Fifth Sense Stories
The best way to really understand the impact of smell and taste disorders is through the stories of the people affected. By sharing these we can both educate others and end some of the isolation these conditions often create.
Stories have an impact in other ways too; they can demonstrate the need for more support from the healthcare profession, more research, and help us transform people’s understanding of the importance of smell and taste.
So, here are some of the members of the Fifth Sense community talking about their challenges, frustrations and, in some cases, successes too. If you would like to share your story, please contact us at info@smelltaste.org.uk
Let's Talk Smell and Taste
“Smell and taste are the senses that indicate life”
This short film features members of the Fifth Sense community sharing their perspectives on why the senses of smell and taste are so important and the impact that their condition has on their lives. Emotions, memories, day to day experiences, food and drink, connections to people, places and points in time…smell and taste are intrinsically linked to our enjoyment of life and wellbeing.
Let’s Talk Smell and Taste was filmed at our 2015 conference by Fifth Sense member Sarah Page who has congenital anosmia.
Blocked
“What I miss is the sense of relief, release and uplift…I remember as a child going out and that gorgeous, gorgeous smell after the rain…”
Blocked is a documentary made by filmmaker Alice Shaw as part of her BA TV and Radio Production degree at Salford University. It features Fifth Sense member Elizabeth Draper talking candidly about her experience of losing her sense of smell as the result of a head injury and the feelings of grief and loss she experienced.
Alice also lost her sense of smell as the result of a head injury and it was this experience that inspired her to make the film
Just Fly
“Unfortunately for all of us, we don’t live in a world where people can fly. Unfortunately for me, I live in a world where people can smell…”
Dia Kline is a comedian with congenital anosmia. Dia, our first American Public Ambassador, is using comedy to engage people in conversations about anosmia and make the wider world aware of what life without smell is like….and just how much fun flying would be.