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I've suspected for a while I might have _very_ low grade synesthesia. Almost nothing triggers it, but for certain types of white wine, I can't describe the tast

I've suspected for a while I might have _very_ low grade synesthesia. Almost nothing triggers it, but for certain types of white wine, I can't describe the taste as anything other than blue, and my mind fills with that colour (something close to #349beb; I don't see it per se, but it somehow feels like more than just imagining it). 5s also often feel like they should be red, but I suspect that's just an association I've picked up from somewhere, as I don't actually perceive them as that.

in3d 6y ago
One example of low-grade synesthesia that many people have is when you ask them what shade is deep, distant rumble of thunder (without seeing the lightning strike). Almost everyone will say that it’s dark despite the association with very bright lightning.
- rpmisms 6y ago
  Yeah, it's a steely gray, like the clouds it seems to boom from. Isn't that more of an evolutionary trait than a unique disorder/neurodiverse trait? Seems like grey = loud sounds = fear would increase survivability. Synesthesia is typically diagnosed as a seemingly illogical pairing between different sensory experiences. Thunder being a dark color is logical.
  - in3d 6y ago
    I don’t know the reason for it but when I experience audio -> visual synesthesia, the lower sounds are invariably darker than higher sounds.
    - rpmisms 6y ago
      I would imagine that our body subconsciously pairs amplitude and frequency. BRB, gonna go re-read my entire Oliver Sacks collection.
throwaway_jobs 6y ago
This kind of reminds me of my brother. Carrabbas (an Italian chain restaurant) brings out their bread with a small plate of herbs/olive oil for dipping the bread...and from the time we were kids he loved it and always described it as tasting like “Christmas”. One might think this is just an association of flavors, but he never associated any particular foods from Christmas with the herbs but to him is tasted like the actual holiday.
skykooler 6y ago
I only recently learned that associating pain with colors was a form of synesthesia (for me, the pain from a stubbed toe is a blue pain, a cut is an orange pain, something getting under your fingernail is a green pain).

in3d 6y ago

One example of low-grade synesthesia that many people have is when you ask them what shade is deep, distant rumble of thunder (without seeing the lightning strike). Almost everyone will say that it’s dark despite the association with very bright lightning.

rpmisms 6y ago
Yeah, it's a steely gray, like the clouds it seems to boom from. Isn't that more of an evolutionary trait than a unique disorder/neurodiverse trait? Seems like grey = loud sounds = fear would increase survivability. Synesthesia is typically diagnosed as a seemingly illogical pairing between different sensory experiences. Thunder being a dark color is logical.
- in3d 6y ago
  I don’t know the reason for it but when I experience audio -> visual synesthesia, the lower sounds are invariably darker than higher sounds.
  - rpmisms 6y ago
    I would imagine that our body subconsciously pairs amplitude and frequency. BRB, gonna go re-read my entire Oliver Sacks collection.

throwaway_jobs 6y ago

This kind of reminds me of my brother. Carrabbas (an Italian chain restaurant) brings out their bread with a small plate of herbs/olive oil for dipping the bread...and from the time we were kids he loved it and always described it as tasting like “Christmas”. One might think this is just an association of flavors, but he never associated any particular foods from Christmas with the herbs but to him is tasted like the actual holiday.

skykooler 6y ago

I only recently learned that associating pain with colors was a form of synesthesia (for me, the pain from a stubbed toe is a blue pain, a cut is an orange pain, something getting under your fingernail is a green pain).