Mental Disorder?

dewpaw • 20 March 2012 at 3:14 AM

I have a very rare mental disorder. You may have heard of it... Marilyn Monroe had it. It's called synesthesia. It affects anywhere from 1 out of 20 people to 1 out of 20,000 people.
Synesthesia causes linking of neurological pathways, resulting in the crossing of senses. There are many different types of synesthesia, mine is called Grapheme?color synesthesia. That means that all the numbers, letters, days of the week, months, and years have individual colors and personalities. I also see a number line in my head when doing math, or even thinking about numbers.
For example, the letter A is a brick red, the number four is a sea green, and 9 is extremely stuck up, and thinks she is better than everyone else.
Synesthesia allows me to have an extremely good memory, to visualize things rather well, and to do well in math.

I'm curious to know if any other "eggcavers" have synesthesia. AMybe we can compare out letters and numbers! 😊