tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295609150620745842.post2459954457672015125..comments2012-11-29T08:16:28.009-08:00Comments on The 999,999th Monkey: My Life with AnosmiaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16407458088870709546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295609150620745842.post-62522003629458809612012-02-09T05:19:24.990-08:002012-02-09T05:19:24.990-08:00The question about how smell impacts my taste does...The question about how smell impacts my taste doesn't really bother me. On the contrary, it amuses me. 99% of the time, it is the first thing someone says to me after I reveal I have no sense of smell.<br /><br />Most things involving smell don't bother me too much. I don't expect anyone to know I'm anosmic. It isn't like I have a big red sign painted on me. I've come to expect certain questions, because the subject is fascinating and it does make for some interesting discussions. The issues I have are people that seem to treat anosmia as a good thing.<br /><br />Also, smell gets a fun exception to personal boundaries for some reason. It is strange, to see someone who would never enter another person's personal bubble, take a scented candle or a scented marker and shove it under another person's face. They think they are doing that person a favor, and maybe they are for people who can smell. But for me, it is simply very unsettling.<br /><br />I actually don't mind talking about my lack of a sense of smell. I'm very open to discussing it. It's the presumptions that people assume about me and my lack of a sense, that bothers me.<br /><br />Thank you for the comment!Joshua Keezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130852125458481153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295609150620745842.post-70013793833563565762012-02-09T05:01:00.027-08:002012-02-09T05:01:00.027-08:00Thank you for the comment. You are most certainly...Thank you for the comment. You are most certainly welcome. One story about spices that I didn't share took place when I lived in Asheville, NC. I had a string of people that learned of my anosmia at once, and each of them immediately asked the question about how smell impacts my ability to taste. I was started thinking about my lack of sense of smell more than usual. One day, kind of out of the blue, I did an experiment. I'd take a spice, open up the bottle, inhale... and smell nothing. However, when I exhaled through my mouth, I could taste the spice on my tongue. I had never realized that before then.<br /><br />I don't expect you to always remember I have no sense of smell. After all, if my mom forgets, I can't expect my friends to remember. I just hope you never stick something right under my nose to get me to smell it. I really hate that.Joshua Keezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130852125458481153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295609150620745842.post-67186574450873601712012-02-09T04:22:03.641-08:002012-02-09T04:22:03.641-08:00I didn't know the word "anosmia" exi...I didn't know the word "anosmia" existed or what it meant, until I read this, so a sincere thanks for the enlightenment.<br /><br />Thanks also for the reminder that what we may consider to be innocuous questions or statements might be insensitive or even ridiculous. I've been thinking a lot lately about consciousness of speech and how what we say can affect others.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619264364723945339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295609150620745842.post-6213079796956886672012-02-08T21:28:17.245-08:002012-02-08T21:28:17.245-08:00Cool post. I must say I'm always amazed that y...Cool post. I must say I'm always amazed that you love food so much but if you've never really known it any other way...then...it wouldn't bother me. <br /><br />But man...When I have a cold I just hate to eat because i can barely taste anything. <br /><br />Thanks for the POV. I don't think I'll forget that you can't smell again. ;)Taryn Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399616590176045387noreply@blogger.com