenderness and inspiration. It calms the nervous system and reduces aggressiveness. This explains the meaning of “rose-colored glasses”, which allow you to see the world with a happy, childish gaze.

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The world through. Ophthalmologists do not recommend buying summer optics with colored lenses. Under the bright sun, they allegedly can harm the eyes. How to choose the right ones, which not only decorate, but also protect from ultraviolet rays, the correspondent will tell Olga Matveeva.

Fashion trends and designer frames are a powerful argument for many when choosing sunglasses. However, if you think about eye health, it is much more important specifications. In extreme conditions for the eyes - for example, on a sunny day or on the slopes of mountains - poor-quality glasses can cause corneal burns or, even worse, cataracts. It is especially dangerous to be without sun-protective optics on vacation at sea, says Doctor of Medical Sciences, ophthalmologist Dmitry Maychuk:

"The glare from the water can really harm the eyes and cause problems - both on the retina and on the cornea. And the same goes for the mountains. In the mountains there is especially bright snow, this can be dangerous. If you wear low-quality glasses, you can ruin your vision. Here "It is very important that the glasses have a UV filter. Usually, all more or less expensive glasses are marked with a marking - we are talking about prices of more than 300-400 rubles per glasses."

The "UV" icon is usually lasered onto the temples of glasses or onto special stickers on the lenses. The level of protection is indicated in the included inserts. There are 5 categories of filters in total: from 0 to 4. For the city, the second or third number is usually recommended. The darkest is intended for highlands and hot countries. So that you do not doubt the quality of glasses, many optical stores have special devices, on which you can check their light transmission and degree of protection. Ophthalmologists also advise not to fall for cheap replicas famous brands. Such optics, despite the color of the glass, completely transmit ultraviolet rays. The “deceived” pupils under dark lenses dilate, thereby taking on the sunstroke. Therefore, the color of the lenses can be any, the main thing is that there is a reliable filter, explains Dmitry Maychuk:

“It all depends on whether there is a “UV filter” marking. The filter can be built into ordinary light glasses, in which there is no darkness. Pink and purple glasses may already have a built-in UV filter, so they cannot damage the eyes. Yellow glasses ", on the contrary, they serve to enhance vision in bad, foggy, gloomy weather. They should not be worn in bright sunshine."

Glasses with polarizing filters Suitable for trips to the sea and car enthusiasts. They do not allow reflections and bright glare of light to pass through, and are also more comfortable to wear. True, they cost several times more than their ultraviolet counterparts. The price of lenses with the simplest frames starts from about 3,000 rubles. However, according to experts, in central Russia, even in bright sunshine, it is impossible to get eye damage. Therefore, for residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Urals and Siberia, sunglasses are just a fashion accessory.

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OLGA ALEKINA: “In patients with cystic fibrosis, antibiotics are used in maximum doses, exceeding even those prescribed for sepsis. This is already a difficult test for the body. And when analogues are used, they do not work. And the doctor is forced to increase the dosage in order to achieve at least a minimal therapeutic effect. And the biggest problem is that the effects on the liver are aggravated.”

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GMO children did not consent to the experiment!

ALEXEY KULIKOV: “From my point of view, He Jiankui is a person who has really crossed certain moral standards. This is, rather, an unfortunate experimenter who has forgotten himself a little, therefore, according to legal laws, yes, he is a criminal.”

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How not to run into something that might break: about complications when installing breast implants

TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva underwent emergency surgery to remove breast implants. She herself wrote about this on social networks. The post is accompanied by a photo of the presenter from the hospital ward. She admitted that she had breast surgery 15 years ago. Despite the lifetime warranty, the implant was damaged inside the body. Kudryavtseva urges women to refuse breast augmentation surgery. And doctors and lawyers remind that the success of the operation largely depends on the right choice implants, doctors and plastic surgery clinics.

“Snus manufacturers have found a consumer among children”

The Federation Council asks the government to suspend the circulation of snus and all analogues of the nicotine mixture until appropriate amendments are made to the legislation. Temporary restrictions may come into force as early as January next year. The senators explain that these products are usually sold in bright, attractive packaging, including in the form of chewing marmalade and candies with various flavors, which “makes them especially attractive to children and adolescents.” At the same time, it turned out to be extremely difficult to ban the current attack. Manufacturers replace tobacco with pure nicotine or a nicotine-containing mixture, so they can legally sell it, Valery Ryazansky, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, explained in an interview with the Vesti FM radio station.

Looking through rose-colored glasses to whom, to what. Iron. Not noticing flaws in someone or something.

Phraseological dictionary of the Russian literary language. - M.: Astrel, AST. A. I. Fedorov. 2008.

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For whom, for what? Razg. Not noticing shortcomings, idealizing someone or something. FSRY, 307; ZS 1996, 154; BMS 1998, 427 ...

Don't notice the shortcomings; idealize... Dictionary of many expressions

through- I. preposition. who what. Through. Sow with. sieve. Strain with. gauze. Take a look from. glasses glasses. The sky shines through. foliage Morning light breaks through. curtains. View from. porthole. Blow with. cracks. Wade with. crowd. The bullet passed with. wall. //… … encyclopedic Dictionary

through- preposition and adverb. 1. preposition with wine. n. Used to designate an object, substance, environment through which something passes, penetrates, or is visible. Sow through a sieve. Making your way through the crowd. □ Squinting his old eyes, the general through his glasses... ... Small academic dictionary

through- 1. preposition. a) whom what Through. Sow through a sieve. Strain through cheesecloth. Look through the glasses. The sky shines through the foliage. Morning light breaks through the curtains. Look through the porthole. Blow through... Dictionary of many expressions

GLASSES- Don't your feet sweat with glasses? Jarg. they say Joking. Threat to a man with glasses. Belyanin, Butenko, 28. Point to someone. Psk., Smol. The same as rubbing glasses on someone. SRNG, 25, 60. Rub / rub glasses into someone. To deceive someone by pretending to be something. in a distorted way... ... Large dictionary of Russian sayings

glasses- o/v; pl. see also spectacle, spectacle 1) An optical device made of two glasses on arms, used for visual impairment or to protect the eyes. Put on glasses/. Man with glasses. Glasses/ for nearsighted, farsighted... Dictionary of many expressions

glasses- noun, plural, used compare often Morphology: pl. What? glasses, (no) what? points for what? glasses, (see) what? glasses, what? glasses, about what? about glasses 1. Glasses are a special device made of two glasses in a special frame, which a person wears to better… Dictionary Dmitrieva

glasses- ov; pl. 1. An optical device made of two glasses on arms, used for visual impairment or to protect the eyes. Put on o. Man with glasses. O. for nearsighted, farsighted. Sun protection, dust protection o. Look through the pink o. to whom, what... ... encyclopedic Dictionary

People with rose-colored glasses see everything differently, the world around them seems brighter. Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses means deliberately not perceiving the real colors of the world around you. Living in a world of illusions... But these are just illusions. But sooner or later, rose-colored glasses will break against the truth of life and it will hurt. Should you lie to yourself?

In huge pink glasses,
Without noticing life's prose,
Love ran on high heels,
I seriously believe in immortality.
And the white scarf fluttered,
She flew like a brave bird.
I was in such a hurry to take a step
Towards the fairytale prince!
And the gentle trail of her perfume
Flowed after, seducing.
And every third one was ready
Run after her, forgetting everything.
And the scarf was lost in the clouds
And flew away into infinity.
With huge pink glasses
Love was about to go away
To eternity.

There is nothing worse than when you stop believing the voice of your heart and start living by what they say around you. In fact, there are always more blind people than sighted people. It's just that those who actually see what's most important are often asked to take off their rose-colored glasses. But it is the blind who ask.

Naivety is the worst quality in a person. And it’s terrible because a person always believes that people are good and sees only their positive sides. And how in the end it turns out that those whom you trust the most, those in whom you see only the light, actually blind you with this very light and drive knives into your back. And you continue to naively believe that the person did not do this on purpose, that he will change, and this continues until the “rose-colored glasses” fall off. Then, finally, there comes complete disappointment in people in general, but not everyone is bad. There are really good people who are always there, always supportive, who have no thoughts of betrayal or betrayal, but you don’t notice them anymore... you just already know there’s a catch in everything!

“They stubbornly pretended that the world was a center of joy and healthy pleasures, that everything on earth happened in accordance with a dozen or so simple rules, which are listed in some wise book. You don't even have to teach them; It is enough just to realize that they exist, and peace of mind is guaranteed. And I, like an eyesore, constantly reminded that there are really no rules and the life of any living creature is always and everywhere in mortal danger.”