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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".