Just wondering

Hogmeister B

Do blind people have dreams?

TerrorFirmer

Actually a really interesting question....what form do the dreams of someone who's been blind since birth take? Damn, now you have me interested...

Kinetic^

Hopefully some of them are reading this and will let us know.




:pac:

KamiKazi

braille monitor ftw

Danbo!

and how do they know when to stop wiping?

Alessandra

Great question always wanted to ask someone..


Think blind people can access certain websites, don't ask me which one but apparently they use headphones and are guided through step by step etc. Saw a piece on it on the BBC news once.

And do deaf people hear themselves when they think?

dior1catboy

Does anyone know any people whop are blind from birth? Can they ask them? This is going to wreck my head now

emeraldstar

Well why wouldn't they HAVE dreams? The question would be moreso what form the dreams would take as TerrorFirmer said, if they'd never had vision...

tbh

I have a blind friend, and I asked him. He said

"Of course I have dreams! you have dreams that reflect how you experience the world - i.e. visually. So you dream about seeing things, but at the same time you are seeing them, you are also hearing things, sometimes feeling them, and travelling from place to place, even if you are not controlling things. Well, it's the same for me, except without the visual. I experience things in dreams the same way as I experience them in real life - a mixture of sound, sensation and a feeling of movement. It might not always make sense - sometimes I hear a noise that I've obviously heard before, because I'm remembering it, not hearing it, but I don't know what it is because I didn't find out at the time. That's rare though."

I was curious and I asked him about colour. He said that when he was in school, the 8 colours of the rainbow were represented by 8 ascending musical notes, with black being the deepest and white being the highest, and he said that helps him when people talk about shades and colours, especially in metaphors.

aidan_walsh

tbh wrote: »

I have a blind friend, and I asked him. He said

"Of course I have dreams! you have dreams that reflect how you experience the world - i.e. visually. So you dream about seeing things, but at the same time you are seeing them, you are also hearing things, sometimes feeling them, and travelling from place to place, even if you are not controlling things. Well, it's the same for me, except without the visual. I experience things in dreams the same way as I experience them in real life - a mixture of sound, sensation and a feeling of movement. It might not always make sense - sometimes I hear a noise that I've obviously heard before, because I'm remembering it, not hearing it, but I don't know what it is because I didn't find out at the time. That's rare though."

I was curious and I asked him about colour. He said that when he was in school, the 8 colours of the rainbow were represented by 8 ascending musical notes, with black being the deepest and white being the highest, and he said that helps him when people talk about shades and colours, especially in metaphors.

Damned missing Thanks system. Good explanation.

TerrorFirmer

tbh wrote: »

I have a blind friend, and I asked him. He said

"Of course I have dreams! you have dreams that reflect how you experience the world - i.e. visually. So you dream about seeing things, but at the same time you are seeing them, you are also hearing things, sometimes feeling them, and travelling from place to place, even if you are not controlling things. Well, it's the same for me, except without the visual. I experience things in dreams the same way as I experience them in real life - a mixture of sound, sensation and a feeling of movement. It might not always make sense - sometimes I hear a noise that I've obviously heard before, because I'm remembering it, not hearing it, but I don't know what it is because I didn't find out at the time. That's rare though."

I was curious and I asked him about colour. He said that when he was in school, the 8 colours of the rainbow were represented by 8 ascending musical notes, with black being the deepest and white being the highest, and he said that helps him when people talk about shades and colours, especially in metaphors.

I kinda want the 'Thanks' button back now...my mind is at peace.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

nice question!

Hogmeister B wrote: »

Do blind people have dreams?

interesting answer ...

tbh wrote: »

I have a blind friend, and I asked him. He said

"Of course I have dreams! you have dreams that reflect how you experience the world - i.e. visually. So you dream about seeing things, but at the same time you are seeing them, you are also hearing things, sometimes feeling them, and travelling from place to place, even if you are not controlling things. Well, it's the same for me, except without the visual. I experience things in dreams the same way as I experience them in real life - a mixture of sound, sensation and a feeling of movement. It might not always make sense - sometimes I hear a noise that I've obviously heard before, because I'm remembering it, not hearing it, but I don't know what it is because I didn't find out at the time. That's rare though."

I was curious and I asked him about colour. He said that when he was in school, the 8 colours of the rainbow were represented by 8 ascending musical notes, with black being the deepest and white being the highest, and he said that helps him when people talk about shades and colours, especially in metaphors.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Thanks isn't accesable in AH - I think they were worried that people might abuse it and give thanks in responce to sarcasm (no sh1t!)

smellslikeshoes

Very very interesting answer.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Thank you! Not often I get the recognition I deserve around here:D!

dior1catboy

I will sleep soundly tonight............excuse the pun............thank you