Have you ever wondered if blind people dream with images?
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MovieManCin2 ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 05:48 AM)
It was. Occasionally I would forget she was color blind, and would wonder why she couldn't see something I could see. Then she would give me a funny look, and I would say "Oh yeah." It did not bother me.
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Cheeky ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 06:03 AM)
My friend would think something was a certain color but it wasn't
I wonder what they see, if it's just black and white?
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TheBookBears ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 05:26 AM)
Huh. I never thought of this before. That's pretty interesting, especially this is rather complicated situation. But I did wonder if blind people can pick up sounds or smell something which probably help them form their own memories or imaginations which can easily influence their dream state. I should have thought of this when I did the essay back in college because it would be great research essay.
Similarly, since I'm deaf and I wear hearing aid, I actually can hear sounds in my dreams but not all the time. Sometimes, my dreams would play out like what you see in silent movies and some other times, I remember hearing my own voice as well as someone else's and I think dreams can be influenced by my own memories so in my dreams, I wasn't wearing hearing aid but in reality, I do. While it may not be real, it did give me a glimpse of the different life if I'm not deaf. Honestly, it's a bit sad that both deaf and blind people have a small taste of what could have been but in reality, it's not possible.
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ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 05:00 PM)I'm sorry you're deaf, but it's nice you can imagine sounds. Sometimes, I hear things. I had torturous sounds in my ears before, too, after I was a music major.
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TheBookBears ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 06:03 PM)
No worries, Christina.
I'm used to it. Do you know what's the good thing about being deaf? I can go to sleep uninterrupted without hearing all these noises like dogs barking, cars revving, people arguing, screams of innocent people mixed with gunshots, etc., and I can sleep through all that. But despite that, if the sound is powerful enough, I can feel them instead of hearing them as deaf people can feel the vibration and other sensations people who can hear, normally can't and those sounds can send the waves and it would wake me up. Funnily enough, since I lost my hearings and my sights weakened a bit (I wear glasses), other three senses heightened. I have sensitive touch, nose, and taste. You know there are five senses? Touch, sight, taste, smell, and sound. You lose one, other become heightened (usually) as a means to "make up" the loss.
Same goes for blind people. They may have lost their sights, but four of other senses heightened. They can sense something what people normally can't, same goes with deaf people but it depends on both deaf and blind people because the sensitivity of other senses vary. They can go through therapy/specialists to help hone on their skills (like deaf people go to see audiologists and speech therapy).
Sorry, I'm blabbing. Anyway, I can imagine listening to music would help keeping those torturous sounds at bay. Music is a great therapy. They help soothe your tortured soul.
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āļø Christina 1986-05-20 ā 5 years ago(November 26, 2020 06:43 PM)
Yea, even my earplugs and noise machine don't always block out sounds that drive me crazy, like annoying cars or sounds in my room, the garage.
That's cool your other senses are more sensitive and heightened. I guess it's like when you listen to music as opposed to watching it being played or as a musician recording yourself and listening back.
Well, I became sensitive to sound it seems after I majored in music for a year. The torturous sounds came after I stopped doing music as much. I heard things that were entertaining while I was still in music, when transferred to a college Up North during a hurricane at my other one. The noises subsided after I was stuck in bed alone for 3 days in a dorm.
There is a museum in the oldest continuing city in the US and they play big music boxes there every day. They seem to usually tell how deaf people enjoy it by feeling the vibrations. People who maybe don't play music are awe inspired by things like this, too.
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