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Do People Who Have Been Blind Since Birth Dream?? by Dbestmax(m): 12:27pm On Jul 31, 2014
Everybody dreams, even people who can't remember
their dreams. Dreams occur during REM sleep, a
stage characterized by random and rapid movement
of the eyes, low muscle tone and irregular breathing
and heart rates. REM sleep occurs three to four times
every night, in periods that last anywhere from 10
minutes to an hour.
This means even blind people dream. Dreams are
representations of memories, sequences and
emotions from your waking life. When you're asleep,
your brain processes the experiences you've had
while awake and builds dreams out of them. If you
can see, your dreams contain a number of images
and visual memories; if you can't see, your dreams
contain more sounds and tactile experiences. For
example, a sighted person dreaming about the beach
probably sees the sand and the ocean, and a blind
person dreams about the breaking of the waves, the
smell of the ocean and the feeling of sand between
his or her toes.
How dreams are presented is relative to the dreamer.
In other words, dreams that aren't visual or that the
dreamer recalls without visual details still are
dreams. Dreams without images only are common in
people who have been blind since birth or who lost
their sight before they turned 5 years old. People who
are blind from birth cannot create visual clues in
their brains, so their dreams are all about their other
senses. Researchers have found, however, that
people who lose their sight after they're 7 years old
can still see images in their dreams. Those who lose
their sight between the ages of 5 and 7 years might
or might not have visual dreams.
[source: University
of Hartford Graduate Institute of Professional
Psychology ].

Re: Do People Who Have Been Blind Since Birth Dream?? by englishmart(m): 12:44pm On Jul 31, 2014
Everybody dreams
Re: Do People Who Have Been Blind Since Birth Dream?? by Moblord(m): 11:21pm On Jul 31, 2014
Interesting question.. I think they do but see their selves still blind in the dream.. Front page pls

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