Can they see their dreams?, Hmmm.. Options

[casssy]

I was being bored and was looking at random friends away messages (what a life I have, haha ) and I came across one that made me think..

"Can blind people see dreams? Do they even dream?"

being the dummy I am, I dont know

can they see what they think the objects would look like if they were able to see? or is it an audio sensory experience involving the remaining senses?

[*Kathleen*]

Well, I wouldn't know because I'm blind, but I imagine that they would. Perhaps they see things in their way. As in, they dream up things as they think it's like. I'm not sure, though.

[f00LisH_h3aRt63]

hMM...that made me think for a little while. lOL. but im sure they dream but what they see if they're perception of how things would look to them. so yea.

pS- hi cassie.

jackie

[casssy]

people finally replied, I was starting to feel sad

(HI! jackie, I miss you bunches)

[eggscezz]

people who are blind since birth have no visual dreams.. those who were blinded because of some accidents have visual dreams.. that's what one of my schoolmates told me.. im not sure if it's true..

or is it an audio sensory experience involving the remaining senses?

i think blind people since birth have this kind of dream..

[*CEP*]

I don't think so.
I mean, if you think about it, the main thing about dreams is that you see things. You don't feel, taste, smell, or hear anything. You just see things. And since blind people don't have the luxury to actually see antyhing, then they probably don't have any mental images that can show in dreams.
Two cents.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[casssy]

You don't feel, taste, smell, or hear anything. You just see things.

o0 Ive never noticed that, haha hmm interesting stuff

[BeyondElite]

Good question. From what I have heard, blind people will dream with the sensory information that is/has been available to them. So if they've never seen, they will dream vivid smells and hear sounds and 'feel' presences and environments. Whereas, someone who went blind after having been a seeing person, might occasionally dream in images.

[shawty_redd]

oo this is a good question.
it depends
if you were born blind then you would know what things look like when you dream
but if you were born "seeing" and then became blind you would be able to remember what things look like and then they would be able to see the things that they dream unless it was some totally new invention that they have never seen then i dunno.

but ya thats just what i think

[inthemudhole]

Very good question.. but I have no idea..
But I do agree with Shawty_redd.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

well technically, everyhting u see goes to the brain, and ur dreasm r already in ur brain, so im guessing yes

[Levy2k6]

i want to know this... i dont know anyone blind.. some1 go ask!

[ichiban]

I dunno ... doesn't everyone have dreams?

[sammi rules you]

Hmm. That's a good question. Probably they just imagine what things look like through what they feel.

[ghjgfkgfk]

yes.
but they don't have pictures. they use other senses to have them (hear,touch, blah blah blah)

http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/van/qa/section/Eve...s/983040715.htm

[ghjgfkgfk]

but did you guys know that there's a machine that records ur dreams? it's for crazy people only though.

oh yeah! i have one of those!

[defjam_gangsta]

Greetings!!

God created us in such a similar ways. some of us may be born blind. while others deaf. watever da setback is, imma sure God wouldn't deprieve his children of other abilities. if He was to take away our senses, He would have enhance another sense of ours or even add in da sixth sense or something. well, i hope ya see ma point aight?! so do blind ppl dreams. i would say yes!!

CHEERS CB!!

[dani41790]

yea i guess they can but umm if they have been blind all their life then i guess not or mayb they can. idk

[highly_evolved]

sure...i mean it all comes from imagination basically right?and who dsnt have that,?

[ninja_k]

if youre born blind you dont see dreams, but if you go blind, you can still see them, but they start to fade and eventually you cant see them anymore.

[Luster Soldier]

oo this is a good question.
it depends
if you were born blind then you would know what things look like when you dream
but if you were born "seeing" and then became blind you would be able to remember what things look like and then they would be able to see the things that they dream unless it was some totally new invention that they have never seen then i dunno.

but ya thats just what i think

I think even if they don't know what things actually look like, they'll still see things as they imagined it to be.

To answer the question, I don't know I think they will dream, because it's not actually seeing with the eyes, is it?

[inlonelinessidie]

I found these online:

Yes, blind people do dream. What they see in their dreams depends on how much they could ever see. If someone has been totally blind since birth, they only have auditory dreams. If someone such as I, has had a measure of sight, then that person dreams with that measure of sight. I still dream as though I can see, colors included. For people I've met since, their faces are just blurs or how I imagine they look. To me, someone like my mother looks forever 30.

As stated above, everyone dreams. In general, people's dream experience is similar to their waking experience. That is, while most sighted people's dreams are primarily visual, blind people dream more an auditory, tactile, and other sense modalities.People who lose their sight very early (before age five) apparently experience no visual imagery in their dreams. Visual imagery is variable for those who lose their sight between ages five and seven. People who lose their sight after age seven almost always have some level of visual imagery present in their dreams.

[jnukes]

I mean, if you think about it, the main thing about dreams is that you see things.

i was rapping in my dream a few days ago and i heard myself...

but i dunno.. maybe they imagine what seeing is like and just project it in their head when they're asleep.. or maybe they never have visual dreams and just sleep and dont remember any dreams at all everyday. i do that sometimes.

[JlIaTMK]

ive never thought about this.... but i imagine that they can see their dreams.... i mean if they were blind their whole life.... im sure their dreams would be a little different and unusual but im sure they can.... theyre humans too

[hybrid]

Why can't they? They have vision in their heads.



I'm pretty sure of it.



Unless they are dead.

[prettydragon1126]

Ehh.. just wondering I mean what do blind ppl see in their dreams if they dont see at all??

[hybrid]

They dream about being able to see again; duh.


Anyway, you guys should try to know how they feel. Trust me, when one strong sense is like.. not too good, your other senses get better.

[ghjgfkgfk]

fyi, there is already a topic about this. kthnxbi.

edit// http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28431

[hybrid]

Hmm, according to the topic above, I think he/she is asking what would they see in their dreams or something? *shrugs* I don't know anymore.

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

i dont know even though you cant see, you should still be able to dream right?? ugh, i dont know.

[xjjajeengx]

maybe they dream that they feeel like their seeing... but then... i mean, what if they never were able to see from the day they were born> wow. confusing.

[*CEP*]

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[sheepy]

wow i never thought dat.. *shiver* dats scari..

[TR4N2]

i dont think blind ppl can dream.... at least i dont think they can see their dreams

[DevilDeathDemon]

i'd say if sum1 was born blind they wouldn't have dreamz because they never saw anythin in their life obviously, N sum1 who WENT blind would still have dreams since they've seen stuff b4