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Synesthesia

Does anyone else have/think they might have Synesthesia?

It's a nerological condition (I think) that combines senses, making you think of colors when you see letters or numbers, or even when you hear music.

I think I might have a form called "Time-Space Synesthesia" where I associate things with different places, but it's a bit different...

It's kind of like there's different...feels...to different things. Like, the word "Sunday" feels flat.The letter "A" is red for me as well, so I think I might have some of the more common Synesthesia symptoms as well. There are two main categories of Synesthesia, each with different types:

1. Projection Synesthesia:

Projection Synesthesia is the most common form of synesthesia which involves the projection of colours to certain letters, numbers, days of the week or words. On hearing words or music the individual is able to see colours corresponding to the word or music in front of him or her. In some cases however, instead of seeing the colour in front of them, a person may instinctively see the colour in their mind’s eye. Projection Synesthesia is further subdivided into different types:

-Grapheme Color Synesthesia:

Grapheme colour synesthesia is the most widely studied and common type of synesthesia. An individual is able to associate number or letters with certain colours. However, it is important to note that no two individuals will report seeing all alphabets or numbers in the same colours. It is however possible for most individuals with color graphemic synesthesia to report the same color for certain letters, like the letter “A” is unanimously reported as “Red”.

-Chromesthesia:

Chromesthesia is the form of synesthesia where an individual automatically experiences/perceives colours to every form of sound. Several artists suffering from chromesthesia have created masterpieces depicting the visual effects of music on them.

-Number Form Synesthesia:

Over a hundred years ago, Sir Francis Galton was one of the first individuals to record number form synesthesia. The graph created by Sir Galton, shows the mapping of numbers in a synesthetes mind, each individual creates a different map for himself/herself with different spatial arrangements between numbers. In some advance cases, an individual may also divide cluster of numbers into different colours.

-Misophonia:

Misophonia is considered the type of synesthesia which brings out a negative response from an individual. Upon hearing certain sounds or music a person may feel extreme disgust or anger.

-Personification:

This is a rare form of synesthesia where the synesthete is able to give a personality to numbers, alphabets, or days of the week. Thus, Friday could have a carefree and fun loving personality, the Alphabet A could exude the aura of the Alpha male of the pack, and the numeric 4 could be the happy-go-lucky child of the number system.

-Lexical- Gustatory Synesthesia:

Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia is the rarest form of synesthesia. An individual with this type of synesthesia can taste certain words or sounds. Thus, the sound created by even raindrops falling on different surfaces can induce not just the taste, but an instinctive sensation of the warmth of the sound, and its placement on the tongue. This also means that some sounds, like say thunder can taste like coffee, the musical note A-minor can taste like gooseberry and so on.

2. Mirror Touch Synesthesia:

Mirror touch synesthesia is a relatively common form of synesthesia, where a person experiences certain sensations on their skin, as they observe another. For example, if such a synesthete is observing a pair of people, where one person taps the other person’s shoulder, then the synesthete may also experience a certain sensation at the same point in their shoulder. Several non-synesthetes have reported feeling pain on their corresponding body part in the event of observing wounds on another’s person’s body.

So, I know in the "CBers as Colors" thread, some of us were discussing Synesthesia, but do any more of you think you have it? 

P.S: Yes, I did copy-paste some of this information, mainly because I'm lazy to type it all out.