Reflective Essay: How To Give Up A Sense

Giving Up a Sense

Out of the five senses, sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch, I would choose to give up smell. Giving up smell also includes giving up taste. Although I love the taste of food, or the smell of the different seasons, I feel that smell and taste are the senses that I least need and will make less of an impact on my daily life, rather than if I took one of the other senses away. Being able to not go out with friends and enjoy food, or discuss how something tastes would be hard to give up. Food, and the smell of food is great, but I would be giving up way more experiences if I were to give up any of the other senses. Also, not being able to smell certain places or people would be hard to give up also. Especially when I …show more content…
I would use my sight to help determine things to eat. If I didn 't have my sight or touch I could eat something that should not be eaten. I would also have to have someone that I am comfortable with to communicate whether or not something needs washing, or what perfumes smell good. Being able to communicate well would be very important if I lost the ability to smell and taste. It would be the only way to be certain that I keep up on my good hygiene, and make sure I 'm not wearing anything that smells. I would use my hearing and sight to help in hazardous situations. For example, not being able to smell can result in not smelling smoke if there is a fire nearby. I would have to use my hearing to hopefully catch the sound of fire or smoke alarms that could go potentially go off. Or if my car is leaking oil, I would have to use my sight to catch it, and hopefully catch it in time. Another hazard could be not being able to smell household chemicals, such as propane tanks, bleach or any cleaning products. Not being able to smell could potentially be hazardous, but not compared to some of the hazards that the other senses could have if you were to not have that