Characterized by senses essentially overlapping (i.e. hearing and vision, or hearing and taste), here's what to know about synesthesia, signs of a synesthete, and a test to find out if you have it yourself. 🧠
, tells mbg, synesthesia is ultimately the sensory perception of experiencing a"crossing over" of your senses."Certain words might elicit something within an individual that really has nothing to do with the word," he says for example, such as someone hearing the word"bounce" and"Synesthetes can often 'see' music as colors when they hear it, and 'taste' textures like 'round' or 'pointy' when they eat foods.
It's also significantly"Synesthesia is not considered a disease, nor is it associated with a higher rate of mental disorders," she explains, adding "Books and articles in the past have eluded to synesthesia being related to mental health disease, but research shows that there is no correlation between synesthesia and schizophrenia, psychosis, addiction, or any other mental health disease." There's also no clinical diagnosis for synesthesia.
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