Thread: Blind LDers?

I understand that everyone def, blind, mentally challenged, etc has dreams but what about the blind. If you are born blind you have never seen anything therefore cant conjure images that well. What would a blind person dream about? Thx for the input DV

-Torin

The blind do dream.

Because dreams are based off of our experiences, I would assume that people who have never had a visual experience in their life wouldn't dream of pictures..

Though I'm not blind, and can't confirm this myself, most sites I'm finding seem to say the same thing:

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=765
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12...body_dreaming/
http://health.discovery.com/centers/...atch8_pop.html

wow that's one hell of an interesting question. It would appear higurashi is correct in his assumption... i found this little article if you're interested.

http://www.dreamresearch.net/Library/kerr_2004.html

Thx guys that really helped clear it up

Originally Posted by Lysergic Lucidity

wow that's one hell of an interesting question. It would appear higurashi is correct in his assumption... i found this little article if you're interested.

http://www.dreamresearch.net/Library/kerr_2004.html

Little?

Interesting question. I wonder if deaf people can hear in dreams; it's probably the same as with blind ones.

Blind people who can see in their dreams would have a pretty easy RC...

Originally Posted by Hidden

Little?

Interesting question. I wonder if deaf people can hear in dreams; it's probably the same as with blind ones.

Blind people who can see in their dreams would have a pretty easy RC...

i should have used " lil' " not, "little" hahaha.

my uncle who is color blind (after an injury to his eye) says he can still see the colors he's blind to in his dreams

Makes me wonder if, after a while of not 'needing' eyesight, your brain will adapt to SUCH a degree that you won't even be able to see in dreams. I know it'll adapt, I just wonder if the change will be THAT drastic.

Hmm... *ponders ways to find blind people...*

Originally Posted by Shift

Makes me wonder if, after a while of not 'needing' eyesight, your brain will adapt to SUCH a degree that you won't even be able to see in dreams. I know it'll adapt, I just wonder if the change will be THAT drastic.

Hmm... *ponders ways to find blind people...*

Good point but what if you lost your sight as a young adult

Originally Posted by Shift

Makes me wonder if, after a while of not 'needing' eyesight, your brain will adapt to SUCH a degree that you won't even be able to see in dreams. I know it'll adapt, I just wonder if the change will be THAT drastic.

Hmm... *ponders ways to find blind people...*

i forgot the exact term, but a person who reciently lost sight will have normal dreams for a while, and eventually dream in only sound. The same way people with lost limbs retain a felling that they have it for a while. I don't know how long this lasts or anything, but i remember reading it in my travels