a few months ago, i found an old flash attachment in my dad's old dresser drawer. I remembered it not really working unless plugged into the wall, and also wondered bout what buttons did what. I finally figure out how to set the flash off by hand, so what do I do? I hold the flash right up against my eyes, a little closer to the left than the right, and pres the button. This blinding lflash of light hits me... the scary thing was the blinding flash didn't go away. Knowing this was a flash, i started to wonder why I couldn't f'in see a thing, everything complete,ly whited out, I mean I literally couldn't see a damn thing. 10 minutes later, my right eye starts giving in, and i can sorta see things, but its all in a washed out green tint, no other colours, the left eye is still blind, though not white anymore, kinda offwhite or greyish. 10 minutes after that I can almost see normally out of my right eye, and my left eye is somewhat better, I can see shapes and shadows. About 45 minutes later, my sight returned to normal entirely. I honestly could never say what I was thinking. I was reminded of this from your last sentence... ry