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Yeah, same thing for me. I was probably 20 or so when I really understood that I had no sense of smell. It was much later when I realized that this was a gap in
by cgearhart 3y ago
Yeah, same thing for me. I was probably 20 or so when I really understood that I had no sense of smell. It was much later when I realized that this was a gap in my version of human experience. As these things go it seems like not much of a disadvantage though.
- pjerem 3y ago> As these things go it seems like not much of a disadvantage though. Well I think it’s more that you are used to. I’ve lived my whole life with only one eye (amblyopia) and it never ever bothered me until the boom of 3D movies which looked like standard movies for me. Plus, I’ve always been bad at catching balls but that’s just something I avoided as much as I can.
- londons_explore 3y agoPeople without smell have a far higher chance of dying (statistically) in any given year than people with smell. This article suggests that loss of smell might be an indicator of various brain diseases (which then might also kill you). However, other leading theories are that without the ability to smell, there is a much higher chance of eating bad food or toxins, contaminating things with faeces or chemicals, or otherwise harming yourself in ways smell would have prevented.