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Comment by: Anonymous. June 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
When I see the color yellow I taste and smell high fructose
corn syrup if it had lemon juice in it, green is sour, blue smells like
raspberry, and I see colors or feel sound when people speak or sing is that
synesthesia or normal? I’m 19 btw I feel like I would’ve known earlier if other
ppl didn’t have that
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). June 11,
2024 at 7:58 PM
Yes, from what you describe it sounds like you probably do
have synesthesia. You could look at the pages on colour-to-smell synesthesia,
colour-to-taste synesthesia and voice-to-colour synesthesia and see what you
think:
https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/2021/02/colour-to-taste-synesthesia.html
https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/2021/03/voice-colour-and-voice-shape.html
Comment by: Anonymous. February 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Recently I have been tasting what I am smelling. While
looking up info I found synesthesia. Is this what I am experiencing ?
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). March 1,
2025 at 3:55 PM
Hi! No, that wouldn't be considered synesthesia.
Comment by: Anonymous. April 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't smell what I'm eating. I think I may have
synesthesia brought on by puberty. Recently, I ate a piece of buttery toast and
smelled laundry detergent. This has happened several times in the last week or
so. No clue what's going on, thought you may know?
Reply by: Pau (The Synesthesia Tree author). April 20,
2025 at 9:10 AM
Hi! I can’t tell you for certain, but I can tell you that
this isn't synesthesia. It seems like some kind of parosmia (when one thing
smells of another) or phantosmia (if the smells just come out of nowhere).
There are numerous reasons why those can occur from time to time and hormonal
unbalances is one of them, so going through puberty might perhaps be a reason,
as you say. I think if it’s just an occasional thing or doesn’t last too long
it wouldn’t be anything to worry about. I’m not an expert in this area of
course. If it became overwhelming or you noted that it wasn’t going away, in
that case maybe your doctor could help get you a diagnosis.
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