Does anyone else taste the rainbow?

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So i have been diagnosed since 2006 with AS. And, as is my nature, I proceeded to devour everything possible since June of last year regarding AS.
Still waiting to find that sense of relief I keep reading that some found when they had their DX...but, in the meantime, I am having difficulty finding info on an aspect that I am not sure is part of AS...
Does anyone see colors when they feel certain emotions or hear sounds?
Like, for instance, the first time I had a kiss ( I was 35) and it felt really fluffy and it was terribly pink without form. I have only had a few more since then, but except for one they were all very fluffy, but never again pink....just some vague color that seemed almost dingy.
Pain is almost always silver and sliver-like (makes going into any medical situation very hard for me - no matter how much i may need the treatment...and of course, the subsequent problems that arise when the medical people can't quite figure out 'what else' is wrong with me)...
The colors and shapes are transparent usually, but can be overwhelming in their coverage. All white or all silver vision and the pain is so fierce I register it physically but it oes someplace beyond that I cant yet describe to anyone - including myself.
Of course, music makes plenty of colors and I am sure that is not so uncommon, but I am very curious to know who/how many ohers can taste the rainbow of life's emotions?

Welcome to WP!

Tim

When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought it was going to be about Skittles.

Tim

it sounds like synthesia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesia
sister has got this,but think hers is just with numbers,she only found out she had it last year.


am thought that to/as it is their phrase.

I've never heard of tasting the rainbow of life's emotions, as you put it. It sounds like a seizure kinda thing. I have something equally as strange though... when someone shouts in my face, I feel like I'm being physically hit with their words.

Welcome to WP! : )

friggin' terrific! something else now to ensure i will never be normal.
and no this isn't like a seizure. it is like every day! all the time!
it is no more a seizure than breathing is an exercise for your lungs.

thanx for the wiki tho...at least i now know what to research (like that'll be fun)

and since this is supposed to be a place where we can just be - then i have to ask: welcome to WP???! !! !
is that typically how they greet the loonies arriving to their bins?
i dont find anything about the penury of my existence something in which to find camaraderie or felicity.
in fact, i recognize that my future looks very bleak. i'm just too stoopid to be concerned about it right now....

WHAT THE HECK???? Why are you so upset?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet

Just one of MANY! You are in good company.

I have something like that but I think that not in such a high degree. Once I posted a thread about thinking in pictures and I wrote there also about my synesthesia ------> http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... c&start=30

From what you've described, it does sound like synaesthesia. I have it too, and mine takes the form of colours triggered by music (I don't have any of the other types that you described, though). Apparently it is quite rare, but at least watching as well as hearing songs can be quite fun at times! (I'm listening to "Sanctuary" by Hikaru Utada right now, which is perfect to watch! ^-^ )

Why so upset, huh....? O forget it; i wont even take the bait!!
this sweetie is not upset....i have not done upset [meltdown] in any type of public place or forum
since i was 13....that was back in 1973.
even as a poster on this board, you would be without a doubt that i was upset, if i actually were.
The term i see that is used here is meltdown...i dont melt; i vaporize - usually anything or anyone that has gotten me upset.

so you see 2U....this is not upset, this is me. even i can understand why my family thought it best for me to go away and never return....
i just "don't know how to talk to people..." they're forever getting upset about something i say/do/write/am....
so i usually stay away from people (unless i have to) and i certainly never talk to strangers - like i do here.
and even here, it has taken almost 9 months before i could post.

guess since this is going the same route for me as it does in the real world, i promise to not post further to avoid offending sensitive people like yourself.

Utada is pretty cool for a j-pop star and all...but even more i love faye wong!

Um...

Well, as you say that people can't tell when you're upset, I'm not sure you can tell when they are, either. I really don't think that 2U was "offended" or anything by what you wrote. I think he was confused as to the extremity of your reaction, as your first post didn't seem nearly as stressed out; just more curious. I think, if anything, he was trying to reassure you that an AS or ASD diagnosis doesn't mean you're going to fail as a person, and that there are many brilliant, successful, and even happy people with the same diagnosis.

There was an extreme change in your attitude between your first post and your reaction - I believe that was what the "WHAT THE HECK??" was about. It was surprising. But trust me - there was nothing in his response that pointed to being offended.

You *do*, however, seem upset; maybe not meltdown-upset, but miffed at the least. I would hope you can calm down, and look at the positive in your life - it may not seem like much, and there may be a ton of utter s**t, but s**t is s**t. The best you can do is ignore it and try not to step in it. I'm not trying to tell you your life is all roses & sunshine... but from personal experience, the only thing that dwelling on the negative accomplishes is to piss yourself off and drag yourself down.

While trying to interact as an AS individual in a NT world is infuriating and often exasperating, there's a lot that we can enjoy that they can't. Experiencing events that they would normally experience with a single sense, but you can experience in a multisensory way, can be awesome. Find the combinations that make you happy - music that looks beautiful, tastes that feel interesting, images that smell nice. Find these things and indulge yourself, and to hell if people think it strange - they're either envious, or afraid, and both of those are beneath you.

Being normal is overrated. The people you'll find in your life who are truly worthy of your attachment and respect will recognize that; if they like you then they'll like *you* and not just a monotonous cardboard puppet.

But seriously... don't be so defensive and quick to assume the worst. Especially here. It's a very supportive and welcoming community. Trust me, AS doesn't leave much room for ambiguity - if someone here doesn't like you, or is offended, when they tell you it'll be blunt and straightforward.

So... anyway, welcome; if you would like to be part of this community and interact with people who understand you, please do continue to post. If this isn't the kind of response or interaction you want, then still, feel free to post - or to leave and find somewhere else more to your liking, whatever suits you.

But I can pretty much assure you you're not gonna find the kind of duplicity and double-talk you find amongst NTs. I hope you can find the path that most agrees with you.