Comments on: Do You Feel My Pain? Yes, You Do

By: Bonnie Ruberg

Bonnie Ruberg — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:59:13 +0000

Haha, fair enough. Though my French students played my a Linkin Park song the other day that was totally emo and totally cracked me up about not having a date for Valentine’s Day. Aw, poor rockers :(.

By: SSJPabs

SSJPabs — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:27:33 +0000

Hey! I like emo!

By: thecurse

thecurse — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:43:36 +0000

I’ll agree to that, though I do have a dominant personality. ;)

By: Bonnie Ruberg

Bonnie Ruberg — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:25:58 +0000

Ah, but was the reason you didn’t enjoy hurting your ex because you felt her pain? It’s possible you just aren’t a dom by nature :).

By: thecurse

thecurse — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:49:30 +0000

I don’t know if I have this condition, but I certainly have similar sensations. In my last relationship, my partner was a sub and wanted me to engage in BDSM with her. I did, but it was hard. One of the things that lead to our breakup, probably.

I’m not a sub, though. Hit me, and I will hit back. (And then feel sick about it.)

By: Bonnie Ruberg

Bonnie Ruberg — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:59:55 +0000

especially when “normal” people experience the same kind of stuff on a drastically lesser level (or perhaps on a more subconcious level)
That’s definitely true. One of the examples the article gave is that there are some people who have a harder/easier time watching violent movies–in theory because we’re more or less empathetic with the pain going on onscreen.

so what’s it like seeing colored letters everywhere?
The funny that is that more synaesthetics don’t even realize there’s anything weird with the way they experiences senses–since it’s been like that all their lives. Personally, I took me until I was 18 or so to find out seeing letters/numbers in color was strange. Apparently I asked my mother what color A was when I was little, and she tried to pretend I wasn’t crazy :).

By: darkpen

darkpen — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:02:12 +0000

Wow…. just… I don’t know what to say. I remember seeing a comic or cartoon of a character that had the mirror thing, but I never really thought about it more than it being mildly funny.

…so what’s it like seeing colored letters everywhere? Do the colors change depending on how your brain shifts around, or is there a designated color for each letter/number? D:

But going back to the synaesthesia thing, it really makes you wonder about how the brain works, especially when “normal” people experience the same kind of stuff on a drastically lesser level (or perhaps on a more subconcious level), like when someone scratches a chalkboard, you feel a shitty tingling underneath your nails that temporarily paralyzes your hands (and even more so at younger ages).

Or maybe its just me.