Synesthetes unite!

[Dest]

I totally have that!@ omg its so crazy i can never really say the exact colors. and i have personallity for numbers too and its really odd... like the number 7 is like a bully and the number 9 is really nice. i thought i was crazy this whole time or something. i even tried explaining this to someone and they said "wtf are you talking about???" its hard to see if you dont have it i guess. and its not when i see text- because text is just black to me but whenever i picture a letter in my mind it always has a color

[halfassedjediknight]

i think its actually more of a neurological condition or disorder rather than an actual trait. i think its a symptom too. you can have a stroke and develop it.

[Purple Banana]

It's not a classified DSM diagnosis, therefore, it's not a neurological condition or disorder, as it doesn't really affect a person in a substanstial way. It's more of a genetic trait than anything else. Most people grow up with it, thinking everyone has it, but it's very very uncommon. It may run in families- for example, no one in my immediate family has it, but my cousin does.

Different people can have different degrees of types of it, and yes, sometimes it can develop after a stroke or a major accident. Because most people enjoy having it, it's not really an issue that people are actively trying to cure, or even detect.

[MacWQ33]

Never really thought about it too much, but this seems familiar to me. I don't think it's really anything more than creativity IMO.

I don't really do the whole letter thing but I know what you mean, because with music, there is definitely something there for me. I can 'see' music, and each song is a color or two. It's kind of cool really, and I've thought about it before, but never in the sense that it was different or something.

Anyway, wow...learn something new everyday...pretty awesome stuff Banana.

[MacWQ33]

Wow, reading up on this now...crazy.

"In spatial-sequence, or number form synesthesia, numbers, months of the year, and/or days of the week elicit precise locations in space (for example, 1980 may be "farther away" than 1990), or may have a three-dimensional view of a year as a map (clockwise or counterclockwise)."

I realize that I definitely do that ^. When I think of the days of the week, no colors or anything, but I do kind of 'picture' the week in order. Same with the months of the year. Same with years just like it says. It's explained pretty well...sort of like a map with things being 'farther away' and shit.

Holy shit LOL...

[Skrappie]

Do you sometimes use numbers interchangeably with letters?

By that i mean the numbers that happen to have the same color and sex as a letter.

[Nochowderforyou]

I've never heard of this before. You must be exhausted by the end of the day thinking like that all the time.

[Purple Banana]

Yes, like 2 and B are blue, K and 8 are orange, ect.

But they don't share the exact same personalitiy traits. I'll list my letter personalities:

A- Alpha male in a business suit, in his mid 40s
B- Soft spoken motherly type
C- Either a young male or female around 16
D- Calm male figure, in his 30s or 50s
E- Peppy male, think motivational speaker
F- Very gracious woman, hippie-ish
G- On-The-Go male in his early 20s
H- A quiet young man
I- Nerdy bookish guy
J- Responsible woman or man, I imagine a college professor
K- Very laid back guy in his 20s, hippie
L- Quiet and quaint woman in her 70s, or 30s
M- An older brother of N
N- Younger brother of M
O- An odd man in his 20s
P- Steadfast woman in her 30s
Q- An old hermit lady in a shack in the woods, but kind
R- Another alpha male, takes charge
S- R's good friend, more reserved but as intelligent
T- Male in his 30s, outdoorish
U- A weird woman or man in their 30s
V- Very classy dark haired woman or man
W- Matronly woman in her 60s
X- Very young boy, extroverted
Y- A coy and almost hipster-ish woman with dark short hair
Z- Very dependable guy

[Plastic Jesus]

F- Very gracious woman, hippie-ish
U- A weird woman or man in their 30s
C- Either a young male or female around 16
K- Very laid back guy in his 20s, hippie
I- Nerdy bookish guy
N- Younger brother of M
G- On-The-Go male in his early 20s

W- Matronly woman in her 60s
I- Nerdy bookish guy
E- Peppy male, think motivational speaker
R- Another alpha male, takes charge
D- Calm male figure, in his 30s or 50s

is all I have to say... Were you an only child? Parents divorced? Abused?

[Skink]

Yes, like 2 and B are blue, K and 8 are orange, ect.

But they don't share the exact same personalitiy traits. I'll list my letter personalities:

A- Alpha male in a business suit, in his mid 40s
B- Soft spoken motherly type
C- Either a young male or female around 16
D- Calm male figure, in his 30s or 50s
E- Peppy male, think motivational speaker
F- Very gracious woman, hippie-ish
G- On-The-Go male in his early 20s
H- A quiet young man
I- Nerdy bookish guy
J- Responsible woman or man, I imagine a college professor
K- Very laid back guy in his 20s, hippie
L- Quiet and quaint woman in her 70s, or 30s
M- An older brother of N
N- Younger brother of M
O- An odd man in his 20s
P- Steadfast woman in her 30s
Q- An old hermit lady in a shack in the woods, but kind
R- Another alpha male, takes charge
S- R's good friend, more reserved but as intelligent
T- Male in his 30s, outdoorish
U- A weird woman or man in their 30s
V- Very classy dark haired woman or man
W- Matronly woman in her 60s
X- Very young boy, extroverted
Y- A coy and almost hipster-ish woman with dark short hair
Z- Very dependable guy

What letter am I???