Which one of your five senses would you sacrifice to save your life?

Hi megamatt, I thought this would be easy to answer but it really was not at all. I value all of these senses so much. I guess that I could live without taste if given the choice. I love food and I would miss the taste so much but on a positive note, I'd probably be more apt to give up the unhealthier ones like chips and dip, coffee, etc. I'd just eat to ward off hunger so I'd just opt for all the veggies etc. I thought of giving up the sense of smell but that is too valuable for survival. I've smelled the smoke of a fire way before the alarm went off for example. I really think I'd go for the taste buds.

I would prefer to lose my sense of tasting.LOL. In this way, I can lose weight since I have no BIG appetite anymore. All other senses are essential to my life.hehe

If I had to sacrifice one of my senses to save my life, the one sense would likely be my sense of smell. I could live without that. It would be hard since I love the scent of magnificent herbs, Spring flowers as well as the ocean and more but if I had to in order to live, I would have no problem with that. You are right, dying isn't an option. I am hoping that the one of the five choices had really good odds that I would survive regardless of the loss.

This is a very good question! I think it is really hard to choose but if I really need to select one then I think that would be the one with less importance. Of course for me all of them are of equal importance but I would rather select the ability to smell. I can't sacrifice my sense of sight because I still want to see my husband my 1 and 1/2 year old son growing and I still want to enjoy seeing the beautiful places I've never been. I can't give up my sense of hearing because I love to talk with my husband and hear his stories and the way he say he loves me and I still want to hear my son speak more while he is growing. I can't give up the ability to feel of course that is one of the hardest especially when my husband and son hugs me. And lastly I can't give up the ability to taste because what is eating without getting the taste of the food? I know this is not so important because you can still eat without tasting it but what I am after the the "happiness" you get when you "enjoyed" what you have eaten for its delicious and extraordinary taste. So I guess I made the right decision to just sacrifice my sense of smell to save my life. Goodbye colognes and perfumes and also bad odors around like environmental pollutions!

Hii megamatt Thats a really difficult question to answer.It think i would like to loose sense of smell if it is necessary to save my life.I think all other senses are far more important for me.

i would loose my ability to see, meaning - i would give up my sight to save my life. anyway, it might be a good way to develop a more sensitivity ears to listen more to others without prejudice. what do you think?

Smell all the best urban

If I were dying and given the chance to live by being able to pick one of the five senses to lose I would have to say taste because by still being able to smell I would have enough memory to remember what it smells like. Smell and taste somewhat go hand in hand. have a good night

Thats a really difficult question to answer.It think i wold like to be mute if it is necessary to save my life.I think all other senses are far more important for me.

I would sacrifice the ability to smell I really depend on my other senses but I dont use smell that often

Since you mentioned all the senses as an option I will definitely choose one of the minor ones. I think I would prefer to lose my sense of smell. I can't think of any particular smell I would hate to lose. Taste just is too amazing. I could never get rid of taste. But if I had to choose from the big senses, like seeing, feeling, or being deaf, I would prefer not being able to see. Just because hearing is important to me, there are so many beautiful sounds and feeling... well that was just be awful. Not to mention when you take sight away all the other senses would get better. I like being able to see but if I had to choose I could work with that. But for all the senses I would choose smell. That isn't as important lol.

this question is pretty tough..I don't think I can't choose..coz' by losing your sense of smell you can also lose you sense of taste because they are connected with each other , just observe when you have a cold..and also I can't imagine life without seeing the ones I love and also not hearing their sweet voices..I might rather die than losing it.. :))

I'm afraid that my answer's not going to be a particularly original one. I would have to choose smell for the same reasons that have already been given. Smell is not a sense that I overly rely upon and, therefore, I'm in a better position to adjust to its abrupt disapearance. The other senses are just far too valuable. If smell was taken out of the equation, however, I would be willing to give up taste. As much as I would hate to lose it, I would happily sacrifice the ability to taste before any of the remaining senses.

I would sacrifice my sense of taste. I am a picky eater but I hate it. I would love to be able to eat anything I wanted whether I liked it or not. Everything else I would have to have. I thought about smell but there are just so many things that can smell so good. And in a way if you can smell how good the food smells then the taste doesnt seem as important to me. I would be eating tomatoes and anchovy pizzas and all sorts of crazy stuff!! I think I could actually have some fun without that sense! Great post by the way! Really got me thinking.

This is a really tough question. It's hard to imagine not being able to use all your five senses. I was all set in choosing the sense of smell but the thing is, isnt the sense of taste correlated to the sense of smell? sigh, this is super hard.

I'd rather give my eyes to those who are blind. I want them to see how beautiful God created the world and what their love ones look like. They might appreciate every little thing that surround us. To see the world make us fall in love more with its beauty and understand how it works.