He tells her that what she has been experiencing is grapheme-color synesthesia, which means she sees numbers and letters in color, sound-color synesthesia, meaning each sound has an accompanying shape and color, and spatial sequence synesthesia, seeing numerical sequences with different amounts of depth. It turns out there are others like her all over the world; other people who associate colors and numbers, tastes and sounds, or any other connection between senses. Mia finds out about websites, support groups, and a whole synesthesia community full of people like her. She can finally say, “All those people in their black-and-white worlds—they have no idea what they’re missing. if i couldn't use my colors, the world would seem so bland like vanilla ice cream without the gummy bears on top, and i really like the gummy bears.” Mia is finally able to explore the new world of synesthesia. Even though Mia encounters tension in her family, fights with her friends, and a truly devastating loss, she comes to see that her synesthesia is a gift, not a disease. I think Mia’s story has a powerful message that everyone would benefit from, because almost everyone at some point has changed themselves to fit in. For example, coming into high school our freshman year, most of us wanted to be liked and tried to fit the mold of what
He tells her that what she has been experiencing is grapheme-color synesthesia, which means she sees numbers and letters in color, sound-color synesthesia, meaning each sound has an accompanying shape and color, and spatial sequence synesthesia, seeing numerical sequences with different amounts of depth. It turns out there are others like her all over the world; other people who associate colors and numbers, tastes and sounds, or any other connection between senses. Mia finds out about websites, support groups, and a whole synesthesia community full of people like her. She can finally say, “All those people in their black-and-white worlds—they have no idea what they’re missing. if i couldn't use my colors, the world would seem so bland like vanilla ice cream without the gummy bears on top, and i really like the gummy bears.” Mia is finally able to explore the new world of synesthesia. Even though Mia encounters tension in her family, fights with her friends, and a truly devastating loss, she comes to see that her synesthesia is a gift, not a disease. I think Mia’s story has a powerful message that everyone would benefit from, because almost everyone at some point has changed themselves to fit in. For example, coming into high school our freshman year, most of us wanted to be liked and tried to fit the mold of what