About the Blind

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petra22 said:
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?
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Petra. The commercials you have seen are for a condition that affects the blind. It is essentially that their sleep patterns are totally messed up. I think is is called non-24.
They may be dead tired at noon and wide awake at 3:00 a.m., essentially causing them to be handicapped in their efforts to integrate with society in a normal rhythm.

If I have this wrong, other posters, please correct.

Shalom
 
joeybaggz said:
Petra. The commercials you have seen are for a condition that affects the blind. It is essentially that their sleep patterns are totally messed up. I think is is called non-24.
They may be dead tired at noon and wide awake at 3:00 a.m., essentially causing them to be handicapped in their efforts to integrate with society in a normal rhythm.

If I have this wrong, other posters, please correct.

Shalom
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I understand about that non-24. It just came to my mind as I was writing about my question and I thought others might identify… I’ve learned so much from you guys already…
 
Allegra said:
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)
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So neat about that student!
 
Bonnie said:
I know what a NDE is, but how does that relate to being blind?
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Allegedly, blind people who went into NDE were able to see during this experience, though not before or afterward.

ICXC NIKA
 
GEddie said:
Allegedly, blind people who went into NDE were able to see during this experience, though not before or afterward.

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That’s a big allegedly.
Like alien abduction allegedly
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
That’s a big allegedly.
Like alien abduction allegedly
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I have no problem believing that a blind person could see and be given increased understanding in a NDE.
This blind person’s testimony has similarities to NDE of seeing people.
 
Beautiful said:
I have no problem believing that a blind person could see and be given increased understanding in a NDE.
This blind person’s testimony has similarities to NDE of seeing people.
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A near death experience is nothing more than being deprived of oxygen & almost dying. That happened to me. It isn’t spiritual at all, unless you consider almost dying a spiritual experience. I suppose most people do, as we don’t want a repeat. 😉
 
Bonnie said:
A near death experience is nothing more than being deprived of oxygen & almost dying. That happened to me. It isn’t spiritual at all, unless you consider almost dying a spiritual experience. I suppose most people do, as we don’t want a repeat. 😉
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Yes. NDE’s are silly. Theologically they make no sense. I have NDE’s every night. Some involve a unicorn, Donald trump in my mother’s blue dress and Taylor Swift playing a guitar made out of a gourd.
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
Yes. NDE’s are silly. Theologically they make no sense. I have NDE’s every night. Some involve a unicorn, Donald trump in my mother’s blue dress and Taylor Swift playing a guitar made out of a gourd.
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Man, you almost make me wish I could dream! I rarely do - & they’re pretty mundane.
 
Bonnie said:
Man, you almost make me wish I could dream! I rarely do - & they’re pretty mundane.
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In college… a long long time ago… I was fascinated with dreams. So I was actually involved a dream study for those crazy psychology folks…
Dream journals, etc. I learned a pretty good amount of dream control, I can have multiple dreams that are the same. I can wake up and go back to sleep pausing the dream and playing it out again. And mostly, I can control the endings. I rarely have nightmares because of this. However, if I’m stressed out in life or sick, I lose control.
NyQuil affects my dreams in a psychedelic sort of way. One of my favorite things is to go to sleep dreaming of my father and I on an outing. I can’t control the way it goes, but I can control the “canvas” of the dream. The dream journaling helped my recall of them. They still fade quickly on awaking, but if I can just hold one tiny part of the dream, a person’s face for example, I can usually recall the whole thing later if I have time to think about it.

It’s just fun with the subconscience.

And it’s still erratic…
Btw that was a joke about the unicorn etc. and I’m probably not good enough to actually attempt to have that dream tonight. But no harm in trying… I’ll just go to sleep with visions of trump in my mom’s dress and see what plays out:thumbsup:
 
Hoosier_Daddy said:
And it’s still erratic…
Btw that was a joke about the unicorn etc.
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I was pretty sure it was a joke - but dreams can be fun. On the rare occasions I do dream, it has to be pretty dramatic to remember. Usually I wake up with a feeling that something nice happened, but can’t remember what.

Have you ever had sleep paralysis? It’s happened to me twice - & I hope never again! Even tho I knew what it was as it was happening, those were 2 of the worst “dreams” I’ve ever had.

It’s amazing how our brains & bodies work together. This article is about how the lymphatic system works while we sleep - preferentially on our sides! washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-scientists-saw-the-mouse-heads-glowing-they-knew-the-discovery-was-big/2017/05/19/f33cc574-246a-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
 
Bonnie said:
I was pretty sure it was a joke - but dreams can be fun. On the rare occasions I do dream, it has to be pretty dramatic to remember. Usually I wake up with a feeling that something nice happened, but can’t remember what.

Have you ever had sleep paralysis? It’s happened to me twice - & I hope never again! Even tho I knew what it was as it was happening, those were 2 of the worst “dreams” I’ve ever had.

It’s amazing how our brains & bodies work together. This article is about how the lymphatic system works while we sleep - preferentially on our sides! washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-scientists-saw-the-mouse-heads-glowing-they-knew-the-discovery-was-big/2017/05/19/f33cc574-246a-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
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I had sleep paralysis as a teenager and I found it to be terrifying. It went away as I got older.
 
amazing how our brains & bodies work together. This article is about how the lymphatic system works while we sleep - preferentially on our sides!
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No surprise there! The brain is part of the body! 🙂

ICXC NIKA
 
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