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Does a blind man dream the same way as everyone else?

Picklebobble · 56-60, M
Interesting question.
You and I know what birds look like.
But if you've never been able to feel one, I wonder what that does to your imagination ?
You can describe a tree. But if you can't climb it, to physically get some idea of height, would you imagine it the same way ?
In a movie called Night on Earth, a young blind woman (Beatrice Daal) gets into the back of a cab and the driver watches as she applies lipstick; feels and brushes her hair. Even applies mascara!
And he's fascinated !
So he starts asking dumb questions(the ones we would all ask ! Lol)
And she explains that she loves dancing. Feeling her body move in ways different to how it normally would !
How when she listens to music, she puts her hands on the speakers and the music flows through her ! She can FEEL it !
Stuff like that !
SW-User
Interesting.. Maybe it depends on if they've ever had sight
Apparently blind people on LSD still see similar visual stimuli. I know its not directly related to the question but its interesting.

https://mindhacks.com/2009/11/18/do-blind-people-hallucinate-on-lsd/
Maggimay · 46-50, F
I dont think so, I read somewhere that our dreams are what we see. Like eg, faces, the faces we dream are faces we seen because our mind isn't developed enough to create a face in a dream.
SW-User
Yes. Any more questions?
ClosetCD · M
I don't think so. Do they?

 
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