Total Blindness NLP

Posted by will273 on 11/5/2012 at 4:49 AM

I've read that some totally blind people that have had their eyes removed or the optic nerve being severed can still see light, flashes of light and or spark type lights occasionally which was just consideder a glitch of some sort. I would like to hear more about this if possible. Thanks very much.

Will

Tag:: Orientation and mobility

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Re: Total Blindness NLP

Posted by Writing For Children on 2/5/2013 at 4:36 AM

That is JUST so sad!

Re: Total Blindness NLP

Posted by CruelAngel88 on 11/23/2012 at 7:33 PM

I believe you are talking about Phantom Eye Syndrome. It's similiar to Phantom Limb pain, but works a bit differently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_eye_syndrome

You may also want to read up on Charles Bonnet syndrome. For some people with significant vision loss, the brain starts hallucinating images. It is different from schizophrenia, in that the person KNOWS they are hallucinations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bonnet_syndro...