When Tyler was a baby, his right eye turned inwards to such a severe degree that the color of his iris was hardly visible. “I was so embarrassed of (my eye turn) that I tried developing new ways of looking at people so they wouldn’t notice my eyes. There were times that I wouldn’t even look people in the eyes
because I was always self-conscious that they would be looking at my overturned eye.”
His parents sought help for their son’s vision, and by the time he was in High School, Tyler had undergone three surgeries to correct his turned eye. Though these brought his eye closer to pointing straight ahead than it had been, it was still quite noticeably turned out. Tyler was plagued by an embarrassment and self-doubt that permeated every aspect of his life.
