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Heightened Senses After Loss of One Sense What is behind this? Rate Topic: ... I have heard of this happening to people before, so just wanted to see if anyone had heard the same. ... Its to do with the will to live, let me explain, If some one becomes blind, for example, the mind realizes that they will not servive for as...
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www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic...
www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=64648
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It seems that all people have to ability to use these extra senses in the body if they need to when they cannot see, but that it is so much easier to just use the eyes that those abilities are overshadowed. So, blind people, may not in fact have heightened senses after all, they simply have to rely on the senses that...
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serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/195
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There's an awful joke based on the myth that blind people possess four heightened senses to make up for their fifth missing one. I'm not going to be the one to make it, though. ===================; Blind couple, home association battling over guide dog droppings [1];
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www.poopreport.com/node/3629/print
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Could it be that the other senses take over to compensate for the loss of sight? We have all heard of such things. If you lose one sense, all your other senses are heightened. Here are some testimonies from blind people about their dreams.
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www.stumblerz.com/do-blind-people-dream/
www.stumblerz.com/do-blind-people-dream/
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Myth: When you lose your sight, or when you're blind, all of your other senses are heightened. ... Truth: A large number of blind people actually prefer not to touch or feel another person's face to tell what that person looks like. There are two major reasons for this.
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www.blindawareness.com/spreadingtheword/blindmyth.php
www.blindawareness.com/spreadingtheword/blindmyth.php
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You will find most blind people have heightened senses and a greater level of intuitiveness than people who can see. Sitting with your eyes closed and trying to listen to the world with your other senses decreases your reliance on sight (the visual).
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www.selfgrowth.com/articles/My_intuitive_self_bringing_...
www.selfgrowth.com/articles/My_intuitive_self_bringing_forth_the_gift_of_insight.html
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don’t blind people have heightened senses? Couldn’t she hear him, his footsteps? A final forth realization hit, he had been thinking about this way too much. What could it hurt to take a look around? Walking beyond his usual street would be a welcome change in scenery… if the houses didn’t look the same.
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blogs.ign.com/Namevah/2008/06/05/
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FrankieB078, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Call me a nerd, but when I read the one comment where one guy mentions his friend that is blind, and has a much heightened sense of everything else, ... devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You dream in whatever senses you use is the point. Most people have 5. I dream in 5. Blind guy, 4.
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digg.com/odd_stuff/Do_Blind_People_Dream
digg.com/odd_stuff/Do_Blind_People_Dream
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Some autistic people are prosopagnostic ("face-blind"), that is, have trouble recognizing people. ... One common effect of these heightened senses, is that autistic people are vulnerable to sensory overload with continued low-level bombardment. This may also result from too much emotional or social stimulation.
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www.autistics.org/library/whatis.html
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