I was diagnosed with Synaesthesia last year...
I always see a colour when I think of the days of the week and numbers are always coloured in my mind.

I thought I was normal until I mentioned it to my Mrs. I ended up having a battery of tests in the end. Apparently it's actually fairly common affecting about 1 in 23 people though to different extents.

At least it makes maths and diary planning more interesting!
(penrose your dog's got tits, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:24, 4 replies)

Really? I'd have thought you'd have found out long before that!

To be honest I always think it sounds fun! Not sure about those who get tastes though.

Saw a TV show - woman tasted something like soap whenever she thought "phone" (Or some other equally random object)
(Miquaight Pew pew laser bears, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:26, closed)

It's not so much that I didn't kjnow until recently
I always new that I saw colours, I just didn't give it thought and assumed it was normal for everyone. It actually helps sometimes - my mental arithmetic skills are good and according to the psychologist who tested me, people with Synaesthesia can have an advantage in visualising mathematical patterns.

The strange thing is, that people who show the same symptoms as me tend to visualise similar colours.

I'm really glad it's just grapheme-colour Synaesthesia that I have - tasting numbers would just be weird!
(penrose your dog's got tits, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:30, closed)

That bloke had the same thing
numbers would appear as coloured patterns and swirls in his field of vision. He used it to memorise Pi to many thousands of decimal places. A bloke changed one of the digits in Pi, quite a long way down the chain and he could spot it a mile off because it disrupted the pattern.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:27, closed)

I've always thought of numbers as having specific colours too
...and so does everyone else I've ever asked.
Just saying.
(jennymnemonic, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:28, closed)

...? Really?
(Miquaight Pew pew laser bears, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 16:37, closed)

I've got the variety where sounds have flavours...
Most particulary voices. Some people have very rich chocolatey voices whilst others have more sharp strawberry-flavoured ones. Or someone will have a bit deeper tone and therefore taste a bit of cherries.

It's not like the taste is on my tongue when I hear people talk... more like a 'sensation' somewhere in my head... It's so difficult to explain.
(ohnonotagain It's worse than you thought. I'm Canadian., Fri 2 Jul 2010, 6:02, closed)