If you opened your eyes tommorow morning and couldn't see how would you feel? You had someone rush you to the ER and they told you it was permanent...Would you sulk or do the best you could to get on with your life? Would you be angry or understanding about the whole situation? I guess this question is a good reason to look at everything with an open mind and not take simple things like sight for granted. :o)
2007-01-03 12:56:38 · 8 answers · asked by Lacey C 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes i agree with you. We often are quite ignorant and apethetic of the beauty around us. We no longer take time to just stand and stare into nothingness and wonder. We no longer appreciate paintings for thir meaning. We no longer appreciate music for its quality and rhythm. The world is completely saturated with commercialism. People judge painting by how they look rather than seeking answers to the questions it poses. People listen to a specific band if the lead singer looks good or if they have great fashion sense. In fact, I think we are already blind!
2007-01-03 13:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by John Frusciante 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is not an uncommon situation with some people with diabetes or strokes.
I'd probably call my family physician and get an appointment with a opthamologist or optometrist to get their diagnosis.
I'd next contact the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, or National Federation of the Blind or whatever blind organization they have in your country if it isn't north america.
There will be programs and counsellors there to help acclimate to your blindness, teach you to use a cane or get you involved with having a guide dog.
They will also teach you braille, if you need but 90 per cent of people listed as legally blind or visually impaired have some sight and aren't totally sightless.
Since I am legally blind and have been since birth, I know that other than driving , there's not really alot of things a visually impaired person can't do. They can attend school, university, participate in sports, including golf , waterski-ing, mountain or rock wall climbing. They can't definitely marry and have children. They are employable and especially so now with the new adaptive technology most vi or blind folks have.
Really disability is a matter of attitude . I know people with 20/20 vision who are far more handicapped in the defeatest negative attitudes and low self esteem than the majority of disabled people I know. When life hands you lemons , you make lemonade, lemon tarts, lemon pudding and get on with your life.
Look at the success Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Helen Keller, Jose Feliciano, Tom Sullivan just to name a few have had with their lives despite being blind.
Christopher Reeve, Dr. Stephen Hawking , Terry Fox ,many wheelchair olympians are examples of others with disabilities who have just gotten on with life despite or in spite of their disability.
Handicaps or handicapping someone is more psychological than physical. It's their choice to be handicapped by their attitudes.
2007-01-03 13:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would first not panic and would understand that something must have happened in my occipital lobes first of all. then i would try to remember how or what might have caused my blindess. so since someone had rushed me to the ER and they told me it was permanent i would definitely accept it. i think it would make me a better person eventually.
blind people save tons of money. since they can't see they are not able to see how society looks like literally which makes them less vulnerable to media and adverstising. some blind people accept it and use what talent they have left as a human being to become highly successful. for example stevie wonder the blind guy who plays the piano. being blind just takes on another push on something that wasn't meant to be for them. just think about other physically disabled successful famous people like terry fox, lance armstrong, ppl on wheelchairs etc. so for me i would probably pursue my dream of being the next mother teresa helping people all over the world only even better because i'm doing it blind!
2007-01-03 14:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by emily45 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be scared and panick, then i would be depressed and feel sorry for myself then ,because i have such a strong family that loves me ,they would let me have my pity party for a little while and I would make the best out of the rest of my life as a blind person with the support of my family. i just got over pink eye which is an eye infection and my eyesight was very blury and i could hardly see and it scared me i praise God for sight.
2007-01-03 13:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by spagetti7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be excited. I'd like to not know how I looked or how other people looked. It'd be a nice relief.
I guess that'd only be cool for about 5 hours.
I'd probably be devastated in the long run, but, like everything else, I'd get used to it.
2007-01-03 13:26:31 · answer #5 · answered by Nick Name 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing I would miss the most is seeing my son smile, watching his eyes literally light up when he laughs, and never being able to watch him grow. That is why I consider every moment with him special because tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone.
2007-01-03 13:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by BAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right, we take too much for granted. I complain too much about things going wrong in my life, but I have my health. I don't have a lot of money, but I'm able to pay my bills. A lot of us have so much to be thankful for, but we just don't realize what we've got. Thanks for reminding us.
2007-01-03 13:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by jorst 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ugh, What a scary thought. Why are you asking this?
2007-01-03 13:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by BRENDA 1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋