Do blind people dream?

Question

Well they cant see...but can they see anything in their dreams? do they dream at all..? or what???

Answer 1

If the people were born blind, they have no visual imagery; the dreams consist of impressions from the other senses -- touch, hearing, smell, and taste. If the people were sighted and then became blind, their dreams contain visual imagery -- but these visual dreams might cease to occur eventually

Answer 2

Everyone dreams (blind people included) and in general, people's dream experience is similar to their waking experience. For those that were blind from birth, they do not have a lot of visual stimuli to draw on for their dreams, so they have dreams that are primarily auditory, tactile or even involve taste and smell. People who lose their sight very early (before age five) apparently experience no visual imagery in their dreams. Visual imagery is a 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. They've done extensive studies and have also found that REM sleep is disturbed (not absent) in blind people, so they may actually dream less.

Answer 3

Well, my mother is blind, and she dreams. Even though a person can not visually perceive the outside world with their eyes, this does not mean that they cannot "see" with their hands. They can perceive shapes and textures, and many of the things that we merely visualize by looking at our surroundings. My mother is able to know what something looks like, even if she has never seen it. She then has mental images of things and I believe that these are the only things necessary to dream. I hope this helps

Answer 4

I am legally blind so I still have some sight. Yes I do. Most blind people have either a small window of sight, or were sighted once, so yes they do. Other totally blind who have never had sight dream yes, touch, sounds, feelings. Yes everyone dreams

Answer 5

You have to understand that the world is completely different for a totally blind person. It's not that they "live in a world of blackness" or something - it's not like you in a dark room, straining to see - it's that they receive their sensory information in OTHER WAYS, like touch, taste, smell, etc. So presumably that's what their dreams would be like - that kind of sensory stimulation, without sight because it wouldn't make sense to dream about it; they don't know what it's like.

Answer 6

Yes blind people dream beacuse they can't see in real life does not mean they can not see in their dreams ans know what is going on.

Answer 7

yes they do...as long as they have an imagination i guess

Answer 8

they still get "visions"