Sensory Confusion

It tastes like burning

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Almost every morning I think about writing this and then never do. So today is the day. It seems that every day, when I take a shower, I never seem to rinse all the shampoo out of my face before I open my eyes. So, I get that burning feeling.

But, when I think about how it feels, it feels like coconut, because of the scent of the shampoo. I know this is my brain confusing things, but the scent is equated to the burning feeling and so I think to myself that it burns like coconut. Odd, right?

Well, when I think about it, there are other instances of this for me. For example, a freshly mowed lawn smells green to me. That's the only way I can describe the smell. Green.

Another example is when something looks loud. To some that might just be a figure of speach, but I'm telling you, sometimes, I think something looks loud. Not like a bullhorn, but something that is strongly clashing, colored or depicted.

OK, for those that are reading this and thinking I'm a bit weird, well, I challenge you with this - when you were young and drank all the flavors of kool aid, was it grape kool aid? Or did you drink purple kool aid? That's what I thought. It might be called grape, but I've yet to taste a grape that was even remotely similar in flavor. That flavor will always be purple to me. Same thing with red pop. No way does it taste like cherry to me. It tastes red.



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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
ok exactly how much lsd-25 did you use? lololo j/k
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Fascinating article chiprj.

I actually understand exactly what you mean. There are certain colors, certain sights that are indelibly connected in my mind with smells, sounds, etc. Cool article.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Interesting. I tend to equate colors with flavors, not so the other way around.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
The smell of lighter fluid to me is blue. I think I know what you mean.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

There's actually a name for this....I'll have to go look it up, but it's a documented medical fact that some people 'see' sounds and 'taste' colors. 

You're not alone, btw (as the above responses have shown).  I experience sort of the same thing....

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
ok exactly how much lsd-25 did you use? lololo j/k


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Cool article.


Thanks.

I tend to equate colors with flavors, not so the other way around


I can see that.

The smell of lighter fluid to me is blue. I think I know what you mean.


Interesting.

It's called synthesia and you can read about it here: Link


Nice! Thanks for the link. I'll have to check it out!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
I have similar connections: the smell of rain = clean, peach schnappes = sick (not vomit taste, the feeling of nausea), and the sound of electronically reproduced Arabic (whether transmitted by radio or TV, recorded on cassette, or over the phone) = tired.

I never drank purple Kool-Aid, just the grape stuff, but there were three very similar flavors of red.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
My mom would never buy us Kool-Aid. She said it's bad for us. But I've made up for it by drinking alcohol.

I know what you mean. My husband has this orange velour chair--the kind had by bachelors about 10 years before Queer Eye came around and fixed 7 men's lives. Anyway, the chair fits neatly into the little corner of our white living room with white bookcase and white-covered couch and tan carpet, but it's a frickin' ORANGE CHAIR and it makes my eyes hurt to look at it. I my synesthesia thing must be pain when I see awful juxtapositions with color.

So yeah, you're not the only weirdo. Comforting, huh.

-A.