I looked at the sun straight on as a child for 30 - 60 seconds am I Ok?

I’m surprised you’re not blind.

And how is your vision today?
If your ok,then you got away with it,but it wasn’t the brightest thing to do, but children are not known for being very intelligent about most things that can harm them.

My vison is fine. I do need glasses. My eyes are usually swollen and tired. As a result I skipped school when my eyes hurt.

When was this?
How long ago was your childhood?
Looking in to the sun, straight, and hold the gaze, and see it transit seems to me very unlikely.
Not calling you a liar, but maybe you perceived it as such.

@rebbel When I was 13, 27 years ago. I squinted to look directly at the sun to see it move slightly.

Wow.
Well, squinting sounds more possible, because one can squint their eyes to almost a sliver.
Thus keeping the possible damage to a minimum.
And the swollen eyes are a thing still these days?
Sounds to me that the tiredness and the swollen eyes are related, more so than the sun gazing from 27 years ago.

@rebbel I spend most of my day watching tv and internet or sleeping. I don’t take good care of my eyes. Sometimes my eyes are so sore that I can’t read much.

I’ve peeked too. I daresay most everybody has. If you were able to see your keyboard as clearly as I can I’m betting you’re okay.

@RedDeerGuy1 Asking the mods to put in social to keep the thread going.

Not advisable. Unless you have access to a Public Service dog. You’ll be needing one.

Frankly, I find it a bit difficult to believe that you looked directly into the Sun for up to a full minute. Not saying you’re a liar, but you might be overestimating how long you looked.

@Darth_Algar It is ok. Not important. We should let this go. Thanks for grounding me. I was livid first from your answer, but I don’t care. It doesn’t matter.

There is a big popular misconception about looking into the sun during an eclipse. That’s actually the safest time to look. Full eclipse is twelve times darker (measured with my camera meter) than normal every day sun.

The danger comes from looking into the naked sun while awaiting the eclipse to occur. We don’t typically do that. So we underestimate the harmful affects when it happens for extended periods.

Eat your carrots and don’t do it again for more than a few seconds at a time. You are strong and in possession of a body that heals itself in miraculous fashion.

It will lead to a psychotic episode and cause you to believe you looked into the sun for a longer time than you actually did.

@RedDeerGuy1

Dude, don’t take offense, but your tale is a little hard to take at face value. Looking directly into the Sun is physically painful. More than a second or two and your eyes reflexively close.