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[mipeltaja]

...So apparently not everyone associates colours with numbers and letters.
Not only that, the tendency towards doing so has a name. I've been convinced of the redness of 3 and the yellowness of T for as long as I can remember, but I never realized that was out of the ordinary in any way.

Well, you learn something new every day. Is there anyone on my friendslist who's like this as well?

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[carmine-eyes.livejournal.com]

I tend to see 8 as rather greenish at times. I tend to lean more towards associating tastes with feelings.

But I definitely know where you're coming from with the whole, "Wait, that's not normal?" reaction. Found out relatively recently that some people would recommend seeking psychiatric help for something I thought everyone experienced at some point.

[mipeltaja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it can be pretty... alarming I think is the word I'm looking for - to realize that something you haven't paid much mind to is unusual. Of course synesthesia appears to be a very non-alarming and quite pointless thing to have. It's probably different with something that's generally seen as requiring tratment.

[carmine-eyes.livejournal.com]

Not that different, actually. It mostly seems to be people overreacting to something they haven't experienced themselves, so therefore it must be a psychosis. At most it's a sleep disorder, really. I just slot it into the same area as "dreaming in color".

[muura.livejournal.com]

I think actually it's not THAT uncommon, but yeah, most people can't do this. There was a number, like "every (umpteenth) person has synesthesia", and the number wasn't that big.
I usually see colours when I listen to music, but then they turn into complete scenes and "musicvideos" so I don't know if that counts!

[mipeltaja.livejournal.com]

Oh, so it's like "1 out of 5" or something? Well, there go my unique points, haha. Not that something like thinking 7 is green gives one much unique points, anyway.
Full-blown music videos sound kind of cool. *__* I mostly get, like, coloured shapes. Unless I'm actually trying to picture a music video sort of thing.

[tuinen.livejournal.com]

To me 6 is shy and depressed, 7 is a strong and bossy woman, 8 is a dark and jeaous gentleman, 4 is a mean teenager and so on. I realized most people don't associate numbers with personalities when I was 13 or something.