About the Blind

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I’ve seen commercials about Blind 24/7… and I was wondering–do blind people see ANYTHING inside their minds? I know it sounds funny, I don’t mean to make a joke or be insensitive. Sometimes in the dark with my eyes closed I see shapes a little lighter than the “dark”. I’m not blind, though. Just wondering?
 
I’m not blind, but most people who I know who are blind were not born completely blind. I imagine it makes a difference if a person ever saw at all. It would be interesting to know how someone who has always been completely blind makes mental images of the things around them. Obviously they have some sort of mental map that helps them to get around their homes and function.
 
Remember, they usually have their other senses to fall back on, usually heightened!
 
If someone was born blind, they will have no “visual mind” because they never learned to see. Their inner mind would consist of sound, touch and smell, as would their dreaming.

If someone becomes blind who once had eyes, they will have visual dreams and mind images, although these will fade over time.

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Something to think about.

Blind people see in near-death-experiences.
I’m not sure that’s true. I suppose the word “some” at the beginning of that statement as well as the word “may” before “see”.

I have no idea how you could evidence someone who never had a functioning optic nerve picturing say, a Toyota Corolla.

I know there are some blind posters… at least there used to be. I’d love them to weigh in on this and educate us!
 
I’m not blind, but most people who I know who are blind were not born completely blind. I imagine it makes a difference if a person ever saw at all. It would be interesting to know how someone who has always been completely blind makes mental images of the things around them. Obviously they have some sort of mental map that helps them to get around their homes and function.
Thank you for responding. I never thought about never seeing so not having a mental picture of a thing… I suppose I was wondering if they could see sort of a cloud with no special shape???
 
And thank all of you for responding. I was just so curious as to what might be happening…
 
I’ve seen commercials about Blind 24/7… and I was wondering–do blind people see ANYTHING inside their minds? I know it sounds funny, I don’t mean to make a joke or be insensitive. Sometimes in the dark with my eyes closed I see shapes a little lighter than the “dark”. I’m not blind, though. Just wondering?
Do you mean non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder? That’s due to not being affected by the light/dark cycle as sighted people are & it affects their sleep patterns.
 
Do you mean non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder? That’s due to not being affected by the light/dark cycle as sighted people are & it affects their sleep patterns.
lol a google search of blind 247. Reveals a store to order window coverings from.
 
I found this interesting nugget.
bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-28853788
That was interesting. The only blind person I’ve known was a friend of my parents. He was born blind. He had a farm & all the paths were marked with rope that he could follow to the barn or the pasture. He did all his own butchering & taught others how. His wife was a great cook - I remember that well. 😉
 
My wife works with a deaf person as her counterpart. She has aids that help but her lip reading skills are beyond incredible. And no, I’m not just ripping off from a Seinfeld episode. She is really good. I think it isn’t so much a heightened " superpower" of the other senses as much as it is finding unique ways to cope.
 
I’m not sure that’s true. I suppose the word “some” at the beginning of that statement as well as the word “may” before “see”.

I have no idea how you could evidence someone who never had a functioning optic nerve picturing say, a Toyota Corolla.

I know there are some blind posters… at least there used to be. I’d love them to weigh in on this and educate us!
you summoned?

the honest truth is, no one really knows. I can visualize things in my head, but if it’s the same way that everyone else does it, I couldn’t say
 
Interesting. I only know one person that was born completely blind. The other people I know became blind over time. I used to have a student that was born without eyes, but he was actually able to see light and colors, though they had no form. He had clear glass balls in his eye sockets, so his optic nerve could still pick up light and color. His OT specialist trained him to walk through the building by seeing the red exit lights. He could tell what direction he was facing by turning and if the light got brighter, he knew he was facing the right way. It was amazing to watch. He could even read the noise monitor in his teacher’s classroom! (It changed color when they kids not too noisy)
 
I’m not blind, but most people who I know who are blind were not born completely blind. I imagine it makes a difference if a person ever saw at all. It would be interesting to know how someone who has always been completely blind makes mental images of the things around them. Obviously they have some sort of mental map that helps them to get around their homes and function.
essentially yes, and a million other things, routes we need to use often, landmarks and obstacles along the way, ETC…

the only thing that’s hard to really grasp is colour, for all intents and purposes, it doen’st really exist to us, of course even we do know that it exists for everyone else.

turns out, it’s a good defense against the classic atheist “prove to me that God exists” argument. I can easily say"prove to me that colours exist", which, of course, no one possibly could
 
you summoned?

the honest truth is, no one really knows. I can visualize things in my head, but if it’s the same way that everyone else does it, I couldn’t say
It’s a little bit like color; do we all see the same shades when we talk about color? Unlikely. And it’s hard to describe what others can’t see or hear, that is, what only you can experience. I have tinnitus & the other day I was trying to explain to my husband exactly what I hear. Didn’t work. 😉
 
you summoned?

the honest truth is, no one really knows. I can visualize things in my head, but if it’s the same way that everyone else does it, I couldn’t say
That’s true. In fact, it’s impossible to say that any one person perceives vision the same way others do. I read an article once that talked about how perceptions of color seem to have changed since the ancient world. When they look at the earliest written forms, they realize that there are many colors that are never mentioned. Other descriptions seem to make no sense. For example, Homer once described the sky as “the color of wine” and insinuated that indicated it was a good day for sailing.
 
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