Things I Fear: Eighteenth
Oct. 18th, 2012 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mancalledtrueThe snake eats its tail.
#18: SENSORY LOSS
I understand that it is entirely possible to lose one of your senses - to go deaf, go blind, or lose your senses of taste or smell - and go on to lead a perfectly fulfilling life. Certainly there are millions of people who never had one of these senses and have led lives that make my life look like the pathetic half-existence it is.
But I simply can't imagine going blind or deaf, or losing my sense of taste, and having any way to go on with my life.
I simply have too much invested in my abilities to see or hear to ever deal with losing either. (As for sense of taste... I'm a glutton.)
Oddly enough, I often fantasize about losing my ability to talk.
#18: SENSORY LOSS
I understand that it is entirely possible to lose one of your senses - to go deaf, go blind, or lose your senses of taste or smell - and go on to lead a perfectly fulfilling life. Certainly there are millions of people who never had one of these senses and have led lives that make my life look like the pathetic half-existence it is.
But I simply can't imagine going blind or deaf, or losing my sense of taste, and having any way to go on with my life.
I simply have too much invested in my abilities to see or hear to ever deal with losing either. (As for sense of taste... I'm a glutton.)
Oddly enough, I often fantasize about losing my ability to talk.
