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People who have been completely blind since birth, do you see anything when you dream? (self.Blind)
submitted by an-unorthodox-agenda
Sorry if this question has been asked before, feel free to link me to another post. This question was prompted by a shower thoughts submission, and I want to know for sure whether or not blind people can dream with sight.
modulus 5 points 3y ago
No. However I sometimes know where things are in dreams. Just know. For example stretch my hand to pick up a glass from a table knowing it's there. But it's a sense of space and where things are, not sight.
an-unorthodox-agenda [OP] 1 points 3y ago
so tactile / spacial sense is there, just not actual pictures? also, do blind people who used to have sight still dream with visuals?
razzretina 2 points 3y ago
Depends on the person and how long they’ve been blind.
8i8oio 1 points 3y ago
I’m legally blind as of this year, but it’s been a slow, torturous road. My dreams are very vivid, full of sight. What has been weird is that sometimes I dream I’m blind / visually impaired. Those are exactly like life. I even dream of having to explain my limitations to dream ppl. So weird.
I have a friend who has been fully blind for 9 years, still dreams with sight and color.
I have a friend who has been fully blind for 9 years, still dreams with sight and color.
hopesthoughts 1 points 3y ago
I was born blind, and I don't see in my dreams. Oh and people on /r/showerthoughts need to sleep more.
Albinofromutah 1 points 3y ago
I was born blind and got some sight when I grew up and lost it again about a year ago. Most my dreams are visual but very blurry like how I see. They usually are more sensory dreams like smell, taste and sound.
oncenightvaler 1 points 3y ago
I've answered this before, but my dreams as a totally blind man often consist of me in environments taking it in as I normally would through touch and sound.
I am sure I have the regular good dreams like going for picnics or being at the beach or being in a fantasy world with castles and knights, and I also have the regular nightmares of failing in school or being chased by a monster or endless falling.
I am sure I have the regular good dreams like going for picnics or being at the beach or being in a fantasy world with castles and knights, and I also have the regular nightmares of failing in school or being chased by a monster or endless falling.
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