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When correcting vision feels like losing identity

I've worn glasses since I was eight and I'm considering LASIK, but I keep worrying that people won't recognize me without them and somehow I won't be me anymore either.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

She's questioning whether long-worn physical aids have become essential to her sense of self and others' recognition of her.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body as identity — physical self-concept?”

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