Synesthesia

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

As a child I was voracious reader. I would get so drawn into a book that I could smell, taste, and feel what I was reading. I would actually see people I had never met, thinking I had met them before, only to realize later that they looked like someone I had read about.

As I got older, and I got into audio books, I realized that I could smell and taste what I was hearing.

Lets jump forward to now. I am old. I have a few odd heath problems, and my congenital vision problems are slowly increasing. So at first I did not think it odd that I was noticing sudden strong odors, with no real origin. Most recognizable, some pleasant, rarely unpleasant. After this went on for a while, it began to increase, was more noticeable and started to become worrisome.

Well nothing to worry about. It was diagnosed as Synesthesia.

My brain generates smells out of nowhere, just because I see something or I hear it spoken of. It comes and goes. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it, but I have learned to identify the source fairly quickly. See an ad for brownies, and the aroma of brownies will surround me. I don't have to see them. I could be in another room and here the word brownies, and I smell them.

Laughing. Just sitting here writing about brownies and the smell is so strong, it is amazing to me that no one else can smell them. As quirky as this may sound, it is not that rare. Wondering if any of my fellow rogues, have this quirk.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

@NightskyeB4Dawn- I had to look that up. About 1% to 4% of people are thought to have some form of synesthesia and that women are more likely to become synesthetes than men.

Lexical-gustatory synesthesia is apparently the rarest. Certain words or sounds evoke different tastes.

WebMD says nothing to worry about, health-wise.

I forgot who, but they been working on a program to send 'smells' via your smartphone. I guess all part of the plan to re-program society.

I guess you should block all ads and chuck the tv out the window!

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

@NightskyeB4Dawn- I had to look that up. About 1% to 4% of people are thought to have some form of synesthesia and that women are more likely to become synesthetes than men.

Lexical-gustatory synesthesia is apparently the rarest. Certain words or sounds evoke different tastes.

WebMD says nothing to worry about, health-wise.

I forgot who, but they been working on a program to send 'smells' via your smartphone. I guess all part of the plan to re-program society.

I guess you should block all ads and chuck the tv out the window! 

Rarely watch TV chucking ads won't help because, all it take is someone to say the right word. Say you love the smell of jasmine, and I will smell jasmine. Say you burned your toast, I will smell burnt toast.

It doesn't happen all the time, but enough for it to be annoying. At least I don't worry about it anymore, and sometimes it is downright funny.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

@NightskyeB4Dawn- I had to look that up. About 1% to 4% of people are thought to have some form of synesthesia and that women are more likely to become synesthetes than men.



Lexical-gustatory synesthesia is apparently the rarest. Certain words or sounds evoke different tastes.



WebMD says nothing to worry about, health-wise.

I don't have a true form of lexical-gustatory synesthesia. I don't have color synesthesia either. My brain is only triggered to smells associated with the actual item traditionally associated with the smell.

My brain does not generate smells to random words. If I read the word couch or hear it spoken, I am not likely to smell anything. If I read the word fish, or hear the word fish, I am likely to smell fish.

My condition is due partially to strong perception and due to an issue with my pituitary gland.\

[FlyingClayDisk]

Good grief!  I just hope someone doesn't say..."Antelope guts" !!!!

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

Good grief!  I just hope someone doesn't say..."Antelope guts" !!!!

Thank goodness that didn't trigger anything but a laugh. Just what I needed after this crazy night.