what do blind people dream about

Blind people do dream, and their dreams can be somewhat different from those of sighted people. Blind people dream about the same things as sighted people, such as strange things that don’t make sense, mundane things that happen in daily life, or potentially embarrassing scenarios. However, the content of blind people’s dreams has not been studied as extensively as that of sighted individuals. Blind people experience more sensations of sound, touch, taste, and smell than sighted people do while dreaming. They are also more likely to have certain types of dreams than sighted people, such as dreams about movement or travel and more nightmares. Blind people who were born blind have non-pictorial dreams, while those who lost their sight continue to see images in their dreams, drawing images solely from memory, which tend to become more vague over time. Blind people who went blind after ages five to seven tend to have visual dreams, but they might not experience as much visual dream content as fully sighted individuals. Blind people also dream about things that have entered their life since they’ve become blind, suggesting that while we dream, our minds construct a world rather than replicating one we are familiar with.