Vision from a Sociological Perspective: Lifestyle, Stress, and Visual Health

Vision has been extensively studied within the medical sciences, yet mainstream literature often tends to overlook the psychosocial factors that shape visual health. This communication explores the interplay between vision, lifestyle, and stress from a sociological perspective, emphasizing how social and environmental factors influence visual well-being. In recent years, research has increasingly highlighted the role of lifestyle changes—such as prolonged screen time, reduced outdoor activities, and shifts in daily routines—on the prevalence of vision issues like digital eye strain and myopia. This communication situates vision not merely as a biological function but as a socially embedded experience, influenced by contemporary work habits, leisure activities, and the pressures of modern life.

By focusing on the sociocultural dimensions of vision, this communication aims to provide a broader understanding of the challenges that individuals face in maintaining visual health in the context of modern living. It also explores the role of social awareness and education in fostering healthier vision habits, advocating for a more integrated approach to vision care that acknowledges the influence of lifestyle and social environment on visual experiences. This perspective invites a shift from a purely clinical view of vision towards one that recognises the complex interactions between social life, stress, and the ways in which individuals see and perceive their world.

With a posture of clinical sociology and at the intersection of multiple disciplines this communication will pledge for the figure of the Vision Coach as a professional supporting habits and lifestyle to promote optimal vision for life to participate in the solution of the silent worldwide pandemic of vision issues while encouraging the empowerment of individuals as actors in their own socially situated story.