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Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#11

Post by _def »

RedNifre wrote: post #8
bondarchuk wrote: post #3

> No figure is yet known for the exact prevalence of "ticker tapers" among the synesthete and non-synesthete population, but an interesting study (Holm, Eilertsen and Price, 2015) found that almost half the general population reported some kind of mild experience of this type. Amazing, I wonder what else I have no idea of will eventually turn out to be experienced by half the population.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

Is it really? Would be super interested in reading up on that (not doubting, just very curious)

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#13

Post by mintplant »

Oh. Huh. Yeah, this is how my internal monologue works. Thoughts can appear in bold font, italics, sizes and colors, etc. I hear my thoughts at the same time; the two blend together as if they're one modality. This has an interesting effect when I'm processing symbols ("'$#{} etc), which have their own monosyllabic "tokens" in my head which don't necessarily sound different from one another at the audio level (they're like little grunts), but are distinct on some level of processing. Helps me read and write code quickly. There's also a sense of motion and direction attached - a semicolon in a sentence can feel like the stream of "ticker tape" is taking a 90° turn and continuing on in that new direction, for example.

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#14

Post by Loughla »

RedNifre wrote: post #8
bondarchuk wrote: post #3

> No figure is yet known for the exact prevalence of "ticker tapers" among the synesthete and non-synesthete population, but an interesting study (Holm, Eilertsen and Price, 2015) found that almost half the general population reported some kind of mild experience of this type. Amazing, I wonder what else I have no idea of will eventually turn out to be experienced by half the population.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

Wait. Is it? I see pictures if I focus, but it's mostly like a conversation with someone who lives inside my head.

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#15

Post by Jerrrrrrry »

_def wrote: post #11
RedNifre wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

Is it really? Would be super interested in reading up on that (not doubting, just very curious)

X to doubt, full of self-important wieners with pitiful imaginations, that are jealous my "red" is "redder" than their "red":

I cant actually picture red; but its a lack of articulateness and a vocal minority rarely-intersecting that drown out my lack of understanding or doubt.

indiscernible from crying, they "cannot also picture red, by a way less than you can empathize with"

nobody actually sees what they think. the wall is blank.

those drifters are usually debris or thiccer blood cell components

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#16

Post by aaron695 »

RedNifre wrote: post #8
bondarchuk wrote: post #3

> No figure is yet known for the exact prevalence of "ticker tapers" among the synesthete and non-synesthete population, but an interesting study (Holm, Eilertsen and Price, 2015) found that almost half the general population reported some kind of mild experience of this type. Amazing, I wonder what else I have no idea of will eventually turn out to be experienced by half the population.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

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Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#17

Post by satvikpendem »

Jerrrrrrry wrote: post #15
_def wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really? Would be super interested in reading up on that (not doubting, just very curious)

X to doubt, full of self-important wieners with pitiful imaginations, that are jealous my "red" is "redder" than their "red": I cant actually picture red; but its a lack of articulateness and a vocal minority rarely-intersecting that drown out my lack of understanding or doubt. indiscernible from crying, they "cannot also picture red, by a way less than you can empathize with" nobody actually sees what they think. th…

You can't picture red and the wall is blank? Sounds like you have aphantasia.

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

#18

Post by geon »

RedNifre wrote: post #8
bondarchuk wrote: post #3

> No figure is yet known for the exact prevalence of "ticker tapers" among the synesthete and non-synesthete population, but an interesting study (Holm, Eilertsen and Price, 2015) found that almost half the general population reported some kind of mild experience of this type. Amazing, I wonder what else I have no idea of will eventually turn out to be experienced by half the population.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

When I'm tired I sometimes get an inner monologue that just keeps going, but it's nonsensical, like a Markov chain. I have to actively stop it. Annoying.

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

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Post by smusamashah »

I dont have this but I have experienced this rarely in some dreams, where a concept appears as an object or a shape and you know it.

In one very old dream I saw love as a yellow space ship like object. In that moment in that dream, these two weren't separate from each other. May be that's not synesthesia but that's how I understand it.

Re: Ticker Tape Synesthesia

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Post by mock-possum »

geon wrote: post #18
RedNifre wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having an internal monologue (thinking in words/sentences) is actually a minority thing.

When I'm tired I sometimes get an inner monologue that just keeps going, but it's nonsensical, like a Markov chain. I have to actively stop it. Annoying.

Have you tried voicing it out loud and recording yourself?
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