Synesthesia

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Synesthesia occurs when people will see something and hear a certain sound or one sense triggers a reaction by another sense that is not heard/seen/etc by anyone else. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever heard of this... or if anyone was synesthetic.

For example, (I don't know if this would constitute synesthesia or not) but whenever I hear a high pitched sound, I taste metal (like a metal utensil, ie fork) in my mouth.

I'm not sure I have it.. I know what it is..But if I do have it I've had it since I can remember and therefore can't distinguish the experiences...

I don't think I have it.

Hmm...I think I might but I'm not really sure. *shrug* Maybe not...hmm...

If I do have it then it doesn't really bother me or anything.

I am. I see numeric digits and some letters of the alphabet in color all the time.

I voted no, because i was thinking more in terms of the obvious 'music-bubbling-out-the-speakers' psychedelia, but i definately get something like that and its not usually very nice - Ill see/smell washing up liquid or exhaust fumes and a moment later it feels like its in my mouth. smell/taste are sort of the same anyway so perhaps it doesnt count.

When I hear a word or sentence, I often see the letters and words in my head...

GA

How is this thread "random fun"?

To answer the question: no.

The closest I've come as of late to synesthesia are these possible seizures I'm having. Late last week when I had all the lights off before I went to bed but was in bed (very wide awake I assure you), I had a seizure and then after that I thought of something that made me sad and immediately I saw a circular red spot for a moment and then it disappeared and was followed by a specific arrangement of purple spots. They moved with my retina.

I turned my attention back to thinking instead of studying these spots. And within a few minutes I had a memory which evoked frustration and I immediately saw a different pattern of yellow spots which stayed even longer and moved with my retina.

I concluded, that if indeed I was having partial seizures (since these are of course undiagnosed atm), these seizures affected my Occipital Lobe, more specifically in the Striate Cortex-- the cells of which have strictly circular fields. The other cells of the Occipital Lobe had retangular fields. Since I've located, I think, the focus of these possible seizures within the Auditory Cortex of the Temporal Lobe (since hearing is the first symptom I seem to experience), possibly even solely in the Right Temporal Lobe, they then move very soon into the Somatosensory Cortex of the Parietal Lobe, and finally though only minorly into the Motor Cortex of the Prefrontal Lobe (this affects mostly just my left side, upper torso, especially my arm and neck).

But last week was the first time I had ever seen anything. I hope they're not getting worse.

But I've noticed that listening to music for a time, having auditory sensory input, seems to ward off a bad "seizure" since I think it starts in my Temporal Lobe Auditory Cortex. But I really can't say why that is. Perhaps a lack of sensory input after a long day of too much input is like a sudden reverse and my brain needs to be slowly settled down or it has a reaction similar to a withdrawal in seizure form. I notice this while being too long on the computer or watching too much tv right before I go to bed, and then when I do go to bed I turn off all the lights and there is almost silence. That's when the "seizures" start.

Speaking of which, I should conclude my comp time for tonight.

But the answer is still no. Though these color spots/arrangements evoked possibly by particular emotions is the closest I can imagine.

Does that mean you have it? Because I do that all the time!

I have mild chromaesthesia - I don't physically see the colours I associate with things, but I strongly associate many stimuli with colours. I thought it was normal until I explained to my friend in maths, and even I could tell it was a weird look that she gave me ...

I voted no.

more info about the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

Same here. I can close my eyes at any time and see the words I hear people speak. Usually in black and white, but sometimes in colour as well.

That would be a little hard to rule out that just being a typical ASD heavy visual thinker is the cause.

Indeed...It would be a common trait with visual thinkers, which I believe I am...

GA

i had a jumper i couldn't wear because when i touched it i could taste a metalic taste.

Yes. I have the "classic" synaesthesia of seeing colors for numbers and letters. I also see music in colors.