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Anyone else have this
12 year old girl. I have been diagnosed with synethesia. I associate numbers, letters, sounds, and names and tastes with colors. I also can taste colors and numbers & letters have personalities for me. Along with mirror touch, it explains why whenever someone got hit in the head or something I felt a sensation I can't ignore. It's always been that way I just never knew it was a nuerological condition, or even that it was something out of the ordinary until I had causually brought up the color of three to my mom who was supprised and my family was all "wait numbers have what." And when I said something tastes like purple to a friend she's like "uhhhh since when do colors have tastes?" And everyone was genuinly confused and I'm just like "what do you MEAN you can't see it?" And I wanna know if any other synethesites have the same experience where if you meditate you can see the colors, tastes, or whatever sense more vivedly? I'm an assosiator but sometimes I can project if I meditate for more than ten minutes. Anyone else?
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I also cannot relate, but dragonflymagic's suggestions in connecting with other people who have synesthesia are probably your best way to go.
If you enjoy reading, there is a good book (fiction, written for like 10-15 year olds) about a girl with synesthesia who, like you, discovers that it is out of the ordinary through an accidental mention of a number/letter having colour. It is a very interesting read; I personally have read it 2 or 3 times. The title of the books is "A Mango-Shaped Space." It is by Wendy Mass.
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I dont have it and it's rare enough you may not find anyone on here who has it. But the thing to do would be to connect with others who do have it. As I understand, there are different types of synesthesia depending on which if not all senses are blended. So ones experience may not be the same for you. From reading what others have explained, it can make learning in school quite difficult if in math you see numbers in colors instead. Its almost like having to have a personalized learning program to learn the same others learn but tailored so you can understand. I don't know if that is one of the roadblocks you face but if so, the more help you reach out to get, the better it will be as far as ease of doing the same as the others do, just differently.
The bad thing is I don't see much online in way of support yet. I think it is widely not well known or studied yet. I did see a support group :
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And assuming you live in the United States, there is The American Synesthesia Association, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, created in 1995 to provide information to synesthetes and to further research into the area of synesthesia.
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Hope this helps
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