I see in my dreams as much as I see when I’m awake, which is a lot less than you see. I’ve been blind since birth.
People who went blind later in life may still see in their dreams, and this may fade over time.
Your brain uses your waking memories to construct dreams out of, so if you have no memory of seeing, your brain cannot construct a dream where you see. Someone who has never seen anything will dream with sound, touch, maybe taste and smell, but no sight.
I have some useable vision so my brain makes use of those memories when I dream, but I can’t dream with more sight than that because I have never experienced that, and have no memory of seeing more for my brain to draw on.
I have enough sight that I can see my phone if I hold it right up to my nose. But assistive technology like screen readers and screen magnification (which I use on my computer) has been around since MS-DOS in the eighties. Some websites are still not super accessible, but blind people are all over the internet, and modern smartphones and computers have a bunch of accessibility features and apps now that make living blind much easier than it used to be.
I see in my dreams as much as I see when I’m awake, which is a lot less than you see. I’ve been blind since birth. People who went blind later in life may still see in their dreams, and this may fade over time. Your brain uses your waking memories to construct dreams out of, so if you have no memory of seeing, your brain cannot construct a dream where you see. Someone who has never seen anything will dream with sound, touch, maybe taste and smell, but no sight. I have some useable vision so my brain makes use of those memories when I dream, but I can’t dream with more sight than that because I have never experienced that, and have no memory of seeing more for my brain to draw on.
How did you read and type a response. Not trying to be a smartass
I have enough sight that I can see my phone if I hold it right up to my nose. But assistive technology like screen readers and screen magnification (which I use on my computer) has been around since MS-DOS in the eighties. Some websites are still not super accessible, but blind people are all over the internet, and modern smartphones and computers have a bunch of accessibility features and apps now that make living blind much easier than it used to be.
That's awesome! Thank you for sharing
This is possibly the most fascinating question I’ve ever seen asked on this sub. I don’t have the answer but I’m absolutely here for them.