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Reply 80
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deadgenius
You are wrong.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are even.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday are odd.
Anyone keeping count of how many times I've posted in this thread will realise that I am also odd.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are even.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday are odd.
Anyone keeping count of how many times I've posted in this thread will realise that I am also odd.
I think you'll find that it's all the other way around.
linkdapink
I'm fascinated by this! I've never heard about it before actually, and unfortunatly, it doesn't seem to strike a chord with me, its just something completely new to me! How did people come to realise they had it?
I found out I had it when I was mucking about with StumbleUpon. I got a page about syn and I thought, "Wow, I have that! I thought that was normal." This was sometime last year, and I completely forgot about it. Then, in May this year, I was thinking about how How Soon Is Now by the Smiths is pale blue, and I remembered this thing had a name. I'd forgotten it, so I did a bit of searching round the internet, got to the wiki about syn, and have been fascinated by it since.
Reply 81
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C274
Then, in May this year, I was thinking about how How Soon Is Now by the Smiths is pale blue, and I remembered this thing had a name.
That's quite interesting. That song sounds pale blue to me as well and I don't have synaesthesia. I wonder if it's got something to do with the single's cover or the video. I don't remember the colour of either.
Reply 82
I didn't even realise such a thing existed, but I do have some of those things. For example when I think of a date in the future, it stretches out in my mind like a sort of calendar. Listening to music is...intense. I can't really describe what I see, but it's colourful and there's lots of shapes/movement.
Reply 83
I woke up this morning, and turned on my TV (which wasn't on my normal channel 4) and there was a random program about Synaesthesia for kids! It was awesome, it was about an artist who could "feel" taste, or "see" it, I can't remember. Strange
Reply 84
17
I taste things, although I've never quite established what I'm responding to - mainly sounds, I think, because music sometimes triggers it, and sound effects (a car chase on TV just tasted like bacon...) - although sometimes I know I'm responding to written words, often along very literal-minded lines ("come in" tastes of cumin, "advice" tastes of lettuce...)
(Now I can taste samosas. Not sure what's doing that.)
For a long time it didn't occur to me that everyone else doesn't constantly taste things that aren't there. I saw a programme on synaesthesia and thought it was cool. Then a couple of years later I saw another programme and it finally occured to me that actually, they don't.
Reply 85
be-lie-ve
I don't consider myself to have it any more, mainly because I convinced myself to suppress it because it was 'weird'.. but when I was younger, letters had their own personalities, which I think is a 'symptom'.
haha i'm like that i once told my friend I preferred Bs than As because it was a nicer letter!! wouldn't say i'm a syntheticascises though.
Reply 86
deadgenius
Do you mean like when you are talking or listening to someone, you see the words in your mind? If you do, I have that! When I hear a new word, I can normally work out what it is spelt like, but when I can't work it out, I get really frustrated and have to immediately check the dictionary. Yes, I know, very geeky.
totally agree!!
and also i used to associate pictures with words before i stopped myself. they didnt look like any recogniseable object and were just associated by sound (back before i could spell, mainly)
ChicaBonita
I've always thought of the days of the week as odd and even-
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sundays are odd days
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are even.
Whenever I've tried to explain this to someone they think I'm mad. I know this doesn't count as syn, and I don't think I've got any other symptoms, so I'm happy enough with my (slight) weirdness
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sundays are odd days
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are even.
Whenever I've tried to explain this to someone they think I'm mad. I know this doesn't count as syn, and I don't think I've got any other symptoms, so I'm happy enough with my (slight) weirdness
and mon, wed and fri are definitely odd and tues and thurs even!
not too sure about the weekend though, i think saturday may be slightly odd and sunday slightly even.
also, saturday is taller than sunday, which is also wider and flatter and calmer...
Reply 87
I'd never heard of this before. It's really interesting!
I've never had anything like the letters/songs=colours thing. I'm really intrigued though. How exactly does it work? Do you see the letter as that colour, like this: a? Or is it just sensing that colour, or something different altogether?
The sense of smell is very powerful for me though. I associate smells with people, places and events. I had a party, and some people left things at my house, and I knew who's they were by smelling them, even though the scents weren't particularly strong. I remember each of my friends' scents. It's very comforting when I hug them. Whenever I wear a particular fragrance, I remember the events of the first day that I wore it. Certain smells, like this one type of shower gel, reminds me really strongly of my Grandad, I'm guessing because he uses it.
Also, I have a semi-photographic memory. I remember how things are laid out on the written page, and if I concentrate on something, I could probably quote it back to you later, even up to weeks/months later sometimes. It's as if I see it in my mind's eye, and am reading it back. It's handy for revison in exams.
The one thing, bizarely, that I have trouble remembing are faces. I don't know why, but I can never really picture people. Not even people I know well, like family.
I don't think my memory comes under the Synaesthesia heading. It sounds like such an interesting way of thinking though! I'm off to check out the wikipedia site for it.
I've never had anything like the letters/songs=colours thing. I'm really intrigued though. How exactly does it work? Do you see the letter as that colour, like this: a? Or is it just sensing that colour, or something different altogether?
The sense of smell is very powerful for me though. I associate smells with people, places and events. I had a party, and some people left things at my house, and I knew who's they were by smelling them, even though the scents weren't particularly strong. I remember each of my friends' scents. It's very comforting when I hug them. Whenever I wear a particular fragrance, I remember the events of the first day that I wore it. Certain smells, like this one type of shower gel, reminds me really strongly of my Grandad, I'm guessing because he uses it.
Also, I have a semi-photographic memory. I remember how things are laid out on the written page, and if I concentrate on something, I could probably quote it back to you later, even up to weeks/months later sometimes. It's as if I see it in my mind's eye, and am reading it back. It's handy for revison in exams.
The one thing, bizarely, that I have trouble remembing are faces. I don't know why, but I can never really picture people. Not even people I know well, like family.
I don't think my memory comes under the Synaesthesia heading. It sounds like such an interesting way of thinking though! I'm off to check out the wikipedia site for it.
Reply 88
I guess I've got quite mild synaesthesia with letters, numbers and certain words especially days of the week. It actually stresses me out a little bit when I see the word Monday in any colour other than yellow. It just looks wrong.
I use it when I'm studying though - if I'm learning a list, I colour in words that are strongly coloured in my head wih the right colour and it helps them to stick. Same if I have to remember a list of things in order, say 1 to 5. I colour each bit with the correct colour for the number.
I use it when I'm studying though - if I'm learning a list, I colour in words that are strongly coloured in my head wih the right colour and it helps them to stick. Same if I have to remember a list of things in order, say 1 to 5. I colour each bit with the correct colour for the number.
Reply 89
Mrs Cullen
I've never had anything like the letters/songs=colours thing. I'm really intrigued though. How exactly does it work? Do you see the letter as that colour, like this: a? Or is it just sensing that colour, or something different altogether?
This may sound pedantic, but here with the letters I presume you're referring to colour-grapheme synaesthetes, as in, letters or numbers evoke colours. In terms of how it works, it really is subjective to each synaesthetes experience. For example, some synaesthetes see colour directly extending off the page say if they were reading a block of text. Alternatively, I find that colours of letters and numbers are visualised in my minds eye, or to more aptly put it I kind of 'feel' the colour. Also, each number and letter has a personality for me, by means of example, 'A' is an acidic green, highly acerbic, but very chic. I like using words that have colours that I like, and tend to dislike names with colours that are aesthetically unpleasing to me.
By the by, your username is the same as my year 4 teacher. Highly disturbing.
Reply 91
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CaptainJackSparrow27
That is the most horrendous thing I've heard all day.
Reply 92
Ayla Phoenix
This may sound pedantic, but here with the letters I presume you're referring to colour-grapheme synaesthetes, as in, letters or numbers evoke colours.
Yeah. I couldn't remember how to spell grapheme.
Thanks for the info. It's very interesting.For example, some synaesthetes see colour directly extending off the page say if they were reading a block of text. Alternatively, I find that colours of letters and numbers are visualised in my minds eye, or to more aptly put it I kind of 'feel' the colour.
Sorry to keep pestering
, but I had another question. If a word had letters with different colours in, which I imagine most do, do you, personally, feel all of the colours at once like they're mixed, or do the colours flick through quickly with each letter? I realise it's probably different for everyone, but I was just curious. 
Perhaps I am...Reply 93
Mrs Cullen
If a word had letters with different colours in, which I imagine most do, do you, personally, feel all of the colours at once like they're mixed, or do the colours flick through quickly with each letter? I realise it's probably different for everyone, but I was just curious.
For me they mix into something totally different and give a final color (and taste
) to the word. But for example if an 'a' stands alone it often takes up some of the color of the word before or after it, depending on the meaning of the sentence.Reply 94
Mrs Cullen
, but I had another question. If a word had letters with different colours in, which I imagine most do, do you, personally, feel all of the colours at once like they're mixed, or do the colours flick through quickly with each letter? I realise it's probably different for everyone, but I was just curious.QUOTE]
a. You're not pestering at all
b. In terms to multiple colours, it really depends on the word or letter for myself. For example, your username (which still has me mildly paranoid
) is light pink with blue and green diagonal flecks (all in one direction, to the top right hand corner) and traces of tan and ochre because of the 'u' and 'n' kind of ... pressed in. It's difficult to truly say what it's like, sometimes it's easier to paint the colours for people, so they can understand the textural value of each letter, or the overall texture of a word. It is different for everyone, and you'll find if you speak with multiple synaesthetes or even evidenced by this thread the differences between all.c. If you are my year 4 teacher, then I knew I couldn't ever escape you. That first day when you said you could always see us through a crystal ball has never, ever, left me. Touche Mrs Cullen, touche.
Reply 95
C274
OP
=nuke=
That's quite interesting. That song sounds pale blue to me as well and I don't have synaesthesia. I wonder if it's got something to do with the single's cover or the video. I don't remember the colour of either.
I've never seen the video or the single cover. It's just always been pale blue - the blue is a cross between wintry, dismal, and melancholy.
Mrs Cullen
I'd never heard of this before. It's really interesting!
I've never had anything like the letters/songs=colours thing. I'm really intrigued though. How exactly does it work? Do you see the letter as that colour, like this: a? Or is it just sensing that colour, or something different altogether?
I've never had anything like the letters/songs=colours thing. I'm really intrigued though. How exactly does it work? Do you see the letter as that colour, like this: a? Or is it just sensing that colour, or something different altogether?
My grapheme->colour syn is associated, so that means I just sense the colours. I can see them in my head if I think about them, but no matter how hard I try, I can't physically see them on the page/screen.
Reply 96
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I have it..if I kinda access it consciously. Associated with letters. When I'm asked to spell something, I have the letters in my minds eye and I can taste them..it's just strange. Sometimes even with words I've barely ever used before...but of course, I must have seen the word once ages ago...
But sometimes, when I'm tired I just spell things off my head.
I got diagnosed with it when I was younger...doctors kinda seen that when spelling I looked up to the right-hand corner...apparently that's different to other people when remembering a word.
It's right weird!
But sometimes, when I'm tired I just spell things off my head.
I got diagnosed with it when I was younger...doctors kinda seen that when spelling I looked up to the right-hand corner...apparently that's different to other people when remembering a word.
It's right weird!
Reply 97
Ayla Phoenix
c. If you are my year 4 teacher, then I knew I couldn't ever escape you. That first day when you said you could always see us through a crystal ball has never, ever, left me. Touche Mrs Cullen, touche.
*Laughs head off*
Thanks everyone for the info. It's really interesting.
Have you synaesthsites had synaesythsia all your lives, or have you started seeing colours/tasting as you've grown older?
Reply 98
Mrs Cullen
The sense of smell is very powerful for me though. I associate smells with people, places and events. I had a party, and some people left things at my house, and I knew who's they were by smelling them, even though the scents weren't particularly strong. I remember each of my friends' scents. It's very comforting when I hug them. Whenever I wear a particular fragrance, I remember the events of the first day that I wore it. Certain smells, like this one type of shower gel, reminds me really strongly of my Grandad, I'm guessing because he uses it.
Also, I have a semi-photographic memory. I remember how things are laid out on the written page, and if I concentrate on something, I could probably quote it back to you later, even up to weeks/months later sometimes. It's as if I see it in my mind's eye, and am reading it back. It's handy for revison in exams.
The one thing, bizarely, that I have trouble remembing are faces. I don't know why, but I can never really picture people. Not even people I know well, like family.
The sense of smell is very powerful for me though. I associate smells with people, places and events. I had a party, and some people left things at my house, and I knew who's they were by smelling them, even though the scents weren't particularly strong. I remember each of my friends' scents. It's very comforting when I hug them. Whenever I wear a particular fragrance, I remember the events of the first day that I wore it. Certain smells, like this one type of shower gel, reminds me really strongly of my Grandad, I'm guessing because he uses it.
Also, I have a semi-photographic memory. I remember how things are laid out on the written page, and if I concentrate on something, I could probably quote it back to you later, even up to weeks/months later sometimes. It's as if I see it in my mind's eye, and am reading it back. It's handy for revison in exams.
The one thing, bizarely, that I have trouble remembing are faces. I don't know why, but I can never really picture people. Not even people I know well, like family.
I get your smell thing. Think it's because smells are really closely related to memory. You can use this to your advantage by wearing particular perfumes on exam days if this helps. (Obv you'd have to spray your revision books with it or something.)
In the past year my memory has just totally deteriorated but I used to find it really useful "seeing" pages in my mind I'd seen before. Do you find colour-coding helps?
And I too, have trouble with faces...
Nicely coincidental there!
Reply 99
C274
OP
Mrs Cullen
*Laughs head off*
Thanks everyone for the info. It's really interesting.
Have you synaesthsites had synaesythsia all your lives, or have you started seeing colours/tasting as you've grown older?
Thanks everyone for the info. It's really interesting.
Have you synaesthsites had synaesythsia all your lives, or have you started seeing colours/tasting as you've grown older?
I've had it as long as I can remember. I think syns are born with it, though things like trauma and grief etc can cause colours to fade. Maybe it could even cause them to disappear completely?
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