Josh= marshmallow cream (1348 hits)
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Submitted by Holly Taylor <munkimoon.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-05-08 18:46:55 EDT
I was wondering if any of you have ever heard of synesthesia. Well?
I'll explain. I recently found out that I'm not the only one with this disorder. Not that is disables me to do anything, but it's not "normal."
Synesthesia: Syn- more than one at a time, esthesia- feeling or sensation. It's the opposite of anesthesia, which is the absence of feeling. Anyway, the sound of a word being spoken triggers a second sense. In my case, a word will trigger my taste and smell. This makes me think of a particular food according to the word.
Some people have said, "You just think of that food because it SOUNDS like the word." Sometimes, yes. Like, "bed" makes me think of jelly bread. They sound alike, bed/ bread. But then how am I supposed to explain:
room: scalloped potatoes
desk: garlic bread
light: lemonade
or more specific things like: (I swear I'm not making this up)
Josh: eating marshmallow cream from a platic spoon
Brian: a very dry biscuit
clap: a Snackwells Devil's food cake cookie
word: Golden Grahams cereal that's been in milk for a while, but not totally mushy
know: balogna and cheese sandwich with ketchup
no: spaghetti o's
it doesn't work in reverse
scalloped potatoes: ?
What I'm wondering is what other variations are out there, if anyone has the same type of thing, and if anyone knows any more about it. Also, I'd be happy to give you your name=food upon request; I get that a lot. I'm really hungry now.
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Submitted by Chazzy (user info) at 2005-08-05 06:53:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-01-24 06:07:46 (#)
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This was fuckin random.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-08-05 06:44:44 EDT (#)
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Fascinating. My cousin has this, but it's a sound/visual thing. For example he'll hear a note in a piece of music and see a waterfall of mist. He's never mentioned a taste thing.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-08-05 06:15:56 EDT (#)
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That is fucking eerie.
I'll say, about a piece of very good writing, "The words taste good in my mouth when i read it aloud" but this is just left field.
What do Cadence, Imogen, Seth, and Lynda do?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-08-05 01:56:45 EDT (#)
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Haha.. rad, you naughty little biscuit, you.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-08-05 01:35:32 EDT (#)
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WHY DID I SAY THAT
that was stupid
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-08-05 01:06:18 EDT (#)
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I taste really good if you put some jelly on me.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2005-04-14 03:26:39 EDT (#)
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wow.
hmmm, for dinner i would like sally with cupboard, on r2 d2.
Tasty
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-01-24 06:07:46 EST (#)
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This was fuckin random.
Submitted by Uzi (user info) at 2005-01-24 05:52:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by yodaddy <howbout.at.demseats.com> at 2004-08-17 20:25:40 EDT (#)
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What does blyth bring mind? long hard thick...yeah i occasionally read your shit, youre still crazy
Submitted by JinkyWilliams (user info) at 2004-07-02 15:06:31 EDT (#)
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Awesome!
I did my main paper/report in my college psychology class on synesthesia. I've been fascinated with it for years.
I've thought it would be awesome if one of my kids would have it.
So, do you have any other senses involved? I read that one person saw golden balls falling about 3 feet in front of him when he heard Mozart; another stated that when they tasted mint they felt cool, smooth round columns. There's also an account of someone seeing little blue cubes rising from the phone when it rang. Sounds awesome. I've read that it really helps memory, because you have more of your senses involved. Instead of "Chris" being just a name, it's a name plus a green blob. Some people can't even remember names because the image is so intense.
That said, what does "Jinky Williams" bring up? How about "Chris"?
Ohhh and what does the alphabet look like?
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I've heard each person affected by synesthesia generally has their own color code.
I'd love to discuss this in more detail. If you're interested, drop me a line at jinkywilliams.at.hotmail.com
Stay orange.
--JW
Submitted by glasscpp (user info) at 2004-07-02 14:26:56 EDT (#)
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"Josh: eating marshmallow cream from a platic spoon "
Oh boy, ya know my name is Josh. So what's that say about me....?
cheers,
glasscpp
Submitted by Fixer (user info) at 2004-05-10 02:02:56 EDT (#)
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Thanks for ruining my appitite with the Snackwell's cookies. Those things are garbage best used for floor hockey.
Interesting feelings, though I don't share them.
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-05-09 23:13:03 EDT (#)
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How about this sentence: KoolMang and DraconianKing lick bums while listening to porno music.
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-05-09 23:06:41 EDT (#)
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Dorothy
Jacob
Eric
What foods are those?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2004-05-09 22:47:58 EDT (#)
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Kristen: celery with peanut butter
veiny: water that has a strong iron taste
cock: hard boiled egg yolk
fetish: pimento cheese spread
Thank you, everyone, for your help!
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2004-05-09 00:01:01 EDT (#)
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Synesthesia is a process, not a disorder. More intense synethesia, or synethesia you are actively aware of might be.
Everyone does this to some extent. It's about making psychological connections with other things from sensation. It also works negatively...for instance, I bet everyone can name something that they do not eat, ever, based on a bad experience with it earlier in their lives. I don't eat asparagus because one time when I was about 6 or 7, I got sick immediately after eating it and threw up. Most people have some experience similar to that, even if the food or smell wasn't the direct reason they were sick. Your mind draws a line between the sensation and the effect or mental stigma attached to the trauma.
For more reading on it, pick up Diane Ackerman's "A Natural History of the Senses"....her prose is a little bit much, but she does talk about synethesia.
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-05-08 21:26:12 EDT (#)
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On another note, you have got to be the skinniest person ever. It must be great to control cravings just by saying different words over and over again. Do any different words give you the same taste?
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-05-08 21:24:54 EDT (#)
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Kristen...?
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2004-05-08 21:11:59 EDT (#)
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Veiny cock=?
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-05-08 21:06:53 EDT (#)
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Fetish = what?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2004-05-08 21:03:05 EDT (#)
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William: Grilled hamburger with all the toppings- most specifically pickle and bbq sauce
Liam: Chipped beef gravy on toast
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2004-05-08 20:59:20 EDT (#)
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Does Liam or William trigger anything?
This is a little different, but sort of related, whenever I get a really strong wiff of chlorine, like around an indoor pool with poor air circulation, I really crave french fries.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2004-05-08 19:47:13 EDT (#)
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Johnny Boy, no I can't really separate them:
Johnny: have you ever accidentally gotten sunscreen or conditioner in your mouth?
Boy: carrot cake with lots of cream cheese icing
Submitted by My_dixie_wrecked (user info) at 2004-05-08 19:05:07 EDT (#)
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What do you think of when you hear Johnny Boy? You can seperate into two words (that is to say two bowls of almost soggy golden grahams cereal) if you have to.
Submitted by Rixes (user info) at 2004-05-08 19:03:45 EDT (#)
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So what sound triggers you to eat a dick?
Submitted by Burn (user info) at 2004-05-08 19:03:28 EDT (#)
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dude thats pretty freaky lol.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-05-08 18:50:23 EDT (#)
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I get green and orange mixed up. I'm not sure if that has any similarity to your little issue... but, I'll say, "boy the grass is really orange today", and get a weird look... in my HEAD I said the right thing, but the wrong color comes out of my mouth.
Or, if someone has an orange shirt on, and the next day they say, "what color was my shirt yesterday?", I'll say Green.
It's only with these two colors. They LOOK different to me, but I always think of one, and say the other... or my memory switches them.