Which of Your Senses is Not Important?

[nancyshanice]

Sometimes we don’t prefer some of our senses important, sometimes you feel that one of your senses if removed you would be more happy, now If you had to choose one of your senses to lose....which would you choose?

[iamdiane]

Why is this under Celebrity? You should create threads and place them under the appropriate section or category, nancyshanice.

Anyway, it's interesting you asked this question as my friends and I talked about it yesterday. I told them that if I'd lose a particular sense, it would be my sense of smell. I cannot imagine not being able to see, not being able to hear and speak, not being able to taste my food, and not being able to feel touch.

[outright]

The same with iamdiane. If one of my senses would be gone and if I could choose which it will be, I'd rather lose my sense f smell than any of the other senses. I can surely live without smelling perfume, or fart.

[tommy]

I wouldn't be happier if one of my senses was removed; but if forced to do away with one of the senses, it'd surely be the sense of smell.

[Joshua]

@ iamdiane

Why is this under Celebrity?

It has been moved here.

[MistressoftheNight]

We all know that a person without the sense of sight is a blind man, while someone who doesn’t have the sense of hearing is deaf. Now, are there really people who are born without their sense of smell? their sense of taste? or their sense of touch?

[FabricofLife]

Anyway, it's interesting you asked this question as my friends and I talked about it yesterday. I told them that if I'd lose a particular sense, it would be my sense of smell. I cannot imagine not being able to see, not being able to hear and speak, not being able to taste my food, and not being able to feel touch.

The same with iamdiane. If one of my senses would be gone and if I could choose which it will be, I'd rather lose my sense f smell than any of the other senses. I can surely live without smelling perfume, or fart.

I wouldn't be happier if one of my senses was removed; but if forced to do away with one of the senses, it'd surely be the sense of smell.

You should know that losing your sense of smell would also mean that you couldn’t savor the taste of whatever food you eat. Taste and smell are kinda related and connected to each other. Notice when you have a cold or when you have stuffy nose? You lose your appetite and food isn't as tasty.

[KelleAmor]

Well, here’s an excerpt of what I found in the net:

“Many of us take our sense of taste for granted, but a taste disorder can have a negative effect on a person’s health and quality of life. If you are having a problem with your sense of taste, you are not alone. More than 200,000 people visit a doctor each year for problems with their chemical senses, which include taste and smell.
The senses of taste and smell are very closely related. Some people who go to the doctor because they think they have lost their sense of taste are surprised to learn that they have a smell disorder instead. To learn more about your sense of smell, read the NIDCD fact sheet Smell Disorders.”
“The most common taste disorder is phantom taste perception; that is, a lingering, often unpleasant taste even though you have nothing in your mouth. We also can experience a reduced ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami, a condition called hypogeusia. Some people cannot detect any tastes, which is called ageusia. True taste loss, however, is rare. Most often, people are experiencing a loss of smell instead of a loss of taste.

“In other disorders of the chemical senses, an odor, a taste, or a flavor may be distorted. Dysgeusia is a condition in which a foul, salty, rancid, or metallic taste sensation will persist in the mouth. Dysgeusia is sometimes accompanied by burning mouth syndrome, a condition in which a person experiences a painful burning sensation in the mouth. Although it can affect anyone, burning mouth syndrome is most common in middle-aged and older women.”

To read the whole thing, visit this link: Taste Disorders
It’s a really interesting read.

[KelleAmor]

And about smell disorders, here’s a portion of what I found:

“Our sense of smell helps us enjoy life. We delight in the aromas of our favorite foods or the fragrance of flowers. Our sense of smell also is a warning system, alerting us to danger signals such as a gas leak, spoiled food, or a fire. Any loss in our sense of smell can have a negative effect on our quality of life. It also can be a sign of more serious health problems.

Roughly 1–2 percent of people in North America say that they have a smell disorder. Problems with smell increase as people get older, and they are more common in men than women. In one study, nearly one-quarter of men ages 60–69 had a smell disorder, while about 11 percent of women in that age range reported a problem.

Many people who have smell disorders also notice problems with their sense of taste. To learn more about your sense of taste, read the NIDCD fact sheet Taste Disorders.”

“People who experience smell disorders either have a loss in their ability to smell or changes in the way they perceive odors. Hyposmia is a reduced ability to detect odors. Anosmia is the inability to detect odors at all. People who experience changes in how they sense odors may notice that familiar odors are distorted or that something that normally smells pleasant now smells foul. Other people may sense an odor that isn't present at all.”

Smell Disorders

[Trevillian]

Hmn... if I really need to choose one sense that I would be without, then it would be the sense of touch.