Born Blind vs. Becoming Blind - What Are The Differences?

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  • čas přidán 21. 08. 2024

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  • @Cellkist
    @Cellkist Před 5 lety +8734

    Dreaming in perfect vision and waking up blind sounds like the most heartbreaking thing holy shit

    • @khimmo-seta4972
      @khimmo-seta4972 Před 5 lety +51

      Cellkist yup

    • @divyamurugesan2186
      @divyamurugesan2186 Před 5 lety +454

      breaks my heart tooo... but she takes it so well... makes me question my ability to face disappointments

    • @joelv6605
      @joelv6605 Před 5 lety +83

      Cellkist kinda scary not gonna lie

    • @lewis9199
      @lewis9199 Před 5 lety +41

      I know made me really sad

    • @bmb2333
      @bmb2333 Před 5 lety +51

      Yeah I felt so bad for her after she said that

  • @A-Pro100
    @A-Pro100 Před 7 lety +10151

    Man, Christina speaking about her dreams and then waking up to darkness broke my heart.

    • @patriciayanga7845
      @patriciayanga7845 Před 7 lety +49

      Animepro100 😭💔

    • @akiimo389
      @akiimo389 Před 7 lety +140

      You dream. Everyone dreams. You just simply dont remember anything of it

    • @CDRaff
      @CDRaff Před 7 lety +160

      Seriously... I'll have dreams where I can fly or I get some material thing that I have wanted for a long time and be sad when I wake up.

    • @appelmelk5664
      @appelmelk5664 Před 7 lety +78

      you mean waking up in fogness

    • @timmyireland1
      @timmyireland1 Před 7 lety +219

      She can't see properly when she is awake. When she dreams, she sees everything in full clear vision as if she was never blind at all. I cannot fathom how that must feel. It sounds so bittersweet.

  • @savagesnoop8185
    @savagesnoop8185 Před 4 lety +4078

    How does she look like she isn’t blind when she’s talking. That is so cool to me

    • @Nue55
      @Nue55 Před 4 lety +216

      If she's counting fingers she's able to see things up close to her face. It would only be trouble if she was light perception or no light perception she'd be unable to do anything requiring sight.

    • @captinafro2320
      @captinafro2320 Před 4 lety +13

      I don’t get this statement. Help

    • @Arliandro
      @Arliandro Před 4 lety +14

      @@captinafro2320 you didnt get it???

    • @CornbreadOracle
      @CornbreadOracle Před 4 lety +310

      Because she had the experience of vision growing up. She learned body language and facial expressions. They are ‘normal’ to her, like talking with her hands and turning her head towards him. It also probably matters that she has some vision still. If you’ll notice he never turns his face towards her nor does he gesture much. Also his facial expressions are kind of blank....almost without nuance. Like a baby. That is because he grew up without vision at all. He never had a reason to learn these things. His body language and facial expressions are very much like how I remember my grandfather, who lost his sight as a baby. He used to turn his ear towards whoever he was speaking with, never his face. I hope that makes sense and answers your question.

    • @AJPReactions
      @AJPReactions Před 4 lety +25

      Savage Snoop you do know she is going blind she is not full blind yet so she can still see but it’s hard to her to see

  • @lachlanwilson5882
    @lachlanwilson5882 Před 4 lety +4121

    It’s kinda weird to think about, but tommy wouldn’t even know what a human looks like.

    • @megamiow3325
      @megamiow3325 Před 4 lety +32

      O ye

    • @Jschad
      @Jschad Před 4 lety +498

      Well I mean, he can touch his face. He has distinguished shapes in his other videos so he probably has some sort of idea

    • @availanila
      @availanila Před 4 lety +81

      He knows, he's touched people around him and himself

    • @luicaz6251
      @luicaz6251 Před 4 lety +60

      @@raytuenge792 lmao

    • @nightbling8905
      @nightbling8905 Před 4 lety +12

      Ray Tuenge wow

  • @marcellaamanda1666
    @marcellaamanda1666 Před 7 lety +4026

    when christine wants to drive and be independent and all that, tommy simply wants to catch a ball, it makes my heart cry a little.

    • @kylestroup3077
      @kylestroup3077 Před 7 lety +342

      yep, something as simple as catch a ball. He has also said in another video that one of the most amazing things for him is realizing that when people enter a room they "see" the room. They know where everything is within a few seconds, while he has to feel the room out

    • @edmundohernandez8464
      @edmundohernandez8464 Před 7 lety +92

      That shit broke my heart

    • @aurorasparks1985
      @aurorasparks1985 Před 7 lety +66

      That really made me think and made me put everything into perspective.

    • @Jake-cy7to
      @Jake-cy7to Před 7 lety +5

      Ohh because dreaming about driving is sooo ambitious

    • @theaveragecouple8409
      @theaveragecouple8409 Před 7 lety +3

      Marcella Amanda Soon we will be able to do all of these things. Self driving cars are comeing in our lifetime

  • @theredstonewarrior4517
    @theredstonewarrior4517 Před 7 lety +1598

    5:00 I'd like to catch a ball.. The shit I take for granted just blew my mind..

    • @xKibaFTWx
      @xKibaFTWx Před 7 lety +44

      The Redstone Warrior I'd also like to catch a ball, I'm a scrub at catching

    • @Anne-hl3qh
      @Anne-hl3qh Před 7 lety +4

      The Redstone Warrior hell yes! 😂

    • @jvaillancourt21
      @jvaillancourt21 Před 7 lety +29

      That got to me real quick. Like holy hell

    • @DominusGGWP
      @DominusGGWP Před 7 lety

      so true man

    • @breakingaustin
      @breakingaustin Před 7 lety

      The Redstone Warrior 1.2k likes.. It's amazing how many people take this stuff for granted.

  • @MrDOGTAG11
    @MrDOGTAG11 Před 4 lety +1511

    It was really impactful for me when Tommy stated he just wants to catch a ball or see a computer screen. Most people take things for granted, myself included, and I’m going to try to not do that any longer. These answers were very inspiring. Thank you.

    • @TheGravityShifter
      @TheGravityShifter Před 4 lety +11

      Another one in terms of sight that made me realize how ungrateful I am, is when I watched a grown man cry when seeing real color for the first time using those special glasses for colorblind people.

    • @Mecal21
      @Mecal21 Před 4 lety +2

      I still suck at catching either way lol

    • @Eli-ns2oz
      @Eli-ns2oz Před 3 lety +2

      To be fair, I’m sighted and I also wish I could just reach out and catch a ball.

    • @orionic3348
      @orionic3348 Před 2 lety +1

      How’s it going bro?

    • @Some_Fucker
      @Some_Fucker Před 2 lety +1

      “Daddy daddy catch the ball”!
      “No son I refuse”

  • @mh4i772
    @mh4i772 Před 4 lety +4003

    Gone blind is actually worse than being blind all ur life

    • @Someoneyeeted
      @Someoneyeeted Před 4 lety +867

      gone blind is painful because you always think that you lost one of the most important things, born blind will always want to know what you can't see because you don't know what world looks like ..... we should be happy that we can see and hear good

    • @average391
      @average391 Před 4 lety +132

      Well it depends
      If your legally blind you can still see but very blurry
      But like I said it all depends on the person

    • @NickDiNunzio
      @NickDiNunzio Před 4 lety +62

      Idk man, it seems like her experience in losing her vision opened her eyes in a sense. She seems like a really happy person

    • @aburrows0637
      @aburrows0637 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes

    • @simplypotet5561
      @simplypotet5561 Před 4 lety +26

      @Motor City Cobra Wouldnt that be even worse though? Waking up everyday knowing what you lost?

  • @Nobody-U-Want-2-Know
    @Nobody-U-Want-2-Know Před 5 lety +7787

    Don’t worry Tommy, most sighted people aren’t able to just reach out and catch a ball either!

    • @theowlhouseseason3213
      @theowlhouseseason3213 Před 5 lety +25

      If it u on profile photo this beard looking precious on u and it making u look manly!

    • @rxob
      @rxob Před 5 lety +45

      He can’t see this silly

    • @rxob
      @rxob Před 5 lety

      chiba Alrighty

    • @lavodnas7899
      @lavodnas7899 Před 5 lety +63

      @@theowlhouseseason3213 reading this gave my stroke a stroke

    • @Cornell90
      @Cornell90 Před 5 lety +7

      @@rxob He prolly has a love on in his life reading some of the comments for him smartass.

  • @ROACHO
    @ROACHO Před 5 lety +5761

    He thinks catching a ball is cool..... I just wanna go hug him

    • @e.vcabeza7710
      @e.vcabeza7710 Před 4 lety +87

      It is! I always miss when I try to catch anything

    • @BassGuy470
      @BassGuy470 Před 4 lety +17

      that was my exact thought lol

    • @Rtyujbvv
      @Rtyujbvv Před 4 lety +40

      Just imagine, you never seen anything in your whole life, just darkness

    • @BassGuy470
      @BassGuy470 Před 4 lety +75

      YouMadBro??? not even darkness, blind people can’t even comprehend black so instead of darkness they literally see nothing

    • @JRStephens5005
      @JRStephens5005 Před 4 lety +35

      I know. That broke my heart. We take so much for granted. We should enjoy the simple things in life.

  • @iiamkyinyaa
    @iiamkyinyaa Před 4 lety +194

    “I just want to catch a ball!”
    *Awe* 🥺

  • @mfraye12
    @mfraye12 Před 4 měsíci +20

    Not being able to watch foreign films with subtitles is such a good point. There's this hot debate about subtitles where people disparage voiceover dubs, for inauthenticity or whatever. But people forget that dubs are accessibility tools. Beyond people being "too lazy" to read subtitles, not everyone is able to use subtitles, and they need an audio component instead.

    • @Nazinsky
      @Nazinsky Před 5 dny

      Yep ❤! Good point. The debate around it is only between people with full-sightedness.

    • @julesoxana
      @julesoxana Před 5 dny

      Great point❤

  • @Kattytatty02
    @Kattytatty02 Před 7 lety +2867

    Waking up realizing you are blind over and over sounds like torture.

    • @inthebeginning6895
      @inthebeginning6895 Před 6 lety +189

      The Chiefs I’m paralyzed from the chest down and I dream like im normal. It is sad. But I’d rather be paralyzed then blind

    • @VickyHK1
      @VickyHK1 Před 6 lety +9

      Chris Cameron when you wake up do you get sad?

    • @felipepaivaimbroinise754
      @felipepaivaimbroinise754 Před 6 lety +71

      Chris Cameron it must be rough mate, atleast u are grateful for being alive and thats all that matters

    • @enlightenedgroyper2956
      @enlightenedgroyper2956 Před 6 lety +6

      Cameron4life how did you type the comment?

    • @SmolPotatowo
      @SmolPotatowo Před 6 lety +58

      Nebulynx Pleb He said from the chest down not the neck down so I'd think he'd still have use of his arms.

  • @aitken
    @aitken Před 7 lety +2423

    It's really weird to think that Tommy has NEVER seen anything, so he doesn't even have a concept of colour or sight, he literally can't see ANYTHING, no sighted person can imagine seeing nothing, because when you try that, you'll always just imagine grey or something, but Tommy doesn't know what grey is so he cant imagine it. Him trying to imagine sight is like us trying to imagine a new colour.

    • @rebecca-yr8cm
      @rebecca-yr8cm Před 7 lety +199

      that's literally mind blowing damn

    • @alfiemcclurgh533
      @alfiemcclurgh533 Před 7 lety +132

      That concept is so confusing it blows my mind

    • @vladomaimun
      @vladomaimun Před 7 lety +147

      It's like trying to imagine being dead. You simply can't imagine it.

    • @MrGamecatCanaveral
      @MrGamecatCanaveral Před 7 lety +14

      How old are you guys? 8?

    • @aitken
      @aitken Před 7 lety +176

      How does having a fascination make us little kids? Most people here are fascinated by Tommy, that's why they watch him, oh, and I'm 17 for your information.

  • @BobJoushaSmith
    @BobJoushaSmith Před 4 lety +1598

    This makes me feel like a very ungrateful person

    • @kashinimeyo
      @kashinimeyo Před 4 lety +20

      I'm from 9 months in the future, here to ask you if you've still taken things for granted. Do you still feel ungrateful for what you've had?

    • @daytripper6779
      @daytripper6779 Před 4 lety +5

      I’m 10 months into the future, and I’m here to tell you that your profile picture is horribly outdated.

    • @essay2111
      @essay2111 Před 4 lety

      @Ahmad Dzaki I'm 10 months and 1 day from the future. I'm here to tell you your dog died.

    • @sakom0793
      @sakom0793 Před 4 lety +1

      I'm here 10 months into the future and here's my message:
      ur mom gae
      And that's coming from Obama Prism.

    • @BobJoushaSmith
      @BobJoushaSmith Před 4 lety +1

      @@kashinimeyo still sadly :( I am gonna try and strive to be a better person tho hope I change for the best thanks for asking about ne btw really appreciate the care :)

  • @judahbaggerman2294
    @judahbaggerman2294 Před 4 lety +2413

    One perk of being blind is not seeing the sleep paralysis demon

    • @maxfrickmann2829
      @maxfrickmann2829 Před 4 lety +9

      What is that

    • @LuckyOwI777
      @LuckyOwI777 Před 4 lety +75

      @@maxfrickmann2829 It's one of the worst demons ever

    • @lapelcelery42
      @lapelcelery42 Před 4 lety +117

      Even if you can't see him, you know he's there

    • @Avarioth
      @Avarioth Před 4 lety +32

      Sounds like a myth to me, lol. People who see frightening things usually see what they fear. If people heard about the shadow man before they started experiencing sleep paralysis, that could cause them to think they're "seeing" him. Idk though, just my thoughts. My mother never saw anything scary during hers, only beautiful things.
      My brother saw something terrifying once, but no shadow guy and I've suffered A LOT from very heavy and complex sleep paralysis (was part of a sleep study because of it) and while I've seen, hard and felt a lot of horrifying shit, I've never seen any shadow guy.
      Not saying that means it's not common for people to see, just saying that people in old times saw a mare during their sleep paralysis (hence the term "nightmare". The creature that people saw while being paralysed appeared to be riding their chest, causing their difficulty breathing while paralysed, which also inspired the Danish term "mareridt". To be mare-ridden). Then when aliens became a big hollywood deal, people starting seeing aliens during them and suddenly it's a shadow guy. Just seems like the fears change within cultures overtime and sleep paralysis hallucinations change accordingly.
      Almost all of my visual hallucinations have been real people. Family members and one time... Sarah Jessica Parker walking into my room, standing at the foot of my bed and just staring at me, expressionlessly... She's creepy.

    • @lailahepburnandmischka
      @lailahepburnandmischka Před 4 lety +40

      Omg sleep paralysis is torture!
      But you don’t always ‘see’ the demon you just get a feeling that there’s something dark and evil in the room so I doubt being blind makes a difference :/

  • @adolfhitmaker8639
    @adolfhitmaker8639 Před 5 lety +2412

    Losing your vision but still dreaming with sight? Holy shit that's depressing

    • @leannasullender154
      @leannasullender154 Před 5 lety +54

      That happens a lot to people in they lose their sight in their teens or adulthood but less if they're ten or younger when it starts to go.

    • @okvngel
      @okvngel Před 5 lety +115

      That shit definitely hurt me.

    • @koolaidman6251
      @koolaidman6251 Před 5 lety +14

      Lots of us dream of things and people who are no longer in our lives.

    • @leannasullender154
      @leannasullender154 Před 5 lety +18

      @@koolaidman6251 Yes I still dream about my dead grandfather but he died last year and I see him where he used to live but the weird thing is I know he died but there he is it happened several time before so it doesn't weird me out anymore I am like okay here you are again.

    • @larhyskitaya5397
      @larhyskitaya5397 Před 5 lety +5

      I dreamt of my uncle who died yesterday

  • @bekaemery2918
    @bekaemery2918 Před 6 lety +21215

    Shes blind and she is better at making 'eye contact' than me

    • @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்
      @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் Před 6 lety +806

      Being Blind *≠* Being Socially anxious
      She may not be able to see but she's not socially anxious and her confident eye contact even thought she can't see, its natural human instinct.

    • @nunads
      @nunads Před 5 lety +377

      I'm guessing she's directing her face/eyes toward the direction of the sound of his voice. (Edit) Okay, she said "still have some sensory..." during the "do you keep your eyes open or shut". So she's legally blind and not completely blind; even if completely blind they may prefer to look in their direction when talking as a courtesy/habit from the time she had her full sight.

    • @ZenoDovahkiin
      @ZenoDovahkiin Před 5 lety +151

      She also can't see that you meet her eyes. Something to keep in mind.

    • @L_U-K_E
      @L_U-K_E Před 5 lety +3

      Beka Emery same xD

    • @bazonga9085
      @bazonga9085 Před 5 lety +11

      விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக்
      I’m missing that human instinct lol

  • @toztoz9118
    @toztoz9118 Před 4 lety +1009

    Can someone tell her how good she still looks?

  • @f0kxi
    @f0kxi Před 4 lety +90

    “I remember colors” makes me so sad

    • @ashleymitchell5384
      @ashleymitchell5384 Před 3 lety +8

      At least she can see then when she dreams though. I would just want to sleep constantly if I were her

    • @Ascertivus
      @Ascertivus Před 3 lety

      Same for me. :’((

  • @SZ-ZS-
    @SZ-ZS- Před 7 lety +2355

    ok one main difference is tommy stares off into nothing while having a conversation... and she actually looks in the direction of the person she is talking to

    • @hajarmdn4883
      @hajarmdn4883 Před 7 lety +272

      Force of habit which is really interesting

    • @EndohMiharu
      @EndohMiharu Před 7 lety +34

      Molly Burke does this too

    • @THEGiRLMiLLE
      @THEGiRLMiLLE Před 7 lety +246

      Conorsz she said that she can see shadows so she just points her eyes at the shadows

    • @ulNag
      @ulNag Před 7 lety +49

      +THEGiRLMiLLE exactly! I don't know why many people don't get it

    • @slayer171163
      @slayer171163 Před 7 lety +4

      Conorsz because she can still see shadows

  • @TheFanguy123
    @TheFanguy123 Před 7 lety +637

    dreaming with full vision and waking up to realize you're still blind
    that sounds really depressing

    • @Crimson_Cheetah
      @Crimson_Cheetah Před 6 lety +17

      It’s not that bad for me. I see in my dreams the way I visualize my surroundings in real life, (not very detailed and out of focus in some areas), then wake up without sight; what’s familiar to me. Every blind person views their experiences differently. You just have to accept the way things are at some point.

    • @parkerjia7606
      @parkerjia7606 Před 6 lety +8

      Crimson Cheetah how did you type this? How did you read that comment? Wtf

    • @Crimson_Cheetah
      @Crimson_Cheetah Před 6 lety +23

      Minecraft Kid 67 I use Voiceover. I tap somewhere on my phone screen, my phone reads the words to me, and I double tap the app I want to open, the letter I want to type, etc. Molly Burke made a couple videos about how blind people use technology. I don’t know if Tommy has, but he is a blind man using CZcams, so ya gotta assume he uses technology the same way as most blind folks.

    • @parkerjia7606
      @parkerjia7606 Před 6 lety +1

      Crimson Cheetah oh that's interesting. How do you "double tap" the app? Do you know where it is?

    • @parkerjia7606
      @parkerjia7606 Před 6 lety

      Oh wait do you tap where you think it is and it reads it out to you and then you just tap there again?

  • @sirdurtle9519
    @sirdurtle9519 Před 4 lety +515

    Christine: talks about an actual positive thing that she’s gained through being blind
    Tommy: Talks about how being blind allows him to steal

    • @benokhattirach310
      @benokhattirach310 Před 3 lety +32

      It's not stealing I think. In my opinion, it's like privilege. In my country (Indonesia), many public places like bus, toilets, etc, are free for "disabled" people. Although there's no rule that mentioned it to be free to them, they still can have it free.
      I don't know the other countries situations, so yeah CMIIW thx

    • @pdhung3012
      @pdhung3012 Před rokem +3

      @@benokhattirach310 same with my country Vietnam. Beating or shouting at disabled people are not allowed.

  • @lethalvenusian
    @lethalvenusian Před 4 lety +658

    she doesn't even know how pretty she still looks 😩

    • @-NRB-
      @-NRB- Před 4 lety +14

      Yes she does, she lost her vision at 20. I’m sure she didn’t change looks that much during those years

    • @joemomma4358
      @joemomma4358 Před 4 lety +57

      @@-NRB- That is a stupid statement...
      She lost her vision at 20, which was 17 years ago which now makes her 37, I'm pretty sure there is a big difference.
      Edit: at the time of this video it was 17 years ago but now it is 20, which makes her 40.

    • @shrekwithawillsmithface465
      @shrekwithawillsmithface465 Před 4 lety

      @Angel Valdez I want to take care of her and shower her 😋

    • @matezwizard9764
      @matezwizard9764 Před 4 lety +3

      @@shrekwithawillsmithface465 hmm 50% simp

    • @aid4nski215
      @aid4nski215 Před 4 lety +1

      @@-NRB- Well she's in her 40's so she probably changed.

  • @treygc3291
    @treygc3291 Před 5 lety +3436

    We need to invest massive amounts of money to the science of healing blindness. This dude deserves to see.

    • @juliagooglia374
      @juliagooglia374 Před 5 lety +182

      Tery GC there are implants but they haven’t been perfected yet, but it may be enough for him to see a ball if he’s willing to take the surgical risk. But I commend him for his positivity even without sight

    • @juliagooglia374
      @juliagooglia374 Před 5 lety +111

      Xen it’s a brain surgery so risk of dying

    • @Chris1111116
      @Chris1111116 Před 5 lety +125

      Yeah would be better to invest into such stuff (alzheimer, AIDS, blindness, movement disabilities) than putting hundreds of billions into the military. Sadly the president is an idiot!

    • @MrPinkok
      @MrPinkok Před 5 lety +53

      Probably if he could see he would be so shocked and unused to it that he would probably be even more handicaped trying to figure out how to live in the world with vision. I don't even know is his brain could be able to accept all of that at his age...

    • @ENEN-tz6eg
      @ENEN-tz6eg Před 5 lety +55

      Chris1111116 You know the budget was roughly the same for the last few presidents right?

  • @drtannazebrahimiadib
    @drtannazebrahimiadib Před 5 lety +2900

    Tommy can be a wonderful radio host.

    • @Magerquark
      @Magerquark Před 5 lety +43

      I think he used to be one if I remember correctly from one of his earlier videos

    • @baileym2952
      @baileym2952 Před 5 lety +18

      Dr Tannaz Ebrahimi Adib He was

    • @MaximilianonMars
      @MaximilianonMars Před 5 lety +15

      Yes he used to do traffic reports for radio, unsure if he did other parts as well.

    • @marialopes3510
      @marialopes3510 Před 5 lety +1

      Now he is

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 Před 5 lety +1

      I knew he had to be from up North. I can hear it in his vowels.

  • @purple2739
    @purple2739 Před 4 lety +215

    “Saw in the mirror how much I’ve aged”
    Oh trust me, you’d be happy to know you didn’t age bad.

  • @mikeykm1993
    @mikeykm1993 Před 5 lety +75

    Going blind is one of my biggest fears - these guys embrace life and are 10x the person I’ll ever be. Huge respect.

    • @sunnyday6679
      @sunnyday6679 Před rokem +3

      Fr I wouldn't know how to deal with that. That's like losing all of your independence. And I would struggle trusting people!

  • @barclaypeo6818
    @barclaypeo6818 Před 5 lety +2963

    My worst fear is losing my vision, I don’t know how they do it.

    • @godlyvex5543
      @godlyvex5543 Před 5 lety +329

      Yeah, going deaf would be preferable to going blind. They're both awful, but deafness would at least be managable.

    • @KentRoads
      @KentRoads Před 5 lety +35

      You have to be in a situation to deal with it

    • @pHixiq
      @pHixiq Před 5 lety +1

      BARCLAYPEO /HEX sameeeeee

    • @cancrix_gaming2221
      @cancrix_gaming2221 Před 5 lety +29

      It’s my absolute biggest fear to

    • @facepalm643
      @facepalm643 Před 5 lety +69

      @@KentRoads i lost half of my vision last year for month and a half.dont have the money to go to a doctor so i just search on my own. turns out i realized that i been drinkin soda like water for a while.so i started to cut sugar on my diet. i'm cured and vision returned 100% a month later. i'm grateful on my case that i didn't need to go to a doctor to find a remedy.

  • @987654321boum
    @987654321boum Před 7 lety +2118

    If I were Christine, I'd be heavily into lucid dreaming.

    • @PumpkinTheHamster
      @PumpkinTheHamster Před 7 lety +32

      I Dub Thee Unforgiven same I would sleep in for hours

    • @saerudayo
      @saerudayo Před 7 lety +76

      If I were ANYONE I'd be into lucid dreaming. I mean you can literally talk to your subconscious, or a manifested form of it. It has seriously helped me throughout my life such as getting to speak with my passed father. The human brain is an amazing thing. I can't help but reply everytime I see someone mention lucid dreaming :D

    • @jiodro7509
      @jiodro7509 Před 7 lety +22

      I want to try lucid dreaming but I don't feel like setting an alarm for 3 in the morning and going to sleep after

    • @funkyfranx
      @funkyfranx Před 7 lety +6

      You can't force yourself to lucid dream though?

    • @IfYouMeetAWolf
      @IfYouMeetAWolf Před 7 lety +18

      You kind of can. There are ways to try "induce" lucid dreaming.

  • @whatchahowsya8688
    @whatchahowsya8688 Před 2 lety +82

    Didn't expect Christine's dream experience to hit so hard, emotionally. The things we take for granted.

  • @professionalclown7166
    @professionalclown7166 Před 4 lety +92

    Tommy is one of the most optimistic person i know

  • @mrstefaneko777
    @mrstefaneko777 Před 5 lety +2608

    She doesn't look like a blind person. She makes an eye contact, her whole body acts normally. I think I wouldn't have noticed anything unusual if she didn't say she's blind.
    Respect to both of them, wish them all the best.

    • @mrsteve26
      @mrsteve26 Před 5 lety +248

      Stefan Pavlovic because she knows how it works

    • @isaacflett1321
      @isaacflett1321 Před 5 lety +268

      heard a story from some people who have a friend who is similarly blind as her, they were drinking and this guy was talking with her for about half an hour when she got up to go to the bathroom and accidentally knocked something over on the ground. The guy she was talking to said: "how much has she had to drink?", he hadn't even noticed she was blind.

    • @dianeg3202
      @dianeg3202 Před 5 lety +124

      Because she used to be able to see and she can hear what direction stuff is coming from, so she knows where eyes are and stuff like that 🙃

    • @tek87
      @tek87 Před 5 lety +90

      She can still perceive light and some colors. I'm sure she can see where his face is.

    • @NazzyDragon
      @NazzyDragon Před 5 lety +47

      She's been able to see before and was probably raised thinking it was rude not to look at who is talking to you. Makes sense to me, if I could see shadows of people and hear where they were talking from, I'd do the same thing.

  • @VictorBelfast
    @VictorBelfast Před 6 lety +1157

    She said it would be sad if she got her vision back and saw how much she aged lol. I think she is beautiful :0

  • @YoungShark3ls1t
    @YoungShark3ls1t Před 4 lety +184

    This makes me appreciate my vision even more

    • @sfsaviation
      @sfsaviation Před 4 lety +2

      Same,i have terrible vision but i can at least fix it with glasses or contacts,they're just permanently done for.

    • @Ascertivus
      @Ascertivus Před 3 lety

      Same.

    • @vagerplayz1999
      @vagerplayz1999 Před 2 lety

      im going to be blind soon and i said my self that I'm going to suicide if I'm going to blind

  • @razerage1
    @razerage1 Před 4 lety +166

    1:57 Try not to cry :(

  • @AvRand6
    @AvRand6 Před 5 lety +1514

    i have never smelled in a dream before

    • @dylanjames4706
      @dylanjames4706 Před 5 lety +135

      We don’t rely on smell nearly as much as him, so that could explain it

    • @TheJudge064
      @TheJudge064 Před 5 lety +20

      I just realized that too

    • @mikaylabeee
      @mikaylabeee Před 5 lety +82

      I ate popcorn in a dream and tasted it. It was insane.

    • @wut462
      @wut462 Před 5 lety +9

      If you smell in dreams it’s a smell that you really like like me maybe

    • @asmartistenthusiast3469
      @asmartistenthusiast3469 Před 5 lety +9

      you can't really. it's just the memory of a smell.

  • @Everybody90fr
    @Everybody90fr Před 7 lety +10432

    0:40 "i lost my vision in my 20's"
    me : oh wow that was pretty recent
    "so starting about 17y ago"
    me: WTF i tought she was like 25

    • @j5uh
      @j5uh Před 7 lety +1603

      LOL. I'll let her know. :)

    • @sprocastersprocaster
      @sprocastersprocaster Před 7 lety +620

      john suh oh you're her husband!!

    • @LeeTong69
      @LeeTong69 Před 7 lety +445

      john suh You're a lucky man!

    • @lucaalbano8
      @lucaalbano8 Před 7 lety +321

      She's asian, of course LOL

    • @j5uh
      @j5uh Před 7 lety +495

      I've told her about this before. Cracks me up cause it's so true!

  • @janr824
    @janr824 Před 4 lety +13

    I am 61. I've lost most of my sight over the past 18 months. I'm older blind. You're both an inspiration.

  • @ohobo7786
    @ohobo7786 Před 4 lety +37

    It’s like South Park when Jimmy is saying it’s better to be born a cripple instead of becoming crippled later in life.

  • @zacherynicoson9890
    @zacherynicoson9890 Před 7 lety +466

    When a blind person has watched more movies than you...

    • @mersauff223
      @mersauff223 Před 7 lety +1

      Zachery Nicoson pogchamp

    • @KarlKarlex
      @KarlKarlex Před 7 lety +13

      Zachery Nicoson *heard

    • @mersauff223
      @mersauff223 Před 7 lety +6

      He didnt watch them tho

    • @jambuuu
      @jambuuu Před 7 lety +3

      PogChamp

    • @TheBoxingNinja
      @TheBoxingNinja Před 7 lety

      If I made money making movie reviews, I would love to watch a whole bunch of movies too.

  • @Batsche22
    @Batsche22 Před 7 lety +874

    I think it's harder to get blind than being blind from the beginning

    • @oliviasilva5041
      @oliviasilva5041 Před 7 lety +57

      Luka I see where your coming from

    • @sparkac480
      @sparkac480 Před 6 lety +60

      Not to choose sides but it is. I mean living your whole life with vision and then loosing it and onoy seeing darkness is really sad. Same for being born blind, but since you are blind from birth, you don't know what its like having vision so you grow adapt to not having sight. But when you go blind you have to relearn how to do alot of things. And most things you can't do.

    • @bajamus69
      @bajamus69 Před 6 lety +1

      Makes sence because you tell what you lost besides not knowing in the first place

    • @aguynamedatidade
      @aguynamedatidade Před 6 lety +20

      Also, if you are born blind, you don't really know what you are missing out on, because you have nothing to compare blindness to. On the other hand, in the case losing your sight, you will always remember what it was like to see, and you will always miss it. It's like having something ripped away from you, as opposed to never having it at all.

    • @dtiydr
      @dtiydr Před 6 lety +2

      Yep.

  • @daniellebartholomew2140
    @daniellebartholomew2140 Před 3 lety +21

    How on earth can 500+ people give this video a negative review?? The joy and enthusiasm with which Christine and Tommy face life, despite the extra challenges and losses they incur, is inspiring and humbling. Incredible people with a perspective we can all learn from!

    • @jjgebarowski
      @jjgebarowski Před rokem

      I believe bots and accidental hits.

    • @commenter4898
      @commenter4898 Před rokem

      There are probably more visually impaired viewers here than other channels and I presume they are more likely to misclick.

  • @Carzey
    @Carzey Před 4 lety +17

    This is SO wholesome. The happiness of when he was talking about catching a ball.

  • @AnaisIsAce
    @AnaisIsAce Před 7 lety +2215

    "Whip out that cane so we can skip the line" LMAO this gal xDD

    • @IbnulSharar
      @IbnulSharar Před 7 lety +55

      LMFAO.. I was looking for someone who noticed it. pissing myself XD

    • @wild5571
      @wild5571 Před 6 lety +2

      It made me laugh, because I realized I've done that in the past and it then made me feel bad.. 😅

  • @themodernadventurer4320
    @themodernadventurer4320 Před 6 lety +1173

    He can smell and feel during a dream!? I never thought about it but I can I only see and hear during a dream.

    • @befrnigel
      @befrnigel Před 6 lety +90

      The Modern Adventurer Your brain can associate memory with smell and with him being blind his other senses are more developped than us.

    • @sarabeth641
      @sarabeth641 Před 6 lety +19

      Different people have different senses in dreams. I, personally, can use all of my senses. But, I can't do a lot of cognitive functions like math.

    • @nessa9752
      @nessa9752 Před 5 lety +1

      You can definitely smell I think I have smelled in my dream before but it was what I was smelling irl if you get what I mean lol

    • @pianofry1138
      @pianofry1138 Před 5 lety +25

      I have the same dream where I go to work then wake up to go to work and it really pisses me off cause I wake up stressed

    • @aijena2
      @aijena2 Před 5 lety +4

      my brain utilizes all my senses all around my body in dreams when they are of an importance for the given moment, but i also have such a ridiculously high level of an imagination that allows me to simulate feelings, smells, sound+full vision so that's definitely different from person to person, regardless of any handicaps or such...

  • @asfandali100
    @asfandali100 Před 5 lety +17

    When Tommy said he will love to catch a ball I really felt it. We really take things for granted.

  • @care4557
    @care4557 Před 4 měsíci +3

    One of our daughter was born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. She was born completely blind since birth. She absolutely loves your channel

  • @trosebud223
    @trosebud223 Před 7 lety +451

    the best way i can describe sight is, if every object in a room made a sound that only your eyes could hear. depth perception would be like hearing an item louder because its closer and quieter because its farther away.

    • @inkvampyr
      @inkvampyr Před 7 lety +14

      T Rosebud That's such a good comparison, whoa.

    • @23Guitardood
      @23Guitardood Před 7 lety +16

      Wow... never thought about it that way. Honestly, great comment!

    • @MW-ir3cc
      @MW-ir3cc Před 7 lety +5

      You just Morpheused the shit out of me.

    • @Lindsaylbb
      @Lindsaylbb Před 7 lety +21

      In nature everything is just waves received and interpreted by our organs. Lights waves and translated into vision by our eyes, and sound waves are translated into sounds. Light waves are probably more informative since our eye can receive so many of them at the same time and they don't tangle. I wonder if some creature with super hearing can hear as we see.

    • @BoguZzNL
      @BoguZzNL Před 7 lety +1

      What if I told you..

  • @pipesmokinggoose4273
    @pipesmokinggoose4273 Před 5 lety +1761

    I wanna cry
    You’ll Catch a ball one day man

  • @CoolPixie
    @CoolPixie Před 5 lety +47

    OMG ITS THAT WOMAN!!! I REMEMBER WATCHING HER WIN MASTERCHEF!! I WAS A KID THEN.

    • @katkay9923
      @katkay9923 Před 3 lety

      IKR SAME SHE PUBLISHED A COOKBOOK AND I JUST BOUGHT IT RECENTLY IM LITERALLY VEGAN SO I CANT DO MUCH WITH IT BUT I LOVE HER SO

  • @HookupCultureCommunity
    @HookupCultureCommunity Před 2 lety +8

    This dude has such an amazing jovial attitude; it almost makes me emotional, we complain about the most banal things but this dude is just so happy to have what he has.

  • @drelezar7745
    @drelezar7745 Před 5 lety +427

    “I get sad when I wake up cause it’s not true *laughs*” damn 😥

  • @mj-cd9fr
    @mj-cd9fr Před 5 lety +828

    "What's the thing you want to be able to do but you can't because of your blindness?"
    Christine: Driving, being independent
    Tommy: I really want to catch a ball

    • @redhood4446
      @redhood4446 Před 5 lety +3

      Hey! Be nice.

    • @mj-cd9fr
      @mj-cd9fr Před 5 lety +65

      @@redhood4446 But that's literally what they said there isn't anything mean about it

    • @m07z
      @m07z Před 5 lety +5

      @@redhood4446 She's right

    • @aulendilthegreat873
      @aulendilthegreat873 Před 4 lety +5

      i watched the video too thanks

    • @connieshoes9564
      @connieshoes9564 Před 4 lety +2

      @@redhood4446 r/wooooooosh

  • @francesatty7022
    @francesatty7022 Před rokem +4

    "I'd like to try sight" was endearing to me, treating it like its a fun new experience. Gaining sight would be such a huge change of worldview! If Tommy ever gets the ability to see I'd love to hear his opinions on the world around him

  • @falsehoods8074
    @falsehoods8074 Před 4 lety +69

    She doesn’t look blind, she is looking directly at him only using hearing.
    Das pretty epic

    • @danguy7595
      @danguy7595 Před 2 lety +4

      well she sorta just sees a blur so she can still kinda see the blob of what looks human and look in that direction

    • @danguy7595
      @danguy7595 Před 2 lety

      @Toby Mcguire no reasonable way im pretty sure. There is one device you can wear for ppl like her which allows you to see but it's extremely expensive

    • @YoutubeCommenter1st
      @YoutubeCommenter1st Před 2 lety +1

      @Toby Mcguire yeah it’s possible for her too see again but it’s expensive.

    • @thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535
      @thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535 Před 2 lety

      unless.....

  • @Joojoobeans
    @Joojoobeans Před 7 lety +1206

    I still remember when Ramsey was tapping her apple pie with a knife to let her know how crispy it was baked❤ Heartwarming

    • @dominic1297
      @dominic1297 Před 7 lety +79

      ....gawd im so fucked up i stopped at tapping her apple pie....and my brain went into the gutter LOOL

    • @adamr.8028
      @adamr.8028 Před 6 lety +9

      Joohyunnie ITS RAMSAY but yeah it was nice

    • @hairynuggs
      @hairynuggs Před 6 lety +7

      Joohyunnie god damnit hits ya right in the feels dont it czcams.com/video/i0zRSANWj1I/video.html

    • @iagreebut6813
      @iagreebut6813 Před 6 lety +6

      R E T U R N T H E S L A B

    • @teeli.
      @teeli. Před 6 lety +1

      Joohyunnie
      Oh! She was her!!

  • @josephvanwyk2088
    @josephvanwyk2088 Před 5 lety +446

    Wow. A blind man, who loves movies. I'm a filmmaker, and that is NEXT LEVEL AWESOMENESS, I kid you not.

    • @JWPSmith21
      @JWPSmith21 Před 4 lety +39

      Also, as a filmmaker, you should ask yourself, if the dialogue is good enough to stand on its own. If you blindfolded someone and had them listen, would they understand the ideas, the story, the context of everything? Same for the other way. If you muted your film, and someone could only try to understand everything through the visuals alone, would they feel like they experienced a full movie, or would they be completely lost.
      If you were able to make something that fits both of those criteria, that might be a truly astoundingly told story, especially for those with both senses, as it might give a more rich and fulfilling experience than a story otherwise would.

    • @Soare05
      @Soare05 Před 4 lety +3

      Wesley this is exactly what i wanted to comment oh my gosh

    • @girlwithoutafairy
      @girlwithoutafairy Před 4 lety +5

      This why i very much want descriptive audio to be more of a standard

    • @cavegame230
      @cavegame230 Před 4 lety +4

      Imagine having your movie called bad by a blind person

    • @franknstein5376
      @franknstein5376 Před 3 lety

      @@JWPSmith21 Interesting point, even though there are movies where the dialoge is almost non-existant and they still are able to convey as much as movies with dialogue. A good example for me is 3-Iron, great movie and the main character does not say a word

  • @ericawu8779
    @ericawu8779 Před 2 lety +4

    “i don’t like being judgmental but everyone has a little bit of judgementalism in them that they can’t be helped”
    that made me feel better knowing that others have this too, once in a while😭

  • @vincentprice9156
    @vincentprice9156 Před 2 lety +35

    I can't believe how strong both of these people are. Id'e be an emotional wreck everyday if I was blind.

  • @nukawolfkopa5
    @nukawolfkopa5 Před 7 lety +604

    She was my favorite master chef contestant of all time

    • @Domo-
      @Domo- Před 7 lety +1

      Nuka Vantuhs :D

    • @tanyaartiaga117
      @tanyaartiaga117 Před 6 lety +2

      Same along with luca they are my favorite winners. 💜💜

    • @KeefeL
      @KeefeL Před 6 lety

      pardon my french but...
      SHE WAS FUCKING AMAZING

    • @seaangelofthedeep
      @seaangelofthedeep Před 6 lety

      Karkat

    • @hamazeee8137
      @hamazeee8137 Před 6 lety

      she was by far the best chef in the history show

  • @andrewkyle7547
    @andrewkyle7547 Před 7 lety +321

    I love how he talks about movies so happily.
    Also I'd love to see him get surgery, imagine him seeing for the first time it's make me so happy :D

    • @pawz3016
      @pawz3016 Před 7 lety +38

      Not everyone's blindness can be "cured" it's different for everyone's eyes and why they went blind/were born blind and I'm pretty sure with Tommy's condition surgery wouldn't making able to see

    • @mohamedbarre576
      @mohamedbarre576 Před 7 lety +4

      he has no eyes, im pretty sure there isn't a surgery for him

    • @lpsalpaca1573
      @lpsalpaca1573 Před 7 lety +43

      nobody he does have eyes actually :£

    • @beccanicole41
      @beccanicole41 Před 7 lety

      Amber Bradley OH HEY

    • @lpsalpaca1573
      @lpsalpaca1573 Před 7 lety

      BeccaYYYYYYYLZ HOHDZVOUQDBLJWFCPUDBPCIRQI

  • @Axolotl_Joey
    @Axolotl_Joey Před 4 lety +3

    Its so interesting how somebody who lost their vision later in life looks like their Not even blind. She still moves her eyes up when thinking, looking into the direktion where the sound is comming from. Using her hands to communicate while talking. Its so facinating.

    • @vladavram9209
      @vladavram9209 Před 3 lety +3

      I think it's reverse of why tommy doesn't open his eyes. If he's not used to using those muscles, then she's so acostumed to doing it that she doesn't even think about the fact that it's of no use anymore. Matter of fact, when was ever looking up while thinking a useful thing? It's just body language, and that's what she still remembers, not each gesture in particular.

  • @natedog4872
    @natedog4872 Před 2 lety +17

    “Whip out that cane, so we can skip the line”
    😭😭😭😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @lunarinsomnia4688
    @lunarinsomnia4688 Před 5 lety +637

    Saving on the electrical bill is another perk. Tommy talked about it before.

    • @keytardan1
      @keytardan1 Před 5 lety +12

      I am partially sighted and roomed with a guy who only had light perception at the MD school for the Blind. He insisted on having the lights off all the time.

    • @emmettolson3499
      @emmettolson3499 Před 5 lety +5

      If I were blind I would still keep lights on because I’m so afraid that something would be able to hide

    • @SirAdeno
      @SirAdeno Před 5 lety +20

      @@emmettolson3499 Wat?

    • @amzwl1671
      @amzwl1671 Před 5 lety +2

      Emmett Olson / what if you flip it but don’t know if it’s on or off. Do you switch it again or not ?? 👹

    • @ArthurCowdery
      @ArthurCowdery Před 5 lety +17

      Tommy once talked about how friends would visit his place and turn the lights on only to forget to turn them off at the end of the visit.
      Poor guy got stuck with a huge electric bill.

  • @yashs1999
    @yashs1999 Před 5 lety +873

    I wonder how Tommy can even know what sight is like, or conceptualize it, never having it. It’s like telling me I have another sense, I just wouldn’t even know how to conceptualize it, you can’t really explain the sense

    • @Eeatch
      @Eeatch Před 5 lety +10

      it is as much understandable as much, as it is not understandable

    • @Kitulous
      @Kitulous Před 5 lety +15

      well. the comparison is irrelevant since the vision is the thing, a lot of people have it that can explain it at least poorly. if you had another sense and nobody else had that, that's a different thing.

    • @spacewombat4569
      @spacewombat4569 Před 5 lety +22

      I’d imagine that his understanding of sight is based on how he understands other senses. Since he is able to feel ( and therefor has a grasp of depth and form of objects/space ) i’m sure that he can’t understand the actual sensation of sight, but he can understand the fundamental purpose of sight which is to somehow render those forms in a manner other than touch alone. When you think about it the higher awareness that humans have of their surroundings even lacking vision is pretty incredible.

    • @Golemoid
      @Golemoid Před 5 lety +10

      @Ahmed G. It's like when you touch a thing, and you know it's there, but you can do it at a distance.
      things like color might not be possible to explain though.

    • @chapo5748
      @chapo5748 Před 5 lety +3

      Telling a girl how a dick feels

  • @reekova7832
    @reekova7832 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm really crying watching video because my father is blind. What i really know blinds person is they are amazing, they have stronger in imagination and other senses. My father is a really strong person, he work hard to provide our need and I am proud having a blind dad.

  • @Damsmh
    @Damsmh Před 3 lety +3

    These people are amazing and an inspiration. Blindness is my worst fear, more so than death. The way these people are still able to live a fullfilling life is an inspiration. Bless you all

  • @monkeymeat2024
    @monkeymeat2024 Před 5 lety +3272

    Plot twist: Tommy has 20/20 vision but never learned how to open his eyes.

    • @Fang727
      @Fang727 Před 5 lety +123

      Well it is not funny to make jokes bout some one who is has lost something so important a tip for you just don't do it again :D

    • @m07z
      @m07z Před 5 lety +54

      @@monkeymeat2024 I get it's a joke but it might just be because his eyes are very light sensitive. (might be wrong)

    • @puccipuu1797
      @puccipuu1797 Před 5 lety +47

      Well no as he has said that he can open them for a few minutes

    • @Jamie-tx7pn
      @Jamie-tx7pn Před 5 lety +168

      @@Fang727
      And who are you to tell someone else how to act? An important tip for you is to not do that again.
      The joke wasn't even insensitive...

    • @josephramos1483
      @josephramos1483 Před 4 lety +88

      @@Fang727 he hasnt lost anything, he NEVER had eye sight you sensitive little snowflake its just a harmless joke man up

  • @trulyindian1392
    @trulyindian1392 Před 7 lety +1004

    It suddenly made me really sad about how I take my privileges for granted.

    • @w3npnk
      @w3npnk Před 6 lety

      Truly Indian same here

    • @JohnathanJWells
      @JohnathanJWells Před 6 lety +5

      Truly Indian It's not a privilege if most people have it

    • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
      @Horny_Fruit_Flies Před 6 lety +5

      Yeah, I don't think that the default condition is a privilege. It's more about them getting screwed than people with sight having privilege.

    • @maxdieter1049
      @maxdieter1049 Před 5 lety +3

      This is stupid. Vision is normal, not a privilege

    • @species8472cze
      @species8472cze Před 5 lety +2

      While i understand a sentiment, having a sight isnt a priviledge. Thats why we call those conditions "disabilities"
      edit- fuck, max beat me to it :D

  • @TommyEdisonXP
    @TommyEdisonXP  Před 4 lety +354

    Watch Part 2: czcams.com/video/F9y4EFe7XtM/video.html

    • @cheaminh
      @cheaminh Před 4 lety +16

      How can you type this?

    • @JRStephens5005
      @JRStephens5005 Před 4 lety +2

      I was really struck(no pun intended) by your answer about what you would most like to do. I never gave any consideration about something like catching a ball. I'm guilty of taking those kinds of things for granted. You probably didn't mean to, but you got me thinking about slowing down and enjoying the things that I am able to do without even realizing it. Thank you!

    • @sirenorsavior
      @sirenorsavior Před 4 lety +3

      @@cheaminh Braille computers. Also, voice to text dictation.

    • @H1storyRemembers
      @H1storyRemembers Před 4 lety

      What about links?!?!

    • @user-lq8wo7yo3c
      @user-lq8wo7yo3c Před 4 lety

      Maybe he weren't write this by hisself.

  • @ClaireDiVODer
    @ClaireDiVODer Před 4 lety +3

    It’s amazing the things we take for granted. I find their attitudes very refreshing, uplifting, and just plain pleasant.

  • @leonreynolds77
    @leonreynolds77 Před 5 lety +190

    If he ever could suddenly see, It would be like being born again quite literally.

    • @NewsThiefHat
      @NewsThiefHat Před 5 lety +7

      Quite literally? No

    • @prathyushsingh3991
      @prathyushsingh3991 Před 5 lety +3

      @@NewsThiefHat r/wooosh

    • @usecodesocy-ytintheitemsho4327
      @usecodesocy-ytintheitemsho4327 Před 4 lety +2

      NewsThiefHat yes because he will be like what this or what’s that or what color is this stuff like that because he never seen anything like that

    • @Silfas
      @Silfas Před 4 lety +1

      @@usecodesocy-ytintheitemsho4327 If he was literally born again he would have to physically become a baby and come out of a woman's body. That is what literally means. At least before people started to use it wrong.

    • @usecodesocy-ytintheitemsho4327
      @usecodesocy-ytintheitemsho4327 Před 4 lety

      Silfas well, yeah I know what literally means, but I know what he means when he says literally so don’t take it too serious

  • @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674
    @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 Před 5 lety +570

    I am visually impaired. My eyesight is very similar to hers. I have optic nerve damage.
    However, I had sight 2020 vision for 35 years before losing it. I can relate to the dream statement. Sometimes I'll dream so vividly and I'll realize that I can see again in my dream and I'll look at my hands and see all the details and then realize while I'm dreaming that I am dreaming. Then I'll wake up very disappointed. But, I am always grateful that I can still dream very vividly and I am lucky enough to be one of those people that remembers their dreams every night.

    • @d.jcheetah8724
      @d.jcheetah8724 Před 5 lety +67

      Ummmm... How did you type this?

    • @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674
      @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 Před 5 lety +136

      @@d.jcheetah8724 I am very glad you asked me this question. A lot of people are ignorant and don't realize accessibility features on phones have gone a long way.
      I have what you call speech to text. So I just tell my phone what I want to say and it puts it down in the comment section. No need to even look that my phone. Then, I listened back to how it sounds.
      Sometimes I have to delete every do the whole comment again if there is too many errors but usually it does just fine as I talk real slow and my phone picks up every word and quotation.
      Here is a little fact information for you. I will start by saying I was like you just over one year ago. I had never known a visually impaired person or blind person in my life. I only knew what I seen on TV. The real world though is not like you think.
      90% of all blind people still have some sort of vision. Only 10% of the world's population is completely blind. In other words if you see somebody on the side of a road one day with a white cane sunglasses and is looking at a cell phone do not assume they are not blind. Chances are they're using what is called TalkBack and their screen is probably not even on. We as visually impaired or blind people like the somewhat feel normal so yes we still will staring the direction of our phones.
      Thanks for the awesome comment. I hope you got your answer that you wanted.

    • @d.jcheetah8724
      @d.jcheetah8724 Před 5 lety +25

      @@myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 Oh ok. Thanks

    • @Jdb63
      @Jdb63 Před 5 lety +22

      @@myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 That's fascinating. Can I ask how you navigate through CZcams and other apps and know what video you are selecting?

    • @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674
      @myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 Před 5 lety +55

      @@Jdb63 well I own an Android phone. The LG v20. If I hold down the home button Google will pop up and I can ask it to open any app I need.
      When it comes to navigating in apps I use TalkBack or select to speak. Both options in your accessibility settings.
      So when I'm on CZcams I listen to the titles of the videos. If they sound intriguing I listen to them. If I have to search for a certain video I just use the little microphone button next to the search bar on CZcams. And I just speak whatever video it is I want to watch. And if you're wondering how I find the little microphone button it's called muscle memory plus my vision allows me to still see certain colors and shapes through a filter of pixels and gray fog in my vision. So even though I can't see detail or faces I can make out certain areas on the screen of my phone.
      If you want to know more just click on my channel and I have videos talking about my visual impairment. Or you can just read the comments on my videos as they are all written by blind and visually impaired people.
      Thank you so much for being curious. Ask me any more questions you may want I am always happy to answer them.

  • @kylechipman7441
    @kylechipman7441 Před 3 lety +5

    Something interesting I noticed--Christine incorporates a lot of gesture into her expression, while Tommy doesn't. I did notice him tapping his leg when he listed things out at 2:43, though. It makes sense that without sight body language wouldn't develop in the same way or be as pronounced. Great video and thanks for sharing your experiences!

  • @DowntownTasty
    @DowntownTasty Před 2 lety +6

    I like her personality. She seems like someone cool and funny just to talk to.
    And I also feel for her with the driving. I also LOVE to drive and it’s my me time. So many people I know hate driving and I just don’t know how.

  • @AmaniHrabowy
    @AmaniHrabowy Před 7 lety +575

    How did you find out you were blind? I can't understand how someone could explain to a blind at birth person what it means to be blind since they've never known the difference.

  • @davidglasspool4921
    @davidglasspool4921 Před 7 lety +501

    I lost most of my vision at the age of five. I am 32 now. Or use a cane and read braille. Just discovered your channel. Very interesting. I live in Denver and Emma standup comedian. You've got some good stuff here. Glad that I found out about you and your channel.

    • @hajarmdn4883
      @hajarmdn4883 Před 7 lety +31

      Wow a standup comedian!! Keep up the good work David.

    • @mckayladill5551
      @mckayladill5551 Před 7 lety +23

      David Glasspool where in Denver? I live there and love comedy!

    • @davidglasspool4921
      @davidglasspool4921 Před 7 lety +21

      McKayla Dill there are tons of open mics and shows all around the city. I have played at Comedy Works, the voodoo comedy Playhouse, several other open mics and shows around town. I don't have any shows booked for the next couple of weeks so I'm mostly just practicing at open mics. If you check out 5280comedy.com you should be able to find a list of shows and open mics. We definitely need more audience members for sure. You can also add me on Facebook if you would like. I advertise which shows I'm doing pretty regularly. Denver has a lot of great Comedy shows. If you see me at one, come say hello.

    • @duxzie5832
      @duxzie5832 Před 7 lety +1

      Bless you

    • @duxzie5832
      @duxzie5832 Před 7 lety +3

      WHO else thinks he should get surgery to get his sight .....We us fans can donate money for it i would love to see his reaction who else hes missing so much in life?..

  • @Domaik_
    @Domaik_ Před 4 lety +4

    The sheer willpower of Tommy is incredible. Well done sir, well done!

  • @drewschieman1741
    @drewschieman1741 Před 4 lety +3

    I am amazed at how positive and accepting you are of your condition. It makes me feel good to see you be this positive and kinda laughing at what you have

  • @peachseed9098
    @peachseed9098 Před 7 lety +233

    This is depressing af. But very interesting and nice to see that they are happy no matter what

  • @9mmkahr
    @9mmkahr Před 5 lety +599

    This really is quality youtube.. Thank you.

  • @aps8445
    @aps8445 Před 4 lety +3

    I loved the way he is so positive ... My dad is blind and I always feel like how must it feel to not know how your children look like ... How you look like... What color clothes are you wearing... Or any basic basic daily stuff that we don't even feel is such a great blessing to be able to see. I hope we find a cure and he gets to see us and the world once in his lifetime atleast.

  • @leighdarling3389
    @leighdarling3389 Před měsícem

    This video was very helpful and informative. My goldfish is permanently partially deaf and blind from a freak accident this past January. So he's been through a lot! He's doing much better now! But he still has his days. Tommy and Christine, you are a wonderful inspiration!

  • @Simmershi
    @Simmershi Před 7 lety +400

    Tommy, have you ever been on a rollercoaster? If yes, how did it feel? If no, do you think you would?

    • @claytations
      @claytations Před 7 lety +91

      【Leia】he made a video of himself on a roller coaster

    • @Simmershi
      @Simmershi Před 7 lety +23

      Clayton Hull oh thanks! I'll go find that

    • @CarlosJx3
      @CarlosJx3 Před 7 lety +3

      【Leia】 Mithrandir was actually just thinking about this question

    • @simonmarklund6961
      @simonmarklund6961 Před 7 lety

      【Leia】 Mithrandir dude he cant replay probebly not great at typing and his blind

    • @flare8896
      @flare8896 Před 7 lety +1

      Lol wtf I was just about to ask this

  • @TheJunaja
    @TheJunaja Před 7 lety +196

    WOW, I've just watched Masterchef with Christine in it like 2 minutes ago and you're posting a video with her now. Magic

    • @leonieklhe
      @leonieklhe Před 7 lety

      shiny_bes wow me too

    • @duxzie5832
      @duxzie5832 Před 7 lety +2

      mee tooo noooo wayyy

    • @345wer
      @345wer Před 7 lety +1

      SomethingReallyStrange I think it was before she lost her sight, or at least when it wss better. And I don't think it's a stupid question.

    • @marchofcubes
      @marchofcubes Před 7 lety

      SomethingReallyStrange she actually has a video on how she cooks on her channel, and on the show she had someone to hand her things and describe the food to her

  • @jt5771
    @jt5771 Před 4 lety +1

    I like how all these people are very positive despite being blind.
    I guess that’s the spirit we have to carry on in our lives. Be thankful and grateful. Happiness will follow along. Just look at these two! Always smiling and being so so positive.
    Makes me think a lot.

  • @TheGravityShifter
    @TheGravityShifter Před 4 lety +1

    This makes me eternally grateful that I'm able to see, hear, taste, smell, and touch without much issue. I really need to quit taking this stuff for granted.

  • @Jackfirecracker
    @Jackfirecracker Před 6 lety +54

    "I hear 3-D and I panic instantly. I'm like - ooooh this can't be good."
    As a sighted person I fully agree.

  • @Itspavi98
    @Itspavi98 Před 5 lety +184

    I love his voice! He’s so expressive with his words! He should take on radio jobs or do voiceovers for cartoons!

    • @navruk5386
      @navruk5386 Před 5 lety +4

      He did have a radio job in the past, I believe

    • @ItsYaBoiChenny
      @ItsYaBoiChenny Před 5 lety

      He use to so radio jobs and he said he loved it. Traffic radio or something he has mentioned it before i absolutely love his videos i just found him

  • @laurenbisulca1659
    @laurenbisulca1659 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Honestly props to them for being so strong, when he was explaining what he wishes he could do, it was heartbreaking to know I do those things with ease.

  • @stephon_wilson1262
    @stephon_wilson1262 Před 5 lety

    Seeing people who don’t have the blessings you have make you realize how many blessing you have... be thankful that we can catch a ball! It’s worth more than you think

  • @bubdob9200
    @bubdob9200 Před 5 lety +1671

    *Whip out that cane* 😫

    • @bubdob9200
      @bubdob9200 Před 5 lety +24

      @@Str1ek0 sorry but no

    • @bubdob9200
      @bubdob9200 Před 5 lety +15

      @@lukealexanderrobertsthefir458 I'm sorry but that's a waste of your money

    • @monoo6866
      @monoo6866 Před 5 lety +75

      Lol why people mad about this comment it’s a funny comment

    • @Divine_R
      @Divine_R Před 5 lety +61

      That_Deku_Scrub It’s almost as if they didn’t realize that Christina said that as a joke

    • @monoo6866
      @monoo6866 Před 5 lety +8

      oontur- mench lol exactly

  • @electriccomics
    @electriccomics Před 6 lety +72

    Having depressive tendencies, if I were to go blind and dreamed in full vision still, I could see myself sleeping a lot. Especially considering I already have quite vivid dreams. She is very strong.

  • @chazdillon2909
    @chazdillon2909 Před 5 lety +5

    This is fascinating content and I love the channel but I watch it because his personality and outlook on life is so uplifting. It makes me wish I could come across more people like him to be friends with in life.

  • @mohammadhussain8090
    @mohammadhussain8090 Před 4 lety +127

    We should appreciate the gift of eyesight the God has given us Alahmdulillah

  • @Wxtst.3
    @Wxtst.3 Před 7 lety +266

    "whip out that cane so we can skip the line." HAHAHAHAHA that made me laugh. so inspiring to see she finds the funny in something tragic that happened to her.

    • @3seven5seven1nine9
      @3seven5seven1nine9 Před 6 lety +1

      I wonder if angry people accuse her of faking it just because she knows how to make eye contact

  • @Blurillaz23
    @Blurillaz23 Před 7 lety +752

    at first I thought she said she missed watching porn films LOL 4:53

    • @benzerzanek5837
      @benzerzanek5837 Před 7 lety +8

      Blurillaz23 that's what I heard lol

    • @andyghozz
      @andyghozz Před 7 lety +6

      I know i would (Among the not really important but somehow part of the day stuff)

    • @duxzie5832
      @duxzie5832 Před 7 lety +2

      saaaaaaaaaame haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • @welstnitmere3583
      @welstnitmere3583 Před 7 lety +30

      same, I was wondering why Tommy or the cameraman wasn't reacting with bafflement. I replayed the part and realize she was saying "foreign" films

    • @bagofsoda7464
      @bagofsoda7464 Před 7 lety

      Blurillaz23 omg i though I was the only one!

  • @broly1724
    @broly1724 Před 4 lety +3

    These guys are so happy even without thier eyes they make me cry😭

  • @dezee7944
    @dezee7944 Před 7 lety +124

    "whip out that cane so we can skip the line" 😂