What just happened with my eyes? It was really weird?!


Question: What just happened with my eyes? It was really weird?
This will sound weird and I don't really understand it either. Please don't make fun of me because I am not making this up. I was just lying in bed. I wasn't very tired and I know I wasn't falling asleep. I have some light in my room so when my eyes are closed its not completely dark and I can see a little bit of light through my eye lids. After about 20 seconds of having my eyes closed everything just instantly went completely dark in my eyes (I know you don't see anything when your eyes are closed but there is usually still some light. It seemed like my eyes had just shut off. It freaked me out and I opened my eyes right away. I thought I was falling asleep but I was aware of it so that convinced me otherwise. It happened twice, the first time I just ignored it but the second time I wanted to figure out what it was.
Like I said, it sounds really dumb and insignificant but it was enough to scare me so I want to know what happened.
Thanks

Answers:

When you sleep or close your eyes, your eyes roll upwards - called Bell's phenomenon. If the light was below you, it probably just got dark because your eyes started looking up and away from the light. I'm assuming when you opened your eyes, you were able to see right away and that you aren't blind now...



Your eyes probably just adjusted or something...




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