smell

Can we even think properly if we are permanently unable to smell things? I know air is more enjoyable breathing when it is also sweeter smelling.

I have been horrendous at posting lately. I have to blame the courts. Too much court work!

Anyhow, what does one do when one finds oneself able to breath but permanently unable to smell. I know one can have a flu/cold and not be able to breath for sometime until one recovers but not to be able to smell anything, even the strongest of odors must be a very unsettling thing, if it can happen.

During sleep, we breath just fine but do we really smell things? I do not think so. We would be unable to sleep, I think, if we were also able to smell as we sleep. Is it possible then that there is a necessary connection between consciousness and smell or the perception of it; that we can only smell if we are also conscious and awake!

what then do we make of dreams in which we 'smell' things. Is our smell sensation activated during dreams? I don't think so since we also 'see' buildings and people in dreams when our eyes are completely shut!

Which then leads me to this: our brain with its many grooves, like an onion, must have many layers that serves the function of not only keeping us alive but also keeping that existence enjoyable.

Just a thought to get me back.