It's a small grey thing that moves with my gaze, it showed up in early May and hasn't changed. It doesn't bother me too much but it worries me a bit. Is it dangerous? I'm 34 and my vision is fine otherwise.
I had the same thing a few years ago, a little gray spot that would move in my field of vision, and it freaked me out at first. It's called "floaters" or "eye floaters" in general, and it's caused by tiny particles in the vitreous fluid of your eye. It's super common and in the vast majority of cases it's completely harmless. The thing is, if it really hasn't changed since May and you're seeing fine otherwise, that's a good sign. The floaters that move with your gaze - that's exactly because the fluid in your eye moves with your eye movements.
That said, I'm not going to tell you it's nothing you need to get checked out - you should still see an ophthalmologist to make sure there's no retinal detachment or something like that going on. It's especially if it comes with flashes of light, a sudden increase in floaters, or a shadow appearing in your peripheral vision that you really need to hurry. Since it's been stable for two months, you can book an appointment without panicking, but might as well get it checked with a pro to sleep easy. At 34 and without other vision problems, it's really probably just a harmless floater.
It's not necessarily dangerous, but you really shouldn't freak out about it on your own. Floaters are super common, especially when they move with your gaze and haven't changed in two months - it's usually just tiny stuff floating around in your eye's vitreous humor, nothing serious. That said, if it gets worse tomorrow or you start seeing flashes of light or a shadow that's growing, then you definitely need to see an ophthalmologist because it could be something else. But honestly, a spot that's been stable for two months at 34, it's probably just something that's gonna stay there without causing you any trouble.
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