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To you, are most letters, numbers, etc. male or female?
Mostly male 19%  19%  [ 5 ]
Mostly female 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
About equal 23%  23%  [ 6 ]
Don't have this type of synesthesia/Just want to see the results 58%  58%  [ 15 ]
Total votes : 26

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13 Aug 2014, 10:08 am

Seems pretty synthesthetic to me :D

When I look at a letter, all I see is a letter; when I look at a number, all I see is a number.

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13 Aug 2014, 12:58 pm

It come out when I was thinking "can you really see letters as colors and think they are male or female?" and decided to experience by focusing at each letter. I had no idea I can do it before. I do really like the letters E and R and numbers 4 and 7 but I was always thinking it is a matter of preference just like I like warm colors. It's not like I ever seen R as dark red with my eyes or anything, it just comes by association. And while I can clearly say what letter is male or female (although some are a little problematic, as N or T) most letters are pastel color for me, I can't really specify if they are yellow, blue, red or anything - they have light, dirty colors, not white but not specific color either.



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13 Aug 2014, 2:50 pm

ReticentJaeger, thank you for clarifying that what I experience really is a form of Synesthesia! I was told by my (former) counselor and friend that I do seem to have "a sprinkling of Synesthesia". Those were her exact words. Now I have "concrete truth" from another synesthete, which makes me feel more at peace with myself "just to know and be sure about it". Thanks! :D



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14 Aug 2014, 8:42 pm

I just had a weird experience. I was telling someone something and I almost said "green" when the word I meant to say was "square." In my head, the color green and squares have a more or less similar personality. (both green and squares have personalities that are like a combination of 4's personality and 7's personality, although a square is a bit more like 4 and green is more similar to 7.


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24 Aug 2014, 6:32 pm

As a child I saw days of the week as different shapes. It was when I was about 7 to 8 years old and at the time I thought it was strange yet kind of cool. It went away pretty much and have only faint memories of the shapes.


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