This Is What It's Like to Live in a World Without Smell | Short Film Showcase

[@memestealer5217]

“I can taste bitter, sweet, salty, sour, but I don’t taste flavors.” I’ve never related so much in my life. I have anosmia as well and this made me so happy.

[@GirlWhoCantSmell]

me too! I find it funny how people usually associate not being able to smell without not being able to taste.

[@sumoldomini]

I can taste coffee and stuff but I can’t taste curries.

[@justineianct]

Covid made me experience this one. Legit, no sense of smell at all.

[@KendrickGaspan]

I can taste but I can't smell

[@sMyMe9540]

For real, at first my mom didnt believe me when I said I couldnt smell, because I could still taste. She believes me now tho

[@keeley7528]

Thank you for making this! Anosmia is very over looked and people don’t realise how much of an impact it can have on your life. As someone with Anosmia I feel I can say that people don’t often see it as serious which for me is quite upsetting as at the end of the day, we don’t have access to 1 of 5 vital senses a person should have 😓 people always complain about bad smells and take it for granted, I’d do anything to have a sense of smell 😖

[@keeley7528]

Girl Who Cant Smell GWCS I joke about it aswell, Mainly because my friends don’t really take it seriously at school and I’d much rather laugh about it rather than trying to explain to them how rubbish it is! It’s very difficult at times haha

[@Animal3Lover3]

I have hyposmia so I have some smell but very limited and tiny. One major thing I can’t smell is gas and have two friends that have had gas leaks and asked me what the smell was. I was like what smell? Only to find out it’s gas so scary have co2 sensors in my house and animals

[@BarbieBioch]

What's it called when you lose your smell due to a traumatic brain injury?is it still anosmia?

[@louela8911]

@@BarbieBioch yes

[@runescapeppl41]

We take many things that our bodies do for granted. We don't truly appreciate what we have until it's lost. We should be grateful everyday we wake up for all that we have, will have, and what we will lose. You'll never know when you're going to lose it.

[@kleptiic1753]

Nate Hickok this is what we need to hear

[@jens2782]

m8, as someone who has never has a sense of smell, it's no big deal. better than not being able to see or hear

[@daanjamo]

@@jens2782 it even has it's benefits!

[@retrothecake]

@@jens2782 true but it's still one of our senses. Not as useful as it once once for early humans but still devastating. But yeah your point is true.

[@tkuddi88]

I was born without the sense of smell, seeing this video and reading the comments, gave a feeling of hopefulness for a split second, because I no longer felt alone, but it was fleeting, because there are so many layers of me that make me different, as well as others, can't help but to feel abnormal and different, that makes me feel broken, and broken makes me feel alone, and that lead to isolation, because it's easier feeling lonely because you choose to stay by yourself and alone(makes you feel like you have some type of control over yourself) than to be surrounded by others but still feel alone, thats true loneliness. Plus when they brought up the smell of their children, i think my heart shattered and im now forever traumatized after realizing ill never know what my daughter smells like, but others will, so a whole part of her is missing..

[@oceanofcompassion3049]

Because of nasal polyp, I never smelled anything in my life!! I m really shattered even Aft two surgeries I can't make it out🙄 the most hating part is having nasal irritations and running nose each and every minute of my life💔💔 so its better to live without smell rather living like me😫😪

[@bruceradz]

@@oceanofcompassion3049 how are you doing today, now? Had a tbi twelve years ago, lost my ability to taste and smell

[@Sapiention]

Same I’ve was born with Congenital anosmia and it’s awful

[@GirlWhoCantSmell]

I have congenital anosmia. Been advocating for the recognition of this condition too because when I grew up...I had no one to turn to. I used to feel like not many people could understand. It affected me in many ways. I couldn't tell others because I learned that a barrage of questions such as "but can you taste?" or "Are you sure?" would ensue. Now I raise awareness about anosmia so no one else feels they are alone. Glad there are more videos such as these. Thank you!

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@bruceradz]

For the past twelve years, I haven't been able to smell and taste, due to a tbi. I can relate to many of the things you wrote about

[@thatWerewolf_1289]

I was born without the sense of smell idk how it feels or what is smell ur like me 😢

[@TheBrokencyde25]

I have anosmia and one of my parents thinks I'm lying even though I haven't smelled or can say "this smells like ____ (insert here)." Everything just smells like air for the past 20+ years... I am hopeful that one day I will be able to experience what most humans are born with, the ability to smell.

[@TonyStark-gj5lb]

Me too...i have anosmia

[@drake06660]

Same. My family didn't believe me til I was about 13yrs old.

[@barker99]

I told my mom and sister when I was about 6 or 7 I couldn’t smell they didn’t believe me until I was about 16

[@TheGreatKhaliOverpower]

Same happening with me

[@naseebahmed8839]

Me too 🤍

[@echo_in_eternity_9974]

I have anosmia too!! This video made me so happy.

[@dertythegrower]

Not trying to scare you folks, but they say losing your smell is a sign you could have evolving symptom of alzheimers and/or parkinsons..if you do not believe me, please search online for, ''loss of smell linked to disease'' and youll see tons of LEGIT articles, not a conspiracy idea, its in mayo clinic, etc, respectable medical fields

[@NatGeo]

We're happy to hear that! 👃

[@keeley7528]

echo_in_eternity_ so do I!

[@Stalthdan]

That's true but it depends on the cause of your anosmia.

[@AafkeKastelijn]

I was born with anosmia and i had an MRI and CT scan, both were useless because my nose just didnt give a sign to my brain.. it wasnt something abnormal

[@donjohnson6104]

I was able to smell and taste life until I was 48. Its been almost three years now and I don't remember my wife's scent, favorite cologne, the ocean, my favorite foods, the humid air just before it rains, fresh cut grass, fire wood. Even my memory of these smells are gone. Losing my sense of smell feels like when your watching a food show on TV and the chef says how good the food smells and tastes but your not able to smell because its on TV. That's how I feels, like your not part of the world anymore.

[@mr.grimstone7159]

Well, that's more because you lost your sense of smell, it's not applicable to people born without it, as we detect taste much better, we just don't detect flavour. There's a hefty difference.

[@simianline]

I'm a 48-year-old congenital anosmic and really loved this short film! I could relate to so many of the things the congenital anosmics said!

[@Artsy_3lla]

The person at 1:00 is so relatable!! Growing up with congenital anosmia, I constantly doubted myself and was like “hmm, maybe I can smell, I just don’t know that I’m smelling?” but no, I just have anosmia. 😀

[@TheBb6prelude]

My sense of smell is probably at 35%. I can smell stuff when its pretty strong but otherwise I don't catch the scent of a lot of things.

[@dertythegrower]

I am getting like that too.. I did some research and its not good. Michael J fox, mayo clinic, etc mentioned lots of people who develop parkinsons have also lost their smell.... hmm.

[@TheBb6prelude]

derty QWERTY I lost my scenes of like 4 years ago. I have worked in dusty jobs including fabricating marble and construction. Maybe those contributed to losing my smell.

[@TheBb6prelude]

Jessica yours is different then mine because I used to smell just fine.

[@xawesome1992x]

hey, i'm just a curious guy, how's your sense of smell been @preludeF20Bking

[@chocolatburp2436]

thats hiposmia

[@notepicsax6696]

i am an 11 year old kid and when ever someone says "ew that smells bad" im think at leats you can smell.

[@aliciamatthews8357]

I love this video, I don't know if I should laugh or cry! I was born anosmic!

[@GirlWhoCantSmell]

Hi Alicia! Same..im a CA too. Glad there's more representation via KZbin for us.

[@bruceradz]

Hi Alicia, has there been any changes? I have not been able to smell and taste for the last twelve years due to a tbi

[@sullivanthemighty]

I was born with anosmia and it never really bothered me except for dangers like fire or gas. I have an acute sense of taste so I guess my brain compensated. This video actually mad me depressed about for the first time in my life, though.

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@Mrkyleuvkewl]

I have congential anosmia and I did a study for Monell Chemical Senses Center. If any other anosmics happen to see this I encourage you to reach out to any research centers that are doing studies to try to help! :) Not being able to smell is scary sometimes. When I lived in a house alone I had a gas heater and I was just cold most of the time because I was terrified to turn the heater on.

[@win_jonoo]

I cant smell anything since born, but my wife & son have a sensitive smell. So they tell me what smell is it, i even cant smell cook burnt or food rotten. So i always ask they if food was rotten

[@aidens2338]

Ok so I cant smell anything except for a very very very strong mint but mint is picked up by different nerve endings. However I can taste perfectly fine. I can taste the differences between foods and flavors (except things like skittles and fruit loops but nobody can taste the differences in those since its just food dye) so I have no idea what's up with me. I'm assuming I got nerve damage when I was a baby but idk

[@AafkeKastelijn]

I'm born with Anosmia, So im used to not being able to smell, i think it would be worse if you lost it as an adult, because you actually know what you are missing, i have no clue how things smell so i can only guess. I can feel when i go outside after a heavy rain i am able to notice how clean the air is. I recognize chemicals just because i can taste and feel it in my mouth and troat. I also noticed i dont like to breath out of my nose, kinda pointless for me :P at least i can taste smell, if you know what i mean.

[@dumbshit2353]

I have the same thing

[@idkyoutellme5379]

exactly! Couldn’t relate more to this. And I also have taste.

[@Hilpo-nh8tx]

Not gonna life the most relatable video I have ever watched

[@brushmasterspaintingfranchise]

I was born like this. It was strange to have no one to tell me and to have discovered it on my own. I consider myself to have 3.25 out of 5 senses since taste/flavor is 75% due to smell. My other senses are definitely heightened though. I always wondered why I didn't remember much of my childhood, it was due to anosmia. The biggest thing is I don't believe I ever go into a sub-conscience state instead I am in a consistent state of consciousness which I believe is a bad thing. Always being aware and never being able to let go.

[@eduardoferdinandi3931]

I can only sense harsh chemicals when they’re close to my nose, and I can feel mint but it just feels like cold air but only when really close to my nose. I honestly don’t care about not smelling, it’s probably for the best since I apparently have terrible smelling feet.

[@Daesma999]

...so the mint thing is real? I thought I'm just tripping

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@simianline]

@@Daesma999 It's real! Certain odors stimulate the trigeminal nerve, causing us anosmics to "feel" the scents in our noses, giving us the illusion of being able to smell. Mint is one of them. Eucalyptus, menthol, acetone, vinegar, ammonia, etc, are some others. I love mint products because they help me pretend that, for one beautiful moment, I can smell!

[@Daesma999]

@@simianline That explains a LOT. I always describe the "smell" to people are "minty but nothing else"

[@yoonmairemohammed5247]

I finally glad to know im not the only one that has anosmia 😭😭😭😀😀😀 I have mixes emotion, i pray ill be able to smell myself one day

[@GirlWhoCantSmell]

You're definitely not alone! I used to think I was the only one in the world who couldnt smell too! Thank Goodness for the internet

[@janefernandes8395]

I am 12 years old and I have conjenital anosmia. At first I used to think that I have to learn to smell. But I got a bit happy watching this video getting to know that I am not the only one

[@infinitespinalsurgeryglitch]

same (but i turned 13 recently)

[@thatWerewolf_1289]

Heey same I'm also 12 years old I was born without the sense of smell I'm happy to know that there are some ppl like me

[@ラヒム旬]

Oh my god this is so relatable!!! this video made me little bit happier)))

[@harinipriya2221]

Thank you , I'm anosmic I lost it 8 years ago in an accident , still trying to accept myself......my sense of smell I miss u

[@DonYelleandDiana]

grateful for my sense of smell

[@lottesleben7678]

I have anosmia too but I have congenital anosmia ( since birth ) i‘m actually fine with it... when I was younger I thought I had to learn how to smell

[@nothing2seehere85]

Same with me. I also thought smell was something I hadn't yet learned. There are males and female congenital anosmia members in my family.

[@drelezar7745]

I’m fine with it too, although I have a very strong sense of taste so I don’t think I’m missing out on too too much

[@lwebber1975]

I am 69 and I’ve never been able to smell. I didn’t know it until I started school and we were leaning about the 5 senses. I thought it was something I hadn’t been taught to do. I became a 5K teacher and when we talked about smells, I explained that some people are born not being able to smell and it’s OK! Since I was born with it, I’ve never really given it a lot of thought. In fact this is the first time I’ve ever searched for my condition and found that it had a name. It’s so amazing to read the comments of others that have had the same experiences that I have had! As far as I know no one else in my family has this condition

[@ririmr4978]

Having Congenital Anosmia I was so thankful when all my all my kids simultaneously said "Mom, skunk, roll up the windows."

[@b.rilliacy]

I have anosmia and relate to all of this. I even had a dream once that I could smell honey and it seemed so real! I used to not care that I couldn’t smell but as I get older I think it makes me more and more depressed that I cant experience life in the way most people can.

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@bruceradz]

Hi Brittany, has anything changed for you? Just curious about how you have been doing. Twelve years ago, I lost my ability to smell and taste

[@bruceradz]

@@b.rilliacy Im sorry it has not returned for you. My doctor's told me if it hasn't returned within a year, it never will return. Have you been to visit any doctors about it? Curious to know what you have learned, what they tell you?!? Guess I'm a "lifer", losing it forever. I'm happy to hear that you can taste a little bit, right? Hoping that will increase with time for you. Me, I have gotten used to the loss now. But sure do miss it. How have you been doing, being able to deal with it all. I agree with you that the ability to taste comes from the ability to smell for many things.

[@ItsKardamin]

Smelling your brain sounds scary

[@bigdaveyjoyce7890]

My whole life I've never been able to smell. Only things that are insanely strong, I can somewhat detect. I smelt coffee beans once and also my bosses stink. Roses once when I was a child.

[@bgmac]

i've never been able to smell and can taste just fine; not just the saltiness, sweetness, or bitterness of something, i can genuinely taste the flavor of difference things. of course, that could just be what i think all people taste like and what i believe to be normal due to me born without that sense, who knows

[@cjeditz7156]

I have congenital anosmia and I can relate to lots of these things

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@bmxrocks091]

I can only "smell" the burning sensation of bleach, peppermint, and ammonia. Everything else I can only guess what the sensation would feel like

[@sullivanthemighty]

Same here.

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

@@sullivanthemighty All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

People will say "Really, you can't smell anything?" and then stick some item in my face and say "What about this?"

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@cat344]

I realized that I lost my sense of smell when I tried to smell a candle. I was sick at first which didnt stop me from smelling. But as I got better from being sick, my sense of smell started going away. It’s been a month now and I have completely forgot how my husband smells like, what roses smell, lemon. I can’t take naps due to the fact that I’m scared of a fire breaking out and not being able to smell it.

[@ashirusalmanu6208]

Hey search for Dr ehisz on KZbin I regain my sense of taste and smell 100% back thanks to him,he will help you too""

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@Geofams]

I totally lose the sense of smell but not taste after had a car crash when i was 18 and rush to the hospital for a emergency surgery, and after 27 years, not much really change.

[@Geofams]

@Marilyn Doris what is the treatment like ??

[@Geofams]

@Marilyn Doris Good for you, :) until now the only effort i did was only trying to live by it.it's like, i don't need it anymore :D kinda weird, but that's just me.

[@Geofams]

@Marilyn Doris thank you

[@Ashley_dear]

My sense of smell is still there but it’s extremely weak. People will start reacting (good or bad) to some sorta smell and I won’t even notice anything. All candles just smell like wax, all flowers smell the same, I can’t really smell foods, and it’s just a bunch of small things. But I can still live a normal life so it’s never truly bothered me. Also I am glad I can’t smell people’s BO but it’s also scary cause I don’t know what I smell like

[@shawnniesialana6657]

I don't have Sense of Smell. I knew it since when I was in grade 2 but I don't know if it since when I was born and sad to say that nobody believes in me even my parents. When I was in high school, I stayed in my aunt's house and they discovered that I don't have a sense of Smell and they told my parents. I thought I only have this problem. I hope that I could smell someday in my life. How I wish to have it.

[@greengreen7188]

what do you get if you cross a sheepdog with a rose?..... "collie - flower"

[@johnatanskyzer6152]

I currently have covid, I can't taste or smell anything. It's so weird. I just found out there are people who go their lives like this. It's weird. Honestly. I literally licked deodorant that I sprayed on my hand and it tasted like nothing. I genuinely would be concerned about getting poisoned if this were a long-term thing.

[@persistentlydriven9390]

Makes you feel “ less human “

[@simons.9250]

Can you taste salt?

[@johnatanskyzer6152]

@@simons.9250 Weirdly, I can taste salt and other flavours, I can tell the difference between salty, sweet, sour etc. I just can't actually taste if what I ate were chicken, pork or beef etc.

[@simons.9250]

@@johnatanskyzer6152 Thanks for your reply, that's interesting! It confirms my suspicion, that covid causes only a loss of smell. It's just that you perceive it as a loss of taste, because, when you eat, you smell the air through your mouth. I'm saying this as someone who goes back and forth between smelling and not smelling due to a chronic sinusitis. Deodorant doesn't really taste of anything, it just smells. That's why licking it doesn't do anything for you. I hope your sense of smell will return, I feel with you. I haven't smelled at all for years and am really happy when I do, such a source of joy. Try Umami flavors, by the way, many chinese and korean dishes are hot and umami and offer interesting textures. All things that you are likely able to perceive. The best of luck to you!

[@paidinfull1938]

I just cried watching this as i am 33 years old and i lost my sense of smell 3 years ago...

[@falloutman1843]

How did you lose it?

[@rosannarodriguez2344]

What happens

[@shomaishanghai4065]

How did you lose it . Please share it to us.

[@amierullridzwan2025]

All this year i thought i was alone thanks for the video

[@MaskedManatee]

I am glad i never lost my sense of smell but i am still mad i never had one.

[@plymouthlad38]

I have congenital anosmia due to having Kallmann syndrome. I still can detect certain aromatics or caustic substances such as bleach or vinegar due to the activation of the trigeminal nerve at the back of the throat but that is more of a sense of taste rather than smell. It is a system that is totally separate from the normal olfactory system. I am very sensitive to the texture of food for some reason which makes me a fussy eater. The other aspects of having Kallmann syndrome affect my life more than my anosmia but I think I have experienced most of the bad aspects of not being able to smell such as eating spoiled food, leaving the oven on too long and not being aware of personal hygiene and BO when I was teenager. There are some smells I perhaps would like to experience but it is not something I think about it every day. I think it must be worse for the people with acquired anosmia as they will be more aware of what they are missing out on.

[@TonyStark-gj5lb]

I'm 23 years old and still have no sense of smell, and I do not know what the smell is. I don’t know what that feeling would be like.Sometimes this disorder is feel like bad and sometimes this disorder is feel like super power.

[@sunsoulaevis]

This is about how I feel having nasal polyps, often when I cook I can barely smell anything.

[@cardinalRG]

I respect anyone’s approach to anosmia and the related sentiments. I’ve very seldom considered my congenital anosmia to be a burden. I suppose that for one thing, I can hardly miss what I’ve never enjoyed. In addition, my gustatory sense seems to be finer than the average person’s-perhaps that’s my body’s way to compensate, like a blind person having exceptional hearing. (A side note: I have won several wine-tasting contests.) On the negative side, I could never smell a gas leak, and there are other hazards I could never detect.

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@yugitsukasa8522]

my teacher: what do you smell me: AIR

[@ashirusalmanu6208]

Hey search for Dr ehisz on KZbin I regain my sense of taste and smell 100% back thanks to him,he will help you too""

[@Uranuss100]

Smell is essential it signals us if something is good or bad

[@abyjohnson6701]

After Covid 19 so many people have anosmia. Me too

[@iepule]

aby johnson me too! This just breaks my heart. 🥺 I can’t smell anything.

[@drelezar7745]

But imagine having it your entire life like us 😶

[@abyjohnson6701]

@@drelezar7745 i can imagine the feeling 😔

[@rosegold973]

I have always loved the smell of oncoming rain.. it definitely reminds me of my childhood and how my mom would give me hot chocolate, a blanket, and put a movie on when it rained lol

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

Every time I see a video about the *amazing* sense of smell that dogs have, or cats, rats, bears, etc., I feel so envious and so inadequate. Now I don't feel so bad, though.

[@RosieBBee]

Hello nice to meet you i am a 14 yr old with barely a sense of smell. almost none. glad to know im not alone

[@bjorn.a2040]

This video made me appreciate my nose more :3

[@kleptiic1753]

B.A. Y.X. right! Me too

[@martialkintu2035]

B.A. Y.X. You meant your sense of smell. L

[@ChefRafi]

I know one person who can’t smell but he says he can taste. I wonder how the taste is different. 🤔

[@delvinfernaldy4504]

Try to eat without breathing

[@chavamara]

Your tongue can pick up tastes like sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, sourness, but without smell you can't pick up the nuances of the taste, the part that can tell the difference between different foods. For example, chocolate and a sugar cube would both taste sweet, but you might not be able to tell them apart otherwise.

[@itwirkatteacherparentconfr1325]

Chef Rafi's Awesome World its kinda like when your sick and both noise are stuffed up tadda you still can eat

[@MuhammadEgypt]

There was a video where they brought a group of people to taste different food without smelling it. The people who were tested were not really able to decide what they really tasted.

[@Stalthdan]

That's not entirely true. I'm anosmic, and you've got the general idea right-- I can pick up tastes (sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, sourness), but not flavours. I can definitely tell the difference between chocolate and sugar, and even distinguish different kinds of chocolate. Reese's is one of my favourites :) As for flavours (which I can't experience), these include things like herbs and seasoning (they make absolutely no difference to me), and the different flavours in Skittles (they all taste the same).

[@vibhordubeybksc]

Happy to see there are other people just like me. I have never experienced any kind of smell. Though I can perceive taste but mostly sweet-sour-salty and not the flavours. For me vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom all are the same.

[@worldaroundus3973]

thanks the one who made my nose cause smell of flowers make me happy.

[@atonofspiders]

Thank your parents :)

[@worldaroundus3973]

Eric Gordy okey thanks to my parents

[@-Tekuo-]

Never been able to smell in my entire life and i am starting to hate it, not sure if i was born this way or it was due to surgery (cleft palate). It does have its advantages but i want to know what it feels like, even the bad smells i don't really mind. My anosmia makes me feel like a crippled person, wish i was normal. I am grateful for being able to taste though but i probably can only taste the basic flavours and wouldn't be able to hold tastes apart very well.

[@ajmalaman7306]

anosmia is a disability

[@drelezar7745]

Technically yes, but from someone with anosmia I can say it’s a blessing as well

[@ajmalaman7306]

@@drelezar7745 its a blessing

I agree that any one of your senses missing is an issue. But I also feel that losing the sense of smell is the one that you cold accept the most. It doesn't cripple you, it doesn't change the way you live your life, you don't (should'nt) feel outcasted. If i had to choose to give up one of my senses, it would be smelling without a doubt.

[@vibhordubeybksc]

Girl Who Cant Smell GWCS I agree. Even I am a congenital anosmic. There are a different set of problems that we face. I can not detect gas leaks. Living in a tropical country where things perish soon I always need to get the food cross checked by someone else before I can consume.

[@Amelia-ur4cw]

Róbert Fekete I know you mean no offence but please don't comment about things you haven't experienced. Yes I understand that it mightn't be the same as losing sight but it's so hard relying on others to know if your clothes should probably be washed. The fear (irrational sometimes but there) of gas or fire. Please don't belittle loss of sense of smell.

[@captainwolfbane3707]

I know this is old but hey I wanna put my two cents in. I would agree with you that smell is the best possible sense to lose as it isn't a great handicap in normal life. The drawbacks are in abnormal circumstances like fires gas leaks or rotton food. I personally have almost died due to not smelling smoke so there are drawbacks.

[@PickleCat1218]

There was a gas leak in my bedroom in the 8th grade and I kept passing out but I thought I was just super sleepy because I couldn't smell it. My mom kept getting upset because I wouldn't finish my homework because I kept passing out. Eventually my mom came downstairs to check on me and she smelled the gas and immediately called to get it fixed. I had no idea :/

[@cmk1309]

Ive never been able to smell anything for as long as I remember an I got half agree. I don't know what it feels like not to smell things, so it's not something I miss. Of course it would be interesting to know how certain things smell sometimes, but it's not a problem for me, not to know. I also don't sad, that I can't smell things or something and I'm totally fine with it. The only thing that is interesting to me is the smell of nature/ rain so if I had the chance to smell something, I would pick nature/ rain because to me it's interesting what it smells like, but honestly I don't care about all of the other things that I can't smell. And let me tell you, people are complaining about a bad smell way more often than they say that something smells good, maybe they just mention it more often, but it doesn't bother me not to smell a bad thing... (I hope, you understand what I mean...)

[@Inside_the_beltway]

The way you guys talk about this like it’s all about the smell like are you serious? I feel nothing! More like dead feelings, like it’s more above just sniffing things, it affects emotions, I don’t know if it’s just me but I haven’t fallen in love like more like a messed up life. I lack empathy unless I have to put myself in that situation to feel what that person feels. Makes intimacy bland. When I'd eat food I imagine what it should smell but it was a total illusion, Eating is something I had to do because I needed to, not because it I’m an enjoyable experience, like it’s way more than just the smell, it messes with feelings, can’t even smell a woman’s hair or scent that’s crazy then what should I miss about her when she’s not there? What’s even love? Mom would call she’s sick I would totally forget most times she have to remind me,not that I don’t care I learn to do better,maybe mine is different but I have dead feelings.

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@davidmicheletti6292]

I cannot small, I lost the ability a number of years ago. But I can taste food, maybe not as well as I could with the ability to smell. The silly thing is my sense of smell used to turn on and off now and then. This was at random most of the time. But even then there was one thing that I could do to bring my sense of small back and that was if I jumped onto my motorcycle and go for a ride. The moment I drove over ten miles an hour the ability to smell would return. But now day even riding my cycle riding will not cause it to return. Now days a couple of days a year the sense of smell returns for a minute or two several times a year. It is almost shocking when it does kick in. But it do enjoy it when it does happen.

[@goldenshumour6809]

I have anosmia too this video makes me little happy

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@fyghetr]

I have it as well, just nor sure if I was born with it or it happened at some point, If I ever had a sense of smell as a kid, should I be able to remember it? I can easily distinguish flavours of ice-creams and foods (sometimes have problems recognizing red meets just based on taste ), for some reason this documentary made me feel bad :/

[@manik05]

i'd love to now what smell is, even if any odour ... only if wishes were granted like this

[@williammatthews2948]

I have no sense of smell unless the odor is extremely strong, and after brain surgery, I have very little sense of taste.

[@ThunderLightenBolt]

I would love to know what flowers or simple cup of coffee smelled like ,or what my significant others body smells like before I died. Sadly, doesn't look like my 1 and only wish will never come true.

[@GirlWhoCantSmell]

I've always wondered what my husband smells like too. That's the biggest mystery of my life tbh.

[@anelisajustanelisa236]

Picture a gentle punch in the face. Not hard/painfull but just stern enough to get your attention. Warm, bold, smooth. Best way I can think to describe the smell if coffee using other senses you can relate to👍

[@raraavis7782]

Excellent video, btw. 10 out of ten!

[@NatGeo]

We're glad you loved it! 💛

[@Lynx-hs2kx]

What I want to know is HOW THE HECK DO PEOPLE KNOW ITS LIKE CAKE OR SOMETHING WITHOUT SEEING IT! Is that possible? Is there texture in smell? like I don't get how people can just know what it is. it's like Spidey senses.

[@nothing2seehere85]

I'm curious if anyone other than me has male and female family members with congenital anosmias. I once saw a world renowned doctor in Wash DC. He has committed his career to studying anosmias. He told me he had never known of another case with both male and female congenital anosmia in the same family. He said it's typically an X linked issue but in my family it is both X and Y linked. Anyone else ??

[@BionicLegg]

Great video!

[@NatGeo]

Thanks for watching! 👃

[@alexgu8745]

I was born without my sense of smell 😪

[@naseralshareef3026]

I got anosmia due to a car accident, since then some experiences are bland.

[@jomargalicia]

I have color blindness, I didn't knew this loss of smell was a thing too

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@BantuNiLo]

@@realitydoinz9656 stop scamming

[@Ryudoo]

I hve anosmia since i was kid. And never know what is smell

[@sharma.ji.ka.ladka_37]

I have anosmia. At first I had hyposmia but I just ignored it until I started to notice that it's getting severe day by day. By the time I showed up at the doctor I was already a victim of Anosmia. I just want to say this to all those people who can smell things that please take a good care of yourselves. Only a blind knows the worth of the eyes. And lastly I just want to say that I don't know why the society doesn't care about anosmic people, we don't want sympathy but just a little compassion will do. It's as same as losing any other sense of your body. Society cares for the Dumb, Deaf and Blind and all other physically challenged people but not Anosmic.

[@marniholder6139]

Same experience! Hyponosmia to anosmia

[@Raya4eva94606]

How did you guys have anosmia?

[@sharma.ji.ka.ladka_37]

@@Raya4eva94606 The same way people get blindness, not every blind person was born blind, some eventually become blind but the thing with anosmia is that you don't even realise you getting anosmia, you simply don't realise that you've stopped smelling things. And there are alot of reasons you can develope anosmia. AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT MINE WAS 😅

[@aug.jam.1]

My sense of smell has been greatly reduced since living for a decade in a polluted city...

[@mohammadaladham7721]

One episode of Case Closed (Detective Conan) had a criminal kill multiple people and destroy a water park because he lost his sense of smell and he couldn't continue being a successful chef anymore. This video reminded me of this.

[@raraavis7782]

Oh. Imagine having a child and not being able to smell that intoxicating, milky baby smell. That's so cruel, being deprived if this link to your little one...

[@boborson5536]

I had (they better not come back) some awful Allergies, like a Toilet Roll per month at home, took plenty of meds and two surgeries to remove tissue inside the nose, I don’t have the allergies thanks to Meds, but damm I can’t smell a thing.

[@ugotaguyitsme1844]

Do you think meditation can help with asosmia?

[@JoshWhite-k3r]

All thanks too @Drehikioya962 for curing me from Anosmia with your HERBAL MEDICATION i’m for ever grateful to you @Drehikioya962 🎉🫶🏿 Now I can now taste the sweetness of my food, and smell 👃 very well too.👌🏿 💃💃💃

[@fullpotential4606]

I can't smell too, but I have a great taste. I can't smell since birth.

[@lightforlittles9350]

Anyone here because of COVID

[@SavyaGo]

Did you get back your smell?

[@lightforlittles9350]

@@SavyaGo yes!!!

[@SavyaGo]

@@lightforlittles9350 how much time it took? And did u do anything special or specific kindly mention please

[@lilysame6488]

I wish I knew what food was like...it's all mush to me, I go by texter when I eat, altho I was born with no smell

[@realitydoinz9656]

I've been taking pills for anosmia buh no improvement I came across Dr iyaremoses on KZbin he cure me permanently

[@junaedislam2084]

currently living one

[@googenhiemer613]

Anyone else with anosmia feel like they can smell things when they touch them?

[@doug1234dougx]

Great video, background repetitive music not needed though in my humble opinion.

[@thornuhh]

I could sure use the ability to suspend the sense of smell at will. At work many employees have bad breath to the degree where you get a headache.. So suspending this sensor at work would be pleasant... But only for work of course.. 😂

[@sakariwilliam1545]

I got an ad for cologne before this

[@hmmm9658]

you wouldn't know if you smell of BO, that would make me so self conscious all the time

[@amazinggrace4860]

I miss everything, total isolation loss of all my memories.. replaced by horrible phantom smells that make me cringe 24/7 365 a year of horror, so sad. Feel filthy e ery minute, feel isolated e ery minute, feel sad w ery second and alone.

[@reversethinker6030]

so what about if they came in contact with toxic gas? they survive?

[@cantsmellcrew2011]

No, that's the biggest safety issue we face.

[@jacksonokane4176]

my grandma has this

[@rumblebars]

I have over 40 years of memories of what things smell like. Then a cranial concussion robbed me of it. I'm still kind of angry that the hospital didn't ask me or tell me this could happen. I did notice it a week or two later, but thought it would sort itself out over time. It did not. So I had to research it on my own, and once I knew it was due to nerve damage, I understood. Broken nerves Do Not grow back. Well not until Sci-Fi "nano-tech" comes around, but I think I'll be long dead and gone before that happens. So, now, only in dreams can I smell - memories really - and related, when certain spray chemicals are in the air, I taste them and trigger the memory of the smell. But... it's false. Only a memory. I guess I'm glad to have four decades of memories though. I do wonder if this is not a bad thing … how aerial aromas were negative vs positive... and actually I think there were a lot more on the bad side. Being able to go into whatever horrible toilet imaginable is a plus I guess, but not being able to smell food gone bad is a minus. And Th Colonel Sanders Eleven Herbs and Spices, was once a treat for me, and now it's kind of "meh".

[@scia3107]

Honestly if I couldn't smell I would dread eating.

[@riya6474]

i cant smell but its honestly not so bad

[@intellectualblackking162]

Yo I was just thinking about this the other day!

[@TheCptCoy]

I have a friend who after a golf cart accident can no longer smell or taste anything. He has never seen a doctor about it either.

[@sf49erswarriorsgiantsgumba99]

That dirty diaper did it for me!! I smelled it right away even though I can’t smell!!😂