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ekthorp, as someone who has worn glasses since second grade and contacts since eight grade, I see your point about feeling as though they become a part of you. However, though I have awful vision without either my contacts or glasses on, I feel more comfortable without them. I don't feel as though they are a part of my body. My glasses become a nuissance, while playing sports, or merely in the heat when I feel more than ever that they are NOT a part of my body. Contacts, on the other hand, were like my savior from glasses. They are my ability for an easier life in sports and comfort. However, even contacts don't feel as though they "naturally" become a part of my body. I have worn them for years now, and still they give me discomfort/I can feel something between my body and my contacts, a barrier of a sort. When I am tired, my contacts feel separated from my eyes, I have to take them out. However, when I don't have either glasses or contacts in, I am more comfortable, I feel more natural.

That is, I am not denying that they are, currently, necessary for my survival. However, as I mentioned in class, would they be necessary for my survival, if it weren't for their existence in the first place? Another thing, I feel as though if my contacts or glasses were "naturally" a part of my body, I would get as much of a shock in their absence as I would with the disappearance of a leg.