Ackermann Smell Chapter 1 (El Thomas-O'Brien)

 


Ackermann describes the sense of smell as the most memorable sense. It is easy for most people to remember a smell, but virtually impossible to describe what a smell smells like. Smells ignite our brain cells in such a way that it can captivate so much of our mind. It is so east to differentiate the different between smells, such as the smell of baking cookies or the smell of a skunk, and both of these create a memory of that place where you smelled the smell. I feel like I'm using the word smell too many times. Ackermann states that smelling is breathing. As sight and Hearing (although it sucks not to have those) can be taken away, smell is always there as long as the person is breathing (unless one has anosmia or phantosmia). Smelling is breathing. Breathing is smelling. And for those with certain smell related conditions, regardless if it's temporary or permanent, it is really up to them to re-navigate the world with the fame smells or the lack of smells, when its ingrained in our brain cells to smell.

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