“Aftereffective photophobia manifests itself as an uncontrollable focus on what is around the person or object you are supposed to be focusing on, for example, talking to someone but then involuntarily shifting your attention elsewhere and not being able to ‘retrieve’ it, with distress and, if left untreated, avoidance of interaction and social difficulties.
The disease also manifests itself in an uncontrollable focus on things that should not be focused on, for example, the afterglow will involuntarily focus on the sensitive parts of the opposite sex, such as breasts, crotch, knowing that it is meaningless and inappropriate but difficult to control, so will increase anxiety and self-blame, fear of social interaction, without active treatment symptoms may worsen, or even depression, compulsive symptoms, causing pain to patients, affecting normal work life.”