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What does blind people dream? (self.Blind)
submitted by larry_sad
blind from birth and people who lost their vision, would you mind sharing?
snow671 8 points 6y ago
I lost my vision later in life and my dreams haven't changed. Vivid dreams can be pretty depressing.
Terry_Pie 4 points 6y ago
As I understand it, when you're young you have about 75% dreams and 25% nightmares (classified as a negative dream). By adulthood, that flips. Very few people (single digit percent) experience night terrors, however.
The thing I often get is false awakening nightmares. They're the worst. You think you're laying awake in complete darkness, and there is someone that has just entered the room and is moving toward you. You try move, you can't. You try scream and scream and scream, you can't. You know it's not real, and you try to wake yourself, you succeed. Oh wait, no you didn't, you've just transitioned into false awakening sequence two. Repeat the process a few times, wake up sweating and your heart going a million miles a minute. I recognise them pretty much straight away these days, but they still scare the hell outta me.
The thing I often get is false awakening nightmares. They're the worst. You think you're laying awake in complete darkness, and there is someone that has just entered the room and is moving toward you. You try move, you can't. You try scream and scream and scream, you can't. You know it's not real, and you try to wake yourself, you succeed. Oh wait, no you didn't, you've just transitioned into false awakening sequence two. Repeat the process a few times, wake up sweating and your heart going a million miles a minute. I recognise them pretty much straight away these days, but they still scare the hell outta me.
cynicaldotes 3 points 6y ago
Is that anything like sleep paralysis?
Terry_Pie 3 points 6y ago
That's precisely what it is.
cynicaldotes 2 points 6y ago
do you still "see" things during these? Because when I have sleep paralysis the experience is mostly visual.
Amonwilde 2 points 6y ago
Feel like this might be answered better with a Google search.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2r9edq/blind_people_of_reddit_what_are_your_dreams_like/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5n2xqz/blind_people_of_reddit_how_do_you_dream_do_you/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5i9wv6/blind_people_of_reddit_how_do_you_dream/
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/10xh2c/eli5_how_do_blind_people_dream/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d8mw8/blind_people_of_reddit_what_is_it_like_to_fall/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cdkkr/so_if_a_person_is_born_blind_what_do_they_dream/
Or:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-28853788
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/26/how-the-blind-dream/
https://www.quora.com/If-a-person-is-born-blind-what-do-they-see-in-their-dreams
Personally, I always thought it was weird that this question is asked so often. People seem to be confused about what dreaming actually is. Hint: it's not movies in your mind.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2r9edq/blind_people_of_reddit_what_are_your_dreams_like/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5n2xqz/blind_people_of_reddit_how_do_you_dream_do_you/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5i9wv6/blind_people_of_reddit_how_do_you_dream/
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/10xh2c/eli5_how_do_blind_people_dream/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d8mw8/blind_people_of_reddit_what_is_it_like_to_fall/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cdkkr/so_if_a_person_is_born_blind_what_do_they_dream/
Or:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-28853788
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/26/how-the-blind-dream/
https://www.quora.com/If-a-person-is-born-blind-what-do-they-see-in-their-dreams
Personally, I always thought it was weird that this question is asked so often. People seem to be confused about what dreaming actually is. Hint: it's not movies in your mind.
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