This page contains all the readers’ comments on the “Sensations and mixed concurrents” article, received since 2022.
Comment by: Anonymous. April 5, 2022 at 7:57 PM
I know that, if i have synesthesia, it is likely an
associative type. I have described a back pain i had as “sharp in the way a
brass bell sounds” but i also associated it with the color of brass. Similarly,
if i can taste cologne on the air (a phenomenon that occurred frequently in
high school) i found myself associating it with a steel color (about the color
of the blade steel reaper miniature paint, but more shiny), as well as with the
voice of my high-school principal (high-pitched and scratchy) speaking into a
really bad mic like this one: https://youtu.be/jfbKJy_ZuIU. If i understand
correctly, the type of synesthesia in this article covers multiple concurrent
associated stimuli. Would I be correct to assume that I involuntarily associate
unpleasant physical stimulus with both sound, shape and color?
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). April 10,
2022 at 10:33 PM
Hi! Your description of your reactions is very
"synesthetic", i.e. the colours are very specific, and if you have
more concurrents of this type and not just these few then personally I would
definitely say you have synesthesia, yes. If you find you only get these
concurrents with unpleasant stimuli, then emotion might come into it, so what
you perceive synesthetically is caused by the particular emotion you feel,
regardless of whether it's a taste-on-the-air, sound or something else that has
caused you to feel that emotion. So you would be right with what you say. That
would mean you probably have more concurrents of this type with other
emotions... but perhaps you only notice it when it's something you feel very
strongly, and your concurrents for other milder types of emotions go unnoticed,
or you'd need to focus on them to really notice. On the other hand, if
different types of physical pain cause you to perceive different colours,
shapes or sounds, then you would have pain-colour, pain-shape and pain-sound
synesthesia. But probably the multi-concurrent type that is described on this
page fits in well with your case!
Comment by: Anonymous. July 29, 2023 at 9:14 PM
I'm wondering if I have this type. When I think of a concept
like months, days, colors, and etc., or even just look at an object, a pattern,
or a landscape, I experience a certain 'feeling'. For example, Monday is dark
blue. When I think about it, I feel two walls on either side of me (like a wide
alley) and I know it extends forward a short distance but I can't see it
because there're mist-like clouds blocking the 'alley'. For some reason, it
also gets a little harder for me to breathe. I don't physically see an alley or
any clouds, but I somehow know they're there. It's strange...
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). August 6,
2023 at 9:27 PM
Hi! Yes, I think so. If they are in response to an item in a
learned sequence of concepts like time units, as you mention with the days and
months, and particularly if a strong feeling of a colour or colours is
involved, and if the responses are consistent each time and don’t change. For
some synesthetes the colours perceived can also be accompanied by other
consistent feelings, or perhaps textures, shapes, or sensations of images,
movements or certain atmospheres that could resemble something like a fictitious
but consistent place.
On the page on Images as a synesthetic concurrent:
https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/2021/03/figurative-images-as-synesthetic.html
you can see some examples of something similar to your
sensations of a place and objects for Monday, which you might like to read
about.
I don’t think I have any other examples of this with time
units yet on the Tree, actually I would quite like to include your example on
one of the pages, is that OK by you?
What about the other days or months? It would be interesting
to hear about some more of your perceptions!
Months, days and colours are typical synesthetic inducers,
but objects, patterns and landscapes are not usually considered to induce
synesthesia. Perhaps these things are suggesting something else to you that
might be an inducer – colours or shapes maybe? – or perhaps you’ve just made an
association with some things along the way. It would be interesting to hear
more about them!
Reply by: Anonymous. August 16, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Yes, you may use my example if you want. =)
Some more of my perceptions:
Wednesday is red and feels like agitation and nervousness.
It's a fuzzy carpet a few feet in front of me. I can just barely reach it with
my fingers.
Sunday is white and smooth like marble. It's just a solid
'wall' with a slight curve. The 'feeling' is cold and there's something else I
can't quite describe . . .
May is teal/aquamarine and has a texture like water. It's
like I'm looking into a pool but I can only see the surface. This one's strange
because nothing 'watery' actually happens in May (I don't go to the pool or the
beach or anything in May).
August is warm and a really bold red-orange color. The
consistensy is slightly less viscuous than honey and it feels like there are
'waves' rippling through the air toward me.
As for the objects, patterns, and landscapes, maybe the
vibes do have something to do with colors or shapes. I'll have to monitor it
more, haha. Thanks for your help!
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). September 9,
2023 at 12:14 PM
I've added your interesting example to the page on Time
units-colour.
https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/2021/02/time-units-colour.html
I think it makes a great addition. Thank you!
Comment by: Anonymous. November 16, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Hi... I wonder if my experience counts as a kind of
synaesthesia or if it's just that I'm plain strange. Certain words or phrases,
or concepts, make me feel funny. The one I've known for longest is the
"fairy/bull thing". If I think about a delicate fairy next to a big
heavy bull, I feel weird. Physically it sort of makes my teeth itch and my
mouth feels small, and I can feel it in my back. It's the same feeling as if
someone is staring at you. Or close to the icky feeling I get from trypophobia.
If I imagine the tiny fairy talking in a bull voice, it gets worse. I don't
really see colours for days or anything like that, it's just a few words or
mental images that provoke this sensation.
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). November 26,
2023 at 3:34 PM
Hi! Very interesting what you describe, but your experience
doesn't fit the description of any type of synesthesia.
Comment by: Anonymous. March 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I believe I may have this type? Everything, and I truly do
mean EVERYTHING has a certain feeling or vibe as described here, and some
feelings have certain emotions associated with them, be it good, or bad, or
nostalgic, or love, or hate... Every single one of my senses has a certain
indescribable feeling... I recently wrote a good analogy for this, however,
keep in mind it's all figurative:
"you know how flavors are sometimes standalone, but if
you combine them with other flavors, it makes a different flavor, but you're
still able to identify the standalone flavors?
well, that's how it feels like
everything i see, everything i hear, everything i smell
even sense
has a certain feeling to it
like vanilla ice cream for example, you're able to taste the
vanilla, and you're able to taste the cream
but like together, it makes a new flavor"
it's rather strange, and I do believe what I have is awfully
rare as it's always only two wires that are crossed, but for me it's everything
but I like it... I like these feelings and I enjoy how the people I like have
good feelings associated with them as I talk with them...
if you'd like to discuss this more, my discord is at
".blocky." since i do believe i may have something rare worth
discussing, but if not feel free to add my experience here as this is the best
description of what I have!
Comment by: Anonymous. March 9, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I’m not sure what I could have if anything. Almost
everything or maybe everything has a sense attached to it for me. Names
especially. Sometimes it makes no sense why it feels that way to me while other
times I can draw lines as to why I feel that way. Except for it’s not always a
sense.. sometimes it’s an action. Like my name makes me think of when someone
cuts cheese using a cheese cutter ??? Like what? It’s not like I’m a cheese
enthusiast or anything. Totally random.
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