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You lucky, lucky person! I associate music and other things with letters, numbers, and words with colours, but I don't actually have synaesthesia.
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I do, too! (Your color for "d" is the same as mine!)
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I actually wish I had this, it would be really awesome! In my head, I do actually associate specific letters and numbers with a particular colour, and when I visualize them in my head they're always that colour, but I can't physically see it, which makes me think I don't actually have it. I do the same thing with words; for example, in my head, the word "dog" is always yellow and the word "is" is always a specific shade of blue.
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dear ST,
i have it to 
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sometimes i wish i had that. i mean, i think of letters as having colors, but i know it's not the same, and i'd love to experience the real thing.
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I had no idea what that was, but then I googled it and apparently I actually have a form of it! I've always linked numbers and some other things (like school subjects) with colours, but I didn't know it was a condition!
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This is the one where your senses are all confused so you can "smell colors" or "hear shapes" right? I've always wanted this. It's so unbelievably cool. You're very lucky. I'd be proud to have something as unique as that.
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I've always thought of synesthesia as some sort of magical power, and wished I had it. I personify objects a lot and used to think of numbers as having personalities, so I may have a very mild form of this. I would love to have it in certain forms, though, it sounds wonderful.
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Wow, that must be so interesting! Strange as it sounds, I would love to have that. Enjoy it!
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I do too~!
It's so weird how mine works, though...
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Wow, that's pretty crazy 
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I'd imagine for you ST...
That the first line wouldn't look any different than the second
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I wonder what type of synesthesia you have. It's a really interesting thing to have, I just wish there were more studies made about it so I could understand better.
I'm glad you love it
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Wow wow wow you're so lucky!
I know you won't answer this, but is it confusing for you to pick font colours? I mean, wouldn't they just change when you look at them?
(Probably none of this comment made sense. I'm rather tired at the moment XD)
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With synesthesia, the flavors or colors or anything doesn't change with each word or number or whatever.
For example, I have sound/taste synesthesia, and words make me think of flavors. For me, the word good is the flavor of salted avocados, and it has been ever since I could remember. The connections don't exactly change.
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I know, but I read somewhere that the way one person with Synaesthesia saw the colours, was that when they were reading, only the words they were looking at and the words around them would be in colour. So, for example, if they were reading this sentence and reading the following word, 'owl,' they would see the word owl and most surrounding words in their colours, while everything else outside of their focus would remain the original text colour.
(Don't quote me on that though, I read about Synaesthesia a while ago now XD) I hope I didn't misunderstand what you were trying to say.
orz for some reason I only just read your second sentence, even though it's right under the other one. I'm afraid I'm very tired right now @_@
So if you have sound/taste, does that mean that you can only taste words if they're spoken aloud? What happens when you listen to really fast singing or other languages? :>
(I'm sorry for the long comment and questions, I'm really curious DX)
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Feel free to ask as many questions as you'd like; I love talking/writing about my synesthesia. That's one of the only things I like about it... I guess it's cool saying that I can "taste words," but really all it does is make me crave food.
Singing barely affects me; it seems it only works in speaking or reading. I can taste separate flavors within sentences, too.
The strange thing is there is only ONE phrase that makes me think of a single flavor.
"I think so."
For some reason, that's the flavor of cherry tomatoes while the separate words are completely different.
I = Peanut butter and jelly
think = hot dogs (even though I'm a vegetarian)
so = soy milk
I think so = cherry tomatoes
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I don't have synesthesia, but I don't think it's so much that when they look at a word the actual letters on the page are different colours, but rather that they associate in their minds a certain colour with each letter.
My friend's mom ha that sort of synesthesia, and she mostly just complains that billboards or things like that made words "the wrong colour". So it's not like they don't see font colours.
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I has it.
It's so hard to explain to people sometimes
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I must say I envy people with this. It must be like being on acid safely!!!
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I wish I did. I think, for a visual artist, synesthesia must be a good thing
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You're incredibly lucky
I just get chills when I hear certain music, like when I hear an orchestra I feel like flying. But to be able to actually taste or see music would be the best thing that could ever happen to me.
ST, you are a lucky one, and I hope that you're happy
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I see shapes and colours in music
Totally right - synaesthesia is awesome!!! But not when you're in an exam and the guy on the computer behind you is typing SOOO hard that you can't think for all the little white dots appearing in your vision Β¬_Β¬
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Oh hai.
Wow, that exam thing sounds really annoying. XD XD Poor you.
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I HAVE IT TOO!
And so does my best friend. We have arguments that last hours over what color/flavor a sound is O_o
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I told my dad once that when I imagine numbers and letters in my head they were different colours. But as words I see what they describe rather than the word written down. He thought that it was amazing. I had no idea why
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That sounds really interesting, ST!
As a writer, I think it would be pretty fun to taste my words... maybe it would be easier to put good sentences together. Hmm... don't like the taste of this one, lets try these words.
I'm really glad you love it!
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i just wrote a paper on this XD
it seems epic, but again it also seems annoying for those who don't want to embrace it....
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I wonder which form... my friend has one where music gets colours
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o.o That would be so magical.
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~After reading A Mango Shaped Space and meeting a girl with synesthesia, I wanted it.
So bad.
Alas, some of us are just SO unfortunate.
LOL. I hope you're reeaaalllyyyy happy.
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this is actually a really fascinating thing to have in your 'possession' I've always been intrigued by it, and have even 'wished' to have it... though, i do have mental disorders i'd prefer not to have (bipolar for instance). i can see keeping it a secret, but damn, it is really cool too
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You...have just inspired me. Thank you!
It does sound cool, to be honest. We're glad you're happy
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I would LOVE to have that~!! It's wonderful that you love having it~
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This is one of the few mental affections I wish I was born with. And I'm happy for you that you enjoy it. 
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Wow, that's really interesting! As a mental condition, I'm glad you enjoy it! :')
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Wow... ST, if you love it, that's great! I love hearing about synaesthesia. It's a very interesting thing. Although some people dislike it, I think that it should be classed as a talent to be admired
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I have it, and I used to love it. But now I really wish there was a cure for it. My synesthesia is very intense and is sometimes overwhelming. I miss being able to look at the sky without it being distorted by colors. I hate being treated like a freak just because I'm the only one in my small town that has it.
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Did the sky look different before?
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