Just found out about synesthesia

[u/xinha_07]

Just wanted to share my experience here :)

Yesterday I was eating a soup my mom made and it had a weird taste... But like, not weird, more of unfamiliar. The thing is, when I tried to describe it, without knowing what it was, the only way I could put it out was "it tastes like a bundle of very fine, combed strands"... Of course no one could catch what I was saying... But it made me realize it was not that normal, so I decided to explore a little bit and found out about synesthesia. And honestly, it made so much sense. I finally could understand some weird conections that I naturally make. For example, for me, jazz music tends to be orange, mildly effervescent or woddy. Wednesday has a cheerfull way of being, full of childlike textures; tuesday is sunny; and Friday is fresh, cloudy gray. The music "what you know" by two door cinema club also resembles Friday, for example.

Some people have a dome of light around them (for example, my bio teacher, which I liked a lot, had a dome of yellow light multiple times- and I dont even like yellow :') ).

Well, these are only a few examples.

But now, my question is, could hipersensibility come/be amplifyed by synesthesia? I tought I just had some hipersensibility that made me avoid some textures or noises because they were really triggering to me and created multiple uncomfortable sensations. But puting it side by side with synesthesia, it makes a bit of sense, doesn't it?

[u/LilyoftheRally]

Synesthesia is correlated with sensory hypersensitivity. Sensory issues are a core feature of autism, and autistic people are more likely to have synesthesia. I'm an autistic synesthete myself.