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Has anyone experianced Synesthesia?

To be more specific Auditory Synesthesia, from what I understand it is quite rare. At least when it isn't induced by hallucinogenics or other narcotics.

For those of who don't know what it is, it is basically a swapping of sensory perception. Like tasting sound, hearing colors and so on. As you may have guessed I can, at times, (not always, it's not some superpower) see sound traveling through the air like 3D ripples propagating in water...... A gift? I'm not so sure, it can make driving quite difficult when it kicks in.

However it has brought me to where I am today.....

Upon reflection I think it is a lot like A.D.H.D. (which I also have) - not a disease. You see, if control is learned or achieved over A.D.H.D., you can function on a different level than most.

My A.D.H.D (after mastering it's quirks) has made my life easier. By design A.D.H.D. makes your brain work at high speeds, hence the trouble children have with it. I found that if I could process the high speed information coming in, I could use it just as fast. Something I'm teaching my son to do now, hopefully saving him the problems I had adjusting as a child.

Like I said it is not a disease, in fact I believe it is a gift.

I just hope the Synesthesia can be just as useful. So let me know what you think..... disease or gift? Any extra information on this condition (Synesthesia) would be greatly appreciated.

Also I'd like to add that I am not an audio genius or anything, just like the A.D.H.D., you have to know what to do with the information coming in.

Andrew
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nonoise
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I think not as all my siblings (there was 6 of us) saw them and we all thought it normal but only talked to friends about it.

As with me, the tendency to see them faded as we got older. I would imagine that if there is such a thing as an innocuous hallucination that it wouldn't be familial and have occurrences lessen over time. Unless it's an inherited, optical disorder of sorts.

All the best,
Nonoise
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But did you have the ability to call on and control it? If not, what would trigger it?
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No. It was there all the time.

The ability to see it lessened through time, for all of us, as far as I know. Once I became aware of it and its implications, I paid somewhat more attention to it, trying to figure it out. Some people had minor auras and some had more prominent ones. Some appeared to have none, but it was just barely there. It was comparative in that one who had one could be standing next to someone who didn't have much.

I never could figure it out and just let it go to the wayside. Never even talked about it until now. Next time I go to the store I'll "see" if it's still observable and that I'm simply not paying attention to it.

All the best,
Nonoise
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On an aside, I trust this will not lessen the value or impact of my posts.

:-)

All the best,
Nonoise
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Your explanation has the air of credibility as have you.
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