Today I saw a documentary on television about synesthesia.
Synesthesia is like seeing images when you listen to music (which almost everyone has - I guess), but much stronger. People can smell sound, feel colors etc. Like the different senses are not that different at all.
The documentary was partly in Dutch, but most of it was in English. So interesting to others too The realvideo is not up yet, but I will post the url as soon as it is…
Anyway,
This gives an interesting viewpoint on how we construct reality in our brains and thus on dreaming.
From what I’ve read it doesn’t seem to be a bad thing. I’d love to be able to see my favorite songs. I’m going to try and experience Synesthesia in my next lucid dream. After I have sex of coarse. I’m only joking… I plan on finally going through a mirror.
i saw the doc about it to…really nice and interesting!
you have the same thing when you are on lsd or mescaline…
So the network connections are probably still there but in sleepy mode…
Since I am a synesthete (is that the right word?) myself, I am very interested int this. A haven’t really consciously thought about syntesthesia in my dreams, but I’ll really try to see how that works in one of my next LD’s!
Are there more synesthetes on this forum? And are there non-synesthetes who can experience synesthesia in a dream? I really think that is possible, especially if you know what it feels like (maybe from psychedelics use or something)!
Yes, sounds really cool
I got a little taste of it when I listened to music and saw pictures after smoking weed.When I had my eyes closed, there were colourfull things (some mandala like) that moved in connection to the music.When I had my eyes open, I saw little flashes of light.
However, I think that could only give me some small impression what real strong synesthesia must be like.
JJJ, I once read an article about it.There was stated that most pepole only have two senses connected, like hearing and seeing, or touching and hearing.
What is it like for you?
How strong is it?
Yes, I also believe it should be possible to have this in a dream.Another thing on my to-do list
I have quite strong synesthesia in numbers/letters. Every word or number is composed of different colors. Of course I just see it all black like you do, but in the same time it is very colourful. Very difficult to describe, however (especially if english is not your native language…)
I also experience synesthesia when hearing sounds or music. When listening to music through my earphones, for example, it’s really a bit like a ‘360 degree’-view. Every sound or instrument has a different color and texture, most of the music being played ‘behind my head’.
I also remember leaving my family very astonished, when I drawed the taste of the coffee of that day on a piece of paper. On that drawing, I could precisely state the parts of the taste that made the coffee taste good or bad.
So, that’s it for my synesthesia. The strange thing is that I have always thought this was just normal, until I saw that documentary on dutch television. Now I feel really sad for the rest of the people, because I can’t imagine how boring using your senses would be without synesthesia
I recommend the book “The mind of a mnemonist” by A.R. Lurija (a russian scientist) to all of you who are interested. The book is about a man who could remember anything and everything. He never forgot anything he had learnt. The man was a very powerful synesthate(sp?) too. The book tells very very widely about synesthesia and memory.
Extreeemely interesting, I recommend it to everyone in here.
Thanks jjj, that sounds so cool… would love to have that kind of perception
Does “Traumgänger” has a color, or do you see any letter in it by itself?
Does it work with words from a foreign language the same way as it does in you native?
How about, let´s say japanese letters?
Well it happens when i take some hits of realy good weed (like the stuff you can get in Amsterdam ), when i listen to music it looks like the music isnt only sounds but i can also visualise the music. At times this isnt realy visualisation but more like a kind of feeling, at other times i experienced real hallucinations that were related to the music i was listening to (for example when u hear water you also see some image of a river or sea).
Actually,I guess I have some synesthesia.Letters have thier own color,colors have thier own gender.I also seem to hear sound when looking at emoticons or avatars that move.
This one seems to sound like a person going he he over and over again. lol: and both have a ha ha sound to them,and , , and DM7’s avatar sound like person in a sci-fi movie teleporting to somewhere.
“Traumgänger” looks very unsymphathetic. Is has like dark green/camouflage colors, and the structure is very hard. The word also has something porous and warm (the bad type of warm, like drinking warm water). It’s a word you would not like to meet in a dark alley
I think words have the colors and structure of the separate letters they are composed from, but some letters are very dominant. I “Traumgänger” doesn’t look like “M”, but it really has things from “g”, “a”, “r” and “u”.
Language doesn’t matter, but japanese letters don’t have strong pictures like western letters do. They do make associations, but just lika any other picture would do.
Wow, that´s amazing
Although it wasn´t my intention to choose such a bad name g
I wonder wether it is the similiar for all synesthets, or if it is more of an individual thing.Perhaps some of both?
I mean, I think most people agree that yellow is lively happy colour.On the other hand, some think it´s beautiful and some don´t like it
Has anyone here read Alan Moore’s Top Ten comics? One of the characters is called synasnethia, and she’s a synasthete (sp?). Very interesting, but I didn’t realize it happened in real life.
The realvideo is not up yet, but I will post the url as soon as it is… 
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), when i listen to music it looks like the music isnt only sounds but i can also visualise the music. At times this isnt realy visualisation but more like a kind of feeling, at other times i experienced real hallucinations that were related to the music i was listening to (for example when u hear water you also see some image of a river or sea).
seems to sound like a person going he he over and over again. lol: and 
both have a ha ha sound to them,and 
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