How to Tell if You Have Synesthesia
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Does Ode to Joy sound scarlet and gold, and are you convinced that Mondays are bright green? If so, you may have a rare condition called synesthesia.
[edit] Steps
- Do you choose what the colors are? If you do, you don't have synesthesia.
- If an E note sounds blue, it will always sound blue. If it changes to red, for example, then you don't have synesthesia.
- People who have synesthesia typically see the colors outside of their bodies. Occasionally, they see them in their mind's eye.
- Synesthesia doesn't just involve colored letters or sounds. You can smell and taste colors. Some people taste things when they hear noise or read, for example.
[edit] Tips
- Synesthesia is when any of the senses cross in the brain. It mostly occurs in lefties or ambidextrous females.
[edit] Warnings
- Others may think that you are crazy if you tell them. Describe your symptoms to a neurologist if you think you have synesthesia.
