What does a blind person’s dreams look like?  Studies have revealed that the deciding factor in whether a blind person has visual dreams is the the length of time the individual has been blind.  If the person had the ability to see, but then was blinded after the age of seven, the person will often “see” things in dreams.  If the person was born blind, or blinded between the critical ages of 5 and 7, they will not have visual dreams; however, they often will have dreams with vivid sounds and smells.  It sounds like a blind person’s nightmare would be quite terrifying. I haven’t been sleeping very well recently, I keep having the recurring dream where I smell a serial killer.

Or perhaps: the dream where I go to school and it smells like I forgot my pants.

Psychiatrists are called shrinks as a result of a comparison made between psychiatrists and head-shrinkers.  Back in the good old days, head-shrinkers were the tribal members who shrunk the heads of their enemies after killing them.  I guess both a psychiatrist and a head-shrinker screw with your head, in a way.  It’s just that one tries to help you, and the other one kills you and physically shrinks your severed head.  But, I mean, I guess I see where they’re coming from…

Synesthesia (in Greek, the joining of the senses) is a phenomenon in which activation of one sensory reaction involuntarily causes another.  I actually have this.  In my case, when I hear music, I often perceive a color as well.  I have iTunes playlists categorized by color.  There are various types of synesthesia, such as seeing letters or numbers as colors, some people can even taste sounds or colors. I also remember when I was a kid that certain street signs affected my mood.  But it could also be possible that my mom was dosing my juice boxes with LSD.