do blind people have dreams ?

[funkymoped]

hi all.

people that have been blind from birth. they obviously dream, because dreaming is part of the sub concious mind. but if a person has never known sight, how does the brain put visual images into a dream ???

genuine question, genuine answers please....

[don1]

How on earth funkymoped can idiots like us answer questions like this.

This is a question for a professional psychiatrist

[smudge]

Lots of people must be curious about this funky - here's just one Q & A I found on Google.

Hope it helps.

[funkymoped]

Don1, probably the best answer anyone could have given ! :-)

smudge. would have given more than 3 stars for that answer, but 3 is the limit..

its a spooky thought that you can dream but not know what to dream about !!!

now im confusing myself.....

[smudge]

You're welcome & thank you funky.

It is a natural curiousity as to whether people who have been blind from birth have dreams, 'specially visiual dreams!

I've wondered whether that because blind people can touch & feel people & objects, whether they get an image of them/it in their minds, then dream about that image! It's quite fascinating really.

[smudge]

*visual

[smurfchops]

Does anyone know a blind person they can ask??

[funkymoped]

i know its a no win question, but ive got a mind that works overtime some days !

i once asked a friend of mine, that was born and raised in England, but of Indian parents if he thought and dreamed in English or Indian.

he thought about it for a while before he gave his answer. "Indian"

[lankeela]

Excellent question. Looking forward to some genuine answers.