• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    Synesthesia. I can see music. It’s fun.

    Also, being resistant to pain killers. Not so fun (takes ages to get drunk, and I woke up 3 times during a surgery)

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      5 months ago

      Are there any music pieces that are your favorite because of synesthesia? Or pieces that you couldn’t enjoy because of it?
      I’d also imagine that watching movies must be a very different experience for you too haha.

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        I prefer music without vocals. Not sure if the Synesthesia is the cause. But my Synesthesia doesn’t trigger on voices, which is an interesting way of showing that speech and sounds are processed differently in the brain.

        The only way that voices trigger my synesthesia is when I can’t speak the language and it’s all just “gibberish noise” for me

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      5 months ago

      Being resistant to pain killers and anesthesia is a bitch… Drinking is indeed no fun and very expensive, I also woke up multiple times during various surgeries. Also, dentistry is also a major bitch…

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      I have the annoying kind of synesthesia that’s more of a sidecar to OCD. People are hues. It’s even more frustrating that I can’t remember names, and I clearly can’t use that as a reference to another person without coming off as a whackadoodle.

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      5 months ago

      That’s kind of cool, what does music look like to you? I assume it depends on the genre. What’s your favourite?