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Kitsune · 03-01-2004, 08:44 PM

finding a balance between your experience of the world and an interpretation of it that allows you to remain functional is nothing short of amazing. How it works is far less important than the fact that it does.

I really didn't have to adapt to anything, there's just a little bit extra going on in my head when there isn't supposed to be and it doesn't intrude into my life. What I experience from it is mild -- I've read that others actually see the letters and numbers they read in the colors they associate them with and sometimes it interferes with peoples' lives. My issues only made my teachers and parents look at me funny because as a child I described the world to them exactly in how I perceived it. Its not that distorted of a world -- there appear to be just a couple more ways for me to describe it.

I guess my "strong" crossing is audio/visual, and it isn't so bad. I don't notice it in daily life except for when I see flashing lights. The yellow lights on traffic signals that flash at intersections at night? They have a dull, low, fading tone as they come and go. Strobes have a higher frequency and often chirp or "bip" depending on their color. Watching a field of antenna towers all blinking out of synch can be kinda weird, sometimes. Music operates the other way and has textures and features to it that can sometimes be felt.

A lot of what is reported parallels accounts of acid trips. Some people "taste" music, which leaves me to wonder: does rap music taste as bad as it sounds?

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03-01-2004, 08:44 PM	#11
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	finding a balance between your experience of the world and an interpretation of it that allows you to remain functional is nothing short of amazing. How it works is far less important than the fact that it does. I really didn't have to adapt to anything, there's just a little bit extra going on in my head when there isn't supposed to be and it doesn't intrude into my life. What I experience from it is mild -- I've read that others actually see the letters and numbers they read in the colors they associate them with and sometimes it interferes with peoples' lives. My issues only made my teachers and parents look at me funny because as a child I described the world to them exactly in how I perceived it. Its not that distorted of a world -- there appear to be just a couple more ways for me to describe it. I guess my "strong" crossing is audio/visual, and it isn't so bad. I don't notice it in daily life except for when I see flashing lights. The yellow lights on traffic signals that flash at intersections at night? They have a dull, low, fading tone as they come and go. Strobes have a higher frequency and often chirp or "bip" depending on their color. Watching a field of antenna towers all blinking out of synch can be kinda weird, sometimes. Music operates the other way and has textures and features to it that can sometimes be felt. A lot of what is reported parallels accounts of acid trips. Some people "taste" music, which leaves me to wonder: does rap music taste as bad as it sounds? 0 1 2 3 (should be yellow, but it isn't an option in the menu!) 4 5 6 7 8 9 (lighter yellow than 3)