Just as color perception (and in turn blindness) exists on a spectrum, so too does the ability to experience emotions.
Most people who experience color deficiency, do not have issues with all color (red and green are most common). Color blindness can also come with heightened awareness in other areas...like better than average night vision or a keener sense of smell.
These details parallel well when describing people with emotional deficiencies, in that:
(1.) Someone on the spectrum for narcissistic traits, often still keenly feels rage, envy, hatred and fear.
(2.) Narcissists experience the above emotions more often and at greater intensity than the average person, BECAUSE they lack the ability to feel other emotions (like empathy) which might otherwise (ironically) diminish and balance those feelings out.
(3.) Even a full blown psychopath with no neurotypical fear response, (I.E. only feels an adrenaline rush) is not 100% emotionally colorblind. They still experience pleasure in a limited, ego driven sort of way. If this were not the case, they would have no motivation to do anything, (including anything bad.)
(4.) Total lack of emotional feeling and complete colorblindness, are both incredibly rare, and can signal something more serious...like a brain injury or a neurological condition.
Most people who experience color deficiency, do not have issues with all color (red and green are most common). Color blindness can also come with heightened awareness in other areas...like better than average night vision or a keener sense of smell.
These details parallel well when describing people with emotional deficiencies, in that:
(1.) Someone on the spectrum for narcissistic traits, often still keenly feels rage, envy, hatred and fear.
(2.) Narcissists experience the above emotions more often and at greater intensity than the average person, BECAUSE they lack the ability to feel other emotions (like empathy) which might otherwise (ironically) diminish and balance those feelings out.
(3.) Even a full blown psychopath with no neurotypical fear response, (I.E. only feels an adrenaline rush) is not 100% emotionally colorblind. They still experience pleasure in a limited, ego driven sort of way. If this were not the case, they would have no motivation to do anything, (including anything bad.)
(4.) Total lack of emotional feeling and complete colorblindness, are both incredibly rare, and can signal something more serious...like a brain injury or a neurological condition.
I've never heard someone say they wish they were colorblind, but I've heard a ton of people say they wish they lacked certain feelings, because they think it would solve all their problems. This is kind of like thinking you could avoid getting stuck in traffic if you no longer saw the red in a red light. Emotion is not the heart of the problem.
Emotional color blindness might very well take away things like: codependence, trauma responses and making personal sacrifices for conscientious decisions...but it would also diminish your capacity for joy and your ability to have meaningful relationships with anybody.
Better to sort out the kinks, then throw the whole baby out with the bathwater.
Emotional color blindness might very well take away things like: codependence, trauma responses and making personal sacrifices for conscientious decisions...but it would also diminish your capacity for joy and your ability to have meaningful relationships with anybody.
Better to sort out the kinks, then throw the whole baby out with the bathwater.
by Olive989 March 15, 2023
The Blind Munchies as experienced by a person, usually a senior, who needs but does not have serviceable dentures.
Man, I got such a serious case of The Blind Gummies on my 70th that I hit up the 7-11 for all of its chips.
by The Texian September 05, 2018
Ray zoned out for half of the class. After yesterday’s breakfast burrito hit bottom he had gone poop blind.
by 367 September 27, 2018
Is the act of smearing habanero sauce on your elbow and farting, after the female person comes in the act of sex.
Last night I did the blind corner. I smeared Habanero sauce on my elbow, after my girlfriend came I dropped one.
by Maximumperformance April 26, 2017
A sexual act usually performed but not limited to a male and female.
Initially the male is blindfolded and then undressed by the female.
The female then undresses and lays legs akimbo on the edge of a piece of furniture, usually a bed or couch.
The blindfolded male then proceeds to find the females "letterbox" so he can insert his "package" into it.
As the man finishes he yells out "your package has been fully delivered"
Initially the male is blindfolded and then undressed by the female.
The female then undresses and lays legs akimbo on the edge of a piece of furniture, usually a bed or couch.
The blindfolded male then proceeds to find the females "letterbox" so he can insert his "package" into it.
As the man finishes he yells out "your package has been fully delivered"
"I'm looking for a blindfold can you help me"?
Store clerk: " what do you need a blindfold for?"
"My girlfriend and I are planning to do some roleplay later on and she suggested we try "The blind postman".
Store clerk: " what do you need a blindfold for?"
"My girlfriend and I are planning to do some roleplay later on and she suggested we try "The blind postman".
by ZeppelinCaptain December 19, 2021
AKA: Nostalgia-Induced Stupidity
When someone is nostalgic for something that was absolute trash and refuses to acknowledge that it was trash because their memories override all negative thoughts about it.
When someone is nostalgic for something that was absolute trash and refuses to acknowledge that it was trash because their memories override all negative thoughts about it.
by Ubeenbamboozledson April 10, 2024
by Neon Clear May 30, 2024