Synesthesia

so i don't really mention this a lot, but recently when i have, my friends have been shocked that i didn't mention it sooner. it's just an odd and entertaining fact about me.

i have synesthesia. my mom does too. one in twenty-three people have it.

what does that mean? Wikipedia says it's "a neurologically-based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway."

basically, things go together in my mind that aren't necessarily supposed to. but it all just makes sense to me.

for example:

numbers, when i see them in my mind, have a color, a gender, and somewhat of an attitude or personality that coorelates with their gender and color. the number three is yellow and is a feminist female. the number four is purple and also female, but much more lady-like. the number five is red and is an athletic male.

the same goes with letters. A is a red female, B is a blue male, C is a yellow female, D is a green male.

and the days of the week. Monday is red and is masculine, Tuesday is blue and is masculine, Wednesday is yellowish-orange and is feminine, Thursday is a greenish color and is the manliest day of all, Friday is more of a spectrum of different colors and is masculine, and Saturday and Sunday are both white-ish yellow and are like twins, Saturday being the boy and Sunday being the girl.

and the months of the year. January is white/blue, February is lavender/yellow, March is pink, April is red, May is pink/yellow, June and July are blue/yellow/white, August is red and orange and grey, September is just yellow, Octobor is orange/white/brown, November is grey/brown/white, and December is green.

and bands, as i get to know their sound. don't even get me started on those!

the thing is, no two people with synesthesia have the same colors and what not for each number, letter, etc. it's all personal and unique.

some people with synethesia see music, while others taste words and locate days/years in space.

i sort of do that with people. some people's spirits feel physically closer to me than others, regardless of how well i know them. it's like they're sitting/standing/living right beside me in some parallel universe.

it's all rather weird, and when i explain it like some "phenomenon" it makes it sound a lot cooler than it really is. but in a lot of ways it can throw me off emotionally for no reason. like when i'm lonely, Thursdays are comforting because it's almost like having a guy there with me because i see it as such a masculine day.

weird huh?

who knows what God wants to do with my crazy brain!