Disadvantages Of Synesthesia

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According to synesthesia researchers, this condition offers individuals an artistic advantage. They have a greater aesthetic sensitivity and are drawn to more artistic fields. They are able to expresses unrelated concepts better than those without synesthesia. For example a normal painter either paints some ting in front of them or something they imagine, while a synesthete paints what they actually visualize when experiencing a certain stimulus. Many famous celebrities involved with music and art have synesthesia including Billy Joel, Vincent Van Gogh, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Duke Ellington (WC #4). However, some people with sound-color synesthesia, their musical ability may be affected by their synthetic experience.A person will see a sound as a color when hearing a sound. This makes it difficult for the musician to see their music, with colors …show more content…
Surprising to me it is much more common than I realized. Many popular singers and celebrities have the condition, showing that it is more common among those involved in art and musicians. I agreed with the idea that many synesthetes choose the art or musician life because of their special advantage or skill. Research showed that synesthesia can be genetic too; I support this statement. I learned there have been many cases where parents pass it down to their child. Even if parents help their children to deal with synesthesia, I understood that people often hide their synesthesia because they are scared of what their peers will say. Sometimes I will not tell certain people things about myself because I am scared they will think I am too different and weird. I wonder if there are people around me everyday who have synesthesia but are too afraid to announce it. After researching, I have a deeper understanding of synesthesia and those who experience it everyday, but I will never experience the world as an individual with synesthesia

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