Buzz·Posted on 11 Nov 201523 Struggles People Who Don't Wear Contact Lenses Will Never GetBlink, itch, blink, cry, itch, give up on the world, blink.by Remee PatelBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. People constantly telling you how gross it is that you touch your eyeball. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. And not being able to take out your contacts without someone commenting on how you can possibly do that. Tia Nguyen ❁ @tianguyen_ When non-contact users watch me take out my contacts: "omg doesn't that hurt? How do you touch ur eye? I could never do that. Omg ewww." 04:04 AM - 28 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. Waking up to perfect vision and thinking that a miracle has actually happened. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. UNTIL THE PAIN SETS IN AND YOU REALISE WHAT AWFUL, AWFUL THING YOU HAVE DONE. kase @Kayy_see_lynn actual pics of me after sleeping in my contacts 03:57 AM - 18 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Having to avoid getting water in your eye at all costs, including in the shower. View this photo on Instagram 6. Losing the contact lens while it's STILL in your eye. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. And having to stick your fingers all up in your eyes to find it until they are searing with pain. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. Having to take out your lens because of an eyelash gone rogue. View this photo on Instagram 9. Or worse, IT ACTUALLY TEARING IN YOUR FUCKING EYE. View this photo on Instagram 10. Having to look for your glasses blind as a bat, because you were too eager to take off your contact lenses. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. The awkwardness of tears streaming down your face at random times and having to convince people you're not having a complete breakdown. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Finding dried contact lenses stuck to all of your favourite shit. View this photo on Instagram 13. In fact, finding them just everywhere. منة عقل @Menna_Akl_ Things that are always on my floor: -bobby pins -dried up contact lenses -Hair 03:42 AM - 25 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. And inevitably stepping on them with your bare feet. 15. Having to fashion a lens case out of anything you can find in order to preserve what are essentially YOUR EYES. 16. Having to be completely overdramatic whenever one of your contact lenses pops out. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. And then having to stick that wrinkled, dirty ass lens back in your eye because you've got no cleaning solution. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. Always, at some point, having to fiddle with a particularly troublesome contact, no matter how experienced you are. View this photo on Instagram 19. Realising, and always at the last minute, that you've run out of contacts for ONE eye. 20. Having to blink nonstop as soon as your eye becomes slightly irritated. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. Because rubbing your eyes for momentary relief will only cause a lifetime of pain. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. People never quite understand that wearing contact lenses is a daily struggle. Ellie Day @EllieAdieu When people complain they've got something in their eye: try having something in both eyes, all day, everyday #contactlensproblems 11:37 AM - 08 Nov 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. But you always have to wear them, despite their problems, because you just can't face what you look like when you're wearing your glasses.