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Synaesthesia
BillieTheBot
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No I'm not talking about the hallucigenic drug here.
Is anyone on this board, born with Syn (as mentioned in my Syn Online signiture) ?
It is a neurological condition that joins up two or more of your five senses. If you hear something, you 'see' that sound as well. Other variations of the condition can cross-wire taste and touch as well. Sound-to-sight is the most common type. Recreational drugs were named after this because it can induce the same effect but only in a temporary mannor.
There is a programme on Radio 4 tonight from 9:00 to 9:30pm.
I was diagnosed with it a few years ago, but had it since birth.
Is anyone on this board, born with Syn (as mentioned in my Syn Online signiture) ?
It is a neurological condition that joins up two or more of your five senses. If you hear something, you 'see' that sound as well. Other variations of the condition can cross-wire taste and touch as well. Sound-to-sight is the most common type. Recreational drugs were named after this because it can induce the same effect but only in a temporary mannor.
There is a programme on Radio 4 tonight from 9:00 to 9:30pm.
I was diagnosed with it a few years ago, but had it since birth.
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Since my earliest memories, I associated each letter of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 with a colour. Remember back in the days when you used to learn the alphabet. You would see a long wall scroll that has the letters A-Z, each coloured differently.
I also have perfect pitch where you can hear a note and you know what letter it is. Synaesthesia kicks in here and gives me a colour trip when I hear music. I can then translate it into a letter i.e. C, F#, D, Bb etc.
These are advantages, alongside with generally a photographic memory.
The disadvantage, being a mental condition is that I can often involumtarily 'trip' when I don't want to. My main phobia is monitors and TV screens. When the screen is turned off, I will trip a kaleidoscope pattern on it. When the screen is turned on, I see the normal picture.
I generally don't like the dark. This includes partial-open doors, alcoves and dim lighting. Again, I often trip in dark areas.
I've been aiming at this with quite a few of the trips that I've done but I've never managed it, oh well.
I know maybe lots of people feel this but it really scares me!
The radio programme starts in 20 minutes time.
Programme Web site.