I was thinking about how dreams are just our brains processing visual data from our waking lives. But if someone has never had visual data to begin with, what does a dream actually look like to them? Is it just a radio play with physical sensations? Has there ever been a study on this?
To be fair, I’m not blind and I’m not entirely sure I “see” things in my dreams. I don’t remember my dreams very often and when I do, it’s more knowing what happened and less images. Then again, I’m pretty sure I’m somewhere on the aphantasia spectrum. But my point is, it’s really hard to tell and thus to study.
I have very strong visualisation abilities and I still don’t always see in dreams. But I’m from the void beyond reality.