Wierd lights in peripheral vision

Hey, I hope someone could give me an answer here asap, I'm a bit freaked. I was tryin to check above the kitchen cabinet for something and I didn't feel like climbing so I just jumped as high as I could and for a few seconds afterwords, I saw strange points of light moving around in my peripheral. Is this a sign of something serious? (seriously, am near sighted and my family has a history of various health issues) The lights faded away when I looked directly at them. I tried it again but nothing. (schizophrenia, spinal issues, etc are present in both sides of my family)

yeah, uhh... I suppose this can be deleted or something. I saw an optometrist and got some seriously bad news, damaged retina. (someone could at least have given me the name of what it's called, floaters. When I learned that and saw the previous post about them, I figured why I was being snubbed. I googled everything I could think of but apparently not the magic words)