Many times in life, we hide things that we don't want others to know about. We do it because we're afraid, because we're embarrassed and sometimes because we want things to ourselves. But now I realize that there isn't anything to be afraid or embarrassed about with this gift I've been given.
I have a mental ability called synesthesia.
I have a mental ability called synesthesia.
It's basically where when I see or hear things like colors or letters or sounds or names or words I associate it a color or letter to match. Like a is red and m is turquoise and x is gray and z is purple.
The reason that I've been so afraid to announce it is because in preschool I told the kids about my colors and they called me a freak. My close friends and my history class know, but today is the day that I officially announce being synesthesic.
I really love my colors and I'm glad that I have them. I get mad when people call it a disease because it's not. It's an ability. One of my favorite quotes is by Sylvia Plath who said "the colors that exsist inside your mind cannot exsist in real life." which is true. Not everyone sees what I see and not everyone understands it. But I embrace my colors. I have them for a reason, I just don't knownit yet.
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maggie
This is going to sound weird but I'm so jealous of you. I think synesthesia is so interesting and, since reading about it, I've wanted to experience it. I think there's something incredible about seeing the world differently than most everyone else.
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-Alyssa
Wow! I've had this for as long as I remember too, 3 is green, 4 is orangey-red, etc etc. I didn't think anything of it. I told my boyfriend about it once and he looked at me like I was crazy hahah and I honestly thought it was normal :o Thanks for this post!
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