I Have Synesthesia
For as long as I can remember, i have seen numbers in my head. As in, every time I think of numbers, I actually SEE them all, sitting in front of me, in the same shape every time. I also see years, months, and weeks in a specific order. I thought everybody saw things this way, until recently.
The number line for me is straight, left to right, from 0 to 9. when it hits ten, it starts going up slanted, as if on a hill. When it hits 21, it curves toward the left, and curves every ten numbers until 100. When it hits 101, it goes slanted up like 10-20 does, except it never curves after that, and the higher numbers are blurry until I look at them closely.
My years go slanted up from left to right, like a ladder. I see clearly from around 1985 to 2015 or so, and anything higher or lower is blurry until I look closer.
My months are in the shape of a backwards "c". January is on top, and February is next to it. March starts the curve downward, and the rest of the months are straight down until November and December, which are parallel to January and February.
I see days in two week blocks. It's like a calendar. However, when i look at next week, the perspective shifts, and I look at it backwards. So instead of being straight left to right, the next week is from right to left, backwards, and if it's Saturday, it's like i'm actually standing on Saturday.
(I also have an extremely mild from of the personality type synesthesia. The only thing I attribute a personality to is the number three. I instinctively hate it, and I simply think it's a crabby crybaby. Also, I just discovered something called "Ticker tape" or something, where things are spelled out in your head? A lot of the time my mind automatically converts thoughts into physical words, though I'm not sure if that's synesthesia, or just the way I think.)
Anyone out there like me?
The number line for me is straight, left to right, from 0 to 9. when it hits ten, it starts going up slanted, as if on a hill. When it hits 21, it curves toward the left, and curves every ten numbers until 100. When it hits 101, it goes slanted up like 10-20 does, except it never curves after that, and the higher numbers are blurry until I look at them closely.
My years go slanted up from left to right, like a ladder. I see clearly from around 1985 to 2015 or so, and anything higher or lower is blurry until I look closer.
My months are in the shape of a backwards "c". January is on top, and February is next to it. March starts the curve downward, and the rest of the months are straight down until November and December, which are parallel to January and February.
I see days in two week blocks. It's like a calendar. However, when i look at next week, the perspective shifts, and I look at it backwards. So instead of being straight left to right, the next week is from right to left, backwards, and if it's Saturday, it's like i'm actually standing on Saturday.
(I also have an extremely mild from of the personality type synesthesia. The only thing I attribute a personality to is the number three. I instinctively hate it, and I simply think it's a crabby crybaby. Also, I just discovered something called "Ticker tape" or something, where things are spelled out in your head? A lot of the time my mind automatically converts thoughts into physical words, though I'm not sure if that's synesthesia, or just the way I think.)
Anyone out there like me?
By:
jax93a
Age:
16-17
