Doctor says I have synesthesia. Wow. I had no idea there were scientific names for these things. It's supposed to be comparatively common. One in two to twenty-five thousand people doesn't seem very common to me.
I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, it's no news to me... but still, having my very thought process classified as abnormal (at least when I'm not expecting it) is... shall we say... distancing? That's the wrong word. Um. Anyway, it's strange to now know that I'm slightly different in a way that I've always considered normal.
For those of you who don't know, well that's probably most everyone, synesthesia is in basic terms an inappropriate sensory stimulus caused by certain forms of perception. In my case, I see sounds, particularly music, in shapes and colours. Some people see the colours of letters or can taste words.
There's no known cure or treatment for it, which is fine I guess because there's no known reason for it to cured or treated. Synesthetes pretty much live normal lives.
What's strange is I see colours in people too... maybe I should have mentioned I'm an empath? Nah... the two are unrelated. They must be. Um...
So yeah...
1 comment:
You got a doctor to confirm this?
I don't think this is the right way to ask, but I will anyway. Why?
What colour are you?
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