Recent content by kchiki

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    Medical Synesthesia, some people perceive individual symbols, characters, numbers

    That's very interesting, what! I have what I consider a large amount of yellow in my graphemes and weekdays as well. I have 5 letters of various shades of yellow, 3 numbers and 2 weekdays. None of them are exactly the same shade. I'm going to have to think back and try to remember if I have any...
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    Medical Synesthesia, some people perceive individual symbols, characters, numbers

    That's an interesting thought! I haven't asked my son yet what color "A" is but may ask him to see how long he considers an answer. If he comes up with a color, I'm definitely open to letting him use that color to draw it out and practice.
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    Musical Chills: Do You Experience Them?

    Rhody asked me to look into this thread because of my posts in the Synesthesia thread. I too get musical chills. Very much so! Just a few examples of the music that really affects me are; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zJ0yVSSvE" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtz8TmL1j_w" (Both...
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    Medical Synesthesia, some people perceive individual symbols, characters, numbers

    The all-knowing, all-seeing Google, heh. :wink: It is a real physical sensation on my skin, akin to goosebumps, chills, etc. So colors are only in my mind's eye but sounds are a very real physical sensation. Strange, huh? I just got ahold of my younger sister and she associates colors with...
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    Medical Synesthesia, some people perceive individual symbols, characters, numbers

    I'm not sure how else to explain it other than what I previously posted; To further elaborate, harsh sounds feel like sand or grit peppering my skin from the direction of the sound. Some softer sounds are more like a very mild tingle, always from the direction of the sound. Another...
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    Medical Synesthesia, some people perceive individual symbols, characters, numbers

    I've been reading through this thread and definitely don't want to derail any conversation about MadHatter's experiences with vision, etc. But this forum has the most recent posts of any I've found about synesthesia and honestly, has the best scientific approach to mapping it out and...