If dreams are formed from a collection of images we see while awake, throughout our lives, what about people who are born blind? Can they dream, and if so, what do they dream of?

Yes , they have nautical dream of wonderful fulfillment ...dreams of victoria waterfall paradise

Dudeweedlmao:
If dreams are formed from a collection of images we see while awake, throughout our lives, what about people who are born blind? Can they dream, and if so, what do they dream of?

Why don't you go blind and find out

Marcus2:

Why don't you go blind and find out

I mean being blind from birth. Obviously I'll still be able to dream cause I've used my eyes for a long time.

Amatarasha:
Yes , they have nautical dream of wonderful fulfillment ...dreams of victoria waterfall paradise

Is this a figure of speech? I mean, how do they know what a waterfall looks like? Or how paradise looks like?

Dudeweedlmao:


Is this a figure of speech? I mean, how do they know what a waterfall looks like? Or how paradise looks like?

Am an ogbanje ...dat on my neck is a spiritual relic dated b4 muhammed

I don't have a scientific explanation, so I hope a basic opinion (in layman's terms) would help out and trigger an interest for a more detailed research.

If having the ability to dream depends on our ability to see, how is it that we are still able to see the contents of our dreams even when our eyes are closed? With this, I think it's possible for people who are blind from birth to dream. However, with the fact that they haven't come across what they "see" in their dreams anywhere else, it may be difficult to identify.

If this submission is correct, I believe there is a scientific explanation to it. Maybe you'll have to delve more into neuroscience and the like.

I hope this helps.

Amatarasha:

Am an ogbanje ...dat on my neck is a spiritual relic dated b4 muhammed

Ok, Mrs. Ogbanje, can you see into blind people's dream?

GeniusWannabe:
I don't have a scientific explanation, so I hope a basic opinion (in layman's terms) would help out and trigger an interest for a more detailed research.

If having the ability to dream depends on our ability to see, how is it that we are still able to see the contents of our dreams even when our eyes are closed? With this, I think it's possible for people who are blind from birth to dream. However, with the fact that they haven't come across what they "see" in their dreams anywhere else, it may be difficult to identify.

If this submission is correct, I believe there is a scientific explanation to it. Maybe you'll have to delve more into neuroscience and the like.

I hope this helps.

Maybe someone who is friends with a blind person can confirm this theory.

Wow ! This is one of the mystery that I've always wonder about,I've asked people but they all seem not to get my point.
People say "we only dream of what we see/think about" but those who are born blind can not visualize anything because they don't have anything in memory.
I think they can dream but may not be able to identify what they've seen. Even if it's human being because they probably don't know how physically shaped human are.

Dudeweedlmao:


Ok, Mrs. Ogbanje, can you see into blind people's dream?

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Olusholasimon:
Wow ! This is one of the mystery that I've always wonder about,I've asked people but they all seem not to get my point.
People say "we only dream of what we see/think about" but those who are born blind can not visualize anything because they don't have anything in memory.
I think they can dream but may not be able to identify what they've seen. Even if it's human being because they probably don't know how physically shaped human are.

What exactly do you mean by "..they don't have anything in memory" ?

GeniusWannabe:

What exactly do you mean by "..they don't have anything in memory" ?

What I mean is not by the word or what they've been taught, I mean vision.
A lady (who loves circular music) once told me that she dreamt of Naira Marley, for me I don't really know that guy so I won't be able to identify him even if I dreamt about him.
They don't have anything in memory through their eyes so they can't identify what they see in dreams

I once read they dreamed on what they knew: smells, sounds etc

Olusholasimon:

What I mean is not by the word or what they've been taught, I mean vision.
A lady (who loves circular music) once told me that she dreamt of Naira Marley, for me I don't really know that guy so I won't be able to identify him even if I dreamt about him.
They don't have anything in memory through their eyes so they can't identify what they see in dreams

Thanks for the clarification in your first sentence.

Dreams also have to do with auditory senses. If blind people without visual memory do not have auditory problems, don't you think there's a possibility for them to identify peculiar things in their dreams?

For example, in the case you just cited wherein the said lady dreamt about Naira Marley. If a blind person heard his voice from one of his songs, went ahead to see an image of someone singing (not necessarily that same song) with the same voice. Don't you think that would give them a clue as to how certain things look in reality? In that case, I think it would be necessary to have one on one contact with blind persons.

Amatarasha:
Yes of cos ,
Wt dia vision extract i can!



.Bleep Dont track me cos is dangerous ,am just humans wt flesh and fun nature like youxxx

Has someone from NL tried to track you before?

GeniusWannabe:

Thanks for the clarification in your first sentence.

Dreams also have to do with auditory senses. If blind people without visual memory do not have auditory problems, don't you think there's a possibility for them to identify peculiar things in their dreams?

For example, in the case you just cited wherein the said lady dreamt about Naira Marley. If a blind person heard his voice from one of his songs, went ahead to see an image of someone singing (not necessarily that same song) with the same voice. Don't you think that would give them a clue as to how certain things look in reality? In that case, I think it would be necessary to have one on one contact with blind persons.

But what kind of image would a human being take in their dream since they've not seen one?

Dudeweedlmao:


But what kind of image would a human being take in their dream since they've not seen one?

Lol. If the basis of this question stems from the conclusion that what we see physically is what forms the contents of our dreams, then an answer is quite farfetched, probably something still under research.

GeniusWannabe:

Thanks for the clarification in your first sentence.

Dreams also have to do with auditory senses. If blind people without visual memory do not have auditory problems, don't you think there's a possibility for them to identify peculiar things in their dreams?

For example, in the case you just cited wherein the said lady dreamt about Naira Marley. If a blind person heard his voice from one of his songs, went ahead to see an image of someone singing (not necessarily that same song) with the same voice. Don't you think that would give them a clue as to how certain things look in reality? In that case, I think it would be necessary to have one on one contact with blind persons.

I love this & I must thank you for that point you raised again.
I'm not so sure about voices in dreams,I'm used to having dreams & I can't really cite a specific tone/voice recognition that can help a blind being in identifying the speaker but I can say "the styles/) or familiar manner through which the voice sound might help.
I hope I will be able to receive a clearer verdict about this issue from the real source who has the experience because whenever I tried to reason it with people around me they always think the other way round like are you blind or something.
I think blind people can dream but the dimension though which they can understand it might be difficult to explain for those who can see.
We have some who can feel the ray of lights while some are completely darkened no matter how bright the light is.

Dudeweedlmao:


But what kind of image would a human being take in their dream since they've not seen one?

I think they will see but they won't know what name or what object they see, even they won't know the differences between a tree and human

ubunja:
I once read they dreamed on what they knew: smells, sounds etc

I agreed with this, but they may not be able to explain it