Some thoughts or concepts, philosopical or mathematical are colours or geological structures. Infinity and zero have all to do with black and white making the rainbow. Some thoughts are like gletsjer eroded pointy mountains, others like water intermingling with air.
I knew when my significant other went (deeper) depressed, because I'd have my period (sometimes up to three times a month).
Sounds have form, narrow, round, pointy etc. Effects on sounds make the form of the sound change. Meiloyn talks of Evanescense. They made great use of the posibility of synaesthesia I think.
I have assumed since learning about synethesia a few years ago that this is the source of sensory overload. I do not experience the grapheme stuff that has been so widely studied, and assume my children do not either. It is more a conflation -- looking at cut grass for any length of time is like cotton in my mouth, popsicle stick on tongue is like jagged metal scraping my eardrums, etc. Other things occur such that there is no way to take the time to try and put it into words -- and why bother when people will just think I'm a freak. And so, sensory overload with no way to explain it = frustration + exhaustion. I navigate things very well these days and try to guide my children so that they can arrange their experiences to be as pleasant as possible. When we have a meltdown situation I usually assume that sensory conflation is contributory.
I was told a few weeks ago that it is not perse the source of sensory overload, but it might explain a lot of hypersensitivity. 'Usually' a stimulus (sight, hearing, feeling etc.) is processed in that part of the brain that is 'suited' to do so. A visual stimulus in the visual cortex etc.
With some people one stimulus is processed in different parts of the brain at the same time. So the brain has to work harder to process all the things that need processing. But it might also speed things up. Like the guy that can calculate really fast because he sees the numbers in shapes. For him it might be true that the double processing is a shortcut to calculate.
It is true that an overload can happen sooner if the brain is working twice as hard. But it is not nescessary.
For me it is really a help to understand concepts visual aswell. It's more than visual thinking. It is as if the joy of understanding is more total than 'just' in my understanding.
btw, my teeth feel awkward when I touch wet polyester. (I never chewed on that arrrrchh)
And I love mostly what is happening with sound. Though it might desorient me if to much sources of sound are around me. (like yelling kids in the garden, talking and music in the livingroom and me trying to cook in the middle of that).
I am not sure if I have it...
People with synaesthesia, *please* check out and join The Nexus, which is at:
http://mixsig.net
and there's a chat room there, called The Synapse, which is at:
http://mixsig.net/nexus/synapse
Isn't this the link that some one said had been compromised somehow? I do not want to click until I know for certain what is going on. I tried chat rooms several years back and did not like the immediacy and chatty nature of the interaction. Message boards are just right. No rush. One conversation at a time. No one popping up little private side chats. Just right.
As for synaethesia -- at the store today I turned down the 'wrong' aisle and could see nothing but the bright pale pink of carpet glue. I backed out quickly, gagging, and when I could see better I looked around quickly to see if anyone was looking concerned. Thankfully, no one was around.
B"H
Apparently, I have this condition when it comes to numbers---the first 19 or so natural numbers. I never thought it out of the ordinary, though.
Music and numbers go together!
Music and numbers go together!
I sometimes wish I had synaesthesia. It seems like an interesting experience
I don't, but my gf does. Snowflakes falling sound like elongated bells. The same for fish swimming. Sounds wikkid k00l to me
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Well, maybe I do. Or did, but not anymore. I used to have this thing where numbers had colors. 2 was yellow, and 3 was red, and 5 was orange (which kinda makes sense). I think I actually answered a question once when the teacher called on me. Kindergarten or first grade maybe. She asked what 2 + 3 was, and I said, "orange." Totally embarassing. Anyway, I can't remember what the other color/number combos were. I only remember that one because of the experience connected with it
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OLI that's a type of synesthesia.
II: Will you please stop going around asking the point of everything? I'm finding it annoying.
OLI that's a type of synesthesia.
The color/number thing? Yeah, but I don't do that anymore. Lost it somewhere in HS .
When I was young, brazil nuts tasted pink. In fact, they still do!
When I was 8 I had severe stomach pains over an extended period of time, and ended up having surgery. I sometimes wonder if they'd have worked out what was wrong with me sooner, if I hadn't kept describing the pain as being "brown"! I couldn't understand why that answer was so unsatisfactory to the doctors...
Music and numbers go together!
I sometimes wish I had synaesthesia. It seems like an interesting experience
ATM: To be honest, I don't actually experience music as numerical, or numbers as music...although the idea is kind'a cool!
My synaethesia is visual, not auditory. At least not that I consciously recall right now...
All the best.
B"H
I may have missed this, but does anyone have Synaethesia with smell?
All the best,