Any other synesthetes out there?

[Literophile]

Anyone else have synesthesia? I didn't know I had it until I asked my mom what color she thought a certain song was. She doesn't have it. That was an interesting conversation.

I have colors assigned to numbers, days of the week, months of the year and music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

http://www.mixsig.net/

http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/

[Endless]

I don't have it, but I find it really interesting. Does it add a good layer to your life, like seeing the world in 4D? Or does it make things hard for you?

[Rae1889]

Kinda. There are so many different forms of it.

To help myself think out larger thoughts I can make myself visually see them. Like if I want to know if 7 weeks from now what the friday date is I can visually see a calendar ring. Or same with the past. 9 fridays ago was what date? I just have to look.

I'd say I'm more empathetic because if I see pain I feel pain. That make sense? I saw the movie 'the perfect storm' and the guy gets a hook in his hand and when I saw that my hand instantly had incredible pain. It ached for days. That was my first encounter with it and have had it ever since.

[Literophile]

I don't have it, but I find it really interesting. Does it add a good layer to your life, like seeing the world in 4D? Or does it make things hard for you?

I like it. It's a beautiful part of my life. It does make math hard, though, because the colors don't match. :/ I have a hard time explaining that to teachers, though!

[Literophile]

I'd say I'm more empathetic because if I see pain I feel pain. That make sense? I saw the movie 'the perfect storm' and the guy gets a hook in his hand and when I saw that my hand instantly had incredible pain. It ached for days. That was my first encounter with it and have had it ever since.

I have that, but to a lesser degree. I can't stand to watch movies like Saw because it physically hurts me to watch them.

[BuckeyeFan]

Very interesting subject. I had no idea it existed - can't recall ever having this type of perception.

[Literophile]

Very interesting subject. I had no idea it existed - can't recall ever having this type of perception.

Most people don't know it exists. I know I didn't know it existed until I was about 13 or 14 because I thought it was normal.

[Nakamova]

You might like the book "The Memory Artists" by Jeffrey Moore. It's fiction, but it's main character has synesthesia and hypermnesia. I read and enjoyed it a few years ago.

[Literophile]

You might like the book "The Memory Artists" by Jeffrey Moore. It's fiction, but it's main character has synesthesia and hypermnesia. I read and enjoyed it a few years ago.

Awesome. I shall have to look that up. Thanks!

[Christina]

I have it, but I think I might have a really rare case, because I can smell colors, and I don't know anyone else that can.

[Christina]

Oh! There's another good synesthete book: A Mango-Shaped Space. My sister told me to read it, and I loved it.