If one is blind at birth does he/she have dreams ?

Question

How can they have images in thier dreams if they don't see? Just from what people have described what something looks like to them? Then a blinds persons dreams would probably be trippy.

This only applies to those who were blind at birth.

I want an answer from a blind person preferably, because thier description of their earliest dreams would satisfy me greatly.

Answer 1

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 2

I believe that all people have dreams whether they are blind or cannot hear. When they are told different types of stories describing the colors, the way it looks, the way it feels. They tend to use other senses to also help create as close as possible what it looks like. So they think about it and imagine it. And since that is the case yes they do dream alot to and they seem to know more than you and I of what events that are taking place in and around them.

Hope this helped i have a friend who is blind.

Answer 3

While I don't have any personal experience with blindness, I can tell you that individuals who are born deaf in one ear, such as myself, may occasionally, and incorrectly believe that they heard something in that ear.

In my experience, what is usually heard is either 'help' or their name called in a distressed tone. When such an individual turns to find the source of the sound, it is never there.

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

i'm pretty sure just about anyone can have dreams. those who are blind can always dream about the world and reality.

Answer 6

Of course

Answer 7

I heard that this is true.

Answer 8

yes duh