<p>Yes, it is. Seeing objects, colors, hearing voices and sounds are electrical impulses translated by our sensorial organs and sent to the brain. There are cases of blind people which can "see" (feel?) a whole load of abstract images, and <a href="http://www.thebeaconreview.com/entertainment/do-blind-men-and-women-actually-knowledge-full-darkness-h6647.html" rel="nofollow">are actually bothered by it</a>.</p>

<p>A person could have no sensing organs and still have electrical impulses by means of <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3786182/" rel="nofollow">artificial brain stimulus</a>, or due to a neurological damage; <a href="http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/tinnitus.aspx" rel="nofollow">tinnitus</a> comes to mind (no pun intended).</p>

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  <p>When TMS [transcranial magnetic stimulation] is applied with a single pulse to motor or sensory cortex, it is possible to evoke a motor or sensory response. When the sensory cortex is visual cortex, the response is a phosphene.4 Phosphenes are the sensation of light in the absence of visual stimulation.</p>
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<li><p>We do this with dreams. Lucid dreaming allows us to modify what we experience.</p></li>
<li><p>This is the stock in trade of stage hypnotists. They induce a false or partially false reality in which the subject experiences non-real people, objects and sensations. Self-hypnosis is possible.</p></li>
<li><p>This happens with hallucinogens, e.g. peyote.</p></li>
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<p>Is it possible for an individual to block out all reality and see objects, colors and hear voices and sounds that are non-existent non-stop? </p>

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Is it possible to block out reality completely?
user22852
# Is it possible to block out reality completely?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-03)

Is it possible for an individual to block out all reality and see objects, colors and hear voices and sounds that are non-existent non-stop?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-03-04. Score: 1

Yes, it is. Seeing objects, colors, hearing voices and sounds are electrical impulses translated by our sensorial organs and sent to the brain. There are cases of blind people which can "see" (feel?) a whole load of abstract images, and [are actually bothered by it](http://www.thebeaconreview.com/entertainment/do-blind-men-and-women-actually-knowledge-full-darkness-h6647.html).

A person could have no sensing organs and still have electrical impulses by means of [artificial brain stimulus](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3786182/), or due to a neurological damage; [tinnitus](http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/tinnitus.aspx) comes to mind (no pun intended).

> When TMS [transcranial magnetic stimulation] is applied with a single pulse to motor or sensory cortex, it is possible to evoke a motor or sensory response. When the sensory cortex is visual cortex, the response is a phosphene.4 Phosphenes are the sensation of light in the absence of visual stimulation.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-13. Score: 0

1. We do this with dreams. Lucid dreaming allows us to modify what we experience.
2. This is the stock in trade of stage hypnotists. They induce a false or partially false reality in which the subject experiences non-real people, objects and sensations. Self-hypnosis is possible.
3. This happens with hallucinogens, e.g. peyote.


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