tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982279215501434111.post7321359103117011963..comments2024-02-26T00:39:52.966-08:00Comments on Martin Snapp: Seeing DifferentlyMartin Snapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569395652952859388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982279215501434111.post-36518186991966374842011-09-03T12:17:02.408-07:002011-09-03T12:17:02.408-07:00I have spatial synesthesia. Months of the year and...I have spatial synesthesia. Months of the year and days of the week form in these specific "places". The months of the year are much like a block-print C, with January being at the bottom opening and then the rest of the months next to it, moving upward. The last four months are at the top section of the C. After December 31 there is this black space signifying the end of the year. The next day, the C starts over at January 1. Weeks move in the opposite direction, and it's more like a chain link. Monday is at the top, and then the rest of the weeks move left, or counter-clockwise. Saturday is before the break in the chain. Sunday is after.Arlene Gosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609732805712219617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982279215501434111.post-31663453042927349712011-08-23T21:25:28.923-07:002011-08-23T21:25:28.923-07:00I too had synesthesia when I was growing up. Each ...I too had synesthesia when I was growing up. Each number had a color as did each letter. I never talked about it and never heard of anyone else having it. Then I read a newspaper article about it and saw that sometimes it is hereditary. I asked my grown sons (twins) and they both have it! They see numbers and letters in color but not they same colors as I do.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285497088961858177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982279215501434111.post-11229644483563345352011-08-19T18:38:07.678-07:002011-08-19T18:38:07.678-07:00You asked to hear from readers with synesthesia. ...You asked to hear from readers with synesthesia. For most of my life I could "see" sudden noises, especially if my eyes were closed. Like lightning bolts, they would shoot (in color or in white) across my visual field. Imagine the colors when the dentist was drilling! As a young adult, I was surprised to learn (when it occurred to me to inquire) that this happened to no one else I knew As an adult, I researched this phenomenon, and read that it was part of the limbic (primitive) brain, which I found particularly fascinating. I realized about fifteen years ago (I am now in my mid-sixties) that this was fading away. I wonder if this is true for other synesthesiasts -- if their synesthesia diminishes in post-middle-age. Richelle Jacobs, Oakland, CARichellenoreply@blogger.com